Removing sparse matrix for symmetric projection.

[vprusso]

Closes #537

• Removing scipy.sparse in symmetric_projection.py
• Small simplifications and improvements to symmetric_projection.py
• Adding more tests in test_symmetric_projection.py.

[codecov]

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Project coverage is 97.6%. Comparing base (c826b57) to head (6978d20).

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[purva-thakre]

LGTM! Thanks for catching the invalid input scenarios.