\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \def\kw#1{\begingroup\def\_{\kern.04em \vbox{\hrule width.3em height .6pt}\kern.08em}% \ifmmode\mathop{\textbf{#1}}\else\hbox{\bf#1\/}\fi\endgroup} \def\op#1{\begingroup\def\_{\kern.04em \vbox{\hrule width.3em height .6pt}\kern.08em}% \ifmmode\mathop{\textrm{#1}}\else\hbox{\rm#1\/}\fi\endgroup} \def\id#1{\begingroup\def\_{\kern.04em \vbox{\hrule width.3em height .6pt}\kern.08em}% \ifmmode\mathop{\textit{#1}}\else\hbox{\it#1\/}\fi\endgroup} \begin{document} \mplibtextextlabel{enable} \begin{mplibcode} % A--B = directrix, S = focus vardef parabola(expr A, B, S) = save m, q, n, parabola; pair n; % the point on A--B nearest to S n = whatever[A, B]; n - S = whatever * (A-B) rotated 90; path parabola; for t=0 step 1/64 until 1: pair m, q; m = 1/2[S, t[A, B]]; q = whatever[S, n]; q - m = whatever * (S - m) rotated 90; parabola := if known parabola: parabola -- fi q reflectedabout(S, m); endfor parabola enddef; input colorbrewer-rgb beginfig(1); numeric i; i = 16; pair a, b, s; a = 160 up rotated 5; b = 160 down rotated 5; s = 60 * right; draw a--b; path ff; ff = (-1, 1){1, -2} .. (-1/2, 1/4){1, -1} .. (0, 0){right} .. (1/2, 1/4){1, 1} .. (1, 1){1, 2}; path p; p = parabola(a, b, s); pair tab; tab = whatever[a, b]; point i of p - tab = whatever * (a-b) rotated 90; pair q; q = point i of p reflectedabout(s, tab); pair n; n = whatever[a,b] = whatever[q, s]; pair o; o = 1/2[n, s]; % draw ff scaled 4 abs(s-o) rotated angle (b-a) shifted o; interim ahangle := 24; drawarrow (b--a) shifted (o-n) withcolor 3/4; drawarrow (1/2[a, n] --b) rotatedabout(n, 90) withcolor 3/4; draw tab -- point i of p -- q -- tab -- s withcolor 3/4; drawarrow s -- point i of p -- s reflectedabout(precontrol i of p rotatedabout(point i of p, 90), postcontrol i of p rotatedabout(point i of p, 90)) withcolor Blues 8 4; draw p withcolor Blues 8 6; dotlabel.lrt("$S$", s); dotlabel.urt("$A$", a); dotlabel.lrt("$B$", b); dotlabel.ulft("\kw{point} $i$ \kw{of} $p$", point i of p); interim dotlabeldiam := 2; dotlabel.bot("$\scriptstyle q$", q); dotlabel.llft("$\scriptstyle n$", n); dotlabel.llft("$\scriptstyle o$", o); dotlabel.lft("$\scriptstyle m\:$", 1/2[tab, s]); dotlabel.lft("$\scriptstyle t[A, B]$", tab); endfig; \end{mplibcode}\llap{\tiny\texttt{\jobname}} \end{document}