"""Plot n against rad(n) and mark families sharing their distinct primes. Run from _media: python3 ../integer-radicals-prime-support.py The PNG basename is written to the current working directory. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. Dependencies are documented in the repository's pyproject.toml. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def radical(n): """Remove all repeated factors, retaining one copy of each prime.""" remaining = n result = 1 divisor = 2 while divisor * divisor <= remaining: if remaining % divisor == 0: result *= divisor while remaining % divisor == 0: remaining //= divisor divisor += 1 if remaining > 1: result *= remaining return result def main(): numbers = np.arange(1, 61) radicals = np.array([radical(int(n)) for n in numbers]) squarefree = numbers == radicals plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 12}) fig, (ax, notes) = plt.subplots( 1, 2, figsize=(9.2, 5.5), dpi=120, gridspec_kw={"width_ratios": [1.55, 1]}, facecolor="white") fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.08, right=0.98, top=0.84, bottom=0.20, wspace=0.22) ax.plot([1, 60], [1, 60], "--", color="#929292", linewidth=1.2, zorder=1) ax.scatter(numbers[~squarefree], radicals[~squarefree], s=40, facecolors="white", edgecolors="#686868", linewidths=1.1, zorder=3) ax.scatter(numbers[squarefree], radicals[squarefree], s=40, marker="D", color="#27804c", zorder=4) families = [(2, "#256796", r"$P(n)=\{2\}$"), (6, "#aa551b", r"$P(n)=\{2,3\}$"), (30, "#76539b", r"$P(n)=\{2,3,5\}$")] for rad, color, _ in families: mask = radicals == rad xs = numbers[mask] ax.plot([xs.min(), xs.max()], [rad, rad], ":", color=color, linewidth=1.8, zorder=2) ax.scatter(numbers[mask & ~squarefree], radicals[mask & ~squarefree], s=46, facecolors=color, edgecolors="white", linewidths=0.6, zorder=5) ax.scatter(numbers[mask & squarefree], radicals[mask & squarefree], marker="D", s=46, facecolors=color, edgecolors="white", linewidths=0.6, zorder=5) ax.annotate("1", xy=(1, 1), xytext=(8, 16), textcoords="offset points", fontsize=11) ax.annotate("32", xy=(32, 2), xytext=(0, 13), textcoords="offset points", ha="center", fontsize=11) ax.annotate("36", xy=(36, 6), xytext=(0, 11), textcoords="offset points", ha="center", fontsize=11) ax.annotate("30", xy=(30, 30), xytext=(-8, 12), textcoords="offset points", ha="right", fontsize=11) ax.set(xlim=(-1, 63), ylim=(-1, 63), xlabel=r"Integer $n$", ylabel=r"Radical $\mathrm{rad}(n)$") ax.set_aspect("equal", adjustable="box") ax.set_xticks(np.arange(0, 61, 10)) ax.set_yticks(np.arange(0, 61, 10)) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) ax.grid(alpha=0.13) ax.set_facecolor("white") notes.axis("off") notes.text(0, 0.98, "How to read the markers", weight="bold", fontsize=13) notes.scatter([0.025], [0.88], marker="D", s=45, color="#27804c") notes.text(0.09, 0.88, "Diamond: squarefree, rad(n) = n", va="center", fontsize=11) notes.scatter([0.025], [0.79], marker="o", s=45, facecolors="white", edgecolors="#686868") notes.text(0.09, 0.79, "Circle: repeated prime, rad(n) < n", va="center", fontsize=11) notes.text(0, 0.67, "Same primes, same radical", weight="bold", fontsize=13) for y, (rad, color, label) in zip([0.56, 0.40, 0.24], families): values = numbers[radicals == rad] notes.text(0, y, label + rf" $\Rightarrow\mathrm{{rad}}(n)={rad}$", color=color, fontsize=12) notes.text(0, y - 0.065, ", ".join(map(str, values)), color=color, fontsize=11) notes.text(0, 0.07, "P(n): the set of distinct prime factors", fontsize=11) notes.set(xlim=(-0.035, 1.05), ylim=(0, 1.05)) fig.suptitle("Integer radicals forget exponents: 1 to 60", fontsize=16, y=0.965) fig.text(0.5, 0.045, r"Always $\mathrm{rad}(n)\mid n$ and $\mathrm{rad}(n)\leq n$; equality means squarefree.", ha="center", fontsize=12) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / "integer-radicals-prime-support.png", facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()