"""Exact implicit trajectories of the cubic local approximation. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7, declared in the repository pyproject.toml. Writes the matching PNG into the CWD. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): radius = 0.32 grid = np.linspace(-radius, radius, 240) xx, yy = np.meshgrid(grid, grid) u = xx * (xx**2 + yy**2) v = 2 * yy**3 speed = np.maximum(np.hypot(u, v), 1.0e-20) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4, 5.7), layout="constrained") fig.set_facecolor("white") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.streamplot(grid, grid, u / speed, v / speed, color="#aab6be", density=1.15, linewidth=0.6, arrowsize=0.9, zorder=1) for constant in [-10, -6, -3, 3, 6, 10]: for ysign in [-1, 1]: y = ysign * np.linspace(1.0e-5, radius, 1200) denominator = 1 - constant * y valid = denominator > 0 y = y[valid] x = np.abs(y) / np.sqrt(denominator[valid]) valid = x <= radius for xsign in [-1, 1]: ax.plot(xsign * x[valid], y[valid], color="#1766a5", alpha=0.82, lw=1.0, zorder=2) ax.plot(grid, grid, color="#c26513", lw=1.8, label="Diagonals: C=0", zorder=3) ax.plot(grid, -grid, color="#c26513", lw=1.8, zorder=3) ax.axhline(0, color="#303030", lw=1.1, label="Invariant axes", zorder=3) ax.axvline(0, color="#303030", lw=1.1, zorder=3) for direction in [-1, 1]: ax.annotate("", xy=(direction * 0.23, 0), xytext=(direction * 0.13, 0), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "-|>", "color": "#303030"}) ax.annotate("", xy=(0, direction * 0.23), xytext=(0, direction * 0.13), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "-|>", "color": "#303030"}) ax.scatter([0], [0], color="#b52225", s=38, zorder=5) ax.text(0.03, 0.96, "$x^2-y^2=Cx^2y$\nOrigin repels in forward time", transform=ax.transAxes, va="top", fontsize=10, bbox={"facecolor": "white", "edgecolor": "none", "alpha": 0.92}) ax.set(xlim=(-radius, radius), ylim=(-radius, radius), xlabel="x", ylabel="y", title="Cubic local approximation: trajectories and outward flow") ax.set_aspect("equal") ax.legend(loc="lower right", fontsize=9, framealpha=0.95) ax.grid(alpha=0.13) fig.savefig(Path("2014-cubic-origin-trajectories.png"), dpi=135, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()