"""Original exam-solution illustration; write the PNG basename to the cwd. 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 bisect(fun,left,right): for _ in range(70): mid=(left+right)/2 if fun(left)*fun(mid)>0:left=mid else:right=mid return (left+right)/2 def main(): fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(8.7,4.6),layout="constrained",facecolor="white") for j,(left,right) in enumerate([(0,np.pi/2),(np.pi/2,3*np.pi/2),(3*np.pi/2,2*np.pi)]): x=np.linspace(left+(.002 if j else 0),right-.002,1000) ax.plot(x,x*np.tan(x),color="#17648e",lw=2.1,label=r"$y=x\tan x$" if j==0 else None) angle=np.linspace(-np.pi/2,np.pi/2,500) ax.plot(5*np.cos(angle),5*np.sin(angle),color="#b84732",lw=1.8,label=r"$x^2+y^2=25$, $x\geq0$") for pole in [np.pi/2,3*np.pi/2]:ax.axvline(pole,color=".55",ls="--",lw=.9) roots=[bisect(lambda v:v-5*np.cos(v),0,np.pi/2),bisect(lambda v:v+5*np.cos(v),np.pi/2,np.pi),bisect(lambda v:v+5*np.cos(v),np.pi,3*np.pi/2)] ax.scatter(roots,np.array(roots)*np.tan(roots),s=38,color="#27734c",zorder=6,label="Three intersections") ax.scatter([0,np.pi,2*np.pi],[0,0,0],s=22,color="#17648e",zorder=5) ax.axhline(0,color=".65",lw=.8) ax.set(xlim=(-.12,2*np.pi+.1),ylim=(-7,7),xlabel="$x$",ylabel="$y$",title="Tangent-product branches and circle intersections") ax.set_xticks([0,np.pi/2,np.pi,3*np.pi/2,2*np.pi],["0",r"$\pi/2$",r"$\pi$",r"$3\pi/2$",r"$2\pi$"]) ax.grid(alpha=.13);ax.legend(loc="lower right",fontsize=9) fig.savefig(Path("paper-1-tangent-circle.png"),dpi=160,facecolor="white");plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()