Cubic critical, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 18.3% → 97.5%

Time: 10.1s

Alternatives: 4

Speedup: 23.2×

Specification

\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]

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: 18.3% 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: 97.5% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma
  -0.5625
  (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))
  (fma
   -0.16666666666666666
   (* (pow (* c a) 4.0) (/ 6.328125 (* a (pow b 7.0))))
   (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (/ (* -0.375 (* a (* c c))) (pow b 3.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.5625, (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a))), fma(-0.16666666666666666, (pow((c * a), 4.0) * (6.328125 / (a * pow(b, 7.0)))), fma(-0.5, (c / b), ((-0.375 * (a * (c * c))) / pow(b, 3.0)))));
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.5625, Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a))), fma(-0.16666666666666666, Float64((Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0) * Float64(6.328125 / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0)))), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(Float64(-0.375 * Float64(a * Float64(c * c))) / (b ^ 3.0)))))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.16666666666666666 * N[(N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(6.328125 / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.5%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

   2. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. associate-/l* 16.5%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   5. *-commutative 16.5%

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

   6. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

   7. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   8. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   10. times-frac 16.5%

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

   11. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

   12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 16.5%

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

   13. times-frac 16.5%

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

   14. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   15. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

3. Simplified 16.5%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. fma-def 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]

   2. associate-/l* 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]

   3. unpow2 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]

   4. fma-def 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \]

6. Simplified 96.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. pow1 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}^{1}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

   2. pow-prod-down 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}}^{1}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

8. Applied egg-rr 96.8%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}^{1}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow1 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

10. Simplified 96.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

11. Taylor expanded in c around 0 96.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{1.265625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]
12. Step-by-step derivation

    1. metadata-eval 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left({c}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    2. pow-sqr 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left({c}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    3. metadata-eval 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left(\left({c}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right) \cdot {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    4. pow-sqr 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left(\left({c}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    5. unswap-sqr 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    6. unpow2 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    7. unpow2 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    8. swap-sqr 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)} \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    9. unpow2 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}} \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    10. unpow2 96.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    11. unpow2 96.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right)\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    12. swap-sqr 96.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    13. unpow2 96.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    14. pow-sqr 96.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    15. metadata-eval 96.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{1.265625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{\color{blue}{4}} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

13. Simplified 96.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{1.265625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

14. Taylor expanded in c around 0 96.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \left(1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4} + 5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]
15. Step-by-step derivation

    1. distribute-rgt-out 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} \cdot \left(1.265625 + 5.0625\right)\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    2. metadata-eval 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{6.328125}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

    3. associate-*r* 96.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot 6.328125}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

16. Simplified 96.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

17. Final simplification 96.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

Alternative 2: 96.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\right)\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma
  -0.5625
  (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))
  (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (/ (* c -0.5) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.5625, (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a))), fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), ((c * -0.5) / b)));
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.5625, Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a))), fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(Float64(c * -0.5) / b)))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.5%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

   2. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. associate-/l* 16.5%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   5. *-commutative 16.5%

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

   6. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

   7. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   8. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   10. times-frac 16.5%

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

   11. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

   12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 16.5%

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

   13. times-frac 16.5%

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

   14. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   15. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

3. Simplified 16.5%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. fma-def 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]

   2. associate-/l* 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]

   3. unpow2 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]

   4. +-commutative 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\right) \]

   5. fma-def 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) \]

   6. associate-/l* 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]

   7. unpow2 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]

   8. associate-*r/ 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}}\right)\right) \]

6. Simplified 95.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}\right)\right)} \]

7. Final simplification 95.9%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\right)\right) \]

Alternative 3: 95.1% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (/ (* c -0.5) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), ((c * -0.5) / b));
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(Float64(c * -0.5) / b))
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.5%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

   2. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. associate-/l* 16.5%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   5. *-commutative 16.5%

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

   6. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

   7. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   8. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   10. times-frac 16.5%

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

   11. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

   12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 16.5%

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

   13. times-frac 16.5%

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

   14. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   15. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

3. Simplified 16.5%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.8%

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

   1. +-commutative 94.8%

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

   2. fma-def 94.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 94.8%

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

   4. unpow2 94.8%

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

   5. associate-*r/ 94.8%

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

6. Simplified 94.8%

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

7. Final simplification 94.8%

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

Alternative 4: 90.0% accurate, 23.2× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.5%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

   2. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. associate-/l* 16.5%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   5. *-commutative 16.5%

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

   6. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

   7. associate-*r/ 16.5%

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

   8. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   10. times-frac 16.5%

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

   11. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

   12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 16.5%

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

   13. times-frac 16.5%

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

   14. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   15. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

3. Simplified 16.5%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.1%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 91.1%

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

6. Simplified 91.1%

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

7. Final simplification 91.1%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023193 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))