"""Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7; cwd PNG only.""" from pathlib import Path import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(7.2,4.4),dpi=100,facecolor='white') a=np.linspace(0,1,201);b=np.linspace(1,2,201);c=np.linspace(2,3,201) for t,k in [(a,2*a*a/3),(b,2-(3-b)**2/3),(c,-(3-c)**2/3)]: ax.plot(t,k,color='#2166ac',linewidth=2) ax.fill_between(t,0,k,color='#2166ac' if k.mean()>0 else '#b2182b',alpha=.15) ax.plot(2,5/3,'o',markerfacecolor='white',markeredgecolor='#2166ac',markersize=7) ax.plot(2,-1/3,'o',color='#2166ac',markersize=7) ax.axhline(0,color='0.3',linewidth=.8) ax.axvline(2,color='0.6',linewidth=.7,linestyle='--') ax.annotate('Left limit 5/3',(2,5/3),xytext=(2.14,1.53),fontsize=10) ax.annotate('Right limit −1/3',(2,-1/3),xytext=(.72,-.46),fontsize=10) ax.set(xlim=(0,3),ylim=(-.6,1.9),xlabel=r'$\theta$',ylabel=r'$K(\theta)$', title='Peano kernel for the asymmetric second derivative') ax.set_xticks([0,1,2,3]);ax.set_yticks([-1/3,0,2/3,5/3],['−1/3','0','2/3','5/3']) ax.grid(alpha=.18) fig.tight_layout(pad=1.3) fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/'paper-2-peano-kernel.png',dpi=100,facecolor='white',transparent=False) plt.close(fig)