jeff quadratic root 1

Percentage Accurate: 72.3% → 90.8%

Time: 18.3s

Alternatives: 10

Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 72.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 90.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t_0}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot 2}{t_0 - b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0))))))
   (if (<= b -1.9e+149)
     (if (>= b 0.0)
       (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b b))
       (* c (/ -2.0 (fma b 2.0 (* -2.0 (/ c (/ b a)))))))
     (if (<= b 5.2e+85)
       (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* a 2.0)) (/ (* c 2.0) (- t_0 b)))
       (if (>= b 0.0) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- c) b))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0))));
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -1.9e+149) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = (-0.5 / a) * (b + b);
		} else {
			tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, (-2.0 * (c / (b / a)))));
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b <= 5.2e+85) {
		double tmp_3;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_3 = (c * 2.0) / (t_0 - b);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0))))
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.9e+149)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + b));
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c / Float64(b / a))))));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b <= 5.2e+85)
		tmp_3 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(a * 2.0));
		else
			tmp_3 = Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) / Float64(t_0 - b));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp_1
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -1.9e+149], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b * 2.0 + N[(-2.0 * N[(c / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[LessEqual[b, 5.2e+85], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(t$95$0 - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.9e149

   1. Initial program 33.5%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 33.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + 2 \cdot b}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2 \cdot b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. *-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{b \cdot 2 + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. fma-def 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-/l* 93.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -1.9e149 < b < 5.20000000000000021e85

   1. Initial program 87.0%

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

   if 5.20000000000000021e85 < b

   1. Initial program 50.1%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 50.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 84.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 84.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 84.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 91.3%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 91.3%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 91.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 91.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 91.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 91.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. fma-udef 91.9%

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

   11. Applied egg-rr 91.9%

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

   12. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
   13. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 91.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

       2. neg-mul-1 91.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   14. Simplified 91.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 89.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot 2}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 90.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{-306}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.2 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))
   (if (<= b -4e+153)
     (if (>= b 0.0)
       (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b b))
       (* c (/ -2.0 (fma b 2.0 (* -2.0 (/ c (/ b a)))))))
     (if (<= b -1.35e-306)
       (if (>= b 0.0)
         t_0
         (* c (/ -2.0 (- b (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* a (* c -4.0))))))))
       (if (<= b 6.2e+85)
         (if (>= b 0.0)
           (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* a 2.0))
           (/ 2.0 (/ (* b -2.0) c)))
         (if (>= b 0.0) t_0 (/ (- c) b)))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -4e+153) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = (-0.5 / a) * (b + b);
		} else {
			tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, (-2.0 * (c / (b / a)))));
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b <= -1.35e-306) {
		double tmp_3;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_3 = t_0;
		} else {
			tmp_3 = c * (-2.0 / (b - sqrt(((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0))))));
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	} else if (b <= 6.2e+85) {
		double tmp_4;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_4 = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_4 = 2.0 / ((b * -2.0) / c);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_4;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp_1 = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a))
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= -4e+153)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + b));
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c / Float64(b / a))))));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b <= -1.35e-306)
		tmp_3 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = t_0;
		else
			tmp_3 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))))));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b <= 6.2e+85)
		tmp_4 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_4 = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
		else
			tmp_4 = Float64(2.0 / Float64(Float64(b * -2.0) / c));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_4;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = t_0;
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp_1
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -4e+153], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b * 2.0 + N[(-2.0 * N[(c / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[LessEqual[b, -1.35e-306], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], t$95$0, N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[LessEqual[b, 6.2e+85], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 / N[(N[(b * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], t$95$0, N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -4e153

   1. Initial program 33.5%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 33.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + 2 \cdot b}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2 \cdot b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. *-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{b \cdot 2 + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. fma-def 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-/l* 93.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -4e153 < b < -1.35000000000000005e-306

   1. Initial program 89.8%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 89.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 89.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 89.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 89.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 89.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 89.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 89.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 89.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 89.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. fma-udef 89.7%

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

   11. Applied egg-rr 89.7%

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

   if -1.35000000000000005e-306 < b < 6.20000000000000023e85

   1. Initial program 83.5%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 83.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 83.5%

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

      3. associate-/l* 83.5%

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

      4. associate-*l* 83.5%

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

   3. Simplified 83.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 83.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{-2 \cdot b}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 83.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 83.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   if 6.20000000000000023e85 < b

   1. Initial program 50.1%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 50.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 84.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 84.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 84.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 91.3%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 91.3%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 91.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 91.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 91.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 91.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. fma-udef 91.9%

