"""Sketch Question 2(a); write the PNG in the current working directory. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 10, "figure.facecolor": "white"}) fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10.8, 7.7)) fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.03, right=0.97, bottom=0.08, top=0.93, wspace=0.14, hspace=0.43) axes = [fig.add_subplot(2, 3, i + 1, projection="3d") for i in range(5)] for ax in axes: ax.set(xlabel="$x$", ylabel="$y$", zlabel="$z$") ax.set_box_aspect((1, 1, 1)) ax.view_init(elev=22, azim=-55) ax.xaxis.set_pane_color((1, 1, 1, 1)) ax.yaxis.set_pane_color((1, 1, 1, 1)) ax.zaxis.set_pane_color((1, 1, 1, 1)) ax.set_xticks([-1, 0, 1]) ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1]) ax.set_zticks([-1, 0, 1]) azimuth, polar = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 65), np.linspace(0, np.pi, 35)) axes[0].plot_surface(np.sin(polar) * np.cos(azimuth), np.sin(polar) * np.sin(azimuth), np.cos(polar), color="#72b4dc", alpha=0.8, linewidth=0.2, edgecolor="white") axes[0].set_title("Unit sphere\n$x^2+y^2+z^2=1$") angle, radius = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 65), np.linspace(0, 1.1, 30)) axes[1].plot_surface(radius * np.cos(angle), radius * np.sin(angle), radius**2, color="#75bf95", alpha=0.85, linewidth=0.2, edgecolor="white") axes[1].set_title("Circular paraboloid\n$z=x^2+y^2$") z = np.linspace(-1.2, 1.2, 50) axes[2].plot(np.zeros_like(z), np.zeros_like(z), z, color="#2669ad", linewidth=3) axes[2].set(xlim=(-1, 1), ylim=(-1, 1), zlim=(-1.2, 1.2)) axes[2].set_title("$a>0$: the $z$ axis\n$ax^2+y^2=0$") x, z = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(-1.1, 1.1, 15), np.linspace(-1.2, 1.2, 15)) axes[3].plot_surface(x, np.zeros_like(x), z, color="#b296cf", alpha=0.75, linewidth=0.3, edgecolor="white") axes[3].set(ylim=(-1.1, 1.1)) axes[3].set_title("$a=0$: one plane\n$y^2=0$, hence $y=0$") axes[4].plot_surface(x, x, z, color="#e49c67", alpha=0.6, linewidth=0.3, edgecolor="white") axes[4].plot_surface(x, -x, z, color="#72b4dc", alpha=0.6, linewidth=0.3, edgecolor="white") axes[4].plot(np.zeros(50), np.zeros(50), np.linspace(-1.2, 1.2, 50), color="#333333", linewidth=2) axes[4].set_title("$a<0$: two intersecting planes\n" + r"$y=\pm\sqrt{-a}\,x$ ($a=-1$ drawn)") note = fig.add_subplot(2, 3, 6) note.axis("off") note.text(0.05, 0.73, "$ax^2+y^2=0$\n\nThe coordinate $z$ is unrestricted.\n\nA line, a repeated plane, or two planes\ncan therefore occur.\n\nInfinite sets are shown in finite windows.", va="top", linespacing=1.5) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=110, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()