"""Write paper-1-apollonius-circle.png to the current working directory. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. Respects externally supplied MPLCONFIGDIR and uses an opaque background. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4,4.4),dpi=100,facecolor='white') ax.set_facecolor('white');t=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,721) ax.plot(9/8*np.cos(t),3/8+9/8*np.sin(t),color='#176b99',lw=2.2,label='$|z+3i|=3|z|$') ax.axhline(0,color='#777777',lw=.8);ax.axvline(0,color='#777777',lw=.8) ax.scatter([0],[3/8],color='#aa5035',s=30,zorder=4) ax.annotate('Center $3i/8$',(0,3/8),(.25,.57),fontsize=10,arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'-','color':'#aa5035'}) for y,label,xtext in [(1.5,'$3i/2$',.16),(-.75,'$-3i/4$',.16)]: ax.scatter([0],[y],color='#176b99',s=25,zorder=4);ax.text(xtext,y+.04,label,fontsize=11) ax.plot([0,9/8],[3/8,3/8],ls='--',color='#aa5035',lw=1) ax.text(.58,.24,'$9/8$',color='#874029',fontsize=10) ax.set(xlim=(-1.6,1.8),ylim=(-1.1,1.9),xlabel='$\\operatorname{Re} z$',ylabel='$\\operatorname{Im} z$',title='Circle with center $3i/8$ and radius $9/8$') ax.set_aspect('equal',adjustable='box');ax.grid(alpha=.18);ax.legend(loc='upper left',frameon=False,fontsize=10) fig.tight_layout();fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/'paper-1-apollonius-circle.png',dpi=100,facecolor='white',transparent=False);plt.close(fig)