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

   11. Applied egg-rr 91.9%

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

   12. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
   13. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 91.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

       2. neg-mul-1 91.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   14. Simplified 91.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 89.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{-306}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.2 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 90.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{+145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t_0}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{t_0 - b}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))))
   (if (<= b -3.8e+145)
     (if (>= b 0.0)
       (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b b))
       (* c (/ -2.0 (fma b 2.0 (* -2.0 (/ c (/ b a)))))))
     (if (<= b 5.2e+85)
       (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* a 2.0)) (/ 2.0 (/ (- t_0 b) c)))
       (if (>= b 0.0) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- c) b))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -3.8e+145) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = (-0.5 / a) * (b + b);
		} else {
			tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, (-2.0 * (c / (b / a)))));
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b <= 5.2e+85) {
		double tmp_3;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_3 = (-b - t_0) / (a * 2.0);
		} else {
			tmp_3 = 2.0 / ((t_0 - b) / c);
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.8e+145)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + b));
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c / Float64(b / a))))));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b <= 5.2e+85)
		tmp_3 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_3 = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(a * 2.0));
		else
			tmp_3 = Float64(2.0 / Float64(Float64(t_0 - b) / c));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_3;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp_1
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -3.8e+145], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b * 2.0 + N[(-2.0 * N[(c / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[LessEqual[b, 5.2e+85], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 / N[(N[(t$95$0 - b), $MachinePrecision] / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.80000000000000012e145

   1. Initial program 33.5%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 33.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + 2 \cdot b}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2 \cdot b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. *-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{b \cdot 2 + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. fma-def 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-/l* 93.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -3.80000000000000012e145 < b < 5.20000000000000021e85

   1. Initial program 87.0%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 87.0%

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

      2. *-commutative 87.0%

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

      3. associate-/l* 86.9%

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

      4. associate-*l* 86.9%

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

   3. Simplified 86.9%

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

   if 5.20000000000000021e85 < b

   1. Initial program 50.1%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 50.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 84.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 84.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 84.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 91.3%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 91.3%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 91.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 91.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 91.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 91.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. fma-udef 91.9%

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

   11. Applied egg-rr 91.9%

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

   12. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
   13. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 91.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

       2. neg-mul-1 91.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   14. Simplified 91.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 89.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{+145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{c}}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 79.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4e+153)
   (if (>= b 0.0)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b b))
     (* c (/ -2.0 (fma b 2.0 (* -2.0 (/ c (/ b a)))))))
   (if (>= b 0.0)
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
     (* c (/ -2.0 (- b (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* a (* c -4.0))))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -4e+153) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = (-0.5 / a) * (b + b);
		} else {
			tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, (-2.0 * (c / (b / a)))));
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b - sqrt(((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0))))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= -4e+153)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + b));
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c / Float64(b / a))))));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))))));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4e+153], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b * 2.0 + N[(-2.0 * N[(c / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4e153

   1. Initial program 33.5%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 33.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + 2 \cdot b}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2 \cdot b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. *-commutative 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{b \cdot 2 + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. fma-def 88.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-/l* 93.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.2%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -4e153 < b

   1. Initial program 74.7%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 74.4%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 74.4%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 74.4%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 76.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 76.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 77.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 77.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 77.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. fma-udef 77.0%

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

   11. Applied egg-rr 77.0%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b} - \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 80.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 74.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-20)
   (if (>= b 0.0)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b b))
     (* c (/ -2.0 (fma b 2.0 (* -2.0 (/ c (/ b a)))))))
   (if (>= b 0.0)
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
     (* c (/ -2.0 (- b (sqrt (* (* a c) -4.0))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp_1;
	if (b <= -5e-20) {
		double tmp_2;
		if (b >= 0.0) {
			tmp_2 = (-0.5 / a) * (b + b);
		} else {
			tmp_2 = c * (-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, (-2.0 * (c / (b / a)))));
		}
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = c * (-2.0 / (b - sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))));
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-20)
		tmp_2 = 0.0
		if (b >= 0.0)
			tmp_2 = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + b));
		else
			tmp_2 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / fma(b, 2.0, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c / Float64(b / a))))));
		end
		tmp_1 = tmp_2;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(a * c) * -4.0)))));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-20], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b * 2.0 + N[(-2.0 * N[(c / N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.9999999999999999e-20

   1. Initial program 56.8%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 56.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 84.4%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + 2 \cdot b}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 84.4%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2 \cdot b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. *-commutative 84.4%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{b \cdot 2 + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. fma-def 84.4%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      4. associate-/l* 87.6%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 87.6%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.6%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -4.9999999999999999e-20 < b

