Cubic critical, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.7% → 99.3%

Time: 9.9s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 23.2×

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

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 31.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 99.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\\ \frac{t_0}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, t_0\right)}} \cdot \frac{-1}{a \cdot -3} \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* c (* a -3.0))))
   (* (/ t_0 (+ b (sqrt (fma b b t_0)))) (/ -1.0 (* a -3.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = c * (a * -3.0);
	return (t_0 / (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, t_0)))) * (-1.0 / (a * -3.0));
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))
	return Float64(Float64(t_0 / Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, t_0)))) * Float64(-1.0 / Float64(a * -3.0)))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(t$95$0 / N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-1.0 / N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 34.5%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 34.5%

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

   2. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   3. associate-/r/ 34.5%

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

   4. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   5. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   6. times-frac 34.5%

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

   7. *-commutative 34.5%

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

   8. times-frac 34.5%

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

   9. associate-/r* 34.5%

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

3. Simplified 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. clear-num 34.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{-0.3333333333333333}}} \]

   2. inv-pow 34.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{-0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{-1}} \]

   3. div-inv 34.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{1}{-0.3333333333333333}\right)}}^{-1} \]

   4. metadata-eval 34.6%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot -3\right)}^{-1}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow-1 34.6%

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

7. Simplified 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot -3}} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. add-exp-log 34.5%

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

   2. associate-*l* 34.6%

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

9. Applied egg-rr 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3} \]
10. Step-by-step derivation

    1. add-exp-log 34.6%

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

    2. flip-- 34.6%

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

    3. add-sqr-sqrt 35.3%

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

11. Applied egg-rr 35.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3} \]
12. Step-by-step derivation

    1. fma-udef 35.5%

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

    2. associate--r+ 99.0%

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

    3. +-inverses 99.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3} \]

    4. neg-sub0 99.0%

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

    5. associate-*r* 99.0%

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

    6. *-commutative 99.0%

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

    7. associate-*l* 99.2%

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

    8. associate-*r* 99.2%

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

    9. *-commutative 99.2%

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

    10. associate-*l* 99.2%

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

13. Simplified 99.2%

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

14. Final simplification 99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)}} \cdot \frac{-1}{a \cdot -3} \]

Alternative 2: 90.9% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -3600:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -3600.0)
   (* (/ -0.3333333333333333 a) (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* -3.0 (* c a))))))
   (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -3600.0) {
		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 / a) * (b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (-3.0 * (c * a)))));
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), (-0.5 * (c / b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -3600.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-3.0 * Float64(c * a))))));
	else
		tmp = fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -3600.0], N[(N[(-0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-3.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -3600

   1. Initial program 83.3%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 83.3%

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

      2. metadata-eval 83.3%

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

      3. associate-/r/ 83.3%

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

      4. metadata-eval 83.3%

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

      5. metadata-eval 83.3%

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

      6. times-frac 83.3%

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

      7. *-commutative 83.3%

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

      8. times-frac 83.3%

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

      9. associate-/r* 83.4%

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

   3. Simplified 84.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

   if -3600 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

   1. Initial program 31.0%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 31.0%

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

      2. metadata-eval 31.0%

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

      3. associate-/l* 31.0%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 31.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 31.0%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 31.0%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 31.0%

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

      8. metadata-eval 31.0%

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

      9. metadata-eval 31.0%

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

      10. times-frac 31.0%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 31.0%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 31.0%

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

      13. times-frac 31.0%

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

      14. metadata-eval 31.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]

      15. neg-mul-1 31.0%

          \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]

   3. Simplified 31.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 92.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

      2. fma-def 92.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      3. associate-/l* 92.2%

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 92.2%

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 92.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 91.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -3600:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 83.6% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -0.005)
   (* -0.3333333333333333 (/ (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -3.0))))) a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -0.005) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -3.0))))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -0.005)
		tmp = Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0))))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.005], N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -0.0050000000000000001

   1. Initial program 70.4%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 70.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 70.4%

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

      3. associate-/l* 70.4%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 70.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 70.4%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 70.4%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 70.4%

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

      8. metadata-eval 70.4%

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

      9. metadata-eval 70.4%

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

      10. times-frac 70.4%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 70.4%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 70.4%

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

      13. times-frac 70.4%

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

      14. metadata-eval 70.4%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]

      15. neg-mul-1 70.4%

          \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]

   3. Simplified 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]

   if -0.0050000000000000001 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

   1. Initial program 25.1%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 25.1%

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

      2. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      3. associate-/l* 25.1%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 25.2%

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

      5. *-commutative 25.2%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 25.1%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 25.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      10. times-frac 25.1%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 25.1%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 25.1%

