The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 85.2%

Time: 13.6s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

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) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

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) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{-71}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{+132}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.7e-71)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 1e+132)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -4.0))))) a))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.7e-71) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1e+132) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -4.0))))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.7e-71)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1e+132)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.7e-71], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1e+132], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.7000000000000001e-71

   1. Initial program 17.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 88.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 88.5%

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

   4. Simplified 88.5%

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

   if -2.7000000000000001e-71 < b < 9.99999999999999991e131

   1. Initial program 83.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. /-rgt-identity 83.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 83.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]

      3. associate-/l* 83.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\frac{--1}{a}}}} \]

      4. associate-/r/ 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \cdot \frac{--1}{a}} \]

      5. *-commutative 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2}} \]

      6. metadata-eval 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      7. metadata-eval 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot -1}}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      8. associate-*l/ 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-1}{a} \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      9. associate-/r/ 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\frac{a}{-1}}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      10. times-frac 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{\frac{a}{-1} \cdot 2}} \]

      11. *-commutative 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{-1}}} \]

      12. times-frac 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{a}{-1}}} \]

      13. metadata-eval 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{a}{-1}} \]

      14. associate-/r/ 83.0%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \cdot -1\right)} \]

      15. *-commutative 83.0%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\right)} \]

      16. div-sub 83.0%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-b}{a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\right)}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 83.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}} \]

   if 9.99999999999999991e131 < b

   1. Initial program 40.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 97.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 97.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]

   4. Simplified 97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 88.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{-71}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{+132}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 85.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{+132}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.6e-76)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 1e+132)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (+ (* a (* c -4.0)) (* b b)))) a))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-76) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1e+132) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt(((a * (c * -4.0)) + (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 <= (-4.6d-76)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 1d+132) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * ((b + sqrt(((a * (c * (-4.0d0))) + (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 <= -4.6e-76) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1e+132) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + Math.sqrt(((a * (c * -4.0)) + (b * b)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.6e-76:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 1e+132:
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + math.sqrt(((a * (c * -4.0)) + (b * b)))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.6e-76)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1e+132)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)) + Float64(b * 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 <= -4.6e-76)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 1e+132)
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt(((a * (c * -4.0)) + (b * b)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.6e-76], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1e+132], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.60000000000000012e-76

   1. Initial program 17.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 88.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 88.5%

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

   4. Simplified 88.5%

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

   if -4.60000000000000012e-76 < b < 9.99999999999999991e131

   1. Initial program 83.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. /-rgt-identity 83.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 83.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]

      3. associate-/l* 83.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\frac{--1}{a}}}} \]

      4. associate-/r/ 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \cdot \frac{--1}{a}} \]

      5. *-commutative 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2}} \]

      6. metadata-eval 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      7. metadata-eval 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot -1}}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      8. associate-*l/ 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-1}{a} \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      9. associate-/r/ 82.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\frac{a}{-1}}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      10. times-frac 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{\frac{a}{-1} \cdot 2}} \]

      11. *-commutative 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{-1}}} \]

      12. times-frac 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{a}{-1}}} \]

      13. metadata-eval 83.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{a}{-1}} \]

      14. associate-/r/ 83.0%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \cdot -1\right)} \]

      15. *-commutative 83.0%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\right)} \]

      16. div-sub 83.0%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-b}{a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\right)}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 83.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. fma-udef 83.0%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{a} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 83.0%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{a} \]

   if 9.99999999999999991e131 < b

   1. Initial program 40.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 97.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 97.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]

   4. Simplified 97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 88.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{+132}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 80.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.4 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-50}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.4e-73)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 1.5e-50)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.4e-73) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1.5e-50) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (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 <= (-6.4d-73)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 1.5d-50) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * ((b + sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.4e-73) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1.5e-50) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.4e-73:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 1.5e-50:
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.4e-73)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1.5e-50)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.4e-73)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 1.5e-50)
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.4e-73], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.5e-50], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.39999999999999973e-73

   1. Initial program 17.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 88.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 88.5%

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

   4. Simplified 88.5%

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

   if -6.39999999999999973e-73 < b < 1.49999999999999995e-50

   1. Initial program 85.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. /-rgt-identity 85.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 85.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]

      3. associate-/l* 85.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\frac{--1}{a}}}} \]

      4. associate-/r/ 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \cdot \frac{--1}{a}} \]

