Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 52.5% → 85.0%

Time: 9.6s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

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: 52.5% 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: 85.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+123}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-162}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e+123)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 5.8e-162)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e+123) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-162) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 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 <= (-2d+123)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 5.8d-162) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 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 <= -2e+123) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-162) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e+123:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 5.8e-162:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e+123)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-162)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 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 <= -2e+123)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-162)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e+123], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.8e-162], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $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 < -1.99999999999999996e123

   1. Initial program 58.4%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 58.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 58.4%

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

      3. associate-/l* 58.4%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 58.3%

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

      5. +-commutative 58.3%

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

      6. unsub-neg 58.3%

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

      7. fma-neg 58.3%

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

      8. associate-*l* 58.3%

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

      9. *-commutative 58.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 58.3%

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

      11. metadata-eval 58.3%

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

      12. associate-/r* 58.3%

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

      13. metadata-eval 58.3%

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

      14. metadata-eval 58.3%

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

   3. Simplified 58.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 95.2%

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

      2. unsub-neg 95.2%

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

   6. Simplified 95.2%

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

   if -1.99999999999999996e123 < b < 5.8000000000000002e-162

   1. Initial program 85.1%

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

   if 5.8000000000000002e-162 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 22.2%

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

      2. metadata-eval 22.2%

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

      3. associate-/l* 22.2%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 22.1%

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

      5. +-commutative 22.1%

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

      6. unsub-neg 22.1%

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

      7. fma-neg 22.1%

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

      8. associate-*l* 22.1%

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

      9. *-commutative 22.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 22.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

      12. associate-/r* 22.1%

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

      13. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

   3. Simplified 22.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 76.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 76.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 76.3%

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

   6. Simplified 76.3%

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

4. Final simplification 83.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+123}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-162}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 80.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-162}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.7e-39)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 5.8e-162)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.7e-39) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-162) {
		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 <= (-3.7d-39)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 5.8d-162) 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 <= -3.7e-39) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-162) {
		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 <= -3.7e-39:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 5.8e-162:
		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 <= -3.7e-39)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-162)
		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 <= -3.7e-39)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-162)
		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, -3.7e-39], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.8e-162], 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 < -3.70000000000000015e-39

   1. Initial program 71.5%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 71.5%

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

      2. metadata-eval 71.5%

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

      3. associate-/l* 71.5%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 71.2%

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

      5. +-commutative 71.2%

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

      6. unsub-neg 71.2%

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

      7. fma-neg 71.2%

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

      8. associate-*l* 71.2%

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

      9. *-commutative 71.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 71.2%

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

      11. metadata-eval 71.2%

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

      12. associate-/r* 71.2%

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

      13. metadata-eval 71.2%

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

      14. metadata-eval 71.2%

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

   3. Simplified 71.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 90.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 90.7%

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

      2. unsub-neg 90.7%

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

   6. Simplified 90.7%

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

   if -3.70000000000000015e-39 < b < 5.8000000000000002e-162

   1. Initial program 80.4%

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

      1. *-un-lft-identity 80.4%

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

      2. prod-diff 80.0%

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

   3. Applied egg-rr 80.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 80.0%

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

      2. fma-udef 80.0%

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

      3. *-rgt-identity 80.0%

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

      4. *-rgt-identity 80.0%

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

      5. distribute-lft-out 80.1%

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

      6. fma-def 80.0%

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

      7. distribute-lft-out 80.0%

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

      8. metadata-eval 80.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot \color{blue}{-8}, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right) \cdot 1\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      9. *-rgt-identity 80.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      10. associate-*r* 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      11. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(--4\right)}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      12. metadata-eval 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{4}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      13. *-commutative 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot 4\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      14. associate-*l* 80.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   5. Simplified 80.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} + -1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 70.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 70.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-out 70.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-8 + 4\right)}} - b}{2 \cdot a} \]

      4. *-commutative 70.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \left(-8 + 4\right)} - b}{2 \cdot a} \]

      5. metadata-eval 70.7%

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

      6. associate-*r* 70.7%

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

   8. Simplified 70.7%

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

   if 5.8000000000000002e-162 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 22.2%

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

      2. metadata-eval 22.2%

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

      3. associate-/l* 22.2%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 22.1%

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

      5. +-commutative 22.1%

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

      6. unsub-neg 22.1%

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

      7. fma-neg 22.1%

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

      8. associate-*l* 22.1%

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

      9. *-commutative 22.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 22.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

      12. associate-/r* 22.1%

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

      13. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

   3. Simplified 22.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 76.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 76.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 76.3%

