jeff quadratic root 1

Percentage Accurate: 71.8% → 90.2%

Time: 17.1s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t_0}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + t_0}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))))
   (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)) (/ (* 2.0 c) (+ (- b) t_0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0);
	}
	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
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))
    if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = (2.0d0 * c) / (-b + t_0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0
	if b >= 0.0:
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 * c) / Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(2.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Initial Program: 71.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t_0}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + t_0}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))))
   (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)) (/ (* 2.0 c) (+ (- b) t_0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0);
	}
	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
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))
    if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = (2.0d0 * c) / (-b + t_0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0
	if b >= 0.0:
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 * c) / Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (-b + t_0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(2.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Alternative 1: 90.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\\ t_1 := \frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{+111}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{+73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t_0}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot 2}{t_0 - b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0))))) (t_1 (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))
   (if (<= b -6.8e+111)
     (if (>= b 0.0) t_1 (/ (- c) b))
     (if (<= b 1.5e+73)
       (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* a 2.0)) (/ (* c 2.0) (- t_0 b)))
       (if (>= b 0.0) t_1 (* c (/ -2.0 (+ b (- b (/ (* c 2.0) (/ b a)))))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0))));
	double t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -6.8e+111) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = t_1;
		} else {
			tmp_2 = -c / b;
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b <= 1.5e+73) {
		double tmp_3;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_3 = (c * 2.0) / (t_0 - b);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = t_1;
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: tmp
    real(8) :: tmp_1
    real(8) :: tmp_2
    real(8) :: tmp_3
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0))))
    t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a)
    if (b <= (-6.8d+111)) then
        if (b >= 0.0d0) then
            tmp_2 = t_1
        else
            tmp_2 = -c / b
        end if
        tmp_1 = tmp_2
    else if (b <= 1.5d+73) then
        if (b >= 0.0d0) then
            tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0d0)
        else
            tmp_3 = (c * 2.0d0) / (t_0 - b)
        end if
        tmp_1 = tmp_3
    else if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp_1 = t_1
    else
        tmp_1 = c * ((-2.0d0) / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0d0) / (b / a)))))
    end if
    code = tmp_1
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0))));
	double t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -6.8e+111) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = t_1;
		} else {
			tmp_2 = -c / b;
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b <= 1.5e+73) {
		double tmp_3;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_3 = (c * 2.0) / (t_0 - b);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = t_1;
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0))))
	t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a)
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b <= -6.8e+111:
		tmp_2 = 0
		if b >= 0.0:
			tmp_2 = t_1
		else:
			tmp_2 = -c / b
		tmp_1 = tmp_2
	elif b <= 1.5e+73:
		tmp_3 = 0
		if b >= 0.0:
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0)
		else:
			tmp_3 = (c * 2.0) / (t_0 - b)
		tmp_1 = tmp_3
	elif b >= 0.0:
		tmp_1 = t_1
	else:
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))))
	return tmp_1

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0))))
	t_1 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a))
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.8e+111)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = t_1;
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b <= 1.5e+73)
		tmp_3 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(a * 2.0));
		else
			tmp_3 = Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) / Float64(t_0 - b));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = t_1;
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / Float64(b + Float64(b - Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) / Float64(b / a))))));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

MATLAB

function tmp_5 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0))));
	t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.8e+111)
		tmp_3 = 0.0;
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = t_1;
		else
			tmp_3 = -c / b;
		end
		tmp_2 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b <= 1.5e+73)
		tmp_4 = 0.0;
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_4 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		else
			tmp_4 = (c * 2.0) / (t_0 - b);
		end
		tmp_2 = tmp_4;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_2 = t_1;
	else
		tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	end
	tmp_5 = tmp_2;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -6.8e+111], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], t$95$1, N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]], If[LessEqual[b, 1.5e+73], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(t$95$0 - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], t$95$1, N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b + N[(b - N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.8000000000000003e111

   1. Initial program 55.3%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 55.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 55.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 55.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 55.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 55.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 96.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 96.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -6.8000000000000003e111 < b < 1.50000000000000005e73

   1. Initial program 85.3%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   if 1.50000000000000005e73 < b

   1. Initial program 45.0%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 44.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \left(-b\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-*r/ 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b} - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 90.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{+111}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{+73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot 2}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 90.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\\ t_1 := \frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{+101}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t_0}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{t_0 - b}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (t_1 (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))
   (if (<= b -1.5e+101)
     (if (>= b 0.0) t_1 (/ (- c) b))
     (if (<= b 3.6e+76)
       (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* a 2.0)) (/ 2.0 (/ (- t_0 b) c)))
       (if (>= b 0.0) t_1 (* c (/ -2.0 (+ b (- b (/ (* c 2.0) (/ b a)))))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))));
	double t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -1.5e+101) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = t_1;
		} else {
			tmp_2 = -c / b;
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b <= 3.6e+76) {
		double tmp_3;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_3 = 2.0 / ((t_0 - b) / c);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = t_1;
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: tmp
    real(8) :: tmp_1
    real(8) :: tmp_2
    real(8) :: tmp_3
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))
    t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a)
    if (b <= (-1.5d+101)) then
        if (b >= 0.0d0) then
            tmp_2 = t_1
        else
            tmp_2 = -c / b
        end if
        tmp_1 = tmp_2
    else if (b <= 3.6d+76) then
        if (b >= 0.0d0) then
            tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0d0)
        else
            tmp_3 = 2.0d0 / ((t_0 - b) / c)
        end if
        tmp_1 = tmp_3
    else if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp_1 = t_1
    else
        tmp_1 = c * ((-2.0d0) / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0d0) / (b / a)))))
    end if
    code = tmp_1
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))));
	double t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -1.5e+101) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = t_1;
		} else {
			tmp_2 = -c / b;
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b <= 3.6e+76) {
		double tmp_3;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_3 = 2.0 / ((t_0 - b) / c);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = t_1;
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))
	t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a)
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b <= -1.5e+101:
		tmp_2 = 0
		if b >= 0.0:
			tmp_2 = t_1
		else:
			tmp_2 = -c / b
		tmp_1 = tmp_2
	elif b <= 3.6e+76:
		tmp_3 = 0
		if b >= 0.0:
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0)
		else:
			tmp_3 = 2.0 / ((t_0 - b) / c)
		tmp_1 = tmp_3
	elif b >= 0.0:
		tmp_1 = t_1
	else:
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))))
	return tmp_1

