"""Original Haar projection comparison, saved as an opaque PNG in CWD. Tested with Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. """ from math import erf, pi, sqrt from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): x = np.linspace(-3, 3, 1000) density = np.exp(-x**2 / 2) / sqrt(2 * pi) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(11.4, 3.7), dpi=100) for ax, j in zip(axes, (0, 2, 4)): width = 2.0**(-j) edges = np.arange(-3, 3 + width / 2, width) cdf = np.array([(1 + erf(t / sqrt(2))) / 2 for t in edges]) heights = np.diff(cdf) / width if not np.isclose(np.sum(heights) * width, cdf[-1] - cdf[0]): raise ValueError("Projection mass does not equal density mass in the view") ax.stairs(heights, edges, color="#d96d20", lw=1.8, label="Cell mean") ax.plot(x, density, color="#253c57", lw=1.8, label="Density") ax.set(xlim=(-3, 3), ylim=(0, 0.44), xlabel="x", title=f"j = {j}; cell width = {width:g}") ax.grid(alpha=0.2) ax.legend(fontsize=9, loc="upper right") axes[0].set_ylabel("Density / projected density") fig.suptitle("Haar projections of the standard normal density", fontsize=13) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / "paper-33-haar-projections.png", facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()