The quadratic formula (r1)

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 84.7%

Time: 11.6s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

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]

Initial Program: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

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]

Alternative 1: 84.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -15500000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -15500000.0)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 4e-77)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (hypot b (sqrt (* (* c a) -4.0)))))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -15500000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4e-77) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - hypot(b, sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -15500000.0) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4e-77) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - Math.hypot(b, Math.sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -15500000.0:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 4e-77:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - math.hypot(b, math.sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -15500000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 4e-77)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - hypot(b, sqrt(Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -15500000.0)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 4e-77)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - hypot(b, sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0))));
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -15500000.0], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4e-77], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[b ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.55e7

   1. Initial program 67.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 67.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 67.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 67.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 67.0%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 67.0%

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

      6. *-commutative 67.0%

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

      7. associate-/r* 67.0%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 67.0%

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

      9. metadata-eval 67.0%

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

   3. Simplified 67.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 97.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 97.9%

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

      2. unsub-neg 97.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   6. Simplified 97.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   if -1.55e7 < b < 3.9999999999999997e-77

   1. Initial program 75.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 75.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 75.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 75.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 75.7%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 75.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 75.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 75.6%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 75.6%

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

      9. metadata-eval 75.6%

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

   3. Simplified 75.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. fma-udef 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      2. *-commutative 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      3. associate-*r* 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c} + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      4. metadata-eval 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-4\right)}\right) \cdot c + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      5. distribute-rgt-neg-in 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-a \cdot 4\right)} \cdot c + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      6. *-commutative 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right) \cdot c + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      7. distribute-lft-neg-in 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      8. +-commutative 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      9. sub-neg 75.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      10. add-cbrt-cube 60.3%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      11. pow3 60.4%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}^{3}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      12. pow1/3 57.0%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 56.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{1.5}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow1/3 60.4%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{1.5}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      2. fma-def 60.4%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b\right)}}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      3. +-commutative 60.4%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      4. fma-def 60.4%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   7. Simplified 60.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{1.5}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-log1p-u 38.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-udef 19.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\right)} - 1} \]

      3. *-commutative 19.7%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{1.5}}\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

      4. pow1/3 19.6%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{1.5}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}\right)\right)} - 1 \]

      5. pow-pow 27.4%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{\left(1.5 \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)}}\right)\right)} - 1 \]

      6. metadata-eval 27.4%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.5}}\right)\right)} - 1 \]

      7. pow1/2 27.4%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\right)\right)} - 1 \]

      8. fma-udef 27.4%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\right)\right)} - 1 \]

      9. add-sqr-sqrt 27.4%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + \color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} \cdot \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}\right)\right)} - 1 \]

      10. hypot-def 28.2%

          \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)\right)} - 1 \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 28.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\right)\right)} - 1} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. expm1-def 52.8%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]

       2. expm1-log1p 78.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\right)} \]

       3. associate-*r* 78.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}\right)\right) \]

       4. *-commutative 78.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -4}\right)\right) \]

   11. Simplified 78.0%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4}\right)\right)} \]

   if 3.9999999999999997e-77 < b

   1. Initial program 17.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 17.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 17.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 17.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 17.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 17.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 17.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 17.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 17.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 17.5%

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

   3. Simplified 17.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 87.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 87.3%

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

   6. Simplified 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 87.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -15500000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 86.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+150}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.2e+150)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 4e-77)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* a (* c -4.0))))))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.2e+150) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4e-77) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt(((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0)))));
	} 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 <= (-2.2d+150)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 4d-77) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) / a) * (b - sqrt(((b * b) + (a * (c * (-4.0d0))))))
    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 <= -2.2e+150) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4e-77) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.2e+150:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 4e-77:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - math.sqrt(((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0)))))
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.2e+150)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 4e-77)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.2e+150)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 4e-77)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt(((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.2e+150], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4e-77], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.19999999999999999e150

   1. Initial program 34.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 34.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 34.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 34.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 34.1%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 34.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 34.1%

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

      7. associate-/r* 34.1%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 34.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 34.1%

