Cubic critical, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 30.5% → 95.6%
Time: 13.1s
Alternatives: 7
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}

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\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 7 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: 30.5% 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: 95.6% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, t_0, t_0 \cdot 5.0625\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow (* c a) 4.0)))
   (fma
    (/ -0.16666666666666666 (pow b 7.0))
    (/ (fma 1.265625 t_0 (* t_0 5.0625)) a)
    (fma
     -0.5
     (/ c b)
     (fma
      -0.375
      (/ c (/ (pow b 3.0) (* c a)))
      (* -0.5625 (/ (pow c 3.0) (/ (pow b 5.0) (* a a)))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = pow((c * a), 4.0);
	return fma((-0.16666666666666666 / pow(b, 7.0)), (fma(1.265625, t_0, (t_0 * 5.0625)) / a), fma(-0.5, (c / b), fma(-0.375, (c / (pow(b, 3.0) / (c * a))), (-0.5625 * (pow(c, 3.0) / (pow(b, 5.0) / (a * a)))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0
	return fma(Float64(-0.16666666666666666 / (b ^ 7.0)), Float64(fma(1.265625, t_0, Float64(t_0 * 5.0625)) / a), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), fma(-0.375, Float64(c / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / Float64(c * a))), Float64(-0.5625 * Float64((c ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / Float64(a * a)))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(-0.16666666666666666 / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(1.265625 * t$95$0 + N[(t$95$0 * 5.0625), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(c / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, t_0, t_0 \cdot 5.0625\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub029.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    6. *-commutative29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot -1} \]
    7. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \]
    8. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \]
    9. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
    10. *-commutative29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1} \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-inv30.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr30.0%

    \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Simplified95.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot {\left(a \cdot \frac{{c}^{1.5}}{{b}^{2.5}}\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*95.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    2. unpow295.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  10. Simplified95.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, 5.0625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  11. Final simplification95.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.265625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot 5.0625\right)}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c \cdot a}}, -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}\right)\right)\right) \]

Alternative 2: 95.6% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(5.0625, t_0, 1.265625 \cdot t_0\right)}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.5625 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow (* c a) 4.0)))
   (fma
    (/ -0.16666666666666666 a)
    (/ (fma 5.0625 t_0 (* 1.265625 t_0)) (pow b 7.0))
    (fma
     -0.375
     (* a (/ c (/ (pow b 3.0) c)))
     (fma -0.5 (/ c b) (* -0.5625 (* a (* a (/ (pow c 3.0) (pow b 5.0))))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = pow((c * a), 4.0);
	return fma((-0.16666666666666666 / a), (fma(5.0625, t_0, (1.265625 * t_0)) / pow(b, 7.0)), fma(-0.375, (a * (c / (pow(b, 3.0) / c))), fma(-0.5, (c / b), (-0.5625 * (a * (a * (pow(c, 3.0) / pow(b, 5.0))))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0
	return fma(Float64(-0.16666666666666666 / a), Float64(fma(5.0625, t_0, Float64(1.265625 * t_0)) / (b ^ 7.0)), fma(-0.375, Float64(a * Float64(c / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / c))), fma(-0.5, Float64(c / b), Float64(-0.5625 * Float64(a * Float64(a * Float64((c ^ 3.0) / (b ^ 5.0))))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(-0.16666666666666666 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(5.0625 * t$95$0 + N[(1.265625 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5625 * N[(a * N[(a * N[(N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(5.0625, t_0, 1.265625 \cdot t_0\right)}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.5625 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub029.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    6. *-commutative29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot -1} \]
    7. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}} \]
    8. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-1} \]
    9. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot -1}} \]
    10. *-commutative29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-1} \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. clear-num30.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
    2. inv-pow30.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{-1}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr30.0%

    \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{-1}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow-130.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
  7. Simplified30.0%

    \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
  8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  9. Simplified95.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(5.0625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot 1.265625\right)}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c}} \cdot a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.5625 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
  10. Final simplification95.8%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(5.0625, {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}, 1.265625 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}\right)}{{b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.5625 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

Alternative 3: 94.1% 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 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.4%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*94.4%

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    4. +-commutative94.4%

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) \]
    6. associate-/l*94.4%

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

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

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

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

Alternative 4: 84.4% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -2e-6)
   (* -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 * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2e-6) {
		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(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -2e-6)
		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[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-6], 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(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;-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)) < -1.99999999999999991e-6

    1. Initial program 66.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/65.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative65.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-166.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-166.0%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified66.1%

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

    if -1.99999999999999991e-6 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 15.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity15.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-115.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in15.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-115.6%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified15.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification84.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 84.4% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0)) -2e-6)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* c 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2e-6) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} 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) :: tmp
    if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)) <= (-2d-6)) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    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 (((Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2e-6) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if ((math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2e-6:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	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(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0)) <= -2e-6)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(c * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)) <= -2e-6)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-6], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(c * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $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(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\

\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)) < -1.99999999999999991e-6

    1. Initial program 66.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in a around 0 65.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative65.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 3}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. *-commutative65.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot 3}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. associate-*l*66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. Simplified66.0%

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

    if -1.99999999999999991e-6 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 15.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity15.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      5. *-commutative15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*l/15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-*r/15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      8. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      9. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      10. times-frac15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
      11. neg-mul-115.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in15.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
      13. times-frac15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
      14. metadata-eval15.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
      15. neg-mul-115.6%

        \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
    3. Simplified15.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification84.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 91.1% 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 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. fma-def91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    3. associate-/l*91.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    4. unpow291.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
  6. Simplified91.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification91.6%

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

Alternative 7: 81.9% 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 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in29.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval29.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-129.9%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified30.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Final simplification82.1%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023230 
(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)))