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

   6. Simplified 76.3%

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

4. Final simplification 80.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-162}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 79.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.35 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-162}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.35e-39)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 5.8e-162) (* 0.5 (/ (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) a)) (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.35e-39) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-162) {
		tmp = 0.5 * (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / 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 <= (-2.35d-39)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 5.8d-162) then
        tmp = 0.5d0 * (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) / 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 <= -2.35e-39) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-162) {
		tmp = 0.5 * (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.35e-39:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 5.8e-162:
		tmp = 0.5 * (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.35e-39)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-162)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.35e-39)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-162)
		tmp = 0.5 * (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.35e-39], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.8e-162], N[(0.5 * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.3500000000000001e-39

   1. Initial program 71.5%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 71.5%

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

      2. metadata-eval 71.5%

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

      3. associate-/l* 71.5%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 71.2%

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

      5. +-commutative 71.2%

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

      6. unsub-neg 71.2%

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

      7. fma-neg 71.2%

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

      8. associate-*l* 71.2%

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

      9. *-commutative 71.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 71.2%

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

      11. metadata-eval 71.2%

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

      12. associate-/r* 71.2%

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

      13. metadata-eval 71.2%

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

      14. metadata-eval 71.2%

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

   3. Simplified 71.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 90.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 90.7%

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

      2. unsub-neg 90.7%

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

   6. Simplified 90.7%

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

   if -2.3500000000000001e-39 < b < 5.8000000000000002e-162

   1. Initial program 80.4%

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

      1. *-un-lft-identity 80.4%

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

      2. prod-diff 80.0%

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

   3. Applied egg-rr 80.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 80.0%

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

      2. fma-udef 80.0%

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

      3. *-rgt-identity 80.0%

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

      4. *-rgt-identity 80.0%

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

      5. distribute-lft-out 80.1%

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

      6. fma-def 80.0%

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

      7. distribute-lft-out 80.0%

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

      8. metadata-eval 80.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot \color{blue}{-8}, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right) \cdot 1\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      9. *-rgt-identity 80.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      10. associate-*r* 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      11. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(--4\right)}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      12. metadata-eval 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{4}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      13. *-commutative 79.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot 4\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      14. associate-*l* 80.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   5. Simplified 80.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -8, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} \cdot \sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right)} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l/ 68.5%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a}} \]

      2. *-lft-identity 68.5%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-out 69.0%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-8 + 4\right)}}}{a} \]

      4. *-commutative 69.0%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \left(-8 + 4\right)}}{a} \]

      5. metadata-eval 69.0%

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

      6. associate-*r* 69.0%

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

   8. Simplified 69.0%

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

   if 5.8000000000000002e-162 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 22.2%

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

      2. metadata-eval 22.2%

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

      3. associate-/l* 22.2%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 22.1%

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

      5. +-commutative 22.1%

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

      6. unsub-neg 22.1%

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

      7. fma-neg 22.1%

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

      8. associate-*l* 22.1%

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

      9. *-commutative 22.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 22.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

      12. associate-/r* 22.1%

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

      13. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 22.1%

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

   3. Simplified 22.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 76.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 76.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 76.3%

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

   6. Simplified 76.3%

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

4. Final simplification 79.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.35 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-162}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 68.1% 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 75.6%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 75.6%

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

      2. metadata-eval 75.6%

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

      3. associate-/l* 75.6%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 75.5%

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

      5. +-commutative 75.5%

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

      6. unsub-neg 75.5%

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

      7. fma-neg 75.5%

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

      8. associate-*l* 75.4%

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

      9. *-commutative 75.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 75.4%

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

      11. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

      12. associate-/r* 75.4%

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

      13. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

      14. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

   3. Simplified 75.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 66.0%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 66.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 66.0%

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

   6. Simplified 66.0%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 27.9%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 27.9%

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

      2. metadata-eval 27.9%

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

      3. associate-/l* 27.9%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 27.8%

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

      5. +-commutative 27.8%

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

      6. unsub-neg 27.8%

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

      7. fma-neg 27.8%

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

      8. associate-*l* 27.8%

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

      9. *-commutative 27.8%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 27.8%

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

      11. metadata-eval 27.8%

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

      12. associate-/r* 27.8%

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

      13. metadata-eval 27.8%

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

      14. metadata-eval 27.8%

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

   3. Simplified 27.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 67.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 67.7%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 67.7%

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

   6. Simplified 67.7%

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

4. Final simplification 66.8%

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

Alternative 5: 43.5% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 4.4 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 4.4e-26) (/ (- b) a) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 4.4e-26) {
		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 <= 4.4d-26) 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 <= 4.4e-26) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 4.4e-26:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 4.4e-26)
		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 <= 4.4e-26)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 4.4e-26], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 4.4000000000000002e-26

   1. Initial program 68.9%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 68.9%

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

      2. metadata-eval 68.9%

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

      3. associate-/l* 68.9%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 68.7%

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

      5. +-commutative 68.7%

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

      6. unsub-neg 68.7%

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

      7. fma-neg 68.7%

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

      8. associate-*l* 68.7%

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

      9. *-commutative 68.7%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 68.7%

