"""Original Argand sketches; Python 3.14, NumPy and Matplotlib. Dependencies are in root pyproject.toml; PNG output is in cwd. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(8.6, 4.9), layout="constrained") fig.set_facecolor("white") t = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 700) axes[0].plot(np.sqrt(3)*np.cos(t), 1+2*np.sin(t), color="#176b9b", lw=2.2) axes[0].set_title("$a=4$: ellipse") axes[1].plot([0, 0], [0, 2], color="#176b9b", lw=4, zorder=3) axes[1].set_title("$a=2$: closed segment") for ax in axes: ax.axhline(0, color="0.5", lw=0.8) ax.axvline(0, color="0.5", lw=0.8) ax.scatter([0, 0], [0, 2], color="#b83c32", zorder=5) ax.annotate("$0$", (0, 0), xytext=(7, -14), textcoords="offset points") ax.annotate("$2i$", (0, 2), xytext=(7, 5), textcoords="offset points") ax.set(xlim=(-2.3, 2.3), ylim=(-1.4, 3.5), xlabel="$\\mathrm{Re}\\,z$", ylabel="$\\mathrm{Im}\\,z$", aspect="equal") ax.set_xticks([-2, -1, 0, 1, 2]) ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1, 2, 3]) ax.grid(alpha=0.15) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=150, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()