   1. Initial program 71.4%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 71.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 73.8%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 74.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 74.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 74.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 74.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.4%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b} - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 75.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, 2, -2 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}\right)}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 74.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-20)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (>= b 0.0)
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
     (* c (/ -2.0 (- b (sqrt (* (* a c) -4.0))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-20) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-2.0 / (b - sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-20)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = c * ((-2.0d0) / (b - sqrt(((a * c) * (-4.0d0)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-20) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-2.0 / (b - Math.sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-20:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b >= 0.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = c * (-2.0 / (b - math.sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-20)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 / Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(a * c) * -4.0)))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-20)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = c * (-2.0 / (b - sqrt(((a * c) * -4.0))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-20], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-2.0 / N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.9999999999999999e-20

   1. Initial program 56.8%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 56.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 56.8%

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

      3. associate-/l* 56.7%

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

      4. associate-*l* 56.7%

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

   3. Simplified 56.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 87.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{-2 \cdot b}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 87.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 87.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 87.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 87.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 87.2%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 87.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 87.6%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 87.6%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

       2. neg-mul-1 87.6%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   12. Simplified 87.6%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -4.9999999999999999e-20 < b

   1. Initial program 71.4%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 71.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 73.8%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 74.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 74.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 74.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 74.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.4%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{b} - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 75.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 68.6% accurate, 10.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (>= b 0.0) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b >= 0.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 67.2%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 67.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 67.2%

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

      3. associate-/l* 67.1%

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

      4. associate-*l* 67.1%

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

   3. Simplified 67.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 64.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{-2 \cdot b}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 64.5%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 64.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 64.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 64.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 64.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 64.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

   10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 64.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 64.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

       2. neg-mul-1 64.9%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   12. Simplified 64.9%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 66.4%

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

   3. Simplified 66.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 65.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 65.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. fma-def 65.9%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      3. associate-/l* 69.7%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   6. Simplified 69.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 70.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 70.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

      2. unsub-neg 70.1%

         \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   9. Simplified 70.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   10. Taylor expanded in c around 0 70.1%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 70.1%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

       2. mul-1-neg 70.1%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

   12. Simplified 70.1%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 67.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 68.6% accurate, 13.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (>= b 0.0) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b >= 0.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 66.8%

   \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

3. Simplified 66.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \color{blue}{\mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ } \end{array}} \]

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 66.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 66.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. fma-def 66.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   3. associate-/l* 68.4%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, b\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

6. Simplified 68.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 68.6%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. unsub-neg 68.6%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

9. Simplified 68.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-2}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]
10. Step-by-step derivation

    1. fma-udef 68.6%

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

11. Applied egg-rr 68.6%

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

12. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 67.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
13. Step-by-step derivation

    1. associate-*r/ 67.5%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

    2. neg-mul-1 67.5%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

14. Simplified 67.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

15. Final simplification 67.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 3.0% accurate, 19.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- c) b) (/ b a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b >= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b >= 0.0) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b >= 0.0:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(b / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b >= 0.0)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[GreaterEqual[b, 0.0], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 66.8%

   \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 66.8%

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

   2. *-commutative 66.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 66.7%

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

   4. associate-*l* 66.7%

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

3. Simplified 66.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-2 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + 2 \cdot \frac{a}{b}}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 65.7%

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

   2. fma-def 65.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, -2 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

   3. associate-*r/ 65.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{-2 \cdot b}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   4. *-commutative 65.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

6. Simplified 65.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}}\\ \end{array} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 33.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r/ 33.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 33.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

9. Simplified 33.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

10. Taylor expanded in a around inf 3.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

11. Final simplification 3.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 35.8% accurate, 29.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 66.8%

   \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \end{array} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 66.8%

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

   2. *-commutative 66.8%

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

   3. associate-/l* 66.7%

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

   4. associate-*l* 66.7%

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

3. Simplified 66.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{-2 \cdot b}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative 65.5%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

6. Simplified 65.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 32.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r/ 33.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 33.1%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{a}{b}, \frac{b \cdot -2}{c}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

9. Simplified 32.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{b \cdot -2}{c}}\\ \end{array} \]

10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 33.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
11. Step-by-step derivation

    1. associate-*r/ 33.0%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

    2. neg-mul-1 33.0%

       \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

12. Simplified 33.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \geq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

13. Final simplification 33.0%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023207 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "jeff quadratic root 1"
  :precision binary64
  (if (>= b 0.0) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)) (/ (* 2.0 c) (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))))))