codexpast-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford2023prelimsmathematics-iv-q3-revolution.py
past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2023/prelims/mathematics-iv-q3-revolution.py
"""Sketch Question 3(b)(iii); write the PNG in the current directory.
Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7.
"""
from pathlib import Path
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Agg")
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
def main():
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(7.0, 5.8), facecolor="white")
fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.03, right=0.97, bottom=0.22, top=0.92)
ax = fig.add_subplot(projection="3d")
phi, rho = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 81), np.linspace(0.015, 0.995, 35))
ax.plot_surface(rho**2, 1 + rho * np.cos(phi), rho * np.sin(phi), color="#81bbd8", alpha=0.5, edgecolor="white", linewidth=0.2)
t = np.linspace(0.005, 0.995, 201)
ax.plot(t**2, 1 + t, np.zeros_like(t), color="#bf5f18", linewidth=3, label=r"Generating curve: $y=1+\sqrt{x},\ z=0$")
angle = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 301)
ax.plot(np.ones_like(angle), 1 + np.cos(angle), np.sin(angle), "--", color="#2e6f8e", linewidth=1.8, label="Excluded rim at $x=1$")
ax.plot([-0.15, 1.2], [1, 1], [0, 0], "--", color="#333333", linewidth=1.5, label=r"Rotation axis $L$: $y=1,\ z=0$")
ax.scatter([0], [1], [0], s=40, facecolors="white", edgecolors="#333333", zorder=10)
ax.set(xlabel="$x$", ylabel="$y$", zlabel="$z$", xlim=(-0.15, 1.2), ylim=(-0.1, 2.1), zlim=(-1.1, 1.1), title=r"$(y-1)^2+z^2=x,\quad 0<x<1$")
ax.set_box_aspect((1.5, 2, 2))
ax.view_init(elev=23, azim=-55)
for axis in (ax.xaxis, ax.yaxis, ax.zaxis):
axis.set_pane_color((1, 1, 1, 1))
fig.legend(loc="lower center", bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, 0.015), frameon=False, fontsize=9)
fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=115, facecolor="white")
plt.close(fig)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()