"""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 main(): ph=np.linspace(-np.pi,np.pi,900);rr=1+np.cos(ph) beta=np.pi/3;p=np.linspace(-beta,beta,450) outer=1+np.cos(p);inner=1.5*np.ones_like(p) fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4,5.2),layout="constrained",facecolor="white") ax.plot(rr*np.cos(ph),rr*np.sin(ph),color="#17648e",lw=2,label=r"$r=1+\cos\phi$") ax.plot(1.5*np.cos(ph),1.5*np.sin(ph),color="#b84732",lw=1.8,label=r"$r=3/2$") ax.fill(np.r_[outer*np.cos(p),(inner*np.cos(p))[::-1]],np.r_[outer*np.sin(p),(inner*np.sin(p))[::-1]],color="#b9d9c6",alpha=.9,label="$D$") ax.text(1.7,0,"$D$",fontsize=14,ha="center") for sign in [-1,1]: xy=(.75,sign*3*np.sqrt(3)/4) ax.scatter(*xy,s=26,color="#17648e",zorder=5) ax.plot([0,xy[0]],[0,xy[1]],ls="--",color=".6",lw=.8) ax.text(.12,sign*.63,r"$\phi=\pi/3$" if sign>0 else r"$\phi=-\pi/3$",fontsize=9) ax.axhline(0,color=".7",lw=.8);ax.axvline(0,color=".7",lw=.8) ax.set(xlim=(-1.7,2.25),ylim=(-1.8,1.8),xlabel="$x$",ylabel="$y$",title="A cap between the cardioid and circle") ax.set_aspect("equal");ax.grid(alpha=.12);ax.legend(loc="upper left",fontsize=9) fig.savefig(Path("paper-1-cardioid-cap.png"),dpi=160,facecolor="white");plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()