Cubic critical, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.8% → 90.6%
Time: 14.9s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 23.2×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 8 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 55.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 90.6% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{b}^{7}}\right)\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma
  -0.5625
  (* (* a a) (/ (pow c 3.0) (pow b 5.0)))
  (fma
   -0.5
   (/ c b)
   (fma
    -0.375
    (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))
    (*
     -0.16666666666666666
     (* (/ (pow (* a c) 4.0) a) (/ 6.328125 (pow b 7.0))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.5625, ((a * a) * (pow(c, 3.0) / pow(b, 5.0))), fma(-0.5, (c / b), fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), (-0.16666666666666666 * ((pow((a * c), 4.0) / a) * (6.328125 / pow(b, 7.0)))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.5625, Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64((c ^ 3.0) / (b ^ 5.0))), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(-0.16666666666666666 * Float64(Float64((Float64(a * c) ^ 4.0) / a) * Float64(6.328125 / (b ^ 7.0)))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.16666666666666666 * N[(N[(N[Power[N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(6.328125 / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{b}^{7}}\right)\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 54.1%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity54.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval54.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-154.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in54.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-154.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified54.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.3%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1.6875 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def91.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*91.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    3. unpow291.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    4. fma-def91.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)}\right) \]
    5. associate-/l*91.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    6. unpow291.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    7. fma-def91.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.5, \frac{c}{b}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)}\right)\right) \]
  6. Simplified91.5%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.5, \frac{c}{b}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 91.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) + 1.265625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  8. Simplified91.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{b}^{7}}\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
  9. Final simplification91.8%

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

Alternative 2: 89.3% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.025:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1 - \frac{\frac{0.1111111111111111}{a}}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.025)
   (*
    (- (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -3.0)))) b)
    (+
     (/
      (- 1.0 (/ (/ 0.1111111111111111 a) a))
      (- 1.0 (/ 0.3333333333333333 a)))
     -1.0))
   (fma
    -0.5625
    (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))
    (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.025) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -3.0)))) - b) * (((1.0 - ((0.1111111111111111 / a) / a)) / (1.0 - (0.3333333333333333 / a))) + -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-0.5625, (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a))), fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), (-0.5 * (c / b))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.025)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0)))) - b) * Float64(Float64(Float64(1.0 - Float64(Float64(0.1111111111111111 / a) / a)) / Float64(1.0 - Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a))) + -1.0));
	else
		tmp = fma(-0.5625, Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a))), fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.025], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[(1.0 - N[(N[(0.1111111111111111 / a), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(1.0 - N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.025:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1 - \frac{\frac{0.1111111111111111}{a}}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} + -1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 0.025000000000000001

    1. Initial program 86.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub086.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-86.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg86.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-186.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/86.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. *-commutative86.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot -1} \]
      7. metadata-eval86.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \]
      8. metadata-eval86.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \]
      9. times-frac86.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. *-commutative86.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. times-frac86.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1} \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified86.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u86.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-udef86.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)} - 1\right)} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr86.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)} - 1\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. log1p-udef86.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(e^{\color{blue}{\log \left(1 + \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)}} - 1\right) \]
      2. add-exp-log86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. expm1-log1p-u86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    7. Applied egg-rr86.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)} - 1\right) \]
      2. flip-+86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}} - 1\right) \]
      3. metadata-eval86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1} - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} - 1\right) \]
    9. Applied egg-rr86.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}} - 1\right) \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*l/86.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1 - \color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}{a}}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} - 1\right) \]
      2. associate-*r/86.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1 - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot 0.3333333333333333}{a}}}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} - 1\right) \]
      3. metadata-eval86.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1 - \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0.1111111111111111}}{a}}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} - 1\right) \]
    11. Simplified86.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1 - \frac{\frac{0.1111111111111111}{a}}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}} - 1\right) \]

    if 0.025000000000000001 < b

    1. Initial program 51.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub051.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-51.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg51.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-151.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/51.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval51.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval51.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac51.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative51.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac50.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/51.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified51.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def90.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
      2. associate-/l*90.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
      3. unpow290.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
      4. +-commutative90.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
      5. fma-def90.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) \]
      6. associate-/l*90.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
      7. unpow290.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    6. Simplified90.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification90.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.025:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1 - \frac{\frac{0.1111111111111111}{a}}{a}}{1 - \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 76.1% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -2.9e-5)
   (* -0.3333333333333333 (/ (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -3.0))))) a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -3.0))))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5)
		tmp = Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0))))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2.9e-5], N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -2.9e-5

