Cubic critical, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.7% → 97.7%
Time: 11.2s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 23.2×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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}

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 5 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: 17.7% 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: 97.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -1.125\right)\\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{t_0 \cdot t_0 + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (* c c) (* (* a a) -1.125))))
   (fma
    -0.5625
    (/ (* (pow c 3.0) (* a a)) (pow b 5.0))
    (fma
     -0.16666666666666666
     (/ (+ (* t_0 t_0) (* 5.0625 (pow (* c a) 4.0))) (* a (pow b 7.0)))
     (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (* -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (c * c) * ((a * a) * -1.125);
	return fma(-0.5625, ((pow(c, 3.0) * (a * a)) / pow(b, 5.0)), fma(-0.16666666666666666, (((t_0 * t_0) + (5.0625 * pow((c * a), 4.0))) / (a * pow(b, 7.0))), fma(-0.5, (c / b), (-0.375 * ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(c * c) * Float64(Float64(a * a) * -1.125))
	return fma(-0.5625, Float64(Float64((c ^ 3.0) * Float64(a * a)) / (b ^ 5.0)), fma(-0.16666666666666666, Float64(Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) + Float64(5.0625 * (Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0))) / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0))), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(-0.375 * Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * -1.125), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.16666666666666666 * N[(N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(5.0625 * N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $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]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -1.125\right)\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{t_0 \cdot t_0 + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified20.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def98.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. unpow298.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    3. fma-def98.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \]
  6. Simplified98.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. pow198.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}^{1}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    2. pow-prod-down98.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}}^{1}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  8. Applied egg-rr98.0%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}^{1}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow198.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  10. Simplified98.0%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow298.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right) \cdot \left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    2. associate-*l*98.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -1.125\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right) + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-*l*98.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -1.125\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -1.125\right)\right)} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  12. Applied egg-rr98.0%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -1.125\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -1.125\right)\right)} + 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  13. Final simplification98.0%

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

Alternative 2: 96.9% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

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

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified20.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def97.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*97.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    3. unpow297.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    4. +-commutative97.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
    5. fma-def97.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) \]
    6. associate-/l*97.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    7. unpow297.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    8. associate-*r/97.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}}\right)\right) \]
  6. Simplified97.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification97.2%

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

Alternative 3: 96.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \frac{c}{b} \cdot 1.5 + 1.125 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  -0.3333333333333333
  (fma
   1.6875
   (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))
   (+ (* (/ c b) 1.5) (* 1.125 (* a (/ (* c c) (pow b 3.0))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.3333333333333333 * fma(1.6875, (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a))), (((c / b) * 1.5) + (1.125 * (a * ((c * c) / pow(b, 3.0))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * fma(1.6875, Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a))), Float64(Float64(Float64(c / b) * 1.5) + Float64(1.125 * Float64(a * Float64(Float64(c * c) / (b ^ 3.0)))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(1.6875 * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 1.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.125 * N[(a * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \frac{c}{b} \cdot 1.5 + 1.125 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified20.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.7%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1.6875 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def96.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*96.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    3. unpow296.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    4. +-commutative96.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}}\right) \]
    5. fma-def97.0%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.5, \frac{c}{b}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \]
    6. associate-/l*97.0%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.5, \frac{c}{b}, 1.125 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}\right)\right) \]
    7. unpow297.0%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.5, \frac{c}{b}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right) \]
  6. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1.5, \frac{c}{b}, 1.125 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-udef96.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 1.125 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}\right) \]
    2. associate-/r/96.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 1.125 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
  8. Applied egg-rr96.7%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 1.125 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
  9. Final simplification96.7%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.6875, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \frac{c}{b} \cdot 1.5 + 1.125 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]

Alternative 4: 95.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified20.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative95.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. fma-def95.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    3. associate-/l*95.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    4. unpow295.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    5. associate-*r/95.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}}\right) \]
  6. Simplified95.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification95.3%

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

Alternative 5: 90.5% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-120.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified20.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/88.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}} \]
  6. Simplified88.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b}} \]
  7. Final simplification88.9%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023199 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))