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

   3. Simplified 34.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   6. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   if -2.19999999999999999e150 < b < 3.9999999999999997e-77

   1. Initial program 82.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 82.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 82.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 82.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 82.9%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 82.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 82.8%

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

      7. associate-/r* 82.8%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 82.8%

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

      9. metadata-eval 82.8%

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

   3. Simplified 82.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. fma-udef 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      2. *-commutative 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      3. associate-*r* 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c} + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      4. metadata-eval 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-4\right)}\right) \cdot c + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      5. distribute-rgt-neg-in 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-a \cdot 4\right)} \cdot c + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      6. *-commutative 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right) \cdot c + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      7. distribute-lft-neg-in 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      8. +-commutative 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      9. sub-neg 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      10. add-cbrt-cube 64.0%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      11. pow3 64.0%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}^{3}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      12. pow1/3 60.5%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 60.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{1.5}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow1/3 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{1.5}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      2. fma-def 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b\right)}}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      3. +-commutative 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      4. fma-def 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}}^{1.5}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   7. Simplified 64.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{1.5}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. pow1/3 60.5%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{1.5}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      2. pow-pow 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right)}^{\left(1.5 \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      3. metadata-eval 82.8%

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

      4. pow1/2 82.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      5. add-exp-log 78.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      6. fma-udef 78.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - e^{\log \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 66.1%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - e^{\log \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + \color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} \cdot \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      8. hypot-def 68.3%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 68.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. add-exp-log 72.6%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

       2. hypot-udef 70.2%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} \cdot \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

       3. add-sqr-sqrt 82.8%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   11. Applied egg-rr 82.8%

       \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   if 3.9999999999999997e-77 < b

   1. Initial program 17.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 17.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 17.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 17.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 17.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 17.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 17.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 17.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 17.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 17.5%

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

   3. Simplified 17.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 87.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 87.3%

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

   6. Simplified 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 87.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+150}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 86.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+155}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e+155)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 3.2e-77)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e+155) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.2e-77) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} 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 <= (-1d+155)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 3.2d-77) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    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 <= -1e+155) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.2e-77) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e+155:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 3.2e-77:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e+155)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 3.2e-77)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e+155)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 3.2e-77)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e+155], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.2e-77], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.00000000000000001e155

   1. Initial program 34.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 34.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 34.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 34.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 34.1%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 34.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 34.1%

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

      7. associate-/r* 34.1%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 34.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 34.1%

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

   3. Simplified 34.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   6. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   if -1.00000000000000001e155 < b < 3.2e-77

   1. Initial program 82.9%

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

   if 3.2e-77 < b

   1. Initial program 17.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 17.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 17.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 17.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 17.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 17.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 17.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 17.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 17.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 17.5%

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

   3. Simplified 17.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 87.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 87.3%

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

   6. Simplified 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 87.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+155}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 79.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.66 \cdot 10^{-195}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.66e-195)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 5.8e-78)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.66e-195) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-78) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} 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 <= (-1.66d-195)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 5.8d-78) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    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 <= -1.66e-195) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 5.8e-78) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.66e-195:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 5.8e-78:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.66e-195)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-78)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.66e-195)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 5.8e-78)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.66e-195], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.8e-78], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.66e-195

   1. Initial program 71.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 71.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 71.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 71.7%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 71.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 71.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 71.6%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 71.6%

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

      9. metadata-eval 71.6%

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

   3. Simplified 71.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 85.2%

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

      2. unsub-neg 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   6. Simplified 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   if -1.66e-195 < b < 5.8000000000000001e-78

   1. Initial program 71.0%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 69.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. *-commutative 69.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -4}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*r* 69.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   4. Simplified 69.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   if 5.8000000000000001e-78 < b

   1. Initial program 17.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 17.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 17.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 17.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 17.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 17.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 17.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 17.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 17.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 17.5%

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

   3. Simplified 17.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 87.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 87.3%

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

   6. Simplified 87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 82.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.66 \cdot 10^{-195}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 68.6% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4e-310) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		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 <= (-4d-310)) 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 <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4e-310:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4e-310)
		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 <= -4e-310)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4e-310], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 72.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 72.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 72.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 72.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 72.1%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 72.0%

