"""Original real common-root example; write PNG to the current directory.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({'font.size':12,'figure.facecolor':'white','axes.facecolor':'white'}) fig,(ax,bx)=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(10.6,4.8),layout='constrained') x=np.linspace(-1.65,1.65,500) ax.plot(x,x*x-1,color='#176ea0',lw=2.5,label=r'$f(x)=x^2-1$') ax.axhline(0,color='#6c7880',lw=1) ax.scatter([-1,1],[0,0],s=65,color='#176ea0',zorder=4,label=r'Roots of $f$') ax.axvline(.5,color='#da7a25',ls='--',lw=2,label=r'Root of $g_{1/2}(x)=x-1/2$') ax.scatter([.5],[-.75],color='#da7a25',s=55,zorder=5) ax.annotate(r'$f(1/2)=-3/4$',(.5,-.75),xytext=(-1.5,-1.3), arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#7f6550'},fontsize=12) ax.text(.57,.20,r'$t=1/2$',color='#a95c16') ax.set(xlim=(-1.65,1.65),ylim=(-1.55,1.9),xlabel=r'Root coordinate $x$',ylabel=r'$f(x)$', title='Does the moving root also make f zero?') ax.legend(loc='upper left',fontsize=9);ax.grid(alpha=.15) bx.plot(x,x*x-1,color='#7654a5',lw=2.5,label=r'$R(t)=\det S(f,g_t)=t^2-1$') bx.axhline(0,color='#6c7880',lw=1) bx.scatter([-1,1],[0,0],s=65,color='#276e4a',zorder=4) bx.annotate('Common root',(-1,0),xytext=(-1.58,.75), arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#276e4a'},color='#276e4a') bx.annotate('Common root',(1,0),xytext=(.5,.75), arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#276e4a'},color='#276e4a') bx.scatter([.5],[-.75],color='#da7a25',s=55,zorder=5) bx.annotate('No common root',(.5,-.75),xytext=(-1.50,-1.3), arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#a95c16'},color='#a95c16') bx.set(xlim=(-1.65,1.65),ylim=(-1.55,1.9),xlabel=r'Parameter $t$',ylabel=r'Resultant $R(t)$', title='The determinant tests all parameter values') bx.legend(loc='upper center',fontsize=10);bx.grid(alpha=.15) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix('.png').name,dpi=120,facecolor='white') plt.close(fig) if __name__=='__main__':main()