"""Original centroid plot; Python 3.14, matplotlib 3.10.7, numpy 2.3.5. Save the white PNG in cwd, normally the mirrored _media directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np b = np.linspace(.0001, 2*np.pi, 600) f = 3*np.pi*np.sin(b/2)/(8*b) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.3, 3.9), layout='constrained', facecolor='white') ax.plot(b, f, color='#0072b2', lw=2) ax.plot([0,2*np.pi], [3*np.pi/16,0], 'o', mfc='white', mec='#0072b2') ax.plot(np.pi, 3/8, 'o', color='#d55e00') ax.annotate(r'$(\pi,3/8)$', (np.pi,3/8), xytext=(3.7,.44), arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'-', 'color':'#777777'}, fontsize=10) ax.set(xlim=(-.12, 2*np.pi+.12), ylim=(-.025,.65), xlabel=r'Wedge angle $\beta$', ylabel=r'Centroid distance $f(\beta)=\bar x/a$', title='Centroid approaches the sphere centre as the wedge opens') ax.set_xticks([0,np.pi,2*np.pi], ['$0$',r'$\pi$',r'$2\pi$']) ax.set_yticks([0,3/8,3*np.pi/16], ['$0$',r'$3/8$',r'$3\pi/16$']) ax.grid(alpha=.2) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix('.png').name, dpi=160, facecolor='white')