Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 84.8%

Time: 8.9s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

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(Float64(4.0 * 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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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(Float64(4.0 * 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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 84.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.8 \cdot 10^{+162}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.8e+162)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-135)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.8e+162) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - 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 <= (-4.8d+162)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 6.6d-135) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - 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 <= -4.8e+162) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.8e+162:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 6.6e-135:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.8e+162)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - 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 <= -4.8e+162)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.8e+162], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-135], 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], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.80000000000000018e162

   1. Initial program 28.6%

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

      1. neg-sub0 28.6%

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

      2. associate-+l- 28.6%

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

      3. sub0-neg 28.6%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 28.6%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 28.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 28.6%

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

      7. associate-/r* 28.6%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 28.6%

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

      9. metadata-eval 28.6%

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

   3. Simplified 29.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 98.0%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 98.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 98.0%

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

   6. Simplified 98.0%

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

   if -4.80000000000000018e162 < b < 6.5999999999999999e-135

   1. Initial program 93.2%

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

   if 6.5999999999999999e-135 < b

   1. Initial program 16.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 16.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 16.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 16.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 16.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 16.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. Simplified 16.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 81.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 81.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 81.5%

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

   6. Simplified 81.5%

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

4. Final simplification 89.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.8 \cdot 10^{+162}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 85.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+133}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e+133)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-135)
     (* (- b (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* c 4.0))))) (/ -0.5 a))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e+133) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-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 <= (-1d+133)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 6.6d-135) then
        tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0d0))))) * ((-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 <= -1e+133) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		tmp = (b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e+133:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 6.6e-135:
		tmp = (b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e+133)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(c * 4.0))))) * 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 <= -1e+133)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		tmp = (b - sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0))))) * (-0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e+133], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-135], N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(c * 4.0), $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 < -1e133

   1. Initial program 41.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 41.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 41.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 41.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 41.9%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 41.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 41.8%

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

      7. associate-/r* 41.8%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 41.8%

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

      9. metadata-eval 41.8%

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

   3. Simplified 42.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 98.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 98.3%

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

      2. unsub-neg 98.3%

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

   6. Simplified 98.3%

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

   if -1e133 < b < 6.5999999999999999e-135

   1. Initial program 92.7%

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

      1. neg-sub0 92.7%

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

      2. associate-+l- 92.7%

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

      3. sub0-neg 92.7%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 92.7%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 92.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 92.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 92.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 92.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 92.5%

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

   3. Simplified 92.5%

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

      1. fma-udef 92.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 92.5%

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

      3. associate-*r* 92.5%

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

      4. metadata-eval 92.5%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-neg-in 92.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 92.5%

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

      7. distribute-lft-neg-in 92.5%

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

      8. +-commutative 92.5%

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

      9. sub-neg 92.5%

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

      10. *-commutative 92.5%

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

      11. associate-*l* 92.5%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 92.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 92.5%

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

   7. Simplified 92.5%

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

   if 6.5999999999999999e-135 < b

   1. Initial program 16.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 16.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 16.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 16.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 16.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 16.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. Simplified 16.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 81.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 81.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 81.5%

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

   6. Simplified 81.5%

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

4. Final simplification 88.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+133}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 80.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.42 \cdot 10^{-108}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.42e-108)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-135)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.42e-108) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		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 <= (-1.42d-108)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 6.6d-135) 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 <= -1.42e-108) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		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 <= -1.42e-108:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 6.6e-135:
		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 <= -1.42e-108)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		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 <= -1.42e-108)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		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, -1.42e-108], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-135], 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 < -1.42e-108

   1. Initial program 73.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.3%

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

      2. associate-+l- 73.3%

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

      3. sub0-neg 73.3%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 73.3%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 73.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 73.1%

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

      7. associate-/r* 73.1%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 73.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 73.1%

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

   3. Simplified 73.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.7%

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

      2. unsub-neg 89.7%

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

   6. Simplified 89.7%

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

   if -1.42e-108 < b < 6.5999999999999999e-135

   1. Initial program 88.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 88.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 88.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 88.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 88.0%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 87.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 87.9%

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

      7. associate-/r* 87.9%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 87.9%

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

      9. metadata-eval 87.9%

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

   3. Simplified 87.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 83.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 83.0%

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

      2. *-commutative 83.0%

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

      3. associate-*r* 83.0%

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

   6. Simplified 83.0%

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

   if 6.5999999999999999e-135 < b

   1. Initial program 16.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 16.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 16.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 16.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 16.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 16.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. Simplified 16.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 81.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 81.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 81.5%

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

   6. Simplified 81.5%

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

4. Final simplification 85.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.42 \cdot 10^{-108}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 80.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-109}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{\frac{a}{-0.5}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.8e-109)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-135)
     (/ (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) (/ a -0.5))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-109) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		tmp = (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a / -0.5);
	} 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 <= (-6.8d-109)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 6.6d-135) then
        tmp = (b - sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0))))) / (a / (-0.5d0))
    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 <= -6.8e-109) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-135) {
		tmp = (b - Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a / -0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.8e-109:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 6.6e-135:
		tmp = (b - math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a / -0.5)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.8e-109)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) / Float64(a / -0.5));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.8e-109)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-135)
		tmp = (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a / -0.5);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.8e-109], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-135], N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a / -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.80000000000000023e-109

