"""Oxford A1 (2021), Q3(a)(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(-1.95, 1.95, 330) z = np.linspace(-1.9, 1.9, 320) xx, zz = np.meshgrid(x, z) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4, 5.4), layout="constrained") fig.set_facecolor("white") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.streamplot(x, z, zz, xx**3 - xx, color="#9da9b1", density=1.15, linewidth=0.7, arrowsize=0.9) energy = zz**2 / 2 + xx**2 / 2 - xx**4 / 4 central = np.ma.masked_where(np.abs(xx) >= 1, energy) ax.contour(xx, zz, central, levels=[0.035, 0.09, 0.16, 0.22], colors=["#215a86"], linewidths=1.2) for sign in (-1, 1): ax.plot(x, sign * (x**2 - 1) / np.sqrt(2), color="#c94a30", lw=2, label="Saddle level: h = 1/4" if sign == 1 else None) ax.axhline(0, color="#595959", ls="--", lw=0.9, label="Nullclines") for a in (-1, 0, 1): ax.axvline(a, color="#595959", ls="--", lw=0.9) ax.scatter([-1, 1], [0, 0], marker="x", color="#8e2112", s=65, lw=2, zorder=5) ax.scatter([0], [0], color="#215a86", s=35, zorder=5) ax.annotate("Centre", (0, 0), (0.1, 0.16), fontsize=9) ax.annotate("Saddle", (-1, 0), (-1.63, -0.24), fontsize=9) ax.annotate("Saddle", (1, 0), (1.18, 0.18), fontsize=9) for x0, x1, sign in [(-0.42, -0.23, 1), (0.42, 0.23, -1)]: ax.annotate("", (x1, sign * (1 - x1**2) / np.sqrt(2)), (x0, sign * (1 - x0**2) / np.sqrt(2)), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#c94a30", "lw": 2}) ax.set(xlim=(-1.95, 1.95), ylim=(-1.9, 1.9), xlabel=r"$x$", ylabel=r"$z=y-\beta$", title="Clockwise centre between two saddles", aspect="equal") ax.legend(loc="lower 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()