Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.2% → 95.7%

Time: 13.2s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]

Math

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

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(Float64(4.0 * 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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 31.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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(Float64(4.0 * 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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 95.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\\ \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(16, t_0, 4 \cdot t_0\right)}{b} \cdot {a}^{3}, -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot a}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (pow c 4.0) (pow b 6.0))))
   (-
    (-
     (fma
      -0.25
      (* (/ (fma 16.0 t_0 (* 4.0 t_0)) b) (pow a 3.0))
      (* -2.0 (/ (* a a) (/ (pow b 5.0) (pow c 3.0)))))
     (/ c b))
    (/ (* c (* c a)) (pow b 3.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = pow(c, 4.0) / pow(b, 6.0);
	return (fma(-0.25, ((fma(16.0, t_0, (4.0 * t_0)) / b) * pow(a, 3.0)), (-2.0 * ((a * a) / (pow(b, 5.0) / pow(c, 3.0))))) - (c / b)) - ((c * (c * a)) / pow(b, 3.0));
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64((c ^ 4.0) / (b ^ 6.0))
	return Float64(Float64(fma(-0.25, Float64(Float64(fma(16.0, t_0, Float64(4.0 * t_0)) / b) * (a ^ 3.0)), Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(a * a) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / (c ^ 3.0))))) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0)))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 6.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[(16.0 * t$95$0 + N[(4.0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 28.7%

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

   1. neg-sub0 28.7%

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

   2. associate-+l- 28.7%

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

   3. sub0-neg 28.7%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 28.7%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 28.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   7. associate-/r* 28.7%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 28.7%

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

   9. metadata-eval 28.7%

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

3. Simplified 28.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{\left({\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right) \cdot {a}^{3}}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{\left({\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right) \cdot {a}^{3}}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{\left({\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right) \cdot {a}^{3}}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]

   3. unsub-neg 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{\left({\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right) \cdot {a}^{3}}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

6. Simplified 96.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(16, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}, 4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b} \cdot {a}^{3}, -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot a}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}} \]

7. Final simplification 96.2%

   \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(16, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}, 4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b} \cdot {a}^{3}, -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot a}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \]

Alternative 2: 95.6% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}, -2 \cdot \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (fma
   -0.25
   (* (/ (pow (* c a) 4.0) a) (/ 20.0 (pow b 7.0)))
   (- (* -2.0 (/ (* (* a a) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0))) (/ c b)))
  (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.25, ((pow((c * a), 4.0) / a) * (20.0 / pow(b, 7.0))), ((-2.0 * (((a * a) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) - (c / b))) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a));
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(fma(-0.25, Float64(Float64((Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0) / a) * Float64(20.0 / (b ^ 7.0))), Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) - Float64(c / b))) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(20.0 / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 28.7%

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

   1. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   2. +-commutative 28.7%

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

   3. unsub-neg 28.7%

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

   4. fma-neg 28.7%

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

   5. associate-*l* 28.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 28.7%

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

   8. metadata-eval 28.7%

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

3. Simplified 28.7%

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

   1. fma-udef 28.7%

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

   2. *-commutative 28.7%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 28.7%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{{\left(-2 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{{\left(-2 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{{\left(-2 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]

   3. unsub-neg 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{{\left(-2 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

8. Simplified 96.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{4 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) + 16 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. div-inv 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) + 16 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

   2. distribute-rgt-out 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\left(\left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot \left(4 + 16\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

   3. pow-prod-down 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \left(\color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}} \cdot \left(4 + 16\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

   4. metadata-eval 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{20}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

10. Applied egg-rr 96.2%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot 20\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
11. Step-by-step derivation

    1. associate-*r/ 96.2%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\frac{\left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot 20\right) \cdot 1}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

    2. *-rgt-identity 96.2%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot 20}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

    3. times-frac 96.2%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

12. Simplified 96.2%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

13. Final simplification 96.2%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}, -2 \cdot \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

Alternative 3: 94.1% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(-2 \cdot \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (- (* -2.0 (/ (* (* a a) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0))) (/ c b))
  (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-2.0 * (((a * a) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / 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 = (((-2.0d0) * (((a * a) * (c ** 3.0d0)) / (b ** 5.0d0))) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-2.0 * (((a * a) * Math.pow(c, 3.0)) / Math.pow(b, 5.0))) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / (Math.pow(b, 3.0) / a));
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return ((-2.0 * (((a * a) * math.pow(c, 3.0)) / math.pow(b, 5.0))) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / (math.pow(b, 3.0) / a))

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = ((-2.0 * (((a * a) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / ((b ^ 3.0) / a));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 28.7%

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

   1. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   2. +-commutative 28.7%

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

   3. unsub-neg 28.7%

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

   4. fma-neg 28.7%

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

   5. associate-*l* 28.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 28.7%

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

   8. metadata-eval 28.7%

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

3. Simplified 28.7%

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

   1. fma-udef 28.7%

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

   2. *-commutative 28.7%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 28.7%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]

   3. unsub-neg 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   4. +-commutative 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   5. mul-1-neg 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   6. unsub-neg 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right)} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   7. *-commutative 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   8. unpow2 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   9. associate-/l* 94.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]

   10. unpow2 94.8%

       \[\leadsto \left(\frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

8. Simplified 94.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2 - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]

9. Final simplification 94.8%

   \[\leadsto \left(-2 \cdot \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

Alternative 4: 91.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / 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 = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 28.7%

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

   1. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   2. +-commutative 28.7%

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

   3. unsub-neg 28.7%

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

   4. fma-neg 28.7%

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

   5. associate-*l* 28.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 28.7%

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

   8. metadata-eval 28.7%

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

3. Simplified 28.7%

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

   1. fma-udef 28.7%

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

   2. *-commutative 28.7%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 28.7%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 92.1%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]

   3. unsub-neg 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   4. associate-*r/ 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   5. neg-mul-1 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   6. associate-/l* 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]

   7. unpow2 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

8. Simplified 92.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]

9. Final simplification 92.1%

   \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

Alternative 5: 81.5% accurate, 29.0× 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(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 28.7%

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

   1. neg-sub0 28.7%

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

   2. associate-+l- 28.7%

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

   3. sub0-neg 28.7%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 28.7%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 28.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 28.7%

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

   7. associate-/r* 28.7%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 28.7%

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

   9. metadata-eval 28.7%

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

3. Simplified 28.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.5%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 83.5%

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

   2. neg-mul-1 83.5%

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

6. Simplified 83.5%

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

7. Final simplification 83.5%

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

Alternative 6: 3.2% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.0 a))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / 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 = 0.0d0 / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0 / a

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.0 / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0 / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 28.7%

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

   1. add-cbrt-cube 28.7%

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

   2. pow3 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{{\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\right)}^{3}}} \]

   3. neg-mul-1 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\right)}^{3}} \]

   4. fma-def 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)}^{3}} \]

   5. *-commutative 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}\right)}{2 \cdot a}\right)}^{3}} \]

   6. *-commutative 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\right)}{2 \cdot a}\right)}^{3}} \]

   7. *-commutative 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}\right)}^{3}} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 28.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}{a \cdot 2}\right)}^{3}}} \]

4. Taylor expanded in c around 0 3.2%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 3.2%

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

   2. distribute-rgt1-in 3.2%

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

   3. metadata-eval 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} \cdot b\right)}{a} \]

   4. mul0-lft 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   5. metadata-eval 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

6. Simplified 3.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0}{a}} \]

7. Final simplification 3.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{0}{a} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023181 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))