"""Normal-density pointwise/global bandwidth ratio. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. Writes an opaque PNG basename in the caller's current directory. The caller may supply MPLCONFIGDIR; this script does not override it. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def ratio(x): return ((3 * np.sqrt(2) / 8) * np.exp(x * x / 2) / (x * x - 1) ** 2) ** 0.2 def main(): fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.0, 3.7), dpi=160, facecolor="white") ax.set_facecolor("white") for left, right in [(-4, -1.0005), (-0.9995, 0.9995), (1.0005, 4)]: x = np.unique(np.r_[np.linspace(left, right, 1000), [t for t in (-np.sqrt(5), 0, np.sqrt(5)) if left <= t <= right]]) ax.plot(x, ratio(x), color="#225ea8", linewidth=1.8) minima = np.array([-np.sqrt(5), np.sqrt(5)]) rmin = ratio(minima[0]) ax.scatter(minima, ratio(minima), color="#a63603", zorder=5) ax.axhline(rmin, color="#a63603", linestyle=":", linewidth=1) for x in (-1, 1): ax.axvline(x, color="0.55", linestyle="--", linewidth=1) ax.annotate(r"Global minimum at $x=\pm\sqrt{5}$", xy=(np.sqrt(5), rmin), xytext=(0.6, 1.48), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#a63603"}, color="#a63603", fontsize=9) ax.set(xlim=(-4, 4), ylim=(0.7, 2.6), xlabel=r"Position $x$", ylabel=r"$h_{\mathrm{AMSE}}(x)/h_{\mathrm{AMISE}}$", title="Local bandwidth relative to the global optimum") ax.grid(alpha=0.18) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(Path("paper-42-bandwidth-ratio.png"), facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()