"""Original illustration for the 2016 Oxford Mathematical Methods II solution. Run from any output directory; writes only the matching PNG to that 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"}) t=np.linspace(0,8*np.pi,1400) x=np.array([.25+.5*np.cos(t)-.75*np.cos(np.sqrt(2)*t),.25+.75*np.cos(np.sqrt(2)*t),.25-.5*np.cos(t)-.75*np.cos(np.sqrt(2)*t)]) fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(9,4.7),layout='constrained') for i,(y,c) in enumerate(zip(x,['#2069a8','#b44026','#23925b'])):ax.plot(t/(2*np.pi),y,color=c,label=f'atom {i+1}',lw=1.7) ax.axhline(.25,color='black',ls='--',lw=1.3,label='centre of mass') ax.scatter([0,0,0],[0,1,-1],c=['#2069a8','#b44026','#23925b'],zorder=4) ax.set(xlabel=r'$t\omega/(2\pi)$, with $\omega=\sqrt{k/m}$',ylabel=r'$x_i/d$',title=r'$M=2m$: released from rest at $(x_1,x_2,x_3)=(0,d,-d)$',xlim=(0,4),ylim=(-1.6,1.6)) ax.grid(alpha=.2);ax.legend(ncol=2,loc='upper right') fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/'2016-triatomic-initial-motion.png',dpi=140,transparent=False) plt.close(fig)