"""Compare the computed Jones polynomial with its reflection; output to CWD.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): coefficients = {2: 1, 7: 1, 8: -1, 9: 1, 10: -1} fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 1, figsize=(10, 4.8), sharex=True) for ax, data, name, color in ( (axes[0], coefficients, "Knot: $V_K(t)$", "#2563a6"), (axes[1], {-k: v for k, v in coefficients.items()}, "Mirror: $V_K(t^{-1})$", "#ae4b32"), ): powers = np.array(sorted(data)) ax.bar(powers, [data[k] for k in powers], width=0.55, color=color) ax.axhline(0, color="#4a4a4a", linewidth=0.8) ax.set_ylim(-1.35, 1.35) ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1]) ax.set_ylabel("Coefficient") ax.set_title(name, loc="left", fontsize=11) ax.grid(axis="x", color="#dddddd", linewidth=0.6) ax.set_axisbelow(True) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) axes[1].set_xticks(range(-10, 11, 2)) axes[1].set_xlabel("Exponent of $t$") axes[1].set_xlim(-11, 11) fig.suptitle("Different Jones polynomials distinguish the knot from its mirror", fontsize=13) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / "paper-19-jones-reflection.png", dpi=110, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()