"""Original Rayleigh sketch. Python 3.14, matplotlib 3.10.7, numpy 2.3.5. Run from the mirrored _media directory; the white PNG is saved to cwd. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np q=np.linspace(0,4.5,700) f=q*np.exp(-q*q/2) fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(6.5,4.0),layout='constrained',facecolor='white') ax.plot(q,f,color='#0072b2',lw=2) ax.plot(1,np.exp(-.5),'o',color='#d55e00',ms=5) ax.annotate(r'Mode: $x/\sigma=1$',(1,np.exp(-.5)),xytext=(.05,.69),fontsize=10, arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'-', 'color':'#777777'}) mean=np.sqrt(np.pi/2) ax.axvline(mean,color='#009e73',ls='--',lw=1.2) ax.text(1.5,.65,r'Mean: $\sqrt{\pi/2}$',color='#007a55',fontsize=10) ax.set(xlim=(0,4.5),ylim=(0,.76),xlabel=r'$x/\sigma$',ylabel=r'$\sigma f(x)$', title='Rayleigh probability density') ax.grid(alpha=.18) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix('.png').name,dpi=160,facecolor='white')