"""Original semicircular least-destruction path. Save PNG to cwd.""" 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=(7.1, 4.5), layout='constrained') xx, yy = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(-1.35, 1.35, 240), np.linspace(0.12, 1.68, 220)) ax.pcolormesh(xx, yy, np.minimum(1/yy, 5), cmap='Greens', shading='nearest', alpha=0.45, vmin=0, vmax=5) x = np.linspace(-1, 1, 400) y = np.sqrt(2-x*x) ax.plot(x, y, color='#174ea6', lw=2.7, label=r'Minimizer: $y=\sqrt{2-x^2}$') ax.plot([-1, 1], [1, 1], '--', color='#aa3344', lw=1.7, label='Straight competitor') ax.scatter([-1, 1], [1, 1], color='#111111', s=28, zorder=5) ax.text(-1.03, 0.88, r'$(-1,1)$', ha='right', fontsize=10) ax.text(1.03, 0.88, r'$(1,1)$', ha='left', fontsize=10) ax.annotate(r'Maximum height $\sqrt{2}$', xy=(0, np.sqrt(2)), xytext=(-0.6, 1.58), arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->', 'color':'#333333'}, fontsize=10) ax.text(0, 0.45, 'Darker background: more undergrowth', ha='center', fontsize=10, color='#254f2a') ax.legend(loc='lower center', frameon=True, facecolor='white', fontsize=10) ax.axhline(0, color='#555555', lw=1) ax.set(xlim=(-1.45, 1.45), ylim=(0, 1.75), xlabel='x', ylabel='y', title='A longer geometric path destroys less undergrowth') ax.set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box') fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / 'paper-1-q9-minimum-destruction-path.png', dpi=150, facecolor='white') plt.close(fig) if __name__ == '__main__': main()