"""Normal ratio-of-uniforms region. Python 3.14; NumPy 2.3.5; Matplotlib 3.10.7. Run from the desired output directory. Writes paper-40-ratio-of-uniforms.png in the caller's CWD; honors a caller-supplied MPLCONFIGDIR. """ import os from pathlib import Path import tempfile if "MPLCONFIGDIR" not in os.environ: cache = Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / "codex-wiki-matplotlib" cache.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) os.environ["MPLCONFIGDIR"] = str(cache) import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np u = np.linspace(0.000001, 1.0, 1400) v = 2.0 * u * np.sqrt(-np.log(u)) width = np.sqrt(2.0 / np.e) peak_u = np.exp(-0.5) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.2, 4.4), layout="constrained", facecolor="white") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.fill_between(u, -width, width, color="#ededed", label="Proposal rectangle") ax.fill_between(u, -v, v, color="#91c6e4", label="Accepted region") ax.plot(u, v, color="#176a96", linewidth=2) ax.plot(u, -v, color="#176a96", linewidth=2) ax.plot([0, 1, 1, 0, 0], [-width, -width, width, width, -width], color="#555555", linestyle="--", linewidth=1.2) ax.scatter([peak_u, peak_u], [width, -width], color="#176a96", s=24, zorder=5) ax.axhline(0, color="#777777", linewidth=0.6) ax.text(0.40, 0.04, r"$|v|/\sigma \leq 2u\sqrt{-\log u}$", fontsize=11) ax.set(xlim=(-0.025, 1.04), ylim=(-1.01, 1.01), xlabel=r"$u$", ylabel=r"$v/\sigma$", title="Normal ratio-of-uniforms sampling") ax.set_xticks([0, peak_u, 1], ["0", r"$e^{-1/2}$", "1"]) ax.set_yticks([-width, 0, width], [r"$-\sqrt{2/e}$", "0", r"$\sqrt{2/e}$"]) ax.legend(loc="upper left", framealpha=1, facecolor="white", fontsize=9) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / "paper-40-ratio-of-uniforms.png", dpi=160, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig)