Apply a discrete Fourier transform, with lattice spacing one:
The wavevectors lie in a Brillouin zone, which we choose as . Pairing with makes the quadratic Hamiltonian
A bosonic Bogoliubov diagonalization uses . The canonical commutation relations hold because . The anomalous terms vanish when , giving
Near and , the dispersion relation is linear: . These are the low-energy antiferromagnetic spin waves; the two zeroes are related by the two-sublattice description. The transformation is singular at the exact zero modes, which require an infrared regulator or separate treatment of the collective rotation.