Comparison counts against n, random input

Comparison counts against n, random input

Measured counts on logarithmic axes, where a power law is a straight line and its exponent is the slope. The quadratic algorithms rise at twice the gradient of the linearithmic ones, and the vertical gaps between the parallel lines are the constants the notation discards.

Drawn at 680 × 420, wide on the page. Everything above is what growth-curve returns with no arguments; the caption is the generator's own, computed from the numbers in the drawing rather than written beside it.

5 essays call growth-curve. The drawing above is what it returns with no arguments at all; every call below passes it something, because a placement that passes nothing draws whichever member of the family the generator happens to default to rather than the one its essay argues about — which is what optcheck and figfill exist to catch.