"""Oxford A1 (2021), Q1(b)(iii): run from the desired PNG output directory. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): x = np.linspace(0.0, 1.8, 500) lower, upper = -x, 2 * x**2 - x fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4, 4.8), layout="constrained") fig.set_facecolor("white") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.fill_between(x, lower, upper, color="#e0effa", label="Region determined by the data") ax.plot(x, lower, color="#215a86", lw=2, label=r"$y=-x$ and $y=2x^2-x$") ax.plot(x, upper, color="#215a86", lw=2) for r in (-0.75, -0.4, 0.4, 0.75): y = (r + 1) * x**2 - x ax.plot(x, y, color="#8cb4cf", lw=0.9) x0, x1 = 1.25, 1.36 ax.annotate("", (x1, (r + 1) * x1**2 - x1), (x0, (r + 1) * x0**2 - x0), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#527f9f", "lw": 1.2}) ax.plot(x, x**2 - x, "--", color="#c94a30", lw=2, label=r"Corner: $y=x^2-x$") ax.plot([1, 1], [-1, 1], color="#202020", lw=3, label=r"Initial data: $x=1$, $-1\leq y\leq1$") ax.scatter([0], [0], facecolors="white", edgecolors="black", s=45, zorder=6) ax.annotate("Origin excluded", (0, 0), (0.12, 0.6), fontsize=9, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "lw": 0.8}) ax.set(xlim=(-0.08, 1.86), ylim=(-2, 5), xlabel=r"$x$", ylabel=r"$y$", title=r"Characteristic region, $\beta=1$") ax.grid(alpha=0.18) ax.legend(loc="upper left", fontsize=8.5, framealpha=1) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=140, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()