"""Original Q11 contour sketches; 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(): theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 900) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10, 4.6), layout="constrained") fig.patch.set_facecolor("white") for ax in axes: ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.axhline(0, color="#888888", linewidth=0.7) ax.axvline(0, color="#888888", linewidth=0.7) ax.set_aspect("equal") ax.set(xlabel=r"$x=\mathrm{Re}\,z$", ylabel=r"$y=\mathrm{Im}\,z$") ax.grid(alpha=0.15) for radius in [0.5, 1, 2, 3]: axes[0].plot(radius * np.cos(theta), radius * np.sin(theta), color="#17638d", linewidth=1.8) axes[0].text(radius * 0.70, radius * 0.70, f"$r={radius:g}$", fontsize=9, backgroundcolor="white") axes[0].set(xlim=(-3.4, 3.4), ylim=(-3.4, 3.4), title=r"$\mathrm{Re}\,\log z=\log r$") for level in [-1, -0.5, -0.25, 0.25, 0.5, 1]: centre = 1 / (2 * level) radius = abs(centre) colour = "#bd5337" if level < 0 else "#17638d" axes[1].plot(centre + radius * np.cos(theta), radius * np.sin(theta), color=colour, linewidth=1.8) axes[1].text(centre, radius + 0.08, f"$K={level:g}$", fontsize=9, ha="center", color=colour) axes[1].axvline(0, color="#333333", linewidth=1.2, linestyle="--") axes[1].text(0.1, -2.35, "$K=0$", fontsize=10) axes[1].set(xlim=(-4.4, 4.4), ylim=(-2.7, 2.7), title=r"$\mathrm{Re}(1/z)=K$") for ax in axes: ax.scatter(0, 0, s=35, facecolor="white", edgecolor="black", zorder=10) fig.savefig(Path("paper-1-complex-contours.png"), dpi=160, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()