quadp (p42, positive)

Percentage Accurate: 52.2% → 85.1%

Time: 9.8s

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: 52.2% 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: 85.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{+112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.35e+112)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 3.7e-100)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.35e+112) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-100) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} 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 <= (-1.35d+112)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 3.7d-100) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    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 <= -1.35e+112) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-100) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.35e+112:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 3.7e-100:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.35e+112)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-100)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.35e+112)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-100)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.35e+112], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.7e-100], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.3500000000000001e112

   1. Initial program 62.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 62.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 62.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 62.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 62.7%

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

      5. *-commutative 62.7%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 62.7%

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

   3. Simplified 62.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 98.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 98.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 98.4%

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

   6. Simplified 98.4%

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

   if -1.3500000000000001e112 < b < 3.70000000000000018e-100

   1. Initial program 81.6%

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

   if 3.70000000000000018e-100 < b

   1. Initial program 9.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 9.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 9.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 9.5%

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

   3. Simplified 9.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 87.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 87.9%

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

   6. Simplified 87.9%

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

4. Final simplification 87.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{+112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 78.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -64000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -64000.0)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 8.5e-100)
     (* (+ b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (/ 0.5 a))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -64000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 8.5e-100) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) * (0.5 / 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 <= (-64000.0d0)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 8.5d-100) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) * (0.5d0 / 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 <= -64000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 8.5e-100) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -64000.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 8.5e-100:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) * (0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -64000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 8.5e-100)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) * Float64(0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -64000.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 8.5e-100)
		tmp = (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) * (0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -64000.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 8.5e-100], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -64000

   1. Initial program 71.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 71.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 71.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 71.0%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 71.0%

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

   3. Simplified 71.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 93.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 93.2%

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

      2. unsub-neg 93.2%

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

   6. Simplified 93.2%

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

   if -64000 < b < 8.50000000000000017e-100

   1. Initial program 78.3%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 67.8%

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

      3. associate-*r* 67.8%

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

   4. Simplified 67.8%

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

      1. expm1-log1p-u 50.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-udef 17.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1} \]

      3. add-sqr-sqrt 11.1%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      4. sqrt-unprod 17.1%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      5. sqr-neg 17.1%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      6. sqrt-prod 6.2%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 15.9%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{b} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      8. *-commutative 15.9%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}\right)} - 1 \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 15.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\right)} - 1} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 48.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-log1p 64.9%

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

      3. *-rgt-identity 64.9%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 64.8%

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

      5. associate-*r* 64.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 64.7%

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

      7. rem-square-sqrt 0.0%

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

      8. unpow2 0.0%

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

      9. associate-*l* 0.0%

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

      10. unpow2 0.0%

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

      11. rem-square-sqrt 64.8%

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

      12. *-commutative 64.8%

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

      13. associate-/r* 64.8%

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

      14. metadata-eval 64.8%

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

   8. Simplified 64.8%

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

   if 8.50000000000000017e-100 < b

   1. Initial program 9.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 9.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 9.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 9.5%

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

   3. Simplified 9.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 87.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 87.9%

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

   6. Simplified 87.9%

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

4. Final simplification 81.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -64000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 78.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -64000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -64000.0)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 9.5e-100)
     (/ (+ b (sqrt (* (* a c) -4.0))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -64000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 9.5e-100) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))) / (a * 2.0);
	} 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 <= (-64000.0d0)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 9.5d-100) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt(((a * c) * (-4.0d0)))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    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 <= -64000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 9.5e-100) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -64000.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 9.5e-100:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -64000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 9.5e-100)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(Float64(a * c) * -4.0))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -64000.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 9.5e-100)
		tmp = (b + sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -64000.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 9.5e-100], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -64000

   1. Initial program 71.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 71.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 71.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 71.0%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 71.0%

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

   3. Simplified 71.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 93.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 93.2%

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

      2. unsub-neg 93.2%

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

   6. Simplified 93.2%

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

   if -64000 < b < 9.4999999999999992e-100

   1. Initial program 78.3%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 67.8%

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

      3. associate-*r* 67.8%

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

   4. Simplified 67.8%

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

      1. expm1-log1p-u 50.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-udef 17.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1} \]

      3. add-sqr-sqrt 11.1%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      4. sqrt-unprod 17.1%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      5. sqr-neg 17.1%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      6. sqrt-prod 6.2%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 15.9%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{b} + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} - 1 \]

