This drawing appears in Functional Geometry paper by Peter Henderson.
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"""
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%matplotlib inline
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.patches as patches
from svgpath2mpl import parse_path
path = parse_path(svg)
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
patch = patches.PathPatch(path, lw=1)
ax.add_patch(patch)
ax.set_xlim(-70,270)
ax.set_ylim(0,270)
plt.show()
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