"""Exact model correlations; Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7. Write an opaque PNG to CWD. Values are computed, not experimental data. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle import numpy as np def main(): x = np.array([[0, 1], [1, 0]], dtype=complex) y = np.array([[0, -1j], [1j, 0]], dtype=complex) z = np.diag([1, -1]).astype(complex) singlet = np.array([0, 1, -1, 0], dtype=complex) / np.sqrt(2) sequential = [np.trace(p @ y @ p @ y.conj().T).real / 2 for p in [z, x, y]] spatial = [np.vdot(singlet, np.kron(p, p) @ singlet).real for p in [z, x, y]] fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8.2, 4.0), dpi=120, facecolor="white") fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.02, right=0.98, top=0.7, bottom=0.16) ax.set_xlim(0, 8) ax.set_ylim(0, 2.5) ax.axis("off") fig.suptitle("A third basis separates temporal and spatial correlations", fontsize=13, y=0.97) fig.text(0.5, 0.84, "One qubit: measure B → Y → measure B, starting from I/2", ha="center", fontsize=11) fig.text(0.5, 0.77, "Two qubits: share a singlet → measure B on each qubit", ha="center", fontsize=11) for j, label in enumerate(["Z basis", "X basis", "Y basis"]): ax.text(3.0 + j * 1.75, 2.25, label, ha="center", fontsize=11) for i, (label, values) in enumerate([("Sequential, U = Y", sequential), ("Singlet pair", spatial)]): cy = 1.25 - 0.98 * i ax.text(0.05, cy + 0.33, label, fontsize=11, va="center") for j, value in enumerate(values): left = 2.3 + 1.75 * j color = "#e5efe9" if value < 0 else "#f3d7bf" ax.add_patch(Rectangle((left, cy), 1.4, 0.7, facecolor=color, edgecolor="#555555", linewidth=0.8)) ax.text(left + 0.7, cy + 0.35, "−1" if value < 0 else "+1", ha="center", va="center", fontsize=15) fig.text(0.5, 0.06, "Correlation +1: equal labels. Correlation −1: opposite labels. Exact predictions, not measured data.", ha="center", fontsize=9) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / (Path(__file__).stem + ".png"), facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()