quad2p (problem 3.2.1, positive)

Average Accuracy: 51.9% → 67.7%

Time: 15.9s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 836

Math

\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))

↓

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 0.0) (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2))) (/ (* c -0.5) b_2)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

↓

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= 0.0) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

↓

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    else
        tmp = (c * (-0.5d0)) / b_2
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 + Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

↓

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= 0.0) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 + math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

↓

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= 0.0:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	else:
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

↓

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * -0.5) / b_2);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

↓

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= 0.0)
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	else
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 0.0], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < 0.0

   1. Initial program 74.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]

   2. Simplified 74.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]
      Step-by-step derivation

      [Start] 74.3	\[ \frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      +-commutative [=>] 74.3	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]
      unsub-neg [=>] 74.3	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 64.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]

   if 0.0 < b_2

   1. Initial program 37.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]

   2. Simplified 37.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]
      Step-by-step derivation

      [Start] 37.6	\[ \frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      +-commutative [=>] 37.6	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]
      unsub-neg [=>] 37.6	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Applied egg-rr 43.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b_2, \sqrt{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}\right) - b_2}\right)}^{-1}} \]
      Step-by-step derivation

      [Start] 37.6	\[ \frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a} \]
      clear-num [=>] 37.6	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}} \]
      inv-pow [=>] 37.6	\[ \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\right)}^{-1}} \]
      sub-neg [=>] 37.6	\[ {\left(\frac{a}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b_2 \cdot b_2 + \left(-a \cdot c\right)}} - b_2}\right)}^{-1} \]
      add-sqr-sqrt [=>] 36.6	\[ {\left(\frac{a}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{-a \cdot c}}} - b_2}\right)}^{-1} \]
      hypot-def [=>] 43.1	\[ {\left(\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b_2, \sqrt{-a \cdot c}\right)} - b_2}\right)}^{-1} \]
      *-commutative [=>] 43.1	\[ {\left(\frac{a}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b_2, \sqrt{-\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}\right) - b_2}\right)}^{-1} \]
      distribute-rgt-neg-in [=>] 43.1	\[ {\left(\frac{a}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b_2, \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}}\right) - b_2}\right)}^{-1} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{b_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 60.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b_2}} \]
      Step-by-step derivation

      [Start] 0.0	\[ 0.5 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{b_2} \]
      associate-*r/ [=>] 0.0	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{b_2}} \]
      *-commutative [=>] 0.0	\[ \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot c\right)}}{b_2} \]
      unpow2 [=>] 0.0	\[ \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot c\right)}{b_2} \]
      rem-square-sqrt [=>] 60.0	\[ \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot c\right)}{b_2} \]
      associate-*r* [=>] 60.0	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot c}}{b_2} \]
      metadata-eval [=>] 60.0	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot c}{b_2} \]

3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 62.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Accuracy	53.2%
Cost	7368

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{+123}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 2.75 \cdot 10^{-37}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Accuracy	63.2%
Cost	7176

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-22}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-42}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Accuracy	47.7%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Accuracy	67.4%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;b_2 \cdot \frac{-2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Accuracy	67.4%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{\frac{a}{b_2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Accuracy	67.4%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{\frac{a}{b_2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Accuracy	67.5%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Accuracy	14.7%
Cost	256

\[\frac{-b_2}{a} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023159 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2p (problem 3.2.1, positive)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))