"""Triple-branch comparison; tested with Python 3.14 and matplotlib 3.10.7. Write the PNG basename to the caller's current directory; honour MPLCONFIGDIR. """ from pathlib import Path import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 4.4), dpi=100, facecolor='white') spatial = fig.add_subplot(121, projection='3d') plane = fig.add_subplot(122) colors = ['#236aa8', '#b83c3c', '#3e8b63'] u = np.linspace(-1, 1, 101) zero = np.zeros_like(u) spatial.plot(u, zero, zero, lw=3, color=colors[0]) spatial.plot(zero, u, zero, lw=3, color=colors[1]) spatial.plot(zero, zero, u, lw=3, color=colors[2]) spatial.scatter([0], [0], [0], s=27, color='#222222') spatial.text(1.12, 0, 0, '$x$', fontsize=14, color=colors[0]) spatial.text(0, 1.12, 0, '$y$', fontsize=14, color=colors[1]) spatial.text(0, 0, 1.12, '$z$', fontsize=14, color=colors[2]) spatial.set_xlim(-1.2, 1.2) spatial.set_ylim(-1.2, 1.2) spatial.set_zlim(-1.2, 1.2) spatial.set_box_aspect((1, 1, 1)) spatial.view_init(elev=22, azim=-50) spatial.set_axis_off() spatial.set_title(r'Spatial axes: $\dim T_0X=3$', fontsize=15, pad=0) plane.plot(u, zero, lw=3, color=colors[0]) plane.plot(zero, u, lw=3, color=colors[1]) plane.plot(u, u, lw=3, color=colors[2]) plane.scatter([0], [0], s=27, color='#222222', zorder=5) plane.text(1.1, -.14, '$t=0$', fontsize=13, color=colors[0]) plane.text(.08, 1.07, '$s=0$', fontsize=13, color=colors[1]) plane.text(.71, .86, '$s=t$', fontsize=13, color=colors[2]) plane.set_xlim(-1.2, 1.5) plane.set_ylim(-1.15, 1.25) plane.set_aspect('equal') plane.axis('off') plane.set_title(r'Coplanar lines: $\dim T_0Y=2$', fontsize=15) fig.suptitle('Tangent spaces at a triple intersection', fontsize=18, y=.98) fig.text(.5, .035, 'Real sketches; the cotangent-space proof works over every algebraically closed field.', ha='center', fontsize=10, color='#555555') fig.subplots_adjust(left=.025, right=.97, bottom=.10, top=.83, wspace=.10) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / 'paper-21-three-branches.png', dpi=100, facecolor='white', transparent=False) plt.close(fig)