theorem
exists_inner_ne_zero_of_finite_nonzero
{E : Type u_1}
[NormedAddCommGroup E]
[InnerProductSpace ℝ E]
[FiniteDimensional ℝ E]
(S : Finset E)
(hS : ∀ γ ∈ S, γ ≠ 0)
(_hne : S.Nonempty)
:
In a finite-dimensional real inner product space, given a finite set $S$ of nonzero vectors there exists a generic linear functional $v$ with $⟨v, γ⟩ ≠ 0$ for every $γ ∈ S$; this follows from the fact that $E$ is not a union of finitely many proper subspaces.