"""Original network diagram; Python 3.14.4, matplotlib 3.10.7, numpy 2.3.5. Writes paper-34-braess.png to the caller's current directory. The caller's MPLCONFIGDIR is preserved; no TeX installation is needed. """ import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import FancyArrowPatch, Circle fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10.8, 4.1), dpi=130, facecolor='white') positions = {'s': (0, 0), 'u': (1, 1), 'v': (1, -1), 't': (2, 0)} for index, ax in enumerate(axes): ax.set_facecolor('white') edges = [('s', 'u', '$z$', (.36, .63)), ('u', 't', '$1$', (1.64, .63)), ('s', 'v', '$1$', (.36, -.63)), ('v', 't', '$z$', (1.64, -.63))] for source, target, label, labelpos in edges: arrow = FancyArrowPatch(positions[source], positions[target], shrinkA=16, shrinkB=16, arrowstyle='-|>', mutation_scale=15, linewidth=1.9, color='#334155') ax.add_patch(arrow) ax.text(*labelpos, label, fontsize=14, ha='center', va='center', bbox={'facecolor': 'white', 'edgecolor': 'none', 'pad': 2}) if index: ax.add_patch(FancyArrowPatch(positions['u'], positions['v'], shrinkA=16, shrinkB=16, arrowstyle='-|>', mutation_scale=16, linewidth=2.4, color='#b45309')) ax.text(1.12, 0, '$0$', fontsize=14, color='#92400e', va='center') for node, xy in positions.items(): ax.add_patch(Circle(xy, .11, facecolor='white', edgecolor='#0f172a', linewidth=1.7, zorder=5)) ax.text(*xy, node, ha='center', va='center', fontsize=13, zorder=6) ax.set_title('Two available routes' if not index else 'A third route is added', fontsize=13) ax.text(1, -1.42, 'Each route carries 1/2' if not index else 'All demand uses s → u → v → t', ha='center', fontsize=10.5) ax.text(1, -1.66, 'Equilibrium delay: 3/2' if not index else 'Equilibrium delay: 2', ha='center', fontsize=12, fontweight='bold') ax.set_xlim(-.25, 2.25) ax.set_ylim(-1.8, 1.25) ax.set_aspect('equal') ax.axis('off') fig.text(.5, .025, 'One unit of demand; each edge label is its delay at throughput z.', ha='center', fontsize=10, color='#475569') fig.tight_layout(rect=(0, .045, 1, 1), w_pad=3) fig.savefig('paper-34-braess.png', facecolor='white', transparent=False) plt.close(fig)