Quadratic roots, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 18.3% → 97.7%
Time: 13.6s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * 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) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \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 4 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: 18.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * 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) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 97.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (-
   (fma
    -0.25
    (/ (pow a 3.0) (/ (pow b 7.0) (* (pow c 4.0) 20.0)))
    (/ (* -2.0 (* c (* (* c c) (* a a)))) (pow b 5.0)))
   (/ c b))
  (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (fma(-0.25, (pow(a, 3.0) / (pow(b, 7.0) / (pow(c, 4.0) * 20.0))), ((-2.0 * (c * ((c * c) * (a * a)))) / pow(b, 5.0))) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 3.0) / a));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(fma(-0.25, Float64((a ^ 3.0) / Float64((b ^ 7.0) / Float64((c ^ 4.0) * 20.0))), Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c * Float64(Float64(c * c) * Float64(a * a)))) / (b ^ 5.0))) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * 20.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(c * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 16.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    5. +-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. unsub-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. fma-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. associate-*l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. *-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. associate-/r*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a}} \]
    13. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{a} \]
    14. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified16.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 98.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{{a}^{3} \cdot \left(16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + {\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}^{2}\right)}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Simplified98.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{b}{\mathsf{fma}\left(16, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}, 4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.5%

    \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{3} \cdot \left(4 \cdot {c}^{4} + 16 \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{{b}^{7}}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*98.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{4 \cdot {c}^{4} + 16 \cdot {c}^{4}}}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
    2. distribute-rgt-out98.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{\color{blue}{{c}^{4} \cdot \left(4 + 16\right)}}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
    3. metadata-eval98.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{20}}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  8. Simplified98.5%

    \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. pow-prod-down98.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \color{blue}{\left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
    2. pow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
    3. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr98.5%

    \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  11. Final simplification98.5%

    \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

Alternative 2: 96.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (- (/ (* -2.0 (* c (* (* c c) (* a a)))) (pow b 5.0)) (/ c b))
  (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (((-2.0 * (c * ((c * c) * (a * a)))) / pow(b, 5.0)) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 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 = ((((-2.0d0) * (c * ((c * c) * (a * a)))) / (b ** 5.0d0)) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (((-2.0 * (c * ((c * c) * (a * a)))) / Math.pow(b, 5.0)) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / (Math.pow(b, 3.0) / a));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (((-2.0 * (c * ((c * c) * (a * a)))) / math.pow(b, 5.0)) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / (math.pow(b, 3.0) / a))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c * Float64(Float64(c * c) * Float64(a * a)))) / (b ^ 5.0)) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (((-2.0 * (c * ((c * c) * (a * a)))) / (b ^ 5.0)) - (c / b)) - ((c * c) / ((b ^ 3.0) / a));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(c * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 16.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    5. +-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. unsub-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. fma-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. associate-*l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. *-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. associate-/r*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a}} \]
    13. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{a} \]
    14. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified16.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative97.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    2. mul-1-neg97.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    3. unsub-neg97.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  6. Simplified97.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. pow-prod-down98.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \color{blue}{\left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
    2. pow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
    3. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{{a}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{7}}{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr97.6%

    \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  9. Final simplification97.6%

    \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]

Alternative 3: 95.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ (- c) b) (/ (* c c) (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (pow(b, 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 = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (Math.pow(b, 3.0) / a));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-c / b) - ((c * c) / (math.pow(b, 3.0) / a))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * c) / ((b ^ 3.0) / a));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 16.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    5. +-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. unsub-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. fma-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. associate-*l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. *-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. associate-/r*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a}} \]
    13. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{a} \]
    14. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified16.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative95.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    2. mul-1-neg95.7%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    3. unsub-neg95.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    4. mul-1-neg95.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right)} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    5. associate-/l*95.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]
    6. unpow295.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \]
  6. Simplified95.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}} \]
  7. Final simplification95.7%

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

Alternative 4: 90.1% accurate, 29.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 16.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    5. +-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. unsub-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. fma-neg16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. associate-*l*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. *-commutative16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. associate-/r*16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a}} \]
    13. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{a} \]
    14. metadata-eval16.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified16.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-neg91.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
  6. Simplified91.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
  7. Final simplification91.3%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023252 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))