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))
	t_1 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a))
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.5e+101)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = t_1;
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b <= 3.6e+76)
		tmp_3 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(a * 2.0));
		else
			tmp_3 = Float64(2.0 / Float64(Float64(t_0 - b) / c));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = t_1;
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / Float64(b + Float64(b - Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) / Float64(b / a))))));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

MATLAB

function tmp_5 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))));
	t_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.5e+101)
		tmp_3 = 0.0;
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = t_1;
		else
			tmp_3 = -c / b;
		end
		tmp_2 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b <= 3.6e+76)
		tmp_4 = 0.0;
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_4 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		else
			tmp_4 = 2.0 / ((t_0 - b) / c);
		end
		tmp_2 = tmp_4;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_2 = t_1;
	else
		tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	end
	tmp_5 = tmp_2;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -1.5e+101], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], t$95$1, N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]], If[LessEqual[b, 3.6e+76], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 / N[(N[(t$95$0 - b), $MachinePrecision] / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], t$95$1, N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b + N[(b - N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.49999999999999997e101

   1. Initial program 56.1%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 56.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 56.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 56.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 56.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 56.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.3%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 96.3%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 96.3%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 96.3%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -1.49999999999999997e101 < b < 3.6000000000000003e76

   1. Initial program 85.2%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. *-commutative 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 84.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-*l* 84.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   3. Simplified 84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{c}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   if 3.6000000000000003e76 < b

   1. Initial program 45.0%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 44.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \left(-b\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-*r/ 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b} - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 90.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{+101}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 78.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 3.6e+76)
   (if (>= b 0.0)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ 2.0 (/ (* b -2.0) c)))
   (if (>= b 0.0)
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
     (* c (/ -2.0 (+ b (- b (/ (* c 2.0) (/ b a)))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= 3.6e+76) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_2 = 2.0 / ((b * -2.0) / c);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Fortran

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
    real(8) :: tmp_1
    real(8) :: tmp_2
    if (b <= 3.6d+76) then
        if (b >= 0.0d0) then
            tmp_2 = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
        else
            tmp_2 = 2.0d0 / ((b * (-2.0d0)) / c)
        end if
        tmp_1 = tmp_2
    else if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp_1 = c * ((-2.0d0) / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0d0) / (b / a)))))
    end if
    code = tmp_1
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= 3.6e+76) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_2 = 2.0 / ((b * -2.0) / c);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b <= 3.6e+76:
		tmp_2 = 0
		if b >= 0.0:
			tmp_2 = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
		else:
			tmp_2 = 2.0 / ((b * -2.0) / c)
		tmp_1 = tmp_2
	elif b >= 0.0:
		tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))))
	return tmp_1

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= 3.6e+76)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(2.0 / Float64(Float64(b * -2.0) / c));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / Float64(b + Float64(b - Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) / Float64(b / a))))));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

MATLAB

function tmp_4 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b <= 3.6e+76)
		tmp_3 = 0.0;
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
		else
			tmp_3 = 2.0 / ((b * -2.0) / c);
		end
		tmp_2 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_2 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	end
	tmp_4 = tmp_2;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 3.6e+76], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 / N[(N[(b * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b + N[(b - N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 3.6000000000000003e76

   1. Initial program 77.3%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 77.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. *-commutative 77.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 76.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-*l* 76.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   3. Simplified 76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{c}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 71.4%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{-2 \cdot b}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 71.4%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 71.4%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   if 3.6000000000000003e76 < b

   1. Initial program 45.0%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 44.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \left(-b\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-*r/ 96.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b} - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 78.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 67.7% accurate, 6.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (>= b 0.0)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (* c (/ -2.0 (+ b (- b (/ (* c 2.0) (/ b a))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-2.0 / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0) / (b / a)))));
	}
	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
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = c * ((-2.0d0) / (b + (b - ((c * 2.0d0) / (b / a)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b + N[(b - N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 68.4%

   \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

3. Simplified 68.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 69.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. unsub-neg 69.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

6. Simplified 69.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 63.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 63.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \left(-b\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. unsub-neg 63.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   3. associate-/l* 65.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   4. associate-*r/ 65.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b} - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

9. Simplified 65.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b - \left(\frac{2 \cdot c}{\frac{b}{a}} - b\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

10. Final simplification 65.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b + \left(b - \frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 35.3% accurate, 13.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (>= b 0.0) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b >= 0.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 68.4%

   \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

3. Simplified 68.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 69.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. unsub-neg 69.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

6. Simplified 69.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

7. Taylor expanded in c around 0 35.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 35.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. distribute-neg-frac 35.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

9. Simplified 35.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

10. Final simplification 35.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 67.7% accurate, 13.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (>= b 0.0) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / 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
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b >= 0.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 68.4%

   \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

3. Simplified 68.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 69.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. unsub-neg 69.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

6. Simplified 69.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r/ 65.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. neg-mul-1 65.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

9. Simplified 65.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

10. Final simplification 65.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023175 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "jeff quadratic root 1"
  :precision binary64
  (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)) (/ (* 2.0 c) (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))))))