"""Draw metric-unit-ball-comparison.png in the current directory. Uses the repository's NumPy/Matplotlib environment; tested with Python 3.14.4. """ import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Circle, Polygon, Rectangle import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 12, "axes.titlesize": 15}) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(11.4, 4.6), facecolor="white") colors = ["#17678b", "#b3571b", "#5752a1"] shapes = [ Polygon([(1, 0), (0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1)], closed=True), Circle((0, 0), 1), Rectangle((-1, -1), 2, 2), ] titles = ["Manhattan / L1", "Euclidean / L2", "Chebyshev / Lāˆž"] formulas = [ r"$|x|+|y|\leq 1$", r"$x^2+y^2\leq 1$", r"$\max\{|x|,|y|\}\leq 1$", ] point = np.array([0.8, 0.8]) distances = [np.linalg.norm(point, 1), np.linalg.norm(point, 2), np.linalg.norm(point, np.inf)] assert np.allclose(distances, [1.6, np.sqrt(1.28), 0.8]) for ax, shape, color, title, formula, distance in zip( axes, shapes, colors, titles, formulas, distances ): ax.set_facecolor("white") shape.set_facecolor(color) shape.set_alpha(0.16) ax.add_patch(shape) # Draw the included boundary separately so its opacity stays high. if isinstance(shape, Circle): outline = Circle((0, 0), 1, fill=False) elif isinstance(shape, Rectangle): outline = Rectangle((-1, -1), 2, 2, fill=False) else: outline = Polygon(shape.get_xy(), closed=True, fill=False) outline.set_edgecolor(color) outline.set_linewidth(2.5) ax.add_patch(outline) ax.axhline(0, color="#8a9196", lw=0.8, zorder=0) ax.axvline(0, color="#8a9196", lw=0.8, zorder=0) ax.scatter([0], [0], s=18, color="#263238", zorder=4) ax.scatter(*point, s=50, color="#20272d", zorder=5) ax.annotate("(0.8, 0.8)", point, xytext=(0, 20), textcoords="offset points", ha="center", fontsize=11) ax.set(xlim=(-1.35, 1.35), ylim=(-1.35, 1.35), xticks=[-1, 0, 1], yticks=[-1, 0, 1]) ax.set_aspect("equal") ax.set_xlabel("x", labelpad=0) ax.set_ylabel("y", rotation=0, labelpad=8) ax.set_title(title + "\n" + formula, pad=12) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) ax.spines[["left", "bottom"]].set_color("#b7bec3") value = f"{distance:.3f}" if title.startswith("Euclidean") else f"{distance:.1f}" status = "inside" if distance < 1 else "outside" ax.text(0.5, -0.27, f"Marked point: distance {value} — {status}", transform=ax.transAxes, ha="center", fontsize=11) fig.suptitle("Closed unit balls: same radius, different shapes", fontsize=18, y=0.98) fig.text(0.5, 0.03, "Solid outlines are included. Open unit balls omit the outlines.", ha="center", fontsize=12) fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.055, right=0.985, bottom=0.23, top=0.72, wspace=0.30) fig.savefig("metric-unit-ball-comparison.png", dpi=110, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()