"""Original distance sketch; Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3, Matplotlib 3.10. Run from mirrored _media directory; the PNG is written to cwd. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.rcParams.update({'font.size':11,'figure.facecolor':'white'}) t=np.linspace(-5,3,600) d=np.sqrt((t+1)**2+.5) fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4,4.0),layout='constrained') ax.plot(t,d,color='#256c9c',lw=2.3,label=r'$d(t)$') ax.plot(t,t+1,'--',color='#a35c2c',lw=1.3,label=r'$d=t+1$') ax.plot(t,-t-1,'--',color='#6c689f',lw=1.3,label=r'$d=-t-1$') ax.axvline(-1,color='0.6',ls=':',lw=1) ax.plot(-1,1/np.sqrt(2),'o',color='#256c9c') ax.annotate(r'$(-1,1/\sqrt{2})$',xy=(-1,1/np.sqrt(2)),xytext=(-.3,1.35),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'0.4'}) ax.set(xlim=(-5,3),ylim=(0,4.4),xlabel='$t$',ylabel='Perpendicular distance',title='A smooth minimum between two linear asymptotes') ax.legend(loc='upper center',frameon=False) ax.spines[['top','right']].set_visible(False) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / Path(__file__).with_suffix('.png').name,dpi=150,facecolor='white') plt.close(fig)