"""Original time profiles of an odd Gaussian pair under heat diffusion.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np x = np.linspace(-9, 9, 1600) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7.2, 4.4), layout="constrained") for t, color in zip([0, .5, 2, 6], ["#245f96", "#b76628", "#618537", "#985990"]): s = 1+4*t u = (np.exp(-(x-2)**2/s)-np.exp(-(x+2)**2/s))/np.sqrt(s) ax.plot(x, u, color=color, lw=2, label=f"t = {t:g}") ax.axhline(0, color="#666666", lw=.8) ax.axvline(0, color="#666666", lw=.8) ax.set(xlim=(-9, 9), ylim=(-1.08, 1.08), xlabel="x", ylabel=r"$\theta(x,t)$", title="Opposite Gaussian lobes broaden and flatten") ax.grid(alpha=.15) ax.legend(frameon=False, loc="upper left") fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=120, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig)