Bayesian Methods for Hackers style sheet

This example demonstrates the style used in the Bayesian Methods for Hackers [1] online book.

[1]	http://camdavidsonpilon.github.io/Probabilistic-Programming-and-Bayesian-Methods-for-Hackers/

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)

plt.style.use('bmh')


def plot_beta_hist(ax, a, b):
    ax.hist(np.random.beta(a, b, size=10000),
            histtype="stepfilled", bins=25, alpha=0.8, density=True)


fig, ax = plt.subplots()
plot_beta_hist(ax, 10, 10)
plot_beta_hist(ax, 4, 12)
plot_beta_hist(ax, 50, 12)
plot_beta_hist(ax, 6, 55)
ax.set_title("'bmh' style sheet")

plt.show()