File:Airydisk cuberoot.png

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

'''
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'''

from math import *
import scipy
import scipy.special
from PIL import Image

w = 600
h = 600
image = scipy.zeros((h, w))

scalex = scipy.special.jn_zeros(1, 3)[-1]
scaley = h * scalex / w

# make dark areas much better visible
color_func = lambda x: x ** (1.0 / 3.0)

for y in range(h):
	for x in range(w):
		xx = ((x + .5) / w - .5) * 2. * scalex
		yy = ((y + .5) / h - .5) * 2. * scaley
		r = hypot(xx, yy)
		v = .5
		if r != 0.: v = (scipy.special.j1(r) / r) ** 2
		image[y, x] = color_func(v)

max_val = image.max()

# write image to file
image_file = Image.new('L', (w, h))
for y in range(h):
	for x in range(w):
		c = int(2**8 * image[y, x] / max_val)
		image_file.putpixel((x, y), c)
image_file.save('Airydisk_cuberoot.png', 'PNG')