"""Sketch Question 3(a)(iii); write the PNG in the current 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(): fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4, 4.4), layout="constrained", facecolor="white") theta_end = 2 * np.pi / 3 theta = np.linspace(0, theta_end, 401) tail = np.linspace(theta_end, np.pi, 201) radius = 1 + np.cos(theta) tail_radius = 1 + np.cos(tail) ax.plot(tail_radius * np.cos(tail), tail_radius * np.sin(tail), "--", color="#8b8b8b", linewidth=2, label="Continuation to the cusp") ax.plot(radius * np.cos(theta), radius * np.sin(theta), color="#236ba5", linewidth=3, label=r"Partial curve: $0\leq\theta\leq2\pi/3$") ax.scatter([2, -0.25, 0], [0, np.sqrt(3) / 4, 0], color=["#236ba5", "#236ba5", "#555555"], zorder=4) ax.annotate("Start $(2a,0)$", (2, 0), xytext=(1.2, -0.23)) ax.annotate(r"$\theta_2=2\pi/3$", (-0.25, np.sqrt(3) / 4), xytext=(-0.43, 0.85), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#555555"}) ax.annotate("Cusp", (0, 0), xytext=(0.13, 0.16), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#555555"}) ax.axhline(0, color="#aaaaaa", linewidth=0.7, zorder=0) ax.axvline(0, color="#aaaaaa", linewidth=0.7, zorder=0) ax.set(xlabel="$x/a$", ylabel="$y/a$", xlim=(-0.55, 2.2), ylim=(-0.3, 1.65), title=r"A partial cardioid: $r=a(1+\cos\theta)$") ax.set_aspect("equal") ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) ax.legend(loc="upper right", frameon=False, fontsize=9) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=115, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()