Quadratic roots, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.6% → 97.7%
Time: 10.1s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

?
\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 5 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 17.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 97.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, 20 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{a}^{3}}}, \frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (-
   (fma
    -0.25
    (* 20.0 (/ (pow c 4.0) (/ (pow b 7.0) (pow a 3.0))))
    (/ -2.0 (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a (* a (pow c 3.0))))))
   (/ c b))
  (/ (* c (* c a)) (pow b 3.0))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (fma(-0.25, (20.0 * (pow(c, 4.0) / (pow(b, 7.0) / pow(a, 3.0)))), (-2.0 / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * (a * pow(c, 3.0)))))) - (c / b)) - ((c * (c * a)) / pow(b, 3.0));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(fma(-0.25, Float64(20.0 * Float64((c ^ 4.0) / Float64((b ^ 7.0) / (a ^ 3.0)))), Float64(-2.0 / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * Float64(a * (c ^ 3.0)))))) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0)))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(20.0 * N[(N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-2.0 / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[(a * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, 20 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{a}^{3}}}, \frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub017.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-117.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-/r*17.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \]
    8. /-rgt-identity17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
    9. metadata-eval17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified17.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{\left({\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}^{2} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right) \cdot {a}^{3}}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Simplified97.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(16, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}, 4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b} \cdot {a}^{3}, \frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 97.7%

    \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{20 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{3}}{{b}^{7}}}, \frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*97.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, 20 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{4}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{a}^{3}}}}, \frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \]
  8. Simplified97.7%

    \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{20 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{a}^{3}}}}, \frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \]
  9. Final simplification97.7%

    \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, 20 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{a}^{3}}}, \frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \]

Alternative 2: 96.9% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (- (/ -2.0 (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a (* a (pow c 3.0))))) (/ c b))
  (/ (* c (* c a)) (pow b 3.0))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-2.0 / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * (a * pow(c, 3.0))))) - (c / b)) - ((c * (c * a)) / pow(b, 3.0));
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (((-2.0d0) / ((b ** 5.0d0) / (a * (a * (c ** 3.0d0))))) - (c / b)) - ((c * (c * a)) / (b ** 3.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-2.0 / (Math.pow(b, 5.0) / (a * (a * Math.pow(c, 3.0))))) - (c / b)) - ((c * (c * a)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return ((-2.0 / (math.pow(b, 5.0) / (a * (a * math.pow(c, 3.0))))) - (c / b)) - ((c * (c * a)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * Float64(a * (c ^ 3.0))))) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = ((-2.0 / ((b ^ 5.0) / (a * (a * (c ^ 3.0))))) - (c / b)) - ((c * (c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(-2.0 / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[(a * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub017.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-117.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-/r*17.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \]
    8. /-rgt-identity17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
    9. metadata-eval17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified17.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    2. mul-1-neg97.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    3. unsub-neg97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    4. +-commutative97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    5. mul-1-neg97.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    6. unsub-neg97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right)} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    7. associate-*r/97.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left({c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    8. associate-/l*97.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    9. *-commutative97.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    10. unpow297.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    11. associate-*l*97.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
  6. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  7. Final simplification97.0%

    \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}} \]

Alternative 3: 95.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right)}{{b}^{3}} - \frac{c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub017.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-117.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-/r*17.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \]
    8. /-rgt-identity17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
    9. metadata-eval17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified17.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft-out95.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    2. mul-1-neg95.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\left(\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    3. +-commutative95.5%

      \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{b} + \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    4. unpow295.5%

      \[\leadsto -\left(\frac{c}{b} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    5. associate-*l*95.5%

      \[\leadsto -\left(\frac{c}{b} + \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
  6. Simplified95.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\left(\frac{c}{b} + \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification95.5%

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

Alternative 4: 90.6% accurate, 29.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub017.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-117.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-/r*17.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \]
    8. /-rgt-identity17.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
    9. metadata-eval17.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified17.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/90.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]
    2. neg-mul-190.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
  6. Simplified90.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
  7. Final simplification90.6%

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

Alternative 5: 3.3% accurate, 38.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0}{a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.0 a))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 0.0d0 / a
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0 / a
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.0 / a)
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0 / a;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{0}{a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-log-exp8.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\right)} \]
    2. neg-mul-18.6%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    3. fma-def8.6%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    4. *-commutative8.6%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}\right)}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    5. *-commutative8.6%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\right)}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    6. *-commutative8.6%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}}\right) \]
  3. Applied egg-rr8.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}{a \cdot 2}}\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in c around 0 3.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{b + -1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/3.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(b + -1 \cdot b\right)}{a}} \]
    2. distribute-rgt1-in3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot b\right)}}{a} \]
    3. metadata-eval3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} \cdot b\right)}{a} \]
    4. mul0-lft3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
    5. metadata-eval3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
  6. Simplified3.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0}{a}} \]
  7. Final simplification3.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0}{a} \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023207 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))