Cubic critical, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.9% → 90.4%
Time: 14.3s
Alternatives: 9
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 9 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: 55.9% 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: 90.4% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

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

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\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{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}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 53.7%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub053.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-153.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*r/53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    6. metadata-eval53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    7. metadata-eval53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    8. times-frac53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    9. *-commutative53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
    10. times-frac53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
    11. associate-*l/53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified53.9%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def91.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*91.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    3. unpow291.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    4. fma-def91.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \]
  6. Simplified91.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in c around 0 91.3%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \left(1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4} + 5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative91.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4} + 1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    2. distribute-rgt-out91.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} \cdot \left(5.0625 + 1.265625\right)\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-*r*91.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot \left(5.0625 + 1.265625\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    4. times-frac91.3%

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

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

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

Alternative 2: 89.0% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t_0 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t_0}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fma c (* a -3.0) (* b b))))
   (if (<= b 14.2)
     (/ (/ (- t_0 (* b b)) (+ b (sqrt t_0))) (* 3.0 a))
     (fma
      -0.5625
      (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))
      (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (/ (* -0.375 (* a (* c c))) (pow b 3.0)))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fma(c, (a * -3.0), (b * b));
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 14.2) {
		tmp = ((t_0 - (b * b)) / (b + sqrt(t_0))) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-0.5625, (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a))), fma(-0.5, (c / b), ((-0.375 * (a * (c * c))) / pow(b, 3.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = fma(c, Float64(a * -3.0), Float64(b * b))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 14.2)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(t_0 - Float64(b * b)) / Float64(b + sqrt(t_0))) / Float64(3.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = fma(-0.5625, Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a))), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(Float64(-0.375 * Float64(a * Float64(c * c))) / (b ^ 3.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 14.2], N[(N[(N[(t$95$0 - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $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[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t_0 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t_0}}}{3 \cdot a}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 14.199999999999999

    1. Initial program 81.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub081.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-181.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified81.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 81.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} + -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow281.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. +-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + b \cdot b}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3} + b \cdot b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. associate-*r*81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} + b \cdot b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. fma-def81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. Simplified81.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. flip-+81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - \color{blue}{b \cdot b}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      6. sqrt-unprod1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. sqr-neg1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. sqrt-prod1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. add-sqr-sqrt1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{b}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. unsub-neg1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      11. +-commutative1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      12. add-sqr-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      13. sqrt-unprod82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      14. sqr-neg82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      15. sqrt-prod82.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      16. add-sqr-sqrt82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{b} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr82.5%

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

    if 14.199999999999999 < b

    1. Initial program 45.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub045.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-145.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified45.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def93.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
      2. associate-/l*93.4%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
      3. unpow293.4%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
      4. fma-def93.4%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \]
      5. associate-*r/93.4%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.375 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}}\right)\right) \]
      6. *-commutative93.4%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
      7. unpow293.4%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)}\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    6. Simplified93.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification90.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 75.8% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 3.0 a)))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -1.02e-8)
   (* -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 * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8) {
		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(3.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8)
		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[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1.02e-8], 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(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\
\;\;\;\;-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)) < -1.02000000000000003e-8

    1. Initial program 72.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/72.1%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval72.1%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-172.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in72.1%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-172.1%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified72.2%

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

    if -1.02000000000000003e-8 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 24.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub024.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-124.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified24.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification78.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 75.8% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 3.0 a)))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -1.02e-8)
   (/ (* -0.3333333333333333 (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* -3.0 (* c a)))))) a)
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8) {
		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 * (b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (-3.0 * (c * a)))))) / 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(3.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-3.0 * Float64(c * a)))))) / 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[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1.02e-8], N[(N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-3.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $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(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\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)) < -1.02000000000000003e-8

    1. Initial program 72.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/r/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(--1\right)} \]
      4. metadata-eval72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \color{blue}{1} \]
      5. metadata-eval72.1%

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      10. associate-/r*72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{3}}{a}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1} \]
      11. associate-*l/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{a}} \]
    3. Simplified72.2%