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

      11. metadata-eval 68.7%

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

      12. associate-/r* 68.7%

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

      13. metadata-eval 68.7%

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

      14. metadata-eval 68.7%

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

   3. Simplified 68.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 50.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 50.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 50.1%

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

   6. Simplified 50.1%

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

   if 4.4000000000000002e-26 < b

   1. Initial program 15.3%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 15.3%

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

      2. metadata-eval 15.3%

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

      3. associate-/l* 15.3%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 15.3%

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

      5. +-commutative 15.3%

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

      6. unsub-neg 15.3%

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

      7. fma-neg 15.3%

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

      8. associate-*l* 15.3%

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

      9. *-commutative 15.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 15.3%

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

      11. metadata-eval 15.3%

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

      12. associate-/r* 15.3%

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

      13. metadata-eval 15.3%

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

      14. metadata-eval 15.3%

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

   3. Simplified 15.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 2.3%

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

      2. unsub-neg 2.3%

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

      3. associate-*r/ 2.3%

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

   6. Simplified 2.3%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in c around inf 34.6%

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

4. Final simplification 45.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 4.4 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 68.0% 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 75.6%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 75.6%

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

      2. metadata-eval 75.6%

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

      3. associate-/l* 75.6%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 75.5%

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

      5. +-commutative 75.5%

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

      6. unsub-neg 75.5%

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

      7. fma-neg 75.5%

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

      8. associate-*l* 75.4%

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

      9. *-commutative 75.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 75.4%

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

      11. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

      12. associate-/r* 75.4%

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

      13. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

      14. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

   3. Simplified 75.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 65.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 65.5%

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

   6. Simplified 65.5%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 27.9%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 27.9%

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

      2. metadata-eval 27.9%

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

      3. associate-/l* 27.9%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 27.8%

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

      5. +-commutative 27.8%

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

      6. unsub-neg 27.8%

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

      7. fma-neg 27.8%

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

      8. associate-*l* 27.8%

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

      9. *-commutative 27.8%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 27.8%

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

      11. metadata-eval 27.8%

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

      12. associate-/r* 27.8%

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

      13. metadata-eval 27.8%

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

      14. metadata-eval 27.8%

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

   3. Simplified 27.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 67.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 67.7%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 67.7%

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

   6. Simplified 67.7%

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

4. Final simplification 66.5%

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

Alternative 7: 2.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.8%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 53.8%

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

   2. metadata-eval 53.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 53.8%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 53.7%

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

   5. +-commutative 53.7%

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

   6. unsub-neg 53.7%

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

   7. fma-neg 53.7%

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

   8. associate-*l* 53.7%

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

   9. *-commutative 53.7%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 53.7%

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

   11. metadata-eval 53.7%

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

   12. associate-/r* 53.7%

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

   13. metadata-eval 53.7%

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

   14. metadata-eval 53.7%

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

3. Simplified 53.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 36.2%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 36.2%

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

   2. unsub-neg 36.2%

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

   3. associate-*r/ 36.2%

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

6. Simplified 36.2%

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

   1. expm1-log1p-u 19.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(\left(\frac{2 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{b} - b\right) - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   2. expm1-udef 16.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(\left(\frac{2 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{b} - b\right) - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\right)} - 1} \]

8. Applied egg-rr 2.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\left(\frac{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{b} + b\right) + b\right)\right)} - 1} \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. expm1-def 1.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\left(\frac{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{b} + b\right) + b\right)\right)\right)} \]

   2. expm1-log1p 2.2%

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

   3. associate-+l+ 2.2%

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

   4. *-commutative 2.2%

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

   5. associate-*r/ 2.2%

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

   6. associate-/l* 2.2%

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

   7. count-2 2.2%

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

   8. distribute-lft-out 2.2%

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

   9. associate-/l* 2.2%

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

   10. *-commutative 2.2%

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

10. Simplified 2.2%

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

11. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.3%

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

12. Final simplification 2.3%

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

Alternative 8: 11.0% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.8%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 53.8%

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

   2. metadata-eval 53.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 53.8%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 53.7%

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

   5. +-commutative 53.7%

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

   6. unsub-neg 53.7%

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

   7. fma-neg 53.7%

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

   8. associate-*l* 53.7%

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

   9. *-commutative 53.7%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 53.7%

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

   11. metadata-eval 53.7%

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

   12. associate-/r* 53.7%

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

   13. metadata-eval 53.7%

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

   14. metadata-eval 53.7%

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

3. Simplified 53.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 36.2%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 36.2%

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

   2. unsub-neg 36.2%

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

   3. associate-*r/ 36.2%

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

6. Simplified 36.2%

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

7. Taylor expanded in c around inf 12.1%

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

8. Final simplification 12.1%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023189 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))