 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

Summing phase-weighted <atomic scattering factors> over the four positions gives
$$
\boxed{F_{hkl}=f_{\rm Au}[1+(-1)^{h+k}]+f_{\rm Cu}[(-1)^{h+l}+(-1)^{k+l}].}
$$
If $h,k$ have different parity, the reflection vanishes. If they have equal parity, this becomes $2[f_{\rm Au}+(-1)^{h+l}f_{\rm Cu}]$. The difference reflections reveal chemical order; they disappear when all sites instead have the same average scattering factor.

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