"""Exterior-square weight diagram; Python 3.14, matplotlib 3.10.7. Output is a white opaque PNG in the caller's CWD. Respect caller MPLCONFIGDIR. """ from itertools import combinations from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt weights = {} for i, j in combinations(range(5), 2): weights.setdefault(8 - 2 * (i + j), []).append((i, j)) assert sum(map(len, weights.values())) == 10 fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8.5, 2.6), dpi=110, facecolor='white') ax.axhline(0, color='#8794a5', linewidth=1) for weight, basis in sorted(weights.items()): ax.scatter([weight], [0], s=600, color='#1f618d', zorder=3) ax.text(weight, 0, str(len(basis)), ha='center', va='center', color='white', weight='bold', fontsize=13) ax.text(weight, -.38, str(weight), ha='center', va='center', fontsize=12) ax.text(0, .63, r'$\bigwedge^2\mathrm{Sym}^4\mathbb{C}^2$: weights and multiplicities', ha='center', fontsize=15) ax.text(0, -.8, 'Numbers in circles are weight-space dimensions', ha='center', fontsize=11) ax.set_xlim(-7.5, 7.5) ax.set_ylim(-1.1, 1.1) ax.axis('off') fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(Path('paper-3-sl2-weights.png'), facecolor='white', transparent=False) plt.close(fig)