"""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(): fig=plt.figure(figsize=(10,5.4),layout="constrained",facecolor="white") gs=fig.add_gridspec(2,2,width_ratios=[1.6,1]) ax=fig.add_subplot(gs[:,0],projection="3d") ax.set_facecolor("white");angle=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,240) for z,color in [(-1.3,"#b84732"),(1.3,"#17648e")]: for rho in [.7,1.4]: ax.plot(rho*np.cos(angle),rho*np.sin(angle),np.full_like(angle,z),color=color,alpha=.6,lw=1) ph=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,8,endpoint=False) xx=rho*np.cos(ph);yy=rho*np.sin(ph) ax.quiver(xx,yy,np.full_like(ph,z),-.18*z*yy,.18*z*xx,np.zeros_like(ph),color=color,arrow_length_ratio=.4,linewidth=1.4) ax.plot(1.4*np.cos(angle),1.4*np.sin(angle),np.zeros_like(angle),color=".6",ls="--",lw=1) ax.plot([0,0],[0,0],[-1.8,1.8],color=".5",lw=1) ax.set(xlim=(-1.7,1.7),ylim=(-1.7,1.7),zlim=(-1.8,1.8),xlabel="$x$",ylabel="$y$",zlabel="$z$",title=r"$v_\phi=\alpha z\rho$") ax.set_box_aspect((1,1,1));ax.view_init(elev=21,azim=-57) for axis in [ax.xaxis,ax.yaxis,ax.zaxis]:axis.set_pane_color((1,1,1,1)) ax.text2D(.02,.97,"Middle plane and vertical axis: stationary",transform=ax.transAxes,fontsize=9) for row,z,color in [(0,1,"#17648e"),(1,-1,"#b84732")]: panel=fig.add_subplot(gs[row,1]);panel.set_facecolor("white") for rho in [.55,1.0]: panel.plot(rho*np.cos(angle),rho*np.sin(angle),color=color,alpha=.5,lw=1) ph=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,8,endpoint=False);xx=rho*np.cos(ph);yy=rho*np.sin(ph) panel.quiver(xx,yy,-z*yy,z*xx,color=color,angles="xy",scale_units="xy",scale=3.2,width=.009) panel.scatter([0],[0],s=18,color=".4") panel.set(xlim=(-1.4,1.4),ylim=(-1.3,1.3),title="Above: anticlockwise" if z>0 else "Below: clockwise") panel.set_aspect("equal");panel.axis("off") if row==1:panel.text(0,-1.15,"Both views look down from +z",ha="center",fontsize=9) fig.savefig(Path("paper-1-height-dependent-rotation.png"),dpi=160,facecolor="white");plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()