quadp (p42, positive)

Percentage Accurate: 51.4% → 86.8%

Time: 11.1s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 86.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+43}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-248}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -2}{b + \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e+43)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b -8.2e-248)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (if (<= b 1.35e-7)
       (/ (* c -2.0) (+ b (hypot b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0))))))
       (/ (- c) b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+43) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= -8.2e-248) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else if (b <= 1.35e-7) {
		tmp = (c * -2.0) / (b + hypot(b, sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+43) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= -8.2e-248) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else if (b <= 1.35e-7) {
		tmp = (c * -2.0) / (b + Math.hypot(b, Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.5e+43:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= -8.2e-248:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	elif b <= 1.35e-7:
		tmp = (c * -2.0) / (b + math.hypot(b, math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))))
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e+43)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= -8.2e-248)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	elseif (b <= 1.35e-7)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * -2.0) / Float64(b + hypot(b, sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.5e+43)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= -8.2e-248)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	elseif (b <= 1.35e-7)
		tmp = (c * -2.0) / (b + hypot(b, sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e+43], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, -8.2e-248], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.35e-7], N[(N[(c * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b + N[Sqrt[b ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -3.5000000000000001e43

   1. Initial program 61.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 61.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 61.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 61.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 61.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 61.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 61.2%

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

   3. Simplified 61.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 95.3%

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

   6. Simplified 95.3%

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

   if -3.5000000000000001e43 < b < -8.20000000000000067e-248

   1. Initial program 83.7%

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

   if -8.20000000000000067e-248 < b < 1.35000000000000004e-7

   1. Initial program 60.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 60.4%

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

      2. associate-+l- 60.4%

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

      3. sub0-neg 60.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 60.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 60.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 60.4%

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

   3. Simplified 60.4%

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

      1. fma-udef 60.4%

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

      2. associate-*r* 60.4%

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

      3. metadata-eval 60.4%

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

      4. distribute-rgt-neg-in 60.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 60.4%

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

      6. +-commutative 60.4%

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

      7. sub-neg 60.4%

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

      8. *-commutative 60.4%

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

      9. associate-*l* 60.4%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 60.4%

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

      1. flip-- 60.3%

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

      2. add-sqr-sqrt 60.3%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 60.3%

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

      1. sub-neg 60.3%

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

      2. associate--r+ 73.6%

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

      3. +-inverses 73.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - \left(-a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}} \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a} \]

      4. neg-sub0 73.6%

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

      5. remove-double-neg 73.6%

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

      6. associate-*r* 73.5%

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

      7. *-commutative 73.5%

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

      8. associate-*l* 73.6%

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

      9. sub-neg 73.6%

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

      10. rem-square-sqrt 70.3%

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

      11. distribute-rgt-neg-in 70.3%

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

      12. distribute-rgt-neg-in 70.3%

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

      13. metadata-eval 70.3%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 70.3%

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

      15. distribute-rgt-neg-in 70.3%

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

      16. metadata-eval 70.3%

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

   9. Simplified 70.4%

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

       1. associate-*l/ 70.3%

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

   11. Applied egg-rr 70.3%

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

   12. Taylor expanded in c around 0 85.6%

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

   if 1.35000000000000004e-7 < b

   1. Initial program 14.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 14.3%

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

      2. associate-+l- 14.3%

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

      3. sub0-neg 14.3%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 14.3%

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

      5. *-commutative 14.3%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 14.3%

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

   3. Simplified 14.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.2%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 90.2%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 90.2%

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

   6. Simplified 90.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 89.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+43}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-248}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -2}{b + \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 83.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{+42}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{-137}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.35e+42)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 1.25e-137)
     (* (- b (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* 4.0 c))))) (/ -0.5 a))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.35e+42) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 1.25e-137) {
		tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (4.0 * c))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.35d+42)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 1.25d-137) then
        tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (4.0d0 * c))))) * ((-0.5d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.35e+42) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 1.25e-137) {
		tmp = (b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (4.0 * c))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.35e+42:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 1.25e-137:
		tmp = (b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (4.0 * c))))) * (-0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.35e+42)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 1.25e-137)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(4.0 * c))))) * Float64(-0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.35e+42)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 1.25e-137)
		tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (4.0 * c))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.35e+42], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.25e-137], N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.35e42

   1. Initial program 62.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 62.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 62.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 62.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 62.7%

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

      5. *-commutative 62.7%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 62.5%

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

   3. Simplified 62.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 95.4%

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

   6. Simplified 95.4%

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

   if -1.35e42 < b < 1.25e-137

   1. Initial program 81.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 81.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 81.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 81.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 81.9%

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

      5. *-commutative 81.9%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 81.7%

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

   3. Simplified 81.7%

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

      1. fma-udef 81.7%

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

      2. associate-*r* 81.7%

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

      3. metadata-eval 81.7%

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

      4. distribute-rgt-neg-in 81.7%

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

      5. *-commutative 81.7%

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

      6. +-commutative 81.7%

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

      7. sub-neg 81.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 81.7%

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

      9. associate-*l* 81.7%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 81.7%

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

   if 1.25e-137 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 19.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 19.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 19.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 19.1%