      5. *-commutative 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2}} \]

      6. metadata-eval 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      7. metadata-eval 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot -1}}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      8. associate-*l/ 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-1}{a} \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      9. associate-/r/ 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\frac{a}{-1}}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2} \]

      10. times-frac 85.4%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{\frac{a}{-1} \cdot 2}} \]

      11. *-commutative 85.4%

          \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{-1}}} \]

      12. times-frac 85.4%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{a}{-1}}} \]

      13. metadata-eval 85.4%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{a}{-1}} \]

      14. associate-/r/ 85.4%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \cdot -1\right)} \]

      15. *-commutative 85.4%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\right)} \]

      16. div-sub 85.4%

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-b}{a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\right)}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 85.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 77.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{-4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

      2. *-commutative 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}}{a} \]

      3. *-commutative 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -4}}{a} \]

      4. associate-*l* 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 77.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}}{a} \]

   if 1.49999999999999995e-50 < b

   1. Initial program 54.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 86.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

      2. unsub-neg 86.6%

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

   4. Simplified 86.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 84.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.4 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-50}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 67.0% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e-309) (/ (- c) b) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (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 <= (-1d-309)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e-309:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e-309], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.000000000000002e-309

   1. Initial program 32.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 69.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 69.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 69.3%

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

   4. Simplified 69.3%

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

   if -1.000000000000002e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 66.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 62.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

      2. unsub-neg 62.8%

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

   4. Simplified 62.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 65.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 41.6% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.2 \cdot 10^{-53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b -7.2e-53) (/ c b) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7.2e-53) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} 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 <= (-7.2d-53)) then
        tmp = c / b
    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 <= -7.2e-53) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -7.2e-53:
		tmp = c / b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -7.2e-53)
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -7.2e-53)
		tmp = c / b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -7.2e-53], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -7.1999999999999998e-53

   1. Initial program 16.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. flip-- 16.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. clear-num 16.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. add-sqr-sqrt 16.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      4. sqrt-unprod 16.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      5. sqr-neg 16.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      6. sqrt-prod 0.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 6.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{b} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      8. cancel-sign-sub-inv 6.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      9. fma-def 6.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      10. metadata-eval 6.5%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-4} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   3. Applied egg-rr 6.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 24.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{b}{c \cdot a} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-lft-out-- 24.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{c \cdot a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   6. Simplified 24.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{c \cdot a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 24.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]

   if -7.1999999999999998e-53 < b

   1. Initial program 67.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 52.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 52.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 52.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]

   4. Simplified 52.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 43.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.2 \cdot 10^{-53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 66.8% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e-309) (/ (- c) b) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} 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 <= (-1d-309)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    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 <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e-309:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e-309], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.000000000000002e-309

   1. Initial program 32.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 69.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 69.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 69.3%

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

   4. Simplified 69.3%

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

   if -1.000000000000002e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 66.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 62.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 62.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 62.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]

   4. Simplified 62.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 65.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 2.6% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{b}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ b a))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b / a;
}

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 / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return b / a

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(b / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = b / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.2%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. flip-- 31.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. clear-num 31.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 13.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   4. sqrt-unprod 29.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   5. sqr-neg 29.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   6. sqrt-prod 16.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   7. add-sqr-sqrt 26.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{b} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   8. cancel-sign-sub-inv 26.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   9. fma-def 26.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   10. metadata-eval 26.8%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-4} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 26.8%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{b}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 2.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]

6. Final simplification 2.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a} \]

Alternative 8: 11.0% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ c b))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / b;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = c / b
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / b;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return c / b

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c / b)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = c / b;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.2%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. flip-- 31.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. clear-num 31.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 13.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   4. sqrt-unprod 29.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   5. sqr-neg 29.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   6. sqrt-prod 16.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   7. add-sqr-sqrt 26.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{b} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   8. cancel-sign-sub-inv 26.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   9. fma-def 26.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   10. metadata-eval 26.8%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-4} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 26.8%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 12.3%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{b}{c \cdot a} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. distribute-lft-out-- 12.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{c \cdot a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

6. Simplified 12.3%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{c \cdot a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 9.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]

8. Final simplification 9.8%

   \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} \]

Developer target: 70.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * 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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))
    if (b < 0.0d0) then
        tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    else
        tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	}
	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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	else:
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	else
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023176 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))