Cubic critical

Percentage Accurate: 51.8% → 83.0%

Time: 15.3s

Alternatives: 12

Speedup: 16.4×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 83.0% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -31500000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -31500000000.0)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 1.75e-72)
     (*
      -0.3333333333333333
      (/ 1.0 (/ a (- b (hypot b (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0))))))))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -31500000000.0) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.75e-72) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * (1.0 / (a / (b - hypot(b, sqrt((c * (a * -3.0)))))));
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -31500000000.0) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.75e-72) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * (1.0 / (a / (b - Math.hypot(b, Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0)))))));
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -31500000000.0:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 1.75e-72:
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * (1.0 / (a / (b - math.hypot(b, math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0)))))))
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -31500000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 1.75e-72)
		tmp = Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(1.0 / Float64(a / Float64(b - hypot(b, sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -31500000000.0)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 1.75e-72)
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * (1.0 / (a / (b - hypot(b, sqrt((c * (a * -3.0)))))));
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -31500000000.0], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.75e-72], N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(1.0 / N[(a / N[(b - N[Sqrt[b ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.15e10

   1. Initial program 62.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 62.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 62.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 62.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 62.7%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 62.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 62.7%

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

      7. metadata-eval 62.7%

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

      8. metadata-eval 62.7%

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

      9. times-frac 62.7%

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

      10. *-commutative 62.7%

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

      11. times-frac 62.7%

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

   3. Simplified 62.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 95.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 95.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 95.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 95.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -3.15e10 < b < 1.75e-72

   1. Initial program 75.1%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 75.1%

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

      2. metadata-eval 75.1%

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

      3. associate-/l* 75.1%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 75.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 75.0%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 75.1%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 75.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 75.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 75.1%

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

      10. times-frac 75.1%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 75.1%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 75.1%

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

      13. times-frac 74.9%

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

      14. metadata-eval 74.9%

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

      15. neg-mul-1 74.9%

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

   3. Simplified 74.9%

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

      1. clear-num 74.9%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}}} \]

      2. inv-pow 74.9%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}\right)}^{-1}} \]

      3. fma-udef 74.9%

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

      4. add-sqr-sqrt 72.5%

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

      5. hypot-def 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot {\left(\frac{a}{b - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)}}\right)}^{-1} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 77.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)}\right)}^{-1}} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow-1 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)}}} \]

      2. associate-*r* 77.4%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}}\right)}} \]

      3. *-commutative 77.4%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\right)}} \]

      4. associate-*r* 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right)}} \]

      5. metadata-eval 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{\left(-3\right)} \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}} \]

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-3 \cdot a\right)} \cdot c}\right)}} \]

      7. *-commutative 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot 3}\right) \cdot c}\right)}} \]

      8. *-commutative 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a \cdot 3\right)}}\right)}} \]

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 77.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(-3\right)\right)}}\right)}} \]

      10. metadata-eval 77.5%

          \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{-3}\right)}\right)}} \]

   7. Simplified 77.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right)}}} \]

   if 1.75e-72 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 86.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -31500000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 83.1% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.8 \cdot 10^{+19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{a} - \frac{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5.8e+19)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 2.2e-73)
     (*
      -0.3333333333333333
      (- (/ b a) (/ (hypot b (sqrt (* a (* c -3.0)))) a)))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.8e+19) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 2.2e-73) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b / a) - (hypot(b, sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a));
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.8e+19) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 2.2e-73) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b / a) - (Math.hypot(b, Math.sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a));
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5.8e+19:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 2.2e-73:
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b / a) - (math.hypot(b, math.sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a))
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5.8e+19)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 2.2e-73)
		tmp = Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(b / a) - Float64(hypot(b, sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0)))) / a)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5.8e+19)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 2.2e-73)
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b / a) - (hypot(b, sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a));
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5.8e+19], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.2e-73], N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Sqrt[b ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -5.8e19

   1. Initial program 62.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 62.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 62.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 62.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 62.1%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 62.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 62.1%

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

      7. metadata-eval 62.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 62.1%

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

      9. times-frac 62.1%

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

      10. *-commutative 62.1%

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

      11. times-frac 62.1%

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

   3. Simplified 62.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 95.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 95.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 95.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 95.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 95.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -5.8e19 < b < 2.2e-73

   1. Initial program 75.4%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 75.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

      3. associate-/l* 75.4%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 75.3%

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

      5. *-commutative 75.3%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 75.4%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 75.4%

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

      8. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

      9. metadata-eval 75.4%

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

      10. times-frac 75.4%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 75.4%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 75.4%

