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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _apply(self, a, return_Ya=False):
        r'''Single application of the projection.

        :param a: array with ``a.shape==(N,m)``.
        :param return_inner: (optional) should the inner product
          :math:`\langle Y,a\rangle` be returned?
        :return:

          * :math:`P_{\mathcal{X},\mathcal{Y}^\perp} a =
            X \langle Y,X\rangle^{-1} \langle Y, a\rangle`.
          * :math:`\langle Y,a\rangle` if ``return_inner==True``.
        '''
        # is projection the zero operator?
        if self.V.shape[1] == 0:
            Pa = numpy.zeros(a.shape)
            if return_Ya:
                return Pa, numpy.zeros((0, a.shape[1]))
            return Pa
        c = inner(self.W, a, ip_B=self.ip_B)

        if return_Ya:
            Ya = c.copy()
            if self.WR is not None:
                Ya = self.WR.T.conj().dot(Ya)

        if self.Q is not None and self.R is not None:
            c = scipy.linalg.solve_triangular(self.R, self.Q.T.conj().dot(c))
        Pa = self.V.dot(c)
        if return_Ya:
            return Pa, Ya
        return Pa