With , a free real scalar field has mode expansion of a free field and commutator . Substitution into the quadratic Hamiltonian density gives . The terms with two annihilation operators or two creation operators cancel by . Normal ordering removes the constant vacuum energy. The commutators and give the boson energy without changing under this subtraction. Replacing by recovers the noncovariant normalization .
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