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This paper investigates the performance of quicksort variants when subjected to "killer" sequences like those found in the antiquicksort500K dataset. We analyze how inputs containing the 496482 and 454080 values bypass standard pivoting strategies, such as median-of-three, to cause catastrophic performance degradation in production environments.

The number 496482 frequently appears in or GIS data for US Fish and Wildlife Service regulations regarding critical habitats. 496482_454080

Worst-Case Optimization: Analyzing Adversarial Input Sequences in Large-Scale Quicksort Implementations such as median-of-three