Renaming `complement` method of vector subspaces to `orthogonal_complement`

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Mar 23, 2025, 8:46:37 PMMar 23
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The `complement` method of vector subspaces is being renamed to `orthogonal_complement` (with deprecation) in PR #39659. This is because the method returns the orthogonal complement (which is not always a complementary subspace). A genuine complementary subspace can now be obtained by calling `complement(orthogonal=False)`, and that will presumably become the default for this method after the deprecation period.

If there are any concerns about this, please post a comment at PR #39659 or the corresponding issue #31487.
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