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

      6. *-commutative 72.0%

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

      7. associate-/r* 72.0%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 72.0%

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

      9. metadata-eval 72.0%

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

   3. Simplified 72.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 71.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 71.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 71.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   6. Simplified 71.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 30.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 30.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 30.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 30.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 30.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 30.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 30.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 30.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 30.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 30.5%

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

   3. Simplified 30.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 71.6%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 71.6%

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

   6. Simplified 71.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 71.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 43.6% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 7.2e-84) (/ (- b) a) 0.0))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7.2e-84) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0;
	}
	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 <= 7.2d-84) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = 0.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7.2e-84) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 7.2e-84:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = 0.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 7.2e-84)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = 0.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 7.2e-84)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = 0.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 7.2e-84], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], 0.0]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 7.20000000000000007e-84

   1. Initial program 71.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 71.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 71.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 71.0%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 70.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.9%

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

      7. associate-/r* 70.9%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 70.9%

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

      9. metadata-eval 70.9%

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

   3. Simplified 71.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 60.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 60.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 60.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 60.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]

   if 7.20000000000000007e-84 < b

   1. Initial program 20.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 20.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 20.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 20.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 20.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 20.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 20.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 20.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 20.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 20.5%

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

   3. Simplified 20.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 20.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]

      2. sub-neg 20.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b + \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\right)} \]

      3. distribute-lft-in 17.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot b + \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 17.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot b + \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-rgt-out 18.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot \left(-0.5 + 0.5\right)} \]

      2. metadata-eval 18.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{0} \]

      3. mul0-rgt 26.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]

   8. Simplified 26.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 49.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 68.4% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4e-310) (/ (- b) a) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = -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 <= (-4d-310)) then
        tmp = -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 <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4e-310:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4e-310)
		tmp = Float64(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 <= -4e-310)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4e-310], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 72.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 72.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 72.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 72.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 72.1%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 72.0%

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

      6. *-commutative 72.0%

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

      7. associate-/r* 72.0%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 72.0%

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

      9. metadata-eval 72.0%

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

   3. Simplified 72.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 70.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 70.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 30.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 30.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 30.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 30.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 30.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 30.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 30.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 30.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 30.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 30.5%

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

   3. Simplified 30.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 71.6%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 71.6%

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

   6. Simplified 71.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 71.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 11.3% accurate, 38.7× 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(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 54.4%

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

   1. neg-sub0 54.4%

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

   2. associate-+l- 54.4%

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

   3. sub0-neg 54.4%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 54.4%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 54.3%

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

   6. *-commutative 54.3%

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

   7. associate-/r* 54.4%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 54.4%

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

   9. metadata-eval 54.4%

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

3. Simplified 54.4%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 41.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 41.7%

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

   2. unsub-neg 41.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

6. Simplified 41.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

7. Taylor expanded in c around inf 10.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]

8. Final simplification 10.7%

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

Alternative 9: 11.6% accurate, 116.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 0.0)

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}

Fortran

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
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return 0.0
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := 0.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.4%

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

   1. neg-sub0 54.4%

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

   2. associate-+l- 54.4%

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

   3. sub0-neg 54.4%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 54.4%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 54.3%

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

   6. *-commutative 54.3%

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

   7. associate-/r* 54.4%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 54.4%

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

   9. metadata-eval 54.4%

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

3. Simplified 54.4%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative 54.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]

   2. sub-neg 54.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b + \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\right)} \]

   3. distribute-lft-in 53.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot b + \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 53.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot b + \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]

6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 7.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. distribute-rgt-out 7.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot \left(-0.5 + 0.5\right)} \]

   2. metadata-eval 7.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{0} \]

   3. mul0-rgt 10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]

8. Simplified 10.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]

9. Final simplification 10.6%

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Developer target: 71.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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))
     (/ c (* a (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)))))))

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 = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * 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) :: 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 = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    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 = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	}
	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 = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	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(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	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 = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	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[Less[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023213 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)) (/ c (* a (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))))

  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))