Cubic critical, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.8% → 97.7%
Time: 10.4s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 23.2×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 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: 17.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 97.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

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

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{{b}^{7}} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified18.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def98.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    3. unpow298.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
    4. fma-def98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \]
  6. Simplified98.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -1.125\right)}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow-prod-down98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {-1.125}^{2}} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    2. swap-sqr98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\color{blue}{\left(\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}}^{2} \cdot {-1.125}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    3. pow-prod-down98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right)} \cdot {-1.125}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    4. pow-prod-up98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{\left(2 + 2\right)}} \cdot {-1.125}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{\color{blue}{4}} \cdot {-1.125}^{2} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{1.265625} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  8. Applied egg-rr98.2%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4} \cdot 1.265625} + 5.0625 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  9. Taylor expanded in c around 0 98.2%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \left(1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4} + 5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4} + 1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    2. distribute-rgt-out98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} \cdot \left(5.0625 + 1.265625\right)\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-*r*98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot \left(5.0625 + 1.265625\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    4. *-commutative98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \frac{\left({c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot \left(5.0625 + 1.265625\right)}{\color{blue}{{b}^{7} \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    5. times-frac98.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{4}}{{b}^{7}} \cdot \frac{5.0625 + 1.265625}{a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  11. Simplified98.2%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{{b}^{7}} \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{c}{b}, -0.375 \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)\right)\right) \]
  12. Final simplification98.2%

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

Alternative 2: 96.9% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

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

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified18.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def97.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*97.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{a}^{2}}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    3. unpow297.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]
    4. +-commutative97.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
    5. fma-def97.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) \]
    6. associate-/l*97.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    7. unpow297.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
  6. Simplified97.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{{c}^{3}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{a \cdot a}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification97.3%

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

Alternative 3: 95.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot -0.375\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (* -0.5 (/ c b)) (* a (* (/ c (pow b 3.0)) (* c -0.375)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (a * ((c / pow(b, 3.0)) * (c * -0.375)));
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((-0.5d0) * (c / b)) + (a * ((c / (b ** 3.0d0)) * (c * (-0.375d0))))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (a * ((c / Math.pow(b, 3.0)) * (c * -0.375)));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (a * ((c / math.pow(b, 3.0)) * (c * -0.375)))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)) + Float64(a * Float64(Float64(c / (b ^ 3.0)) * Float64(c * -0.375))))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (a * ((c / (b ^ 3.0)) * (c * -0.375)));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(N[(c / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * -0.375), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot -0.375\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified18.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.8%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def94.8%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*94.8%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    3. unpow294.8%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
  6. Simplified94.8%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in c around 0 95.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. *-commutative95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    3. unpow295.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    4. associate-*l/95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot a\right)} \cdot -0.375 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    5. *-commutative95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \cdot -0.375 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    6. associate-*l*95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375\right)} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    7. fma-def95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    8. associate-/l*95.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c}}} \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    9. associate-/r/95.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot c\right)} \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
  9. Simplified95.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-udef95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375\right) + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. associate-*l*95.2%

      \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot -0.375\right)\right)} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
  11. Applied egg-rr95.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot -0.375\right)\right) + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  12. Final simplification95.2%

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

Alternative 4: 95.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ c \cdot \left(\frac{-0.5}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (* c (+ (/ -0.5 b) (* -0.375 (/ c (/ (pow b 3.0) a))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c * ((-0.5 / b) + (-0.375 * (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 * (((-0.5d0) / b) + ((-0.375d0) * (c / ((b ** 3.0d0) / a))))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c * ((-0.5 / b) + (-0.375 * (c / (Math.pow(b, 3.0) / a))));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return c * ((-0.5 / b) + (-0.375 * (c / (math.pow(b, 3.0) / a))))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c * Float64(Float64(-0.5 / b) + Float64(-0.375 * Float64(c / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / a)))))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = c * ((-0.5 / b) + (-0.375 * (c / ((b ^ 3.0) / a))));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c * N[(N[(-0.5 / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(c / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
c \cdot \left(\frac{-0.5}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified18.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.8%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1.125 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def94.8%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l*94.8%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    3. unpow294.8%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
  6. Simplified94.8%

    \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1.125, \frac{c \cdot c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}}, 1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in c around 0 95.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. *-commutative95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    3. unpow295.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    4. associate-*l/95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot a\right)} \cdot -0.375 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    5. *-commutative95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \cdot -0.375 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    6. associate-*l*95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375\right)} + -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    7. fma-def95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    8. associate-/l*95.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{c}}} \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    9. associate-/r/95.2%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot c\right)} \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
  9. Simplified95.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{0.6666666666666666}} \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    2. times-frac94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot c}{0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    3. *-commutative94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666}} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    4. associate-/l*94.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{\frac{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666}{c}}} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    5. associate-/r/94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \]
    6. *-commutative94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375} \]
    7. *-commutative94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot {c}^{2}}}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.375 \]
    8. associate-*r/94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \cdot -0.375 \]
    9. unpow294.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \left(a \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot -0.375 \]
    10. associate-*r/94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right) \cdot -0.375 \]
    11. *-commutative94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot -0.375 \]
    12. associate-*r*94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot c\right)} \cdot -0.375 \]
    13. associate-*r*94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot -0.375\right)} \]
    14. *-commutative94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \left(a \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-0.375 \cdot c\right)} \]
    15. associate-*r*94.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} \cdot c + \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot -0.375\right) \cdot c} \]
    16. distribute-rgt-out94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{b \cdot 0.6666666666666666} + \left(a \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot -0.375\right)} \]
  12. Simplified94.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(\frac{-0.5}{b} + \frac{c}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{a}} \cdot -0.375\right)} \]
  13. Final simplification94.9%

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

Alternative 5: 90.4% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

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

\\
-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
    2. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
    3. associate-/l*18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \left(--1\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    5. *-commutative18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*l/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(--1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    7. associate-*r/18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(--1\right) \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    8. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    10. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot a}} \]
    12. distribute-rgt-neg-in18.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(-a\right)}} \]
    13. times-frac18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{3} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a}} \]
    14. metadata-eval18.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{-a} \]
    15. neg-mul-118.3%

      \[\leadsto -0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}} \]
  3. Simplified18.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Final simplification90.2%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023258 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, 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) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))