function main()
   thickness1=2; thickness2=1; arrowsize=5; arrow_type=2; ball_rad=0.012;
   blue=[0, 0, 1]; fontsize=25; dist=0.005;
   
   a=-1.4; b=-a;
   h=0.01;
   X=a:h:b;
   Y=zeros(length(X), 1);
   for i=1:length(X)
      x=X(i);
      if x < 1 & x > -1
	 Y(i)=exp(-1/(1-x^2));
      end
   end

   
figure(1);  clf; hold on; axis equal; axis off
arrow([a 0], [b+0.2, 0], thickness2, arrowsize, pi/8,arrow_type, [0, 0, 0])
arrow([0 -0.1], [0 2.*max(Y)], thickness2, arrowsize, pi/8,arrow_type, [0, 0, 0])
plot(X, Y, 'linewidth', thickness1, 'color', [0 0 1]);
arrow([b+0.1 0], [b+0.2, 0], thickness2, arrowsize, pi/8,arrow_type, [0, 0, 0])

ball(1, 0, ball_rad, blue); ball(-1, 0, ball_rad, blue);
place_text_smartly(1, fontsize, 6, dist, '1');
place_text_smartly(-1, fontsize, 6, dist, '-1');

saveas(gcf, 'mollifier_illustration.eps', 'psc2')

function place_text_smartly (z, fs, pos, d, tx)
 p=cos(pi/4)+sqrt(-1)*sin(pi/4);
 z = z + p^pos * d * fs; 
 shiftx=0.0003;
 shifty=0.002;
 x = real (z); y=imag(z); 
 H=text(x+shiftx*fs, y+shifty*fs, tx); set(H, 'fontsize', fs, 'HorizontalAlignment', 'c', 'VerticalAlignment', 'c')

function ball(x, y, r, color)
   Theta=0:0.1:2*pi;
   X=r*cos(Theta)+x;
   Y=r*sin(Theta)+y;
   H=fill(X, Y, color);
   set(H, 'EdgeColor', color);

function arrow(start, stop, thickness, arrowsize, sharpness, arrow_type, color)

%  draw a line with an arrow at the end
%  start is the x,y point where the line starts
%  stop is the x,y point where the line stops
%  thickness is an optional parameter giving the thickness of the lines   
%  arrowsize is an optional argument that will give the size of the arrow 
%  It is assumed that the axis limits are already set
%  0 < sharpness < pi/4 determines how sharp to make the arrow
%  arrow_type draws the arrow in different styles. Values are 0, 1, 2, 3.
   
%       8/4/93    Jeffery Faneuff
%       Copyright (c) 1988-93 by the MathWorks, Inc.
%       Modified by Oleg Alexandrov 2/16/03

   
   if nargin <=6
      color=[0, 0, 0];
   end
   
   if (nargin <=5)
      arrow_type=0;   % the default arrow, it looks like this: ->
   end
   
   if (nargin <=4)
      sharpness=pi/4; % the arrow sharpness - default = pi/4
   end

   if nargin<=3
      xl = get(gca,'xlim');
      yl = get(gca,'ylim');
      xd = xl(2)-xl(1);            
      yd = yl(2)-yl(1);            
      arrowsize = (xd + yd) / 2;   % this sets the default arrow size
   end

   if (nargin<=2)
      thickness=0.5; % default thickness
   end
   
   
   xdif = stop(1) - start(1);
   ydif = stop(2) - start(2);

   if (xdif == 0)
      if (ydif >0) 
	 theta=pi/2;
      else
	 theta=-pi/2;
      end
   else
      theta = atan(ydif/xdif);  % the angle has to point according to the slope
   end

   if(xdif>=0)
      arrowsize = -arrowsize;
   end

   if (arrow_type == 0) % draw the arrow like two sticks originating from its vertex
      xx = [start(1), stop(1),(stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta+sharpness)),NaN,stop(1),...
	    (stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta-sharpness))];
      yy = [start(2), stop(2), (stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta+sharpness)),NaN,stop(2),...
	    (stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta-sharpness))];
      plot(xx,yy, 'LineWidth', thickness, 'color', color)
   end

   if (arrow_type == 1)  % draw the arrow like an empty triangle
      xx = [stop(1),(stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta+sharpness)), ...
	    stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta-sharpness)];
      xx=[xx xx(1) xx(2)];
      
      yy = [stop(2),(stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta+sharpness)), ...
	    stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta-sharpness)];
      yy=[yy yy(1) yy(2)];

      plot(xx,yy, 'LineWidth', thickness, 'color', color)
      
%     plot the arrow stick
      plot([start(1) stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta)*cos(sharpness)], [start(2), stop(2)+ ...
		    0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta)*cos(sharpness)], 'LineWidth', thickness, 'color', color)
      
   end
   
   if (arrow_type==2) % draw the arrow like a full triangle
      xx = [stop(1),(stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta+sharpness)), ...
	    stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta-sharpness),stop(1)];
      
      yy = [stop(2),(stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta+sharpness)), ...
	    stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta-sharpness),stop(2)];
      
%     plot the arrow stick
      plot([start(1) stop(1)+0.01*arrowsize*cos(theta)], [start(2), stop(2)+ ...
		    0.01*arrowsize*sin(theta)], 'LineWidth', thickness, 'color', color)
      H=fill(xx, yy, color);% fill with black
      set(H, 'EdgeColor', 'none')

   end

   if (arrow_type==3) % draw the arrow like a filled 'curvilinear' triangle
      curvature=0.5; % change here to make the curved part more curved (or less curved)
      radius=0.02*arrowsize*max(curvature, tan(sharpness));
      x1=stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta+sharpness);
      y1=stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta+sharpness);
      x2=stop(1)+0.02*arrowsize*cos(theta)*cos(sharpness);
      y2=stop(2)+0.02*arrowsize*sin(theta)*cos(sharpness);
      d1=sqrt((x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2);
      d2=sqrt(radius^2-d1^2);
      d3=sqrt((stop(1)-x2)^2+(stop(2)-y2)^2);
      center(1)=stop(1)+(d2+d3)*cos(theta);
      center(2)=stop(2)+(d2+d3)*sin(theta);

      alpha=atan(d1/d2);
      Alpha=-alpha:0.05:alpha;
      xx=center(1)-radius*cos(Alpha+theta);
      yy=center(2)-radius*sin(Alpha+theta);
      xx=[xx stop(1) xx(1)];
      yy=[yy stop(2) yy(1)];

%     plot the arrow stick
      plot([start(1) center(1)-radius*cos(theta)], [start(2), center(2)- ...
		    radius*sin(theta)], 'LineWidth', thickness, 'color', color);

      H=fill(xx, yy, color);% fill with black
      set(H, 'EdgeColor', 'none')

   end