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

      13. times-frac 75.2%

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

      14. metadata-eval 75.2%

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

      15. neg-mul-1 75.2%

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

   3. Simplified 75.2%

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

      1. div-sub 75.1%

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

      2. fma-udef 75.1%

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

      3. add-sqr-sqrt 72.7%

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

      4. hypot-def 77.7%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 77.7%

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

   if 2.2e-73 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 86.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.8 \cdot 10^{+19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{a} - \frac{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 85.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{+53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right) + b \cdot b} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.45e+53)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 5.4e-73)
     (* (- (sqrt (+ (* a (* c -3.0)) (* b b))) b) (/ 0.3333333333333333 a))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.45e+53) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 5.4e-73) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((a * (c * -3.0)) + (b * b))) - b) * (0.3333333333333333 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-1.45d+53)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 5.4d-73) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((a * (c * (-3.0d0))) + (b * b))) - b) * (0.3333333333333333d0 / a)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.45e+53) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 5.4e-73) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((a * (c * -3.0)) + (b * b))) - b) * (0.3333333333333333 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.45e+53:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 5.4e-73:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((a * (c * -3.0)) + (b * b))) - b) * (0.3333333333333333 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.45e+53)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 5.4e-73)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0)) + Float64(b * b))) - b) * Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.45e+53)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 5.4e-73)
		tmp = (sqrt(((a * (c * -3.0)) + (b * b))) - b) * (0.3333333333333333 / a);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.45e+53], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.4e-73], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.4500000000000001e53

   1. Initial program 58.2%

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

      1. neg-sub0 58.2%

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

      2. associate-+l- 58.2%

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

      3. sub0-neg 58.2%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 58.2%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 58.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 58.2%

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

      7. metadata-eval 58.2%

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

      8. metadata-eval 58.2%

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

      9. times-frac 58.2%

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

      10. *-commutative 58.2%

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

      11. times-frac 58.2%

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

   3. Simplified 58.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 96.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 96.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 96.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -1.4500000000000001e53 < b < 5.39999999999999989e-73

   1. Initial program 77.2%

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

      1. neg-sub0 77.2%

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

      2. associate-+l- 77.2%

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

      3. sub0-neg 77.2%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 77.2%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 77.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 77.2%

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

      7. metadata-eval 77.2%

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

      8. metadata-eval 77.2%

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

      9. times-frac 77.2%

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

      10. *-commutative 77.2%

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

      11. times-frac 77.2%

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

   3. Simplified 77.0%

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

      1. fma-udef 77.0%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 77.0%

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

   if 5.39999999999999989e-73 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 86.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{+53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right) + b \cdot b} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 85.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{+55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.8 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.6e+55)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 2.8e-74)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 3.0 (* a c)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e+55) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 2.8e-74) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-2.6d+55)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 2.8d-74) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0d0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e+55) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 2.8e-74) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.6e+55:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 2.8e-74:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.6e+55)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 2.8e-74)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(3.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.6e+55)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 2.8e-74)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.6e+55], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.8e-74], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.6e55

   1. Initial program 57.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 57.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 57.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 57.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 57.5%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 57.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 57.5%

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

      7. metadata-eval 57.5%

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

      8. metadata-eval 57.5%

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

      9. times-frac 57.5%

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

      10. *-commutative 57.5%

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

      11. times-frac 57.5%

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

   3. Simplified 57.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 96.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 96.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 96.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -2.6e55 < b < 2.79999999999999988e-74

   1. Initial program 77.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 77.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 77.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 77.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 77.5%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 77.5%

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

      6. metadata-eval 77.5%

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

      7. metadata-eval 77.5%

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

      8. times-frac 77.5%

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

      9. *-commutative 77.5%

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

      10. times-frac 77.4%

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

      11. associate-*l/ 77.5%

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

   3. Simplified 77.4%

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

   if 2.79999999999999988e-74 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 86.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{+55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.8 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 85.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{+55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{-79}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.6e+55)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 1.8e-79)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e+55) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.8e-79) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-2.6d+55)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 1.8d-79) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e+55) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.8e-79) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.6e+55:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 1.8e-79:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.6e+55)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 1.8e-79)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.6e+55)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 1.8e-79)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.6e+55], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.8e-79], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.6e55

   1. Initial program 57.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 57.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 57.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 57.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 57.5%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 57.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 57.5%

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

      7. metadata-eval 57.5%

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

      8. metadata-eval 57.5%

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

      9. times-frac 57.5%

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

      10. *-commutative 57.5%

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

      11. times-frac 57.5%

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

   3. Simplified 57.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 96.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 96.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 96.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 96.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -2.6e55 < b < 1.8000000000000001e-79