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

    if -1.02000000000000003e-8 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 24.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub024.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-124.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified24.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification78.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 75.8% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 3.0 a)))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -1.02e-8)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -3.0)))) b) (* 3.0 a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -3.0)))) - b) / (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(3.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0)))) - b) / Float64(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[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1.02e-8], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * 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(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot 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)) < -1.02000000000000003e-8

    1. Initial program 72.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub072.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-172.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval72.1%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified72.2%

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

    if -1.02000000000000003e-8 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 24.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub024.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-124.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified24.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification78.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 85.2% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t_0 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t_0}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fma c (* a -3.0) (* b b))))
   (if (<= b 14.2)
     (/ (/ (- t_0 (* b b)) (+ b (sqrt t_0))) (* 3.0 a))
     (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (/ (* -0.375 (* a (* c c))) (pow b 3.0))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fma(c, (a * -3.0), (b * b));
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 14.2) {
		tmp = ((t_0 - (b * b)) / (b + sqrt(t_0))) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-0.5, (c / b), ((-0.375 * (a * (c * c))) / pow(b, 3.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = fma(c, Float64(a * -3.0), Float64(b * b))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 14.2)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(t_0 - Float64(b * b)) / Float64(b + sqrt(t_0))) / Float64(3.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(Float64(-0.375 * Float64(a * Float64(c * c))) / (b ^ 3.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 14.2], N[(N[(N[(t$95$0 - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t_0 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t_0}}}{3 \cdot a}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 14.199999999999999

    1. Initial program 81.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub081.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-181.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified81.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 81.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} + -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow281.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + -3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. +-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + b \cdot b}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3} + b \cdot b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. associate-*r*81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} + b \cdot b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. fma-def81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. Simplified81.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. flip-+81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - \color{blue}{b \cdot b}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      6. sqrt-unprod1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. sqr-neg1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. sqrt-prod1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. add-sqr-sqrt1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - \color{blue}{b}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. unsub-neg1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      11. +-commutative1.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      12. add-sqr-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      13. sqrt-unprod82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      14. sqr-neg82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      15. sqrt-prod82.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      16. add-sqr-sqrt82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{b} + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr82.5%

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

    if 14.199999999999999 < b

    1. Initial program 45.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub045.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-145.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified45.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def88.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r/88.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.375 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}}\right) \]
      3. *-commutative88.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
      4. unpow288.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)}\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    6. Simplified88.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification87.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 75.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 3.0 a)))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -1.02e-8)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 3.0 (* c a)))) b) (* 3.0 a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	} 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 * (3.0d0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0d0 * a)) <= (-1.02d-8)) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0d0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (3.0d0 * a)
    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 * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if ((math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (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(3.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(3.0 * Float64(c * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a));
	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 * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1.02e-8)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	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[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1.02e-8], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(3.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * 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(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot 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)) < -1.02000000000000003e-8

    1. Initial program 72.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub072.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg72.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-172.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval72.1%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/72.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified72.2%

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

    if -1.02000000000000003e-8 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 24.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub024.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-124.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified24.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification78.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 14.2)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -3.0)))) b) (* 3.0 a))
   (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (/ (* -0.375 (* a (* c c))) (pow b 3.0)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 14.2) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -3.0)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-0.5, (c / b), ((-0.375 * (a * (c * c))) / pow(b, 3.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 14.2)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(Float64(-0.375 * Float64(a * Float64(c * c))) / (b ^ 3.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 14.2], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 14.199999999999999

    1. Initial program 81.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub081.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-181.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/81.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified81.4%

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

    if 14.199999999999999 < b

    1. Initial program 45.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub045.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-145.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. metadata-eval45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. metadata-eval45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      8. times-frac45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      9. *-commutative45.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. times-frac45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
      11. associate-*l/45.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified45.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def88.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r/88.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.375 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}}\right) \]
      3. *-commutative88.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
      4. unpow288.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)}\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    6. Simplified88.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 14.2:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 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 53.7%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub053.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-153.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*r/53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    6. metadata-eval53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    7. metadata-eval53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    8. times-frac53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    9. *-commutative53.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
    10. times-frac53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}} \]
    11. associate-*l/53.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified53.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 65.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Final simplification65.3%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023199 
(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)))