"""Horizontal layers for x**2 on [0, 1]; Python 3.14, NumPy, Matplotlib. Run from _media with MPLBACKEND=Agg MPLCONFIGDIR=/tmp; saves the PNG with this script's basename to the current working directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): x = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, 4001) t = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, 4001) widths = 1.0 - np.sqrt(t) vertical_area = np.trapezoid(x**2, x) horizontal_area = np.trapezoid(widths, t) assert abs(vertical_area - 1.0 / 3.0) < 1e-7 assert abs(horizontal_area - 1.0 / 3.0) < 1e-6 assert 1.0 - np.sqrt(0.25) == 0.5 plt.rcParams.update({ "font.size": 12, "axes.titlesize": 14, "axes.spines.top": False, "axes.spines.right": False, "figure.facecolor": "white", "axes.facecolor": "white", "savefig.facecolor": "white", }) fig, (left, right) = plt.subplots( 1, 2, figsize=(10.8, 4.6), dpi=130, constrained_layout=True ) blue = "#236e92" orange = "#b76013" left.fill_between(x, 0, x**2, color="#dcecf3") left.plot(x, x**2, color=blue, lw=2.6) left.text(0.28, 0.83, r"$f(x)=x^2$", color=blue, fontsize=14) left.text(0.68, 0.1, r"area $=1/3$", fontsize=13, ha="center") # A band illustrates width(t) dt; the exact slice is the line at t = 1/4. band_t = np.linspace(0.25, 0.30, 201) left.fill_betweenx(band_t, np.sqrt(band_t), 1.0, color="#f5d4b4") left.hlines(0.25, 0.0, 0.5, color="#707070", ls="--", lw=1.2) left.vlines(0.5, 0.0, 0.25, color="#707070", ls="--", lw=1.2) left.plot([0.5, 1.0], [0.25, 0.25], color=orange, lw=3) left.plot(0.5, 0.25, "o", color=orange, mfc="white", ms=7, mew=1.8) left.plot(1.0, 0.25, "o", color=orange, ms=7) left.annotate( r"$\{x:x^2>1/4\}=(1/2,1]$" + "\nwidth = 1/2", xy=(0.76, 0.275), xytext=(0.12, 0.51), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": orange}, color=orange, fontsize=12, ) left.set( title="Horizontal slices of the area", xlabel=r"position $x$", ylabel=r"height $t$", xlim=(0, 1.03), ylim=(0, 1.04), ) right.fill_between(t, 0, widths, color="#dcecf3") right.plot(t, widths, color=blue, lw=2.6) right.plot(0.25, 0.5, "o", color=orange, ms=7) right.vlines(0.25, 0, 0.5, color=orange, lw=1.2, ls="--") right.hlines(0.5, 0, 0.25, color=orange, lw=1.2, ls="--") right.annotate( r"$t=1/4$: width $=1/2$", xy=(0.25, 0.5), xytext=(0.40, 0.68), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": orange}, color=orange, fontsize=12, ) right.text(0.40, 0.08, r"$\int_0^1(1-\sqrt{t})\,dt=1/3$", ha="center", fontsize=14, bbox={"facecolor": "white", "edgecolor": "none", "pad": 4}) right.set( title=r"Slice width $\lambda\{x:x^2>t\}=1-\sqrt{t}$", xlabel=r"height $t$", ylabel="length of the superlevel set", xlim=(0, 1.03), ylim=(0, 1.04), ) for ax in (left, right): ax.set_xticks([0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]) ax.set_yticks([0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]) ax.grid(alpha=0.18) ax.set_axisbelow(True) output = Path(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name) fig.savefig(output, transparent=False) plt.close(fig) print(f"Saved {output}; vertical area = {vertical_area:.9f}, " f"horizontal area = {horizontal_area:.9f}; exact area = 1/3.") if __name__ == "__main__": main()