"""Original illustration for the 2016 Oxford Mathematical Methods I solution. Writes only the matching PNG to the current working directory. Tested with Python 3.14, numpy 2.3.5 and matplotlib 3.10.7 (root pyproject.toml). """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 11, "figure.facecolor": "white", "axes.facecolor": "white", "savefig.facecolor": "white"}) theta=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,151);z=np.linspace(-2.1,2.1,49);Th,Z=np.meshgrid(theta,z) X=np.sqrt(5+4*Z*Z)*np.cos(Th);Y=np.sqrt(1+.8*Z*Z)*np.sin(Th) fig=plt.figure(figsize=(10.7,5.6),layout='constrained');ax=fig.add_subplot(121,projection='3d');right=fig.add_subplot(122) ax.plot_wireframe(X,Y,Z,rstride=5,cstride=12,color='#37739c',alpha=.38,lw=.65) u=np.sqrt(5)*np.cos(theta);w=np.sqrt(45/13)*np.sin(theta) ax.plot(u,7*w/9,-8*w/(9*np.sqrt(2)),color='#b34325',lw=3) px,py=np.meshgrid(np.linspace(-2.7,2.7,2),np.linspace(-1.75,1.75,2));ax.plot_surface(px,py,-8*py/(7*np.sqrt(2)),color='#edb16d',alpha=.17,shade=False) ax.set(xlabel='$X$',ylabel='$Y$',zlabel='$Z$',title='Principal coordinates: hyperboloid and cutting plane',xlim=(-5,5),ylim=(-2.5,2.5),zlim=(-2.2,2.2));ax.set_box_aspect((1.4,1,1.1));ax.view_init(elev=21,azim=-55) right.plot(u,w,color='#b34325',lw=2.4);right.axhline(0,color='.6',lw=.8);right.axvline(0,color='.6',lw=.8) right.annotate(r'$\sqrt{5}$',(np.sqrt(5),0),(1.6,-.65),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->'},fontsize=12) right.annotate(r'$\sqrt{45/13}$',(0,np.sqrt(45/13)),(.5,2.15),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->'},fontsize=12) right.set(xlabel=r'$u$ along $(1,0,1)/\sqrt{2}$',ylabel=r'$w$ along $(1,-4,-1)/(3\sqrt{2})$',title='Intrinsic orthonormal coordinates in the plane',xlim=(-2.7,2.7),ylim=(-2.7,2.7));right.set_aspect('equal');right.grid(alpha=.2) fig.suptitle(r'$Q_1=-5$: connected one-sheet surface; oblique section is an ellipse',fontsize=13) fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/'2016-hyperboloid-plane-section.png',dpi=140,transparent=False) plt.close(fig)