"""Original explanatory calculation. Save only the PNG basename to the working directory.""" import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.rcParams.update({"font.size":10,"axes.spines.top":False,"axes.spines.right":False}) def finish(fig,name): fig.savefig(name+".png",dpi=150,bbox_inches="tight",facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) x=np.linspace(0,1,401) fig,axs=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(9,3.4),layout="constrained") axs[0].plot(x,1-x,color="#0072b2",lw=2) axs[0].set(xlabel=r"$M_s/M_{s,\max}$",ylabel=r"$\epsilon M_g^{\rm eq}/\Phi$",title="Instantaneous gas-balance nullcline") for ratio,color in [(.2,"#0072b2"),(1,"#d55e00"),(3,"#009e73")]: f=ratio*(1-x)/(ratio*(1-x)+x) axs[1].plot(x,f,label=rf"$A/\epsilon={ratio:g}$",color=color) axs[1].set(xlabel=r"$M_s/M_{s,\max}$",ylabel=r"$f_{\rm gas}$",title="Gas fractions on the nullcline") axs[1].legend() fig.suptitle("A nullcline is not a constant-gas evolutionary trajectory",fontsize=11) finish(fig,"paper-1-gas-regulator")