\[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
Test:
NMSE problem 3.2.1, positive
Bits:
128 bits
Bits error versus a
Bits error versus b/2
Bits error versus c
Time: 16.1 s
Input Error: 15.8
Output Error: 2.6
Log: ⚲
Profile: 🕒
\(\begin{cases} \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{b/2}{c}} - \frac{b/2}{a} \cdot 2 & \text{when } b/2 \le -1.2459677f+19 \\ \frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a} & \text{when } b/2 \le -7.39763f-38 \\ \frac{\frac{a}{1} \cdot \frac{c}{\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}}{a} & \text{when } b/2 \le 2.9183594f+10 \\ \frac{b/2 + \left(-b/2\right)}{a} - \frac{c}{\frac{b/2}{\frac{1}{2}}} & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}\)

    if b/2 < -1.2459677f+19

    1. Started with
      \[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
      28.7
    2. Applied taylor to get
      \[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2} - 2 \cdot b/2}{a}\]
      6.0
    3. Taylor expanded around -inf to get
      \[\frac{\color{red}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2} - 2 \cdot b/2}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2} - 2 \cdot b/2}}{a}\]
      6.0
    4. Applied simplify to get
      \[\color{red}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2} - 2 \cdot b/2}{a}} \leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{b/2}{c}} - \frac{b/2}{a} \cdot 2}\]
      0.0

    if -1.2459677f+19 < b/2 < -7.39763f-38

    1. Started with
      \[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
      3.9

    if -7.39763f-38 < b/2 < 2.9183594f+10

    1. Started with
      \[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
      13.4
    2. Using strategy rm
      13.4
    3. Applied flip-+ to get
      \[\frac{\color{red}{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(-b/2\right)}^2 - {\left(\sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}\right)}^2}{\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]
      14.1
    4. Applied simplify to get
      \[\frac{\frac{\color{red}{{\left(-b/2\right)}^2 - {\left(\sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}\right)}^2}}{\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot c}}{\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]
      7.1
    5. Using strategy rm
      7.1
    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity to get
      \[\frac{\frac{a \cdot c}{\color{red}{\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\frac{a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}\right)}}}{a}\]
      7.1
    7. Applied times-frac to get
      \[\frac{\color{red}{\frac{a \cdot c}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}\right)}}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{1} \cdot \frac{c}{\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]
      4.2

    if 2.9183594f+10 < b/2

    1. Started with
      \[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
      28.6
    2. Applied taylor to get
      \[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \sqrt{{b/2}^2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \left(b/2 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2}\right)}{a}\]
      19.3
    3. Taylor expanded around inf to get
      \[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \color{red}{\left(b/2 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2}\right)}}{a} \leadsto \frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b/2 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2}\right)}}{a}\]
      19.3
    4. Applied simplify to get
      \[\color{red}{\frac{\left(-b/2\right) + \left(b/2 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2}\right)}{a}} \leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b/2 + \left(-b/2\right)}{a} - \frac{c}{\frac{b/2}{\frac{1}{2}}}}\]
      0.1
  1. Removed slow pow expressions

Original test:


(lambda ((a default) (b/2 default) (c default))
  #:name "NMSE problem 3.2.1, positive"
  (/ (+ (- b/2) (sqrt (- (sqr b/2) (* a c)))) a))