Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.4% → 99.3%

Time: 11.5s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 55.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 99.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((4.0d0 * (c * a)) / (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0d0 * a)))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a)) / Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(4.0 * a)))))) / Float64(a * 2.0))
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 56.7%

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

   1. flip-+ 56.9%

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

   2. pow2 56.9%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 58.4%

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

   4. *-commutative 58.4%

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

   5. *-commutative 58.4%

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

   6. *-commutative 58.4%

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

   7. *-commutative 58.4%

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

3. Applied egg-rr 58.4%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 99.2%

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

5. Final simplification 99.2%

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

Alternative 2: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.0004:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 4.0 a)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -0.0004)
   (/ (- (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* (* c a) -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ (* c (* c a)) (pow b 3.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.0004) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / pow(b, 3.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0d0 * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)) <= (-0.0004d0)) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / (b ** 3.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.0004) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if ((math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.0004:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(4.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -0.0004)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.0004)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.0004], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -4.00000000000000019e-4

   1. Initial program 78.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 78.5%

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

      2. +-commutative 78.5%

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

      3. unsub-neg 78.5%

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

      4. fma-neg 78.5%

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

      5. associate-*l* 78.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 78.5%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 78.5%

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

      8. metadata-eval 78.5%

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

   3. Simplified 78.5%

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

      1. fma-udef 78.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 78.5%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 78.5%

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

   if -4.00000000000000019e-4 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 43.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 43.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 43.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 43.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 43.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 43.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 43.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 43.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 43.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 43.5%

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

   3. Simplified 43.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.6%

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

      1. +-commutative 90.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 90.6%

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

      3. unsub-neg 90.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

      4. associate-*r/ 90.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

      5. neg-mul-1 90.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

      6. unpow2 90.6%

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

      7. associate-*l* 90.6%

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

   6. Simplified 90.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 86.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.0004:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 85.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.6:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.6)
   (* (- (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* (* c a) -4.0))) b) (/ 0.5 a))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ (* c (* c a)) (pow b 3.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.6) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / pow(b, 3.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2.6d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * (-4.0d0)))) - b) * (0.5d0 / a)
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / (b ** 3.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.6) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.6:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.6)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0))) - b) * Float64(0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.6)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.6], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.60000000000000009

   1. Initial program 81.5%

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

      1. /-rgt-identity 81.5%

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

      2. metadata-eval 81.5%

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

      3. associate-/l* 81.5%

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

      4. associate-*r/ 81.4%

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

      5. +-commutative 81.4%

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

      6. unsub-neg 81.4%

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

      7. fma-neg 81.6%

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

      8. associate-*l* 81.6%

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

      9. *-commutative 81.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 81.6%

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

      11. metadata-eval 81.6%

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

      12. associate-/r* 81.6%

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

      13. metadata-eval 81.6%

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

      14. metadata-eval 81.6%

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

   3. Simplified 81.6%

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

      1. fma-udef 81.4%

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

      2. *-commutative 81.4%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 81.4%

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

   if 2.60000000000000009 < b

   1. Initial program 51.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 51.4%

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

      2. associate-+l- 51.4%

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

      3. sub0-neg 51.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 51.4%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 51.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 51.4%

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

      7. associate-/r* 51.4%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 51.4%

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

      9. metadata-eval 51.4%

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

   3. Simplified 51.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 84.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 84.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

      2. mul-1-neg 84.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 84.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

      4. associate-*r/ 84.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

      5. neg-mul-1 84.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

      6. unpow2 84.9%

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

      7. associate-*l* 84.9%

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

   6. Simplified 84.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 84.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.6:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 81.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / pow(b, 3.0));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-c / b) - ((c * (c * a)) / (b ** 3.0d0))
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 56.7%

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

   1. neg-sub0 56.7%

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

   2. associate-+l- 56.7%

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

   3. sub0-neg 56.7%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 56.7%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 56.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 56.7%

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

   7. associate-/r* 56.7%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 56.7%

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

   9. metadata-eval 56.7%

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

3. Simplified 56.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 80.7%

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

   1. +-commutative 80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 80.7%

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

   3. unsub-neg 80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   4. associate-*r/ 80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   5. neg-mul-1 80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]

   6. unpow2 80.7%

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

   7. associate-*l* 80.7%

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

6. Simplified 80.7%

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

7. Final simplification 80.7%

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

Alternative 5: 64.4% accurate, 29.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 56.7%

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

   1. neg-sub0 56.7%

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

   2. associate-+l- 56.7%

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

   3. sub0-neg 56.7%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 56.7%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 56.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 56.7%

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

   7. associate-/r* 56.7%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 56.7%

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

   9. metadata-eval 56.7%

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

3. Simplified 56.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 63.1%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 63.1%

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

   2. neg-mul-1 63.1%

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

6. Simplified 63.1%

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

7. Final simplification 63.1%

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

Alternative 6: 3.2% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / 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 = 0.0d0 / a
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.0 / a)
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 56.7%

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

   1. +-commutative 56.7%

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

   2. add-log-exp 30.3%

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

   3. add-log-exp 29.4%

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

   4. sum-log 29.4%

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

   5. *-commutative 29.4%

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

   6. *-commutative 29.4%

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

3. Applied egg-rr 29.4%

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

4. Taylor expanded in c around 0 2.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\log \left(e^{-b} \cdot e^{b}\right)}{a}} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r/ 2.3%

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

   2. exp-neg 1.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \log \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{b}}} \cdot e^{b}\right)}{a} \]

   3. lft-mult-inverse 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \log \color{blue}{1}}{a} \]

   4. metadata-eval 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   5. metadata-eval 3.2%

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

6. Simplified 3.2%

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

7. Final simplification 3.2%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023224 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))