Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 56.1% → 99.2%

Time: 11.0s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 56.1% 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: 99.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4\\ \frac{t_0}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, t_0\right)}} \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (* c a) -4.0)))
   (* (/ t_0 (+ b (sqrt (fma b b t_0)))) (/ 0.5 a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (c * a) * -4.0;
	return (t_0 / (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, t_0)))) * (0.5 / a);
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0)
	return Float64(Float64(t_0 / Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, t_0)))) * Float64(0.5 / a))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(t$95$0 / N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.8%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 54.8%

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

   2. metadata-eval 54.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 54.8%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 54.8%

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

   5. +-commutative 54.8%

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

   6. unsub-neg 54.8%

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

   7. fma-neg 54.9%

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

   8. associate-*l* 54.9%

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

   9. *-commutative 54.9%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 54.9%

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

   11. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

   12. associate-/r* 54.9%

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

   13. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

   14. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

3. Simplified 54.9%

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

   1. fma-udef 54.8%

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

   2. *-commutative 54.8%

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

   3. metadata-eval 54.8%

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

   4. cancel-sign-sub-inv 54.8%

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

   5. associate-*l* 54.8%

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

   6. add-sqr-sqrt 53.4%

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

   7. pow2 53.4%

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

   8. pow1/2 53.4%

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

   9. sqrt-pow1 53.5%

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

   10. associate-*l* 53.5%

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

   11. cancel-sign-sub-inv 53.5%

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

   12. metadata-eval 53.5%

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

   13. *-commutative 53.5%

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

   14. fma-udef 53.6%

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

   15. associate-*l* 53.6%

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

   16. metadata-eval 53.6%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 53.6%

   \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. flip-- 53.7%

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

   2. pow-pow 54.8%

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

   3. metadata-eval 54.8%

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

   4. pow-pow 54.8%

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

   5. metadata-eval 54.8%

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

   6. pow-pow 54.8%

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

   7. metadata-eval 54.8%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 54.8%

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

   1. pow-sqr 56.0%

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

   2. metadata-eval 56.0%

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

   3. unpow1 56.0%

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

   4. associate-*r* 56.0%

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

   5. *-commutative 56.0%

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

   6. +-commutative 56.0%

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

   7. unpow1/2 56.0%

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

   8. associate-*r* 56.0%

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

   9. *-commutative 56.0%

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

9. Simplified 56.0%

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

10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 99.4%

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

    1. *-commutative 99.4%

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

12. Simplified 99.4%

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

13. Final simplification 99.4%

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

Alternative 2: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 13.6:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 13.6)
   (* (/ 0.5 a) (- (sqrt (fma b b (* (* c a) -4.0))) b))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 13.6) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (sqrt(fma(b, b, ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 13.6)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / a) * Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 13.6], N[(N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 13.5999999999999996

   1. Initial program 78.8%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 78.8%

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

      2. metadata-eval 78.8%

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

      3. associate-/l* 78.8%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 78.8%

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

      5. +-commutative 78.8%

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

      6. unsub-neg 78.8%

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

      7. fma-neg 79.1%

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

      8. associate-*l* 79.1%

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

      9. *-commutative 79.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

      12. associate-/r* 79.1%

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

      13. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

   3. Simplified 79.1%

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

   if 13.5999999999999996 < b

   1. Initial program 48.2%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 48.2%

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

      2. metadata-eval 48.2%

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

      3. associate-/l* 48.2%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 48.2%

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

      5. +-commutative 48.2%

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

      6. unsub-neg 48.2%

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

      7. fma-neg 48.3%

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

      8. associate-*l* 48.3%

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

      9. *-commutative 48.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.3%

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

      11. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

      12. associate-/r* 48.3%

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

      13. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

      14. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

   3. Simplified 48.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.7%

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

      1. +-commutative 87.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 87.7%

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

      3. unsub-neg 87.7%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 87.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 87.7%

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

      6. unpow2 87.7%

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

   6. Simplified 87.7%

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

4. Final simplification 85.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 13.6:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 84.8% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 13.6:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{2 \cdot t_0 + \left(b \cdot b - t_0\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* a (* c -4.0))))
   (if (<= b 13.6)
     (* (/ 0.5 a) (- (sqrt (+ (* 2.0 t_0) (- (* b b) t_0))) b))
     (- (/ (- c) b) (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = a * (c * -4.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 13.6) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (sqrt(((2.0 * t_0) + ((b * b) - t_0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / 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 = a * (c * (-4.0d0))
    if (b <= 13.6d0) then
        tmp = (0.5d0 / a) * (sqrt(((2.0d0 * t_0) + ((b * b) - t_0))) - b)
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = a * (c * -4.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 13.6) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (Math.sqrt(((2.0 * t_0) + ((b * b) - t_0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (Math.pow(b, 3.0) / a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = a * (c * -4.0)
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 13.6:
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (math.sqrt(((2.0 * t_0) + ((b * b) - t_0))) - b)
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (math.pow(b, 3.0) / a))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 13.6)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / a) * Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(2.0 * t_0) + Float64(Float64(b * b) - t_0))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = a * (c * -4.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 13.6)
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (sqrt(((2.0 * t_0) + ((b * b) - t_0))) - b);
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ^ 3.0) / a));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 13.6], N[(N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(2.0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 13.5999999999999996

   1. Initial program 78.8%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 78.8%

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

      2. metadata-eval 78.8%

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

      3. associate-/l* 78.8%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 78.8%

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

      5. +-commutative 78.8%

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

      6. unsub-neg 78.8%

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

      7. fma-neg 79.1%

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

      8. associate-*l* 79.1%

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

      9. *-commutative 79.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

      12. associate-/r* 79.1%

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

      13. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

   3. Simplified 79.1%

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

      1. fma-udef 78.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 78.8%

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

      3. metadata-eval 78.8%

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

      4. cancel-sign-sub-inv 78.8%

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

      5. associate-*l* 78.8%

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

      6. *-un-lft-identity 78.8%

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

      7. prod-diff 79.1%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 79.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 79.0%