   1. Initial program 77.5%

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

   if 1.8000000000000001e-79 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 86.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{+55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{-79}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 80.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.22 \cdot 10^{-57}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.22e-57)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 2e-73)
     (* -0.3333333333333333 (/ (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -3.0)))) a))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.22e-57) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 2e-73) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-1.22d-57)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 2d-73) then
        tmp = (-0.3333333333333333d0) * ((b - sqrt((a * (c * (-3.0d0))))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.22e-57) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 2e-73) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - Math.sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.22e-57:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 2e-73:
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - math.sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.22e-57)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 2e-73)
		tmp = Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0)))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.22e-57)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 2e-73)
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - sqrt((a * (c * -3.0)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.22e-57], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2e-73], N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.2200000000000001e-57

   1. Initial program 65.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 65.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 65.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 65.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 65.1%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 65.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 65.1%

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

      7. metadata-eval 65.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 65.1%

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

      9. times-frac 65.1%

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

      10. *-commutative 65.1%

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

      11. times-frac 65.1%

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

   3. Simplified 65.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -1.2200000000000001e-57 < b < 1.99999999999999999e-73

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 73.8%

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

      2. metadata-eval 73.8%

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

      3. associate-/l* 73.8%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 73.7%

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

      5. *-commutative 73.7%

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

      6. associate-*l/ 73.8%

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

      7. associate-*r/ 73.8%

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

      8. metadata-eval 73.8%

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

      9. metadata-eval 73.8%

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

      10. times-frac 73.8%

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

      11. neg-mul-1 73.8%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 73.8%

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

      13. times-frac 73.6%

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

      14. metadata-eval 73.6%

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

      15. neg-mul-1 73.6%

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

   3. Simplified 73.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 66.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 66.5%

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

   6. Simplified 66.5%

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

   if 1.99999999999999999e-73 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 82.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.22 \cdot 10^{-57}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 80.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.28 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.2e-55)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 1.28e-73)
     (* (/ 0.3333333333333333 a) (- (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0))) b))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.2e-55) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.28e-73) {
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-6.2d-55)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 1.28d-73) then
        tmp = (0.3333333333333333d0 / a) * (sqrt((c * (a * (-3.0d0)))) - b)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.2e-55) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.28e-73) {
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.2e-55:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 1.28e-73:
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.2e-55)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 1.28e-73)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.2e-55)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 1.28e-73)
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.2e-55], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.28e-73], N[(N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.19999999999999993e-55

   1. Initial program 65.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 65.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 65.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 65.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 65.1%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 65.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 65.1%

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

      7. metadata-eval 65.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 65.1%

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

      9. times-frac 65.1%

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

      10. *-commutative 65.1%

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

      11. times-frac 65.1%

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

   3. Simplified 65.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -6.19999999999999993e-55 < b < 1.2799999999999999e-73

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.8%

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

      2. associate-+l- 73.8%

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

      3. sub0-neg 73.8%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 73.8%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 73.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 73.8%

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

      7. metadata-eval 73.8%

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

      8. metadata-eval 73.8%

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

      9. times-frac 73.8%

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

      10. *-commutative 73.8%

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

      11. times-frac 73.7%

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

   3. Simplified 73.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      2. associate-*r* 66.5%

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

      3. metadata-eval 66.5%

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

      4. distribute-lft-neg-in 66.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 66.5%

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

      8. metadata-eval 66.5%

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

   6. Simplified 66.5%

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

   if 1.2799999999999999e-73 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 82.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.28 \cdot 10^{-73}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 80.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-56}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.4 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.8e-56)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 4.4e-76)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-56) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 4.4e-76) {
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-6.8d-56)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 4.4d-76) then
        tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * (-3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-56) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 4.4e-76) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.8e-56:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 4.4e-76:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.8e-56)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 4.4e-76)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.8e-56)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 4.4e-76)
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.8e-56], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.4e-76], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.79999999999999964e-56

   1. Initial program 65.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 65.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 65.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 65.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 65.1%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 65.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 65.1%

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

      7. metadata-eval 65.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 65.1%

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

      9. times-frac 65.1%

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

      10. *-commutative 65.1%

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

      11. times-frac 65.1%

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

   3. Simplified 65.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 91.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -6.79999999999999964e-56 < b < 4.39999999999999999e-76

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.8%

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

      2. associate-+l- 73.8%

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

      3. sub0-neg 73.8%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 73.8%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 73.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 73.8%

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

      7. metadata-eval 73.8%

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

      8. metadata-eval 73.8%

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

      9. times-frac 73.8%

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

      10. *-commutative 73.8%

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

      11. times-frac 73.7%

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

   3. Simplified 73.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      2. associate-*r* 66.5%

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

      3. metadata-eval 66.5%

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

      4. distribute-lft-neg-in 66.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 66.5%

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

      8. metadata-eval 66.5%

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

   6. Simplified 66.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 66.5%

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

      2. sqrt-prod 40.7%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 40.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot -3} \cdot \sqrt{c}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. clear-num 40.7%

