"""Original Q20 cap orientations; 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(): a, b, c = 1.7, 1.2, 1 radial, phi = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, 1, 38), np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 90)) fig = plt.figure(figsize=(9.6, 4.3), layout="constrained", facecolor="white") for index, power in enumerate([2, 8], 1): ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, index, projection="3d") ax.set_facecolor("white") x = a*radial*np.cos(phi) y = b*radial*np.sin(phi) z = c*np.maximum(1-radial**2, 0)**(1/power) ax.plot_surface(x, y, z, color="#70a7c5", alpha=0.35, edgecolor="#c0d0d8", linewidth=0.18, rcount=45, ccount=30) angle = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 400) ax.plot(a*np.cos(angle), b*np.sin(angle), np.zeros_like(angle), color="#8d3c68", linewidth=2.6) ph = -1.0 tangent = np.array([-a*np.sin(ph), b*np.cos(ph), 0]) tangent /= np.linalg.norm(tangent) ax.quiver(a*np.cos(ph), b*np.sin(ph), 0, *tangent, color="#8d3c68", length=0.48, arrow_length_ratio=0.35, linewidth=2) rr, ph = 0.55, 0.85 point = np.array([a*rr*np.cos(ph), b*rr*np.sin(ph), c*(1-rr**2)**(1/power)]) normal = np.array([2*point[0]/a**2, 2*point[1]/b**2, power*point[2]**(power-1)/c**power]) normal /= np.linalg.norm(normal) ax.quiver(*point, *normal, length=0.52, color="#ad412f", linewidth=2, arrow_length_ratio=0.28) ax.text(*(point+0.58*normal), "$n$", color="#ad412f", fontsize=12) ax.text(-a-0.04, 0, 0, "$C$", color="#8d3c68", fontsize=13) ax.text2D(0.08, 0.03, "Boundary is counterclockwise from +z", transform=ax.transAxes, fontsize=9) ax.set(xlim=(-2, 2), ylim=(-1.5, 1.5), zlim=(0, 1.5), title="Ellipsoidal cap" if power == 2 else "Cap with an eighth-power height term") ax.set_box_aspect((4, 3, 1.5)) ax.view_init(elev=25, azim=-65) ax.set_axis_off() fig.savefig(Path("paper-1-stokes-orientation.png"), dpi=160, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()