Cubic critical, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.0% → 95.5%
Time: 12.6s
Alternatives: 9
Speedup: 23.2×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 9 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 31.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 95.5% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma
  -0.5625
  (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))
  (fma
   -0.16666666666666666
   (/
    (+
     (pow (* (* (* a a) (* c c)) -1.125) 2.0)
     (* 5.0625 (* (pow c 4.0) (pow a 4.0))))
    (* a (pow b 7.0)))
   (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (/ (* -0.375 (* a (* c c))) (pow b 3.0))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.5625, (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a))), fma(-0.16666666666666666, ((pow((((a * a) * (c * c)) * -1.125), 2.0) + (5.0625 * (pow(c, 4.0) * pow(a, 4.0)))) / (a * pow(b, 7.0))), fma(-0.5, (c / b), ((-0.375 * (a * (c * c))) / pow(b, 3.0)))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.5625, Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a))), fma(-0.16666666666666666, Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(c * c)) * -1.125) ^ 2.0) + Float64(5.0625 * Float64((c ^ 4.0) * (a ^ 4.0)))) / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0))), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(Float64(-0.375 * Float64(a * Float64(c * c))) / (b ^ 3.0)))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.16666666666666666 * N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -1.125), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(5.0625 * N[(N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 30.7%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def94.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*94.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    3. unpow294.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    4. fma-def94.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \]
  6. Simplified94.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification94.6%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{-0.375 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)\right) \]

Alternative 2: 95.5% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}{c}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot \left(-0.5625 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma
  -0.16666666666666666
  (* (/ (pow (* c a) 4.0) a) (/ 6.328125 (pow b 7.0)))
  (fma
   -0.375
   (/ c (/ (/ (pow b 3.0) a) c))
   (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (* (/ (pow c 3.0) (pow b 5.0)) (* -0.5625 (* a a)))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.16666666666666666, ((pow((c * a), 4.0) / a) * (6.328125 / pow(b, 7.0))), fma(-0.375, (c / ((pow(b, 3.0) / a) / c)), fma(-0.5, (c / b), ((pow(c, 3.0) / pow(b, 5.0)) * (-0.5625 * (a * a))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.16666666666666666, Float64(Float64((Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0) / a) * Float64(6.328125 / (b ^ 7.0))), fma(-0.375, Float64(c / Float64(Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a) / c)), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(Float64((c ^ 3.0) / (b ^ 5.0)) * Float64(-0.5625 * Float64(a * a))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.16666666666666666 * N[(N[(N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(6.328125 / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(c / N[(N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.5625 * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}{c}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot \left(-0.5625 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 30.7%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub030.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    6. *-commutative30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot -1} \]
    7. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \]
    8. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \]
    9. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
    10. *-commutative30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1} \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-exp-log30.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr30.7%

    \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Simplified94.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}{c}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -0.5625\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
  8. Final simplification94.6%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}{c}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot \left(-0.5625 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

Alternative 3: 94.0% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma
  -0.5625
  (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))
  (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.5625, (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a))), fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), (-0.5 * (c / b))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.5625, Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a))), fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 30.7%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def93.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*93.1%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    3. unpow293.1%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    4. +-commutative93.1%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
    5. fma-def93.1%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) \]
    6. associate-/l*93.1%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    7. unpow293.1%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
  6. Simplified93.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification93.1%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]

Alternative 4: 84.6% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 3.0 a)))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -8e-7)
   (* -0.3333333333333333 (/ (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -3.0))))) a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -8e-7) {
		tmp = -0.3333333333333333 * ((b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -3.0))))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(3.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -8e-7)
		tmp = Float64(-0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0))))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -8e-7], N[(-0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -7.9999999999999996e-7

    1. Initial program 68.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-168.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-168.8%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified69.0%

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

    if -7.9999999999999996e-7 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 15.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-115.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-115.5%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified15.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 84.6% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 3.0 a)))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -8e-7)
   (* (- (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -3.0)))) b) (/ 0.3333333333333333 a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -8e-7) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -3.0)))) - b) * (0.3333333333333333 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(3.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -8e-7)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0)))) - b) * Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -8e-7], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -7.9999999999999996e-7

    1. Initial program 68.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub068.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-168.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*r/68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      6. *-commutative68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot -1} \]
      7. metadata-eval68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \]
      8. metadata-eval68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \]
      9. times-frac68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
      10. *-commutative68.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. times-frac68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1} \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified69.0%

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

    if -7.9999999999999996e-7 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 15.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-115.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-115.5%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified15.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 84.5% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 3.0 a)))) b) (* 3.0 a))))
   (if (<= t_0 -8e-7) t_0 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -8e-7) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) - (c * (3.0d0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0d0 * a)
    if (t_0 <= (-8d-7)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -8e-7) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -8e-7:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(3.0 * a)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -8e-7)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (3.0 * a)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -8e-7)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -8e-7], t$95$0, N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -7.9999999999999996e-7

    1. Initial program 68.8%

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

    if -7.9999999999999996e-7 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 15.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-115.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in15.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval15.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-115.5%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified15.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 91.0% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma -0.375 (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(-0.375, ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a)), (-0.5 * (c / b)));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(-0.375, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)), Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 30.7%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative90.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. fma-def90.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    3. associate-/l*90.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    4. unpow290.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
  6. Simplified90.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification90.3%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]

Alternative 8: 83.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 7e-5)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* c 3.0)))) b) (* 3.0 a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7e-5) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= 7d-5) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (3.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7e-5) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 7e-5:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (3.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 7e-5)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(c * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 7e-5)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 7e-5], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(c * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 6.9999999999999994e-5

    1. Initial program 73.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in a around 0 73.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative73.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 3}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. *-commutative73.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot 3}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. associate-*l*73.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. Simplified73.8%

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

    if 6.9999999999999994e-5 < b

    1. Initial program 27.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity27.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval27.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-127.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in27.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval27.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-127.2%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified27.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification83.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 81.6% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return -0.5 * (c / b)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 30.7%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in30.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval30.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-130.7%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Final simplification82.0%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023229 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, medium range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))