#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Oxford A6 2021, Q3(a): original rational-function sketch. Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7 (repository dependencies). Run in the output directory; writes 2021-roots.png to the current directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): eps = 0.15 small = 2 * eps / (1 + np.sqrt(1 - 4 * eps**2)) large = 1 / small x = np.linspace(-8, 10, 2401) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8.2, 4.0), layout="constrained") fig.patch.set_facecolor("white") ax.plot(x, x / (1 + x**2), color="#176aa5", lw=2, label=r"$F(x)=x/(1+x^2)$") ax.axhline(0, color="#888888", lw=0.8) ax.axvline(0, color="#888888", lw=0.8) ax.axhline(eps, color="#b45224", ls="--", lw=1.4, label=rf"$\epsilon={eps}$") ax.scatter([small, large], [eps, eps], color="#b45224", zorder=5) ax.scatter([-1, 1], [-0.5, 0.5], color="#176aa5", zorder=5) for root, label, offset in [(small, r"$x_-$", (15, -30)), (large, r"$x_+$", (10, 15))]: ax.annotate(label, (root, eps), xytext=offset, textcoords="offset points", fontsize=12, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#b45224"}) ax.annotate(r"$(-1,-1/2)$", (-1, -0.5), xytext=(-85, 18), textcoords="offset points", fontsize=10, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->"}) ax.annotate(r"$(1,1/2)$", (1, 0.5), xytext=(38, -5), textcoords="offset points", fontsize=10, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->"}) ax.set(xlim=(-8, 10), ylim=(-0.61, 0.65), xlabel="$x$", ylabel="$F(x)$") ax.grid(alpha=0.16) ax.legend(loc="upper right", fontsize=10) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) fig.savefig(Path("2021-roots.png"), dpi=115, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()