Cubic critical

Average Error: 33.5 → 10.6

Time: 20.0s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 7624

Math

\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{+78}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

↓

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.7e+78)
   (+ (* -0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b)))
   (if (<= b 2e-75)
     (/ (- (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* c (* a -3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (/ (* c -0.5) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

↓

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.7e+78) {
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b));
	} else if (b <= 2e-75) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + (c * (a * -3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function

↓

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.7d+78)) then
        tmp = ((-0.6666666666666666d0) * (b / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b))
    else if (b <= 2d-75) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + (c * (a * (-3.0d0))))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c * (-0.5d0)) / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

↓

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.7e+78) {
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b));
	} else if (b <= 2e-75) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) + (c * (a * -3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)

↓

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.7e+78:
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b))
	elif b <= 2e-75:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) + (c * (a * -3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end

↓

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.7e+78)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b)));
	elseif (b <= 2e-75)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * -0.5) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end

↓

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.7e+78)
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b));
	elseif (b <= 2e-75)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + (c * (a * -3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.7e+78], N[(N[(-0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2e-75], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.70000000000000004e78

   1. Initial program 41.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   2. Simplified 41.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
      Proof

      [Start] 41.5	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      remove-double-neg [<=] 41.5	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      sub-neg [<=] 41.5	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) - \left(-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      div-sub [=>] 41.5	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      neg-mul-1 [=>] 41.5	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      associate-*l/ [<=] 41.5	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot b} - \frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      distribute-frac-neg [=>] 41.5	\[ \frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      fma-neg [=>] 41.5	\[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, b, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right)} \]
      /-rgt-identity [<=] 41.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1}}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      metadata-eval [<=] 41.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \frac{b}{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      associate-/l* [<=] 41.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot -1}{-1}}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      *-commutative [<=] 41.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{-1}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      neg-mul-1 [<=] 41.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{-1}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      fma-neg [<=] 41.5	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{-b}{-1} - \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      neg-mul-1 [=>] 41.5	\[ \frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{-b}{-1} - \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 5.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   if -2.70000000000000004e78 < b < 1.9999999999999999e-75

   1. Initial program 13.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   if 1.9999999999999999e-75 < b

   1. Initial program 52.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   2. Simplified 52.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
      Proof

      [Start] 52.7	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      remove-double-neg [<=] 52.7	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      sub-neg [<=] 52.7	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) - \left(-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      div-sub [=>] 53.3	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      neg-mul-1 [=>] 53.3	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      associate-*l/ [<=] 54.2	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot b} - \frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      distribute-frac-neg [=>] 54.2	\[ \frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      fma-neg [=>] 56.5	\[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, b, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right)} \]
      /-rgt-identity [<=] 56.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1}}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      metadata-eval [<=] 56.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \frac{b}{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      associate-/l* [<=] 56.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot -1}{-1}}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      *-commutative [<=] 56.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{-1}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      neg-mul-1 [<=] 56.5	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a}, \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{-1}, -\left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right) \]
      fma-neg [<=] 54.2	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{-b}{-1} - \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      neg-mul-1 [=>] 54.2	\[ \frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{-b}{-1} - \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]

   3. Applied egg-rr 52.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 9.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   5. Simplified 9.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}} \]
      Proof

      [Start] 9.6	\[ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
      associate-*r/ [=>] 9.6	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}} \]
      *-commutative [=>] 9.6	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot -0.5}}{b} \]

3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 10.6

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{+78}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	10.7
Cost	7624

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{+78}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	14.1
Cost	7368

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(c \cdot \frac{1.5}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right) - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.8 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	14.1
Cost	7368

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.36 \cdot 10^{-68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(c \cdot \frac{1.5}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right) - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.15 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	23.0
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{-266}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	23.0
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-264}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	23.0
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.9 \cdot 10^{-265}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a \cdot -1.5}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	23.0
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-265}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a \cdot -1.5}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	40.1
Cost	320

\[\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5 \]

Alternative 9
Error	56.5
Cost	64

\[0 \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023018 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))