quadp (p42, positive)

Percentage Accurate: 52.5% → 86.3%

Time: 9.8s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 52.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 86.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e+146)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 4.6e-60)
     (/ (* (- b (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* c 4.0))))) -0.5) a)
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e+146) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 4.6e-60) {
		tmp = ((b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * -0.5) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d+146)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 4.6d-60) then
        tmp = ((b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0d0))))) * (-0.5d0)) / a
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e+146) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 4.6e-60) {
		tmp = ((b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * -0.5) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e+146:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 4.6e-60:
		tmp = ((b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * -0.5) / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e+146)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 4.6e-60)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(c * 4.0))))) * -0.5) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e+146)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 4.6e-60)
		tmp = ((b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * -0.5) / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e+146], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.6e-60], N[(N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(c * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.99999999999999987e146

   1. Initial program 45.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 45.4%

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

      2. associate-+l- 45.4%

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

      3. sub0-neg 45.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 45.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 45.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 45.4%

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

   3. Simplified 45.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   6. Simplified 100.0%

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

   if -1.99999999999999987e146 < b < 4.6000000000000003e-60

   1. Initial program 79.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 79.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 79.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 79.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 79.6%

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

      5. *-commutative 79.6%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 79.4%

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

   3. Simplified 79.4%

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

      1. fma-udef 79.4%

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

      2. associate-*r* 79.4%

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

      3. metadata-eval 79.4%

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

      4. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 79.4%

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

      6. +-commutative 79.4%

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

      7. sub-neg 79.4%

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

      8. *-commutative 79.4%

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

      9. associate-*l* 79.4%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 79.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 79.6%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 79.6%

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

   if 4.6000000000000003e-60 < b

   1. Initial program 10.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 10.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 10.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 10.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 10.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 10.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 10.9%

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

   3. Simplified 10.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.4%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.4%

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

   6. Simplified 91.4%

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

4. Final simplification 87.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 86.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.1 \cdot 10^{+121}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.1e+121)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 1.22e-60)
     (* (- b (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* c 4.0))))) (/ -0.5 a))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.1e+121) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 1.22e-60) {
		tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.1d+121)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 1.22d-60) then
        tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0d0))))) * ((-0.5d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.1e+121) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 1.22e-60) {
		tmp = (b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.1e+121:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 1.22e-60:
		tmp = (b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.1e+121)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 1.22e-60)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(c * 4.0))))) * Float64(-0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.1e+121)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 1.22e-60)
		tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.1e+121], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.22e-60], N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(c * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.1e121

   1. Initial program 49.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 49.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 49.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 49.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 49.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 49.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 49.8%

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

   3. Simplified 49.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   6. Simplified 100.0%

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

   if -4.1e121 < b < 1.22e-60

   1. Initial program 79.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 79.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 79.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 79.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 79.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 79.0%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 78.8%

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

   3. Simplified 78.8%

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

      1. fma-udef 78.8%

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

      2. associate-*r* 78.8%

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

      3. metadata-eval 78.8%

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

      4. distribute-rgt-neg-in 78.8%

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

      5. *-commutative 78.8%

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

      6. +-commutative 78.8%

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

      7. sub-neg 78.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 78.8%

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

      9. associate-*l* 78.8%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 78.8%

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

   if 1.22e-60 < b

   1. Initial program 10.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 10.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 10.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 10.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 10.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 10.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 10.9%

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

   3. Simplified 10.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.4%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.4%

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

   6. Simplified 91.4%

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

4. Final simplification 87.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.1 \cdot 10^{+121}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 80.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.5 \cdot 10^{-109}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.2 \cdot 10^{-61}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.5e-109)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 6.2e-61)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.5e-109) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.2e-61) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.5d-109)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 6.2d-61) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.5e-109) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.2e-61) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.5e-109:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 6.2e-61:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.5e-109)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 6.2e-61)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.5e-109)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.2e-61)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.5e-109], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.2e-61], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.5000000000000001e-109

   1. Initial program 68.2%

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

      1. neg-sub0 68.2%

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

      2. associate-+l- 68.2%

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

      3. sub0-neg 68.2%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 68.2%

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

      5. *-commutative 68.2%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 68.1%

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

   3. Simplified 68.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 80.9%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 80.9%

