The quadratic formula (r1)

Percentage Accurate: 51.3% → 86.1%

Time: 11.2s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 51.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 86.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+129}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.9 \cdot 10^{-89}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e+129)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 4.9e-89)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e+129) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4.9e-89) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d+129)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 4.9d-89) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e+129) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4.9e-89) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e+129:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 4.9e-89:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e+129)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 4.9e-89)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e+129)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 4.9e-89)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e+129], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.9e-89], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2e129

   1. Initial program 45.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 45.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 45.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 45.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 45.6%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 45.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 45.6%

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

      7. associate-/r* 45.6%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 45.6%

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

      9. metadata-eval 45.6%

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

   3. Simplified 45.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 94.1%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 94.1%

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

      2. unsub-neg 94.1%

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

   6. Simplified 94.1%

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

   if -2e129 < b < 4.9e-89

   1. Initial program 83.0%

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

   if 4.9e-89 < b

   1. Initial program 14.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 14.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 14.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 14.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 14.7%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 14.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 14.7%

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

      7. associate-/r* 14.7%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 14.7%

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

      9. metadata-eval 14.7%

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

   3. Simplified 14.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 87.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 87.2%

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

   6. Simplified 87.2%

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

4. Final simplification 86.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+129}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.9 \cdot 10^{-89}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 81.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{-106}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-89}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.65e-106)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 5.1e-89)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.65e-106) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.1e-89) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.65d-106)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 5.1d-89) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.65e-106) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.1e-89) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.65e-106:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 5.1e-89:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.65e-106)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 5.1e-89)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.65e-106)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 5.1e-89)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.65e-106], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.1e-89], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.65000000000000008e-106

   1. Initial program 65.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 65.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 65.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 65.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 65.0%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 64.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 64.8%

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

      7. associate-/r* 64.8%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 64.8%

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

      9. metadata-eval 64.8%

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

   3. Simplified 64.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 82.8%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 82.8%

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

      2. unsub-neg 82.8%

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

   6. Simplified 82.8%

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

   if -1.65000000000000008e-106 < b < 5.10000000000000004e-89

   1. Initial program 80.2%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 80.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 80.2%

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

      3. associate-*r* 80.2%

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

   4. Simplified 80.2%

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

   if 5.10000000000000004e-89 < b

   1. Initial program 14.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 14.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 14.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 14.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 14.7%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 14.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 14.7%

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

      7. associate-/r* 14.7%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 14.7%

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

      9. metadata-eval 14.7%

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

   3. Simplified 14.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 87.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 87.2%

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

   6. Simplified 87.2%

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

4. Final simplification 83.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{-106}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-89}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 42.7% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{+67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 7.8e+67) (/ (- b) a) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7.8e+67) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 7.8d+67) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7.8e+67) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 7.8e+67:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 7.8e+67)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 7.8e+67)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 7.8e+67], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 7.80000000000000013e67

   1. Initial program 64.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 64.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 64.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 64.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 64.6%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 64.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 64.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 64.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 64.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 64.5%

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

   3. Simplified 64.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 41.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 41.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 41.8%

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

   6. Simplified 41.8%

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

   if 7.80000000000000013e67 < b

   1. Initial program 9.8%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around inf 35.5%

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

4. Final simplification 40.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{+67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 67.9% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 68.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 68.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 68.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 68.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 68.0%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 67.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 67.8%

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

      7. associate-/r* 67.8%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 67.8%

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

      9. metadata-eval 67.8%

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

   3. Simplified 67.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 62.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 62.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 62.7%

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

   6. Simplified 62.7%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 32.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 32.8%

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

      2. associate-+l- 32.8%

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

      3. sub0-neg 32.8%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 32.8%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 32.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 32.8%

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

      7. associate-/r* 32.8%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 32.8%

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

      9. metadata-eval 32.8%

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

   3. Simplified 32.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 66.9%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 66.9%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 66.9%

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

   6. Simplified 66.9%

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

4. Final simplification 64.9%

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

Alternative 5: 15.0% accurate, 22.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b -1.9e+46) (/ 1.0 0.0) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e+46) {
		tmp = 1.0 / 0.0;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.9d+46)) then
        tmp = 1.0d0 / 0.0d0
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e+46) {
		tmp = 1.0 / 0.0;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.9e+46:
		tmp = 1.0 / 0.0
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.9e+46)
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / 0.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.9e+46)
		tmp = 1.0 / 0.0;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.9e+46], N[(1.0 / 0.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.9e46

   1. Initial program 57.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 57.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 57.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 57.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 57.9%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 57.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 57.7%

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

      7. associate-/r* 57.7%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 57.7%

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

      9. metadata-eval 57.7%

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

   3. Simplified 57.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 58.0%

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

      2. clear-num 57.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 57.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. fma-udef 57.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 57.8%

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

      3. associate-*r* 57.8%

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

      4. metadata-eval 57.8%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-neg-in 57.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 57.8%

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

      7. distribute-lft-neg-in 57.8%

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

      8. +-commutative 57.8%

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

      9. sub-neg 57.8%

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

      10. add-sqr-sqrt 57.7%

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

      11. pow2 57.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right)}^{2}}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

   7. Applied egg-rr 57.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 18.9%

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

      1. distribute-rgt-out 0.3%

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

      2. metadata-eval 0.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \color{blue}{0}} \]

      3. mul0-rgt 18.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0}} \]

   10. Simplified 18.9%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0}} \]

   if -1.9e46 < b

   1. Initial program 46.4%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 10.5%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around inf 15.1%

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

4. Final simplification 16.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 5.9% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{0} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 0.0))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 1.0 / 0.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 1.0d0 / 0.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 1.0 / 0.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return 1.0 / 0.0

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(1.0 / 0.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 1.0 / 0.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(1.0 / 0.0), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.2%

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

   1. neg-sub0 49.2%

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

   2. associate-+l- 49.2%

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

   3. sub0-neg 49.2%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 49.2%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 49.1%

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

   6. *-commutative 49.1%

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

   7. associate-/r* 49.1%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 49.1%

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

   9. metadata-eval 49.1%

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

3. Simplified 49.1%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 49.2%

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

   2. clear-num 49.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 49.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. fma-udef 49.1%

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

   2. *-commutative 49.1%

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

   3. associate-*r* 49.1%

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

   4. metadata-eval 49.1%

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

   5. distribute-rgt-neg-in 49.1%

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

   6. *-commutative 49.1%

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

   7. distribute-lft-neg-in 49.1%

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

   8. +-commutative 49.1%

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

   9. sub-neg 49.1%

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

   10. add-sqr-sqrt 47.2%

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

   11. pow2 47.2%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right)}^{2}}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

7. Applied egg-rr 47.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 6.0%

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

   1. distribute-rgt-out 1.2%

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

   2. metadata-eval 1.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \color{blue}{0}} \]

   3. mul0-rgt 6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0}} \]

10. Simplified 6.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0}} \]

11. Final simplification 6.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{0} \]

Developer target: 70.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a))
     (/ c (* a (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))
    if (b < 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023195 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :precision binary64

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

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