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Orthogonality & Least Squares · Superchallenge problem

In R4\mathbb R^4 let W1W_1 be the plane of vectors (s,t,0,0)(s, t, 0, 0) and W2=span⁡{(1,1,1,1), (1,2,3,4)}W_2 = \operatorname{span}\{(1, 1, 1, 1),\ (1, 2, 3, 4)\}. Over all nonzero u∈W1\mathbf u \in W_1 and nonzero v∈W2\mathbf v \in W_2, find the largest possible value of cos⁡2θ\cos^2\theta, where θ\theta is the angle between u\mathbf u and v\mathbf v.