      8. *-commutative 15.9%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}\right)} - 1 \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 15.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\right)} - 1} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 48.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-log1p 64.9%

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

      3. associate-*r* 64.9%

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

      4. *-commutative 64.9%

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

   8. Simplified 64.9%

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

   if 9.4999999999999992e-100 < b

   1. Initial program 9.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 9.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 9.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 9.5%

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

   3. Simplified 9.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 87.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 87.9%

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

   6. Simplified 87.9%

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

4. Final simplification 81.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -64000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 79.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -64000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -64000.0)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 1.2e-99)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -64000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 1.2e-99) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} 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 <= (-64000.0d0)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 1.2d-99) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    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 <= -64000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 1.2e-99) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -64000.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 1.2e-99:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -64000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 1.2e-99)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -64000.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 1.2e-99)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -64000.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.2e-99], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -64000

   1. Initial program 71.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 71.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 71.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 71.0%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 71.0%

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

   3. Simplified 71.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 93.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 93.2%

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

      2. unsub-neg 93.2%

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

   6. Simplified 93.2%

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

   if -64000 < b < 1.2e-99

   1. Initial program 78.3%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 67.8%

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

      3. associate-*r* 67.8%

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

   4. Simplified 67.8%

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

   if 1.2e-99 < b

   1. Initial program 9.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 9.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 9.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 9.5%

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

   3. Simplified 9.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 87.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 87.9%

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

   6. Simplified 87.9%

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

4. Final simplification 82.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -64000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 67.0% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		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 <= (-5d-310)) 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 <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		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 <= -5e-310)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 77.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 77.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 77.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 77.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 77.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 77.3%

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

   3. Simplified 77.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 64.8%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 64.8%

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

      2. unsub-neg 64.8%

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

   6. Simplified 64.8%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 22.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 22.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 22.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 22.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 22.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 22.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 22.3%

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

   3. Simplified 22.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 71.1%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 71.1%

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

   6. Simplified 71.1%

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

4. Final simplification 67.6%

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

Alternative 6: 42.7% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.08 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 1.08e-14) (/ (- b) a) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.08e-14) {
		tmp = -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 <= 1.08d-14) then
        tmp = -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 <= 1.08e-14) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.08e-14:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.08e-14)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.08e-14)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.08e-14], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 1.08000000000000004e-14

   1. Initial program 68.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 68.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 68.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 68.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 68.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 68.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 68.8%

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

   3. Simplified 68.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 49.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 49.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 49.9%

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

   6. Simplified 49.9%

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

   if 1.08000000000000004e-14 < b

   1. Initial program 9.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 9.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 9.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 9.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 9.5%

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

   3. Simplified 9.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.1%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 2.1%

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

      2. unsub-neg 2.1%

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

      3. *-commutative 2.1%

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

      4. *-commutative 2.1%

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

      5. associate-/l* 2.6%

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

   6. Simplified 2.6%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 31.7%

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

4. Final simplification 45.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.08 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 66.8% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (/ (- b) a) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -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 <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = -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 <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(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 <= -5e-310)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 77.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 77.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 77.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 77.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 77.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 77.3%

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

   3. Simplified 77.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 64.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 64.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 64.7%

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

   6. Simplified 64.7%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 22.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 22.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-+l- 22.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. sub0-neg 22.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 22.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 22.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 22.3%

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

   3. Simplified 22.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 71.1%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 71.1%

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

   6. Simplified 71.1%

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

4. Final simplification 67.5%

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

Alternative 8: 10.9% 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 52.9%

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

   1. neg-sub0 52.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. associate-+l- 52.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   3. sub0-neg 52.9%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 52.9%

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

   5. *-commutative 52.9%

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

   6. associate-*r/ 52.8%

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

3. Simplified 52.8%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 36.0%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 36.0%

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

   2. unsub-neg 36.0%

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

   3. *-commutative 36.0%

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

   4. *-commutative 36.0%

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

   5. associate-/l* 36.9%

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

6. Simplified 36.9%

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

7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 11.0%

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

8. Final simplification 11.0%

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

Developer target: 69.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a))
     (/ c (* 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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = c / (a * ((-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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = c / (a * ((-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(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * 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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = c / (a * ((-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[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023178 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"
  :precision binary64

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

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