"""Original explanatory plot. Tested with Python 3.14, NumPy and Matplotlib. Write the PNG basename into the current working directory (Make mirrors it). """ import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams.update({"font.size":11,"figure.facecolor":"white","axes.facecolor":"white"}) t=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,1500); r=.5; x=1.5+r*np.cos(t); y=r*np.sin(t) integrand=x*r*np.cos(t)+y*r*np.sin(t) z=-np.concatenate(([0.],np.cumsum((integrand[1:]+integrand[:-1])*.5*np.diff(t)))) fig,axs=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(9,3.8),layout='constrained') a=axs[0];a.fill(x,y,color='#d9ecfc');a.plot(x,y,color='#245d91',lw=2) for j in [300,1000]:a.annotate('',xy=(x[j+40],y[j+40]),xytext=(x[j],y[j]),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#245d91','lw':2}) a.scatter(x[0],y[0],color='#b23a32',zorder=3);a.text(1.5,0,r'$A=\pi/4$',ha='center');a.set(xlabel='x',ylabel='y',title='Closed transverse projection',aspect='equal',xlim=(0,2.2),ylim=(-.8,.8));a.axhline(0,color='.8',lw=.6) a=axs[1];a.plot(t/(2*np.pi),z,color='#7c3f8c',lw=2);a.axhline(-np.pi/2,color='.6',ls='--',lw=1);a.text(.37,-.15,r'$\Delta z=-2A/b=-\pi/2$',fontsize=11);a.set(xlabel='Fraction of counterclockwise circuit',ylabel='Axial displacement z',title='Geometric integral, illustrative b = 1');a.grid(alpha=.2) fig.savefig('paper-1-signed-area.png',dpi=150,facecolor='white');plt.close(fig)