"""Original Q8 sketch; Python 3.14, NumPy and Matplotlib (root pyproject.toml). Write the PNG basename in the current working directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7.2, 4.4), layout="constrained") fig.set_facecolor("white") x = np.linspace(0.2, 8.0, 1500) ax.plot(x, x**-2 - x**-1, color="#176b9b", lw=2.2) ax.axhline(0, color="0.3", lw=0.9) ax.axvline(0, color="0.3", lw=0.9) ax.scatter([1, 2], [0, -0.25], color=["#176b9b", "#b83c32"], zorder=5) ax.annotate("$(1,0)$", (1, 0), xytext=(15, 12), textcoords="offset points") ax.annotate("minimum $(2,-1/4)$", (2, -0.25), xytext=(35, -18), textcoords="offset points", arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->"}) ax.annotate("$y\\to+\\infty$", (0.49, 2.12), xytext=(0.95, 1.55), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->"}) ax.text(5.5, 0.09, "$y\\to0$ from below", fontsize=11) ax.set(xlim=(-0.1, 8.0), ylim=(-0.48, 2.2), xlabel="$x$", ylabel="$y$", title="$y=x^{-2}-x^{-1}$ for $x>0$") ax.grid(alpha=0.16) 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()