Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.5% → 99.3%
Time: 10.8s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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 5 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: 55.5% 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: 99.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/
  (/ (* a (* 4.0 c)) (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0))))))
  (* a 2.0)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((a * (4.0 * c)) / (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))))) / (a * 2.0);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((a * (4.0d0 * c)) / (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((a * (4.0 * c)) / (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))))) / (a * 2.0);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return ((a * (4.0 * c)) / (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))))) / (a * 2.0)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(a * Float64(4.0 * c)) / Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))))) / Float64(a * 2.0))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = ((a * (4.0 * c)) / (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))))) / (a * 2.0);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(a * N[(4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}{a \cdot 2}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 52.8%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip-+52.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. pow252.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{{\left(-b\right)}^{2}} - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. *-commutative54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left(b \cdot b - \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. *-commutative54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left(b \cdot b - c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. *-commutative54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left(b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. *-commutative54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left(b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr54.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left(b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 99.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r*99.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. *-commutative99.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  6. Simplified99.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  7. Final simplification99.3%

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

Alternative 2: 84.4% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.000109:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -0.000109)
   (* (- (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* -4.0 (* a c)))) b) (/ 0.5 a))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ (* c (* a c)) (pow b 3.0)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.000109) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + (-4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (a * c)) / pow(b, 3.0));
	}
	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 * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)) <= (-0.000109d0)) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + ((-4.0d0) * (a * c)))) - b) * (0.5d0 / a)
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (a * c)) / (b ** 3.0d0))
    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 * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.000109) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) + (-4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (a * c)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if ((math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.000109:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) + (-4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) * (0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (a * c)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -0.000109)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(-4.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) * Float64(0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * c)) / (b ^ 3.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.000109)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) + (-4.0 * (a * c)))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c * (a * c)) / (b ^ 3.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.000109], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.000109:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}\\


\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 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -1.09000000000000007e-4

    1. Initial program 76.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. /-rgt-identity76.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval76.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      3. associate-/l*76.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r/76.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      5. +-commutative76.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. unsub-neg76.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. fma-neg76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. associate-*l*76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. *-commutative76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-neg-in76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
      11. metadata-eval76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-4}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2 \cdot a} \]
      12. associate-/r*76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a}} \]
      13. metadata-eval76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{a} \]
      14. metadata-eval76.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{a} \]
    3. Simplified76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef76.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]
      2. *-commutative76.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + \color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr76.8%

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

    if -1.09000000000000007e-4 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

    1. Initial program 36.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-sub036.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-+l-36.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. sub0-neg36.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. neg-mul-136.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-*l/36.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      6. *-commutative36.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. associate-/r*36.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \]
      8. /-rgt-identity36.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
      9. metadata-eval36.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
    3. Simplified36.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative95.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg95.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg95.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
      4. associate-*r/95.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
      5. neg-mul-195.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
      6. unpow295.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
      7. associate-*l*95.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{{b}^{3}} \]
    6. Simplified95.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification87.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.000109:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + -4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 81.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 52.8%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub052.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-52.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg52.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-152.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-/r*52.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \]
    8. /-rgt-identity52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
    9. metadata-eval52.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified52.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative83.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    2. mul-1-neg83.4%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    3. unsub-neg83.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
    4. associate-*r/83.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    5. neg-mul-183.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} - \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    6. unpow283.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    7. associate-*l*83.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{{b}^{3}} \]
  6. Simplified83.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  7. Final simplification83.4%

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

Alternative 4: 64.2% 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 52.8%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-sub052.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. associate-+l-52.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. sub0-neg52.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. neg-mul-152.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-/r*52.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \]
    8. /-rgt-identity52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
    9. metadata-eval52.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \]
  3. Simplified52.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 66.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/66.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]
    2. neg-mul-166.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
  6. Simplified66.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
  7. Final simplification66.6%

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

Alternative 5: 3.2% accurate, 38.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0}{a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.0 a))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 0.0d0 / a
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0 / a
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.0 / a)
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0 / a;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{0}{a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 52.8%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-log-exp48.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\right)} \]
    2. neg-mul-148.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    3. fma-def48.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    4. *-commutative48.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}\right)}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    5. *-commutative48.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\right)}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
    6. *-commutative48.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}}\right) \]
  3. Applied egg-rr48.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}{a \cdot 2}}\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in c around 0 3.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{b + -1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/3.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(b + -1 \cdot b\right)}{a}} \]
    2. distribute-rgt1-in3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot b\right)}}{a} \]
    3. metadata-eval3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} \cdot b\right)}{a} \]
    4. mul0-lft3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
    5. metadata-eval3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
  6. Simplified3.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0}{a}} \]
  7. Final simplification3.2%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023258 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))