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

      2. inv-pow 40.7%

         \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{a \cdot -3} \cdot \sqrt{c} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{-1}} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 40.7%

       \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{a \cdot -3} \cdot \sqrt{c} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{-1}} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. unpow-1 40.7%

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

   12. Simplified 40.7%

       \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{a \cdot -3} \cdot \sqrt{c} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   13. Step-by-step derivation

       1. un-div-inv 40.8%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot -3} \cdot \sqrt{c} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]

       2. sqrt-unprod 66.6%

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

       3. div-inv 66.7%

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

       4. metadata-eval 66.7%

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

   14. Applied egg-rr 66.7%

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

   if 4.39999999999999999e-76 < b

   1. Initial program 9.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 9.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 9.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 9.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 9.9%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 9.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 9.9%

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

      9. times-frac 9.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 9.9%

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

      11. times-frac 9.9%

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

   3. Simplified 9.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 87.1%

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

4. Final simplification 82.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-56}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.4 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 68.1% accurate, 8.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310)
   (+ (* -0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)) (* (/ c b) 0.5))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = ((-0.6666666666666666d0) * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(Float64(c / b) * 0.5));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[(N[(-0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 69.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 69.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 69.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 69.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 69.7%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 69.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 69.7%

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

      7. metadata-eval 69.7%

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

      8. metadata-eval 69.7%

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

      9. times-frac 69.7%

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

      10. *-commutative 69.7%

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

      11. times-frac 69.7%

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

   3. Simplified 69.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 69.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 23.2%

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

      1. neg-sub0 23.2%

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

      2. associate-+l- 23.2%

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

      3. sub0-neg 23.2%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 23.2%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 23.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 23.2%

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

      7. metadata-eval 23.2%

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

      8. metadata-eval 23.2%

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

      9. times-frac 23.2%

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

      10. *-commutative 23.2%

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

      11. times-frac 23.3%

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

   3. Simplified 23.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.6%

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

4. Final simplification 70.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 67.8% accurate, 16.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.3e-254) (* -0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.3e-254) {
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 * (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= 2.3d-254) then
        tmp = (-0.6666666666666666d0) * (b / a)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.3e-254) {
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 * (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.3e-254:
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.3e-254)
		tmp = Float64(-0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.3e-254)
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 * (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.3e-254], N[(-0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.2999999999999999e-254

   1. Initial program 70.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 70.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 70.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 70.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 70.6%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 70.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      7. metadata-eval 70.6%

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

      8. metadata-eval 70.6%

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

      9. times-frac 70.6%

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

      10. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      11. times-frac 70.5%

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

   3. Simplified 70.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 65.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 65.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   if 2.2999999999999999e-254 < b

   1. Initial program 19.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 19.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 19.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 19.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 19.6%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 19.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 19.6%

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

      7. metadata-eval 19.6%

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

      8. metadata-eval 19.6%

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

      9. times-frac 19.6%

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

      10. *-commutative 19.6%

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

      11. times-frac 19.7%

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

   3. Simplified 19.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 75.5%

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

4. Final simplification 70.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11: 67.8% accurate, 16.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.3e-254) (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.3e-254) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= 2.3d-254) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.3e-254) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.3e-254:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.3e-254)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.3e-254)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.3e-254], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.2999999999999999e-254

   1. Initial program 70.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 70.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 70.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 70.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 70.6%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 70.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      7. metadata-eval 70.6%

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

      8. metadata-eval 70.6%

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

      9. times-frac 70.6%

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

      10. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      11. times-frac 70.5%

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

   3. Simplified 70.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 65.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   6. Simplified 65.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 65.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 65.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/r/ 65.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   9. Simplified 65.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if 2.2999999999999999e-254 < b

   1. Initial program 19.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 19.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 19.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 19.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 19.6%

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

      5. associate-*r/ 19.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 19.6%

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

      7. metadata-eval 19.6%

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

      8. metadata-eval 19.6%

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

      9. times-frac 19.6%

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

      10. *-commutative 19.6%

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

      11. times-frac 19.7%

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

   3. Simplified 19.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 75.5%

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

4. Final simplification 70.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12: 34.6% accurate, 23.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (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 = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return -0.5 * (c / b)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 46.3%

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

   1. neg-sub0 46.3%

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

   2. associate-+l- 46.3%

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

   3. sub0-neg 46.3%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 46.3%

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

   5. associate-*r/ 46.3%

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

   6. *-commutative 46.3%

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

   7. metadata-eval 46.3%

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

   8. metadata-eval 46.3%

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

   9. times-frac 46.3%

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

   10. *-commutative 46.3%

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

   11. times-frac 46.3%

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

3. Simplified 46.2%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 37.2%

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

5. Final simplification 37.2%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023215 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))