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

      5. *-commutative 19.1%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 83.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 83.9%

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

   6. Simplified 83.9%

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

4. Final simplification 86.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{+42}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{-137}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 83.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+43}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{-137}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e+43)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 1.25e-137)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+43) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 1.25e-137) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.5d+43)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 1.25d-137) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+43) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 1.25e-137) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.5e+43:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 1.25e-137:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e+43)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 1.25e-137)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.5e+43)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 1.25e-137)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e+43], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.25e-137], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.5000000000000001e43

   1. Initial program 61.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 61.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 61.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 61.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 61.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 61.5%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 61.2%

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

   3. Simplified 61.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 95.3%

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

   6. Simplified 95.3%

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

   if -3.5000000000000001e43 < b < 1.25e-137

   1. Initial program 82.3%

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

   if 1.25e-137 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 19.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 19.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 19.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 19.1%

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

      5. *-commutative 19.1%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 83.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 83.9%

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

   6. Simplified 83.9%

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

4. Final simplification 86.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+43}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{-137}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 79.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-141}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.1e-39)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 3.7e-141)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-39) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-141) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.1d-39)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 3.7d-141) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-39) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-141) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.1e-39:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 3.7e-141:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e-39)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-141)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.1e-39)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-141)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-39], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.7e-141], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.09999999999999993e-39

   1. Initial program 67.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 67.4%

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

      2. associate-+l- 67.4%

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

      3. sub0-neg 67.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 67.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 67.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 67.2%

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

   3. Simplified 67.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 91.1%

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

   6. Simplified 91.1%

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

   if -2.09999999999999993e-39 < b < 3.7e-141

   1. Initial program 80.2%

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

      1. neg-sub0 80.2%

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

      2. associate-+l- 80.2%

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

      3. sub0-neg 80.2%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 80.2%

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

      5. *-commutative 80.2%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 80.0%

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

   3. Simplified 80.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 73.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.0%

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

      2. *-commutative 73.0%

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

      3. associate-*r* 73.0%

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

   6. Simplified 73.0%

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

   if 3.7e-141 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 19.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 19.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 19.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 19.1%

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

      5. *-commutative 19.1%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 83.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 83.9%

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

   6. Simplified 83.9%

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

4. Final simplification 82.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-141}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 79.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-139}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6e-40)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 2.3e-139)
     (/ (* -0.5 (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))))) a)
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6e-40) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 2.3e-139) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6d-40)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 2.3d-139) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))))) / a
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6e-40) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 2.3e-139) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * (b - Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6e-40:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 2.3e-139:
		tmp = (-0.5 * (b - math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))) / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6e-40)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 2.3e-139)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))))) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6e-40)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 2.3e-139)
		tmp = (-0.5 * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))) / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6e-40], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.3e-139], N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.00000000000000039e-40

   1. Initial program 67.4%

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

      1. neg-sub0 67.4%

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

      2. associate-+l- 67.4%

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

      3. sub0-neg 67.4%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 67.4%

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

      5. *-commutative 67.4%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 67.2%

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

   3. Simplified 67.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 91.1%

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

   6. Simplified 91.1%

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

   if -6.00000000000000039e-40 < b < 2.30000000000000012e-139

   1. Initial program 80.2%

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

      1. neg-sub0 80.2%

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

      2. associate-+l- 80.2%

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

      3. sub0-neg 80.2%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 80.2%

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

      5. *-commutative 80.2%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 80.0%

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

   3. Simplified 80.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 73.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.0%

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

      2. *-commutative 73.0%

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

      3. associate-*r* 73.0%

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

   6. Simplified 73.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 73.1%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 73.1%

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

   if 2.30000000000000012e-139 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. neg-sub0 19.1%

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

      2. associate-+l- 19.1%

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

      3. sub0-neg 19.1%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 19.1%

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

      5. *-commutative 19.1%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 83.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 83.9%

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

   6. Simplified 83.9%

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

4. Final simplification 82.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-139}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 68.0% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 1e-309) (/ (- b) a) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1e-309) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 1d-309) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1e-309) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1e-309:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1e-309)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1e-309)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1e-309], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 1.000000000000002e-309

   1. Initial program 73.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 73.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 73.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 73.0%

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

      5. *-commutative 73.0%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 72.8%

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

   3. Simplified 72.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 63.2%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 63.2%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 63.2%

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

   6. Simplified 63.2%

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

   if 1.000000000000002e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 29.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 29.8%

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

      2. associate-+l- 29.8%

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

      3. sub0-neg 29.8%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 29.8%

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

      5. *-commutative 29.8%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 29.8%

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

   3. Simplified 29.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 70.6%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 70.6%

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

   6. Simplified 70.6%

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

4. Final simplification 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 35.0% accurate, 29.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 50.3%

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

   1. neg-sub0 50.3%

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

   2. associate-+l- 50.3%

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

   3. sub0-neg 50.3%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 50.3%

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

   5. *-commutative 50.3%

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

   6. associate-*r/ 50.1%

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

3. Simplified 50.2%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 31.4%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 31.4%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 31.4%

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

6. Simplified 31.4%

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

7. Final simplification 31.4%

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

Developer target: 69.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023257 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"
  :precision binary64

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

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