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

      2. fma-udef 79.0%

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

      3. *-rgt-identity 79.0%

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

      4. *-rgt-identity 79.0%

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

      5. count-2 79.0%

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

      6. *-rgt-identity 79.0%

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

      7. fma-neg 79.1%

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

   7. Simplified 79.1%

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

   if 13.5999999999999996 < b

   1. Initial program 48.2%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 48.2%

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

      2. metadata-eval 48.2%

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

      3. associate-/l* 48.2%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 48.2%

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

      5. +-commutative 48.2%

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

      6. unsub-neg 48.2%

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

      7. fma-neg 48.3%

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

      8. associate-*l* 48.3%

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

      9. *-commutative 48.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.3%

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

      11. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

      12. associate-/r* 48.3%

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

      13. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

      14. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

   3. Simplified 48.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.7%

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

      1. +-commutative 87.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 87.7%

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

      3. unsub-neg 87.7%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 87.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 87.7%

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

      6. unpow2 87.7%

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

   6. Simplified 87.7%

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

4. Final simplification 85.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 13.6:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right) + \left(b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 84.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.5:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 14.5)
   (* (/ 0.5 a) (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* c a) 4.0))) b))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 14.5) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (sqrt(((b * b) - ((c * a) * 4.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= 14.5d0) then
        tmp = (0.5d0 / a) * (sqrt(((b * b) - ((c * a) * 4.0d0))) - b)
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 14.5) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((c * a) * 4.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (Math.pow(b, 3.0) / a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 14.5:
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((c * a) * 4.0))) - b)
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (math.pow(b, 3.0) / a))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 14.5)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / a) * Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(c * a) * 4.0))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 14.5)
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (sqrt(((b * b) - ((c * a) * 4.0))) - b);
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ^ 3.0) / a));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 14.5], N[(N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 14.5

   1. Initial program 78.8%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 78.8%

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

      2. metadata-eval 78.8%

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

      3. associate-/l* 78.8%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 78.8%

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

      5. +-commutative 78.8%

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

      6. unsub-neg 78.8%

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

      7. fma-neg 79.1%

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

      8. associate-*l* 79.1%

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

      9. *-commutative 79.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

      12. associate-/r* 79.1%

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

      13. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

      14. metadata-eval 79.1%

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

   3. Simplified 79.1%

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

      1. fma-udef 78.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 78.8%

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

      3. metadata-eval 78.8%

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

      4. cancel-sign-sub-inv 78.8%

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

      5. associate-*l* 78.8%

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

      6. *-un-lft-identity 78.8%

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

      7. prod-diff 79.1%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 79.0%

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

      1. *-rgt-identity 79.0%

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

      2. fma-neg 79.1%

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

      3. fma-udef 79.1%

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

      4. *-rgt-identity 79.1%

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

      5. *-rgt-identity 79.1%

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

      6. associate--r- 78.8%

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

      7. associate--r+ 78.8%

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

      8. +-inverses 78.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(\color{blue}{0} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]

      9. neg-sub0 78.8%

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

      10. *-commutative 78.8%

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

      11. *-commutative 78.8%

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

      12. associate-*r* 78.8%

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

      13. *-commutative 78.8%

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

      14. distribute-lft-neg-in 78.8%

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

      15. metadata-eval 78.8%

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

      16. *-commutative 78.8%

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

   7. Simplified 78.8%

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

   if 14.5 < b

   1. Initial program 48.2%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 48.2%

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

      2. metadata-eval 48.2%

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

      3. associate-/l* 48.2%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 48.2%

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

      5. +-commutative 48.2%

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

      6. unsub-neg 48.2%

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

      7. fma-neg 48.3%

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

      8. associate-*l* 48.3%

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

      9. *-commutative 48.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.3%

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

      11. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

      12. associate-/r* 48.3%

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

      13. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

      14. metadata-eval 48.3%

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

   3. Simplified 48.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.7%

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

      1. +-commutative 87.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 87.7%

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

      3. unsub-neg 87.7%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 87.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 87.7%

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

      6. unpow2 87.7%

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

   6. Simplified 87.7%

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

4. Final simplification 85.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.5:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 81.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.8%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 54.8%

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

   2. metadata-eval 54.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 54.8%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 54.8%

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

   5. +-commutative 54.8%

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

   6. unsub-neg 54.8%

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

   7. fma-neg 54.9%

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

   8. associate-*l* 54.9%

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

   9. *-commutative 54.9%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 54.9%

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

   11. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

   12. associate-/r* 54.9%

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

   13. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

   14. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

3. Simplified 54.9%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.3%

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

   1. +-commutative 82.3%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 82.3%

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

   3. unsub-neg 82.3%

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

   4. mul-1-neg 82.3%

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

   5. associate-/l* 82.3%

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

   6. unpow2 82.3%

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

6. Simplified 82.3%

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

7. Final simplification 82.3%

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

Alternative 6: 63.8% accurate, 29.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.8%

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

   1. /-rgt-identity 54.8%

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

   2. metadata-eval 54.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 54.8%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 54.8%

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

   5. +-commutative 54.8%

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

   6. unsub-neg 54.8%

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

   7. fma-neg 54.9%

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

   8. associate-*l* 54.9%

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

   9. *-commutative 54.9%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 54.9%

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

   11. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

   12. associate-/r* 54.9%

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

   13. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

   14. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

3. Simplified 54.9%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 65.2%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 65.2%

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

6. Simplified 65.2%

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

7. Final simplification 65.2%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023196 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))