Solution

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The dominant contributions are . Their extrema occur at or and independently or , modulo unit translations. The four candidate positions are
Which is a maximum rather than a minimum or saddle depends on the two signs. Higher Fourier terms sharpen these broad maxima into atomic peaks.

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