quad2p (problem 3.2.1, positive)

Percentage Accurate: 51.4% → 85.4%

Time: 8.5s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 15.9×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 + Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 + math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 + Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 + math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -3 \cdot 10^{+111}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.12 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -3e+111)
   (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2)))
   (if (<= b_2 1.12e-97)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c))) b_2) a)
     (* (/ c b_2) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -3e+111) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.12e-97) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-3d+111)) then
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    else if (b_2 <= 1.12d-97) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a
    else
        tmp = (c / b_2) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -3e+111) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.12e-97) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -3e+111:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	elif b_2 <= 1.12e-97:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a
	else:
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -3e+111)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.12e-97)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c))) - b_2) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -3e+111)
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.12e-97)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a;
	else
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -3e+111], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 1.12e-97], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -3e111

   1. Initial program 35.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 35.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 35.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 35.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 96.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]

   if -3e111 < b_2 < 1.12e-97

   1. Initial program 80.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 80.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 80.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 80.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   if 1.12e-97 < b_2

   1. Initial program 16.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 16.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 16.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 16.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 93.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 88.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -3 \cdot 10^{+111}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.12 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 80.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-48}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.05 \cdot 10^{-92}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -9.5e-48)
   (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2)))
   (if (<= b_2 1.05e-92) (/ (- (sqrt (* a (- c))) b_2) a) (* (/ c b_2) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-48) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.05e-92) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * -c)) - b_2) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-9.5d-48)) then
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    else if (b_2 <= 1.05d-92) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * -c)) - b_2) / a
    else
        tmp = (c / b_2) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-48) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.05e-92) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * -c)) - b_2) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -9.5e-48:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	elif b_2 <= 1.05e-92:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * -c)) - b_2) / a
	else:
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-48)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.05e-92)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(-c))) - b_2) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-48)
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.05e-92)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * -c)) - b_2) / a;
	else
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -9.5e-48], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 1.05e-92], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * (-c)), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -9.50000000000000036e-48

   1. Initial program 57.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 57.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 57.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 57.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 93.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]

   if -9.50000000000000036e-48 < b_2 < 1.05e-92

   1. Initial program 74.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 74.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 74.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 74.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around 0 67.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}} - b_2}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{-c \cdot a}} - b_2}{a} \]

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-out 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}} - b_2}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 67.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}} - b_2}{a} \]

   if 1.05e-92 < b_2

   1. Initial program 16.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 16.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 16.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 16.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 93.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 85.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-48}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.05 \cdot 10^{-92}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 68.3% accurate, 8.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -5e-311)
   (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2)))
   (* (/ c b_2) -0.5)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-5d-311)) then
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    else
        tmp = (c / b_2) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -5e-311:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311)
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	else
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -5e-311], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -5.00000000000023e-311

   1. Initial program 67.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 65.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]

   if -5.00000000000023e-311 < b_2

   1. Initial program 25.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 25.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 72.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 47.8% accurate, 15.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 1.9e-308) (/ (- b_2) a) (* (/ c b_2) -0.5)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= 1.9e-308) {
		tmp = -b_2 / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= 1.9d-308) then
        tmp = -b_2 / a
    else
        tmp = (c / b_2) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= 1.9e-308) {
		tmp = -b_2 / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= 1.9e-308:
		tmp = -b_2 / a
	else:
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= 1.9e-308)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b_2) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= 1.9e-308)
		tmp = -b_2 / a;
	else
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 1.9e-308], N[((-b$95$2) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < 1.9000000000000001e-308

   1. Initial program 67.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}} - b_2}{a} \]

      2. pow2 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

      3. pow1/2 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{0.5}}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      4. sqrt-pow1 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left({\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      5. fma-neg 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -a \cdot c\right)\right)}}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      6. *-commutative 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -\color{blue}{c \cdot a}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      8. metadata-eval 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 22.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b_2}}{a} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. neg-mul-1 22.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b_2}}{a} \]

   8. Simplified 22.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b_2}}{a} \]

   if 1.9000000000000001e-308 < b_2

   1. Initial program 25.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 25.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 52.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 68.1% accurate, 15.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 9 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 9e-309) (/ (* b_2 -2.0) a) (* (/ c b_2) -0.5)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= 9e-309) {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= 9d-309) then
        tmp = (b_2 * (-2.0d0)) / a
    else
        tmp = (c / b_2) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= 9e-309) {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= 9e-309:
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a
	else:
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= 9e-309)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b_2 * -2.0) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= 9e-309)
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	else
		tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 9e-309], N[(N[(b$95$2 * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < 9.0000000000000021e-309

   1. Initial program 67.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 64.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b_2}}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 64.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 64.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]

   if 9.0000000000000021e-309 < b_2

   1. Initial program 25.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 25.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 71.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 9 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b_2} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 23.5% accurate, 18.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -5e-311) (/ (- b_2) a) (/ 0.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = -b_2 / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0 / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-5d-311)) then
        tmp = -b_2 / a
    else
        tmp = 0.0d0 / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = -b_2 / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0 / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -5e-311:
		tmp = -b_2 / a
	else:
		tmp = 0.0 / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b_2) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(0.0 / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-311)
		tmp = -b_2 / a;
	else
		tmp = 0.0 / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -5e-311], N[((-b$95$2) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -5.00000000000023e-311

   1. Initial program 67.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}} - b_2}{a} \]

      2. pow2 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

      3. pow1/2 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{0.5}}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      4. sqrt-pow1 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left({\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      5. fma-neg 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -a \cdot c\right)\right)}}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      6. *-commutative 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -\color{blue}{c \cdot a}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      8. metadata-eval 67.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 22.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b_2}}{a} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. neg-mul-1 22.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b_2}}{a} \]

   8. Simplified 22.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b_2}}{a} \]

   if -5.00000000000023e-311 < b_2

   1. Initial program 25.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

      2. unsub-neg 25.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Simplified 25.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}} - b_2}{a} \]

      2. pow2 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

      3. pow1/2 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{0.5}}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      4. sqrt-pow1 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left({\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      5. fma-neg 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -a \cdot c\right)\right)}}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      6. *-commutative 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -\color{blue}{c \cdot a}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

      8. metadata-eval 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 24.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 21.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b_2 + b_2}}{a} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-lft1-in 21.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot b_2}}{a} \]

      2. metadata-eval 21.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} \cdot b_2}{a} \]

      3. mul0-lft 21.4%

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

   8. Simplified 21.4%

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

4. Final simplification 22.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 11.3% accurate, 37.3× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.0 a))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 0.0d0 / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return 0.0 / a

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(0.0 / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0 / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 44.8%

   \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 44.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]

   2. unsub-neg 44.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

3. Simplified 44.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. add-sqr-sqrt 44.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}} - b_2}{a} \]

   2. pow2 44.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

   3. pow1/2 44.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{0.5}}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   4. sqrt-pow1 44.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left({\left(b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   5. fma-neg 44.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -a \cdot c\right)\right)}}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   6. *-commutative 44.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -\color{blue}{c \cdot a}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 44.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

   8. metadata-eval 44.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2} - b_2}{a} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 44.3%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, c \cdot \left(-a\right)\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}} - b_2}{a} \]

6. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 12.9%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b_2 + b_2}}{a} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. distribute-lft1-in 12.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot b_2}}{a} \]

   2. metadata-eval 12.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} \cdot b_2}{a} \]

   3. mul0-lft 12.9%

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

8. Simplified 12.9%

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

9. Final simplification 12.9%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023229 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2p (problem 3.2.1, positive)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))