\begin{figure}[H]
  \begin{center}
    \unitlength=4pt
    \begin{picture}(40, 14)(0,-7)
    \gasset{Nw=5,Nh=5,Nmr=2.5,curvedepth=0}
    \thinlines
    \node[Nmarks=if,iangle=180,fangle=270](A1)(0,0){$1$}
    \node[Nmarks=f,fangle=270](A2)(20,0){$2$}
    \node[Nmarks=f,fangle=270](A3)(40,0){$3$}
    \drawloop[loopangle=90](A2){$a$}
    \drawedge(A1,A2){$a$}
    \gasset{curvedepth=4}
    \drawedge(A2,A3){$a$}
    \drawedge(A3,A2){$b$}
    \gasset{curvedepth=9}
    \drawedge(A3,A2){$a$}
    \end{picture}
  \end{center}
  \caption{Un automate reconnaissant $L^*$.}
\end{figure}