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With the convention $H=J{\sum }_{⟨ij⟩}{\sigma }_i{\sigma }_j-h{\sum }_i{\sigma }_i$, positive $J$ favors opposite neighboring Ising spins. On a bipartite graph, the Néel order parameter measures opposite sublattice magnetizations; it is distinct from the uniform magnetization. Changing the signs of spins on one sublattice maps the zero-field model to the ferromagnetic Ising model.

Let ${\eta }_i=+1$ and $-1$ on the two sublattices of the square lattice. A unit-vector decomposition that separates staggered and uniform magnetization iswhereThe alternating part is the Néel order parameter, while $\mathbf{m}$ is the slowly varying uniform magnetization generated by canting the two sublattices.