"""Exact infinite-well densities; not measured data. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7. Run from _media with MPLCONFIGDIR=/tmp/codex-wiki-matplotlib. Writes the matching PNG basename to the current working directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 12, "figure.facecolor": "white", "axes.facecolor": "white", "axes.spines.top": False, "axes.spines.right": False}) u = np.linspace(0, 1, 2001) phi1, phi2 = np.sqrt(2) * np.sin(np.pi * u), np.sqrt(2) * np.sin(2 * np.pi * u) theta = [0, np.pi / 2, np.pi] colors = ["#245b92", "#17775b", "#ac4c10"] labels = [r"$\theta=0$", r"$\theta=\pi/2$", r"$\theta=\pi$"] styles = ["-", "--", ":"] fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10.8, 5.6), sharey=True) for phase, color, label, style in zip(theta, colors, labels, styles): pure = np.abs(phi2 * np.exp(-4j * phase / 3)) ** 2 coherent = np.abs((phi1 + np.exp(-1j * phase) * phi2) / np.sqrt(2)) ** 2 analytic = np.sin(np.pi * u) ** 2 + np.sin(2 * np.pi * u) ** 2 analytic += 2 * np.sin(np.pi * u) * np.sin(2 * np.pi * u) * np.cos(phase) assert np.allclose(coherent, analytic) assert np.isclose(np.trapezoid(pure, u), 1) assert np.isclose(np.trapezoid(coherent, u), 1) assert np.all(coherent >= 0) axes[0].plot(u, pure, color=color, ls=style, lw=3, label=label) axes[1].plot(u, coherent, color=color, lw=2.7, label=label) mixed = (phi1 ** 2 + phi2 ** 2) / 2 axes[1].plot(u, mixed, color="#353535", lw=1.6, ls="--", zorder=5, label="Incoherent mixture") axes[0].set_title(r"One excited eigenstate: $\phi_2$", pad=13) axes[1].set_title(r"Two energies: $(\phi_1+\phi_2)/\sqrt{2}$ initially", pad=13) for ax in axes: ax.set(xlim=(0, 1), ylim=(0, 4.2), xlabel=r"Position $u=x/L$") ax.set_xticks([0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]) ax.grid(alpha=0.17) ax.legend(frameon=False, loc="upper right", fontsize=10, ncol=2 if ax is axes[1] else 1, columnspacing=1.0) axes[0].set_ylabel(r"Dimensionless density $L|\psi(x,t)|^2$") axes[0].text(0.03, 3.90, "All three densities coincide\nEnergy outcome: E₂ with certainty", va="top", fontsize=11) axes[1].text(0.03, 4.00, "Fixed probabilities:\n½ at E₁, ½ at E₂", va="top", fontsize=11) fig.suptitle("Stationary energy populations can coexist with changing position probabilities", y=0.975, fontsize=14) fig.text(0.5, 0.083, r"$\theta=(E_2-E_1)t/\hbar=3E_1t/\hbar$ • " "the mixture and θ = π/2 densities coincide", ha="center", fontsize=11) fig.text(0.5, 0.035, "Exact analytic infinite-well model • each density integrates to one • not measured data", ha="center", fontsize=11) fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.08, right=0.98, top=0.80, bottom=0.23, wspace=0.19) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / (Path(__file__).stem + ".png"), dpi=100, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()