    1. Initial program 73.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/72.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-173.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-173.0%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified73.3%

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

    if -2.9e-5 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 38.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub038.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-138.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified38.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 78.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification76.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 76.1% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -2.9e-5)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2.9e-5], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -2.9e-5

    1. Initial program 73.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub073.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-173.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac72.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified73.3%

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

    if -2.9e-5 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 38.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub038.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-138.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified38.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 78.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification76.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 85.1% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t_0 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t_0}}}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fma b b (* c (* a -3.0)))))
   (if (<= b 9.0)
     (/ (/ (- t_0 (* b b)) (+ b (sqrt t_0))) (* a 3.0))
     (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fma(b, b, (c * (a * -3.0)));
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 9.0) {
		tmp = ((t_0 - (b * b)) / (b + sqrt(t_0))) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), (-0.5 * (c / b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 9.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(t_0 - Float64(b * b)) / Float64(b + sqrt(t_0))) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 9.0], N[(N[(N[(t$95$0 - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t_0 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t_0}}}{a \cdot 3}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 9

    1. Initial program 79.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub079.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified79.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. *-commutative79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -3\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. associate-*r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. pow1/279.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)\right)}^{0.5}} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. pow-to-exp77.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)\right) \cdot 0.5}} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*77.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)\right) \cdot 0.5} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative77.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3\right)\right) \cdot 0.5} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. associate-*r*77.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right) \cdot 0.5} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)\right) \cdot 0.5}} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. exp-to-pow79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)\right)}^{0.5}} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-*r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3}\right)\right)}^{0.5} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -3\right)\right)}^{0.5} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. associate-*r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right)}^{0.5} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. pow1/279.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      6. flip--79.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} + b}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. add-sqr-sqrt80.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} + b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. associate-*r*80.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} + b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. *-commutative80.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} + b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. associate-*r*80.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} + b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      11. associate-*r*80.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} + b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      12. *-commutative80.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3\right)} + b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      13. associate-*r*80.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right)} + b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    7. Applied egg-rr80.4%

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

    if 9 < b

    1. Initial program 47.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub047.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-147.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified47.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative88.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. fma-def88.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      3. associate-/l*88.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
      4. unpow288.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    6. Simplified88.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right) - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)}}}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 76.0% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -2.9e-5)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 3.0 (* a c)))) b) (* a 3.0))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)) <= (-2.9d-5)) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0d0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if ((math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(3.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2.9e-5)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2.9e-5], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -2.9e-5

    1. Initial program 73.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub073.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-173.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative73.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac72.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified73.0%

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

    if -2.9e-5 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 38.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub038.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-138.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative38.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/38.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified38.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 78.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification76.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8.5:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 8.5)
   (* -0.3333333333333333 (/ (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -3.0))))) a))
   (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 8.5) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -3.0))))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), (-0.5 * (c / b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 8.5)
		tmp = Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0))))) / a));
	else
		tmp = fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 8.5], N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8.5:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 8.5

    1. Initial program 79.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified80.0%

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

    if 8.5 < b

    1. Initial program 47.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub047.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-147.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative47.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified47.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative88.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. fma-def88.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      3. associate-/l*88.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
      4. unpow288.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    6. Simplified88.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8.5:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 64.0% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return -0.5 * (c / b)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 54.1%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub054.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-54.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg54.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-154.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*r/54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    6. metadata-eval54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    7. metadata-eval54.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    8. times-frac54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    9. *-commutative54.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
    10. times-frac54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
    11. associate-*l/54.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified54.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 65.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Final simplification65.6%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023196 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, 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) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))