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

      2. unsub-neg 80.9%

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

   6. Simplified 80.9%

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

   if -2.5000000000000001e-109 < b < 6.1999999999999999e-61

   1. Initial program 73.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 73.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 73.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 73.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 73.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 73.8%

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

   3. Simplified 73.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 72.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 72.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 72.5%

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

      3. associate-*r* 72.5%

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

   6. Simplified 72.5%

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

   if 6.1999999999999999e-61 < b

   1. Initial program 10.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 10.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 10.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 10.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 10.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 10.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 10.9%

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

   3. Simplified 10.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.4%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.4%

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

   6. Simplified 91.4%

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

4. Final simplification 82.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.5 \cdot 10^{-109}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.2 \cdot 10^{-61}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 68.1% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 69.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 69.4%

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

      2. associate-+l- 69.4%

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

      3. sub0-neg 69.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 69.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 69.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 69.2%

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

   3. Simplified 69.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 66.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 66.7%

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

      2. unsub-neg 66.7%

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

   6. Simplified 66.7%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 30.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 30.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 30.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 30.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 30.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 30.0%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 30.0%

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

   3. Simplified 30.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 68.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 68.4%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 68.4%

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

   6. Simplified 68.4%

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

4. Final simplification 67.5%

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

Alternative 5: 44.4% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.95 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 1.95e-58) (/ (- b) a) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.95e-58) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 1.95d-58) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.95e-58) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.95e-58:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.95e-58)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.95e-58)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.95e-58], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 1.94999999999999996e-58

   1. Initial program 70.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 70.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 70.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 70.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 70.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 70.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 70.3%

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

   3. Simplified 70.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 51.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 51.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 51.8%

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

   6. Simplified 51.8%

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

   if 1.94999999999999996e-58 < b

   1. Initial program 10.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 10.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 10.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 10.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 10.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 10.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 10.9%

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

   3. Simplified 10.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      3. *-commutative 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot a}{b} \cdot 2} - b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      4. associate-/l* 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}} \cdot 2 - b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 2.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} \cdot 2 - b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 35.9%

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

4. Final simplification 46.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.95 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 68.0% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.1 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 6.1e-297) (/ (- b) a) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6.1e-297) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 6.1d-297) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6.1e-297) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 6.1e-297:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 6.1e-297)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 6.1e-297)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 6.1e-297], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 6.1e-297

   1. Initial program 69.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 69.8%

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

      2. associate-+l- 69.8%

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

      3. sub0-neg 69.8%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 69.8%

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

      5. *-commutative 69.8%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 69.6%

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

   3. Simplified 69.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 63.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 63.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 63.8%

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

   6. Simplified 63.8%

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

   if 6.1e-297 < b

   1. Initial program 27.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 27.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 27.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 27.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 27.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 27.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 27.9%

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

   3. Simplified 27.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 71.0%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 71.0%

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

   6. Simplified 71.0%

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

4. Final simplification 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.1 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 2.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 50.0%

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

   1. neg-sub0 50.0%

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

   2. associate-+l- 50.0%

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

   3. sub0-neg 50.0%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 50.0%

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

   5. *-commutative 50.0%

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

   6. associate-*r/ 49.9%

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

3. Simplified 49.9%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 50.0%

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

   2. frac-2neg 50.0%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 50.0%

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

   1. distribute-rgt-neg-in 50.0%

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

   2. metadata-eval 50.0%

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

   3. *-commutative 50.0%

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

   4. associate-/l* 49.9%

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

   5. fma-def 49.9%

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

   6. +-commutative 49.9%

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

   7. fma-def 49.9%

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

7. Simplified 49.9%

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

8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 34.8%

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

9. Taylor expanded in a around inf 2.5%

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

10. Final simplification 2.5%

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

Alternative 8: 11.1% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 50.0%

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

   1. neg-sub0 50.0%

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

   2. associate-+l- 50.0%

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

   3. sub0-neg 50.0%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 50.0%

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

   5. *-commutative 50.0%

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

   6. associate-*r/ 49.9%

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

3. Simplified 49.9%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 34.5%

   \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   2. unsub-neg 34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   3. *-commutative 34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot a}{b} \cdot 2} - b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

   4. associate-/l* 34.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}} \cdot 2 - b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

6. Simplified 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \left(b - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} \cdot 2 - b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 14.3%

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

8. Final simplification 14.3%

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

Developer target: 70.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023228 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"
  :precision binary64

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

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