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

      13. times-frac 25.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 25.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]

      15. neg-mul-1 25.1%

          \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]

   3. Simplified 25.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 85.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 82.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 83.6% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -0.005)
   (* (/ -0.3333333333333333 a) (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* -3.0 (* c a))))))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -0.005) {
		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 / a) * (b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (-3.0 * (c * a)))));
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -0.005)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-3.0 * Float64(c * a))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.005], N[(N[(-0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-3.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -0.0050000000000000001

   1. Initial program 70.4%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 70.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 70.4%

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

      3. associate-/r/ 70.4%

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

      4. metadata-eval 70.4%

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

      5. metadata-eval 70.4%

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

      6. times-frac 70.4%

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

      7. *-commutative 70.4%

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

      8. times-frac 70.4%

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

      9. associate-/r* 70.4%

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

   3. Simplified 70.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

   if -0.0050000000000000001 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

   1. Initial program 25.1%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 25.1%

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

      2. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      3. associate-/l* 25.1%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 25.2%

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

      5. *-commutative 25.2%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 25.1%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 25.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      10. times-frac 25.1%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 25.1%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 25.1%

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

      13. times-frac 25.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 25.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]

      15. neg-mul-1 25.1%

          \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]

   3. Simplified 25.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 85.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 82.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 83.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))))
   (if (<= t_0 -0.005) t_0 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.005) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    if (t_0 <= (-0.005d0)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.005) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -0.005:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -0.005)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -0.005)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -0.005], t$95$0, N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -0.0050000000000000001

   1. Initial program 70.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   if -0.0050000000000000001 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

   1. Initial program 25.1%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 25.1%

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

      2. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      3. associate-/l* 25.1%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 25.2%

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

      5. *-commutative 25.2%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 25.1%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 25.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 25.1%

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

      10. times-frac 25.1%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 25.1%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 25.1%

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

      13. times-frac 25.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 25.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]

      15. neg-mul-1 25.1%

          \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]

   3. Simplified 25.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 85.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 82.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 99.1% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(--3\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)}} \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (/ (* c (* a (- -3.0))) (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -3.0))))))
  (/ -0.3333333333333333 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((c * (a * -(-3.0))) / (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -3.0)))))) * (-0.3333333333333333 / a);
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * Float64(-(-3.0)))) / Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0)))))) * Float64(-0.3333333333333333 / a))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(c * N[(a * (--3.0)), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 34.5%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 34.5%

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

   2. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   3. associate-/r/ 34.5%

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

   4. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   5. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   6. times-frac 34.5%

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

   7. *-commutative 34.5%

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

   8. times-frac 34.5%

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

   9. associate-/r* 34.5%

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

3. Simplified 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. clear-num 34.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{-0.3333333333333333}}} \]

   2. inv-pow 34.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{-0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{-1}} \]

   3. div-inv 34.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{1}{-0.3333333333333333}\right)}}^{-1} \]

   4. metadata-eval 34.6%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot -3\right)}^{-1}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow-1 34.6%

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

7. Simplified 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot -3}} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. add-exp-log 34.5%

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

   2. associate-*l* 34.6%

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

9. Applied egg-rr 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3} \]
10. Step-by-step derivation

    1. add-exp-log 34.6%

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

    2. flip-- 34.6%

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

    3. add-sqr-sqrt 35.3%

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

11. Applied egg-rr 35.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3} \]
12. Step-by-step derivation

    1. fma-udef 35.5%

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

    2. associate--r+ 99.0%

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

    3. +-inverses 99.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3} \]

    4. neg-sub0 99.0%

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

    5. associate-*r* 99.0%

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

    6. *-commutative 99.0%

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

    7. associate-*l* 99.2%

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

    8. associate-*r* 99.2%

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

    9. *-commutative 99.2%

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

    10. associate-*l* 99.2%

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

13. Simplified 99.2%

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

14. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)}} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

15. Final simplification 99.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(--3\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)}} \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \]

Alternative 7: 81.1% accurate, 23.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (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 = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return -0.5 * (c / b)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 34.5%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 34.5%

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

   2. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   3. associate-/l* 34.5%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 34.5%

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

   5. *-commutative 34.5%

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

   6. associate-*l/ 34.5%

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

   7. associate-*r/ 34.5%

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

   8. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   9. metadata-eval 34.5%

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

   10. times-frac 34.5%

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

   11. neg-mul-1 34.5%

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

   12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 34.5%

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

   13. times-frac 34.5%

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

   14. metadata-eval 34.5%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]

   15. neg-mul-1 34.5%

       \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]

3. Simplified 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 78.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

5. Final simplification 78.9%

   \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023189 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, 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) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))