   1. Initial program 73.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.3%

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

      2. associate-+l- 73.3%

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

      3. sub0-neg 73.3%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 73.3%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 73.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 73.1%

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

      7. associate-/r* 73.1%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 73.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 73.1%

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

   3. Simplified 73.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.7%

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

      2. unsub-neg 89.7%

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

   6. Simplified 89.7%

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

   if -6.80000000000000023e-109 < b < 6.5999999999999999e-135

   1. Initial program 88.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 88.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 88.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 88.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 88.0%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 87.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 87.9%

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

      7. associate-/r* 87.9%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 87.9%

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

      9. metadata-eval 87.9%

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

   3. Simplified 87.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 83.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 83.0%

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

      2. *-commutative 83.0%

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

      3. associate-*r* 83.0%

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

   6. Simplified 83.0%

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

      1. clear-num 83.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{-0.5}}} \]

      2. un-div-inv 83.0%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 83.0%

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

   if 6.5999999999999999e-135 < b

   1. Initial program 16.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 16.5%

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

      2. associate-+l- 16.5%

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

      3. sub0-neg 16.5%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 16.5%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 16.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 16.5%

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

      7. associate-/r* 16.5%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 16.5%

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

      9. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

   3. Simplified 16.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 81.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 81.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 81.5%

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

   6. Simplified 81.5%

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

4. Final simplification 85.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-109}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{\frac{a}{-0.5}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 68.5% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4e-310) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (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 <= (-4d-310)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (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 <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4e-310:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - 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 <= -4e-310)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4e-310], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 75.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 75.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 75.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 75.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 75.9%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 75.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 75.7%

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

      7. associate-/r* 75.7%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 75.7%

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

      9. metadata-eval 75.7%

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

   3. Simplified 75.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 74.0%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 74.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 74.0%

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

   6. Simplified 74.0%

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

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 29.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 29.3%

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

      2. associate-+l- 29.3%

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

      3. sub0-neg 29.3%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 29.3%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 29.3%

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

      6. *-commutative 29.3%

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

      7. associate-/r* 29.3%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 29.3%

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

      9. metadata-eval 29.3%

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

   3. Simplified 29.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 68.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 68.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 68.3%

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

   6. Simplified 68.3%

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

4. Final simplification 71.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 43.3% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+25}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 2e+25) (/ (- b) a) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2e+25) {
		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 <= 2d+25) 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 <= 2e+25) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2e+25:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2e+25)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2e+25)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2e+25], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.00000000000000018e25

   1. Initial program 71.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.3%

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

      2. associate-+l- 71.3%

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

      3. sub0-neg 71.3%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 71.3%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 71.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 71.1%

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

      7. associate-/r* 71.1%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 71.1%

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

      9. metadata-eval 71.1%

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

   3. Simplified 71.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 53.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 53.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 53.9%

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

   6. Simplified 53.9%

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

   if 2.00000000000000018e25 < b

   1. Initial program 10.0%

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

      1. neg-sub0 10.0%

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

      2. associate-+l- 10.0%

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

      3. sub0-neg 10.0%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 10.0%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 10.0%

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

      6. *-commutative 10.0%

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

      7. associate-/r* 10.0%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 10.0%

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

      9. metadata-eval 10.0%

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

   3. Simplified 10.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 10.0%

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

      2. clear-num 10.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 10.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 2.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right)}\right)\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

      2. unsub-neg 2.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

      3. *-commutative 2.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot a}{b} \cdot 2} - b\right)\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

      4. associate-/l* 2.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}} \cdot 2 - b\right)\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

   8. Simplified 2.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} \cdot 2 - b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

   9. Taylor expanded in a around inf 31.6%

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

4. Final simplification 47.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+25}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 68.4% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 1.7e-308) (/ (- b) a) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.7e-308) {
		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 <= 1.7d-308) 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 <= 1.7e-308) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.7e-308:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.7e-308)
		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 <= 1.7e-308)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.7e-308], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 1.7000000000000002e-308

   1. Initial program 75.9%

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

      1. neg-sub0 75.9%

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

      2. associate-+l- 75.9%

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

      3. sub0-neg 75.9%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 75.9%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 75.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 75.7%

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

      7. associate-/r* 75.7%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 75.7%

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

      9. metadata-eval 75.7%

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

   3. Simplified 75.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 73.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 73.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 73.7%

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

   6. Simplified 73.7%

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

   if 1.7000000000000002e-308 < b

   1. Initial program 29.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 29.3%

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

      2. associate-+l- 29.3%

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

      3. sub0-neg 29.3%

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

      4. neg-mul-1 29.3%

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

      5. associate-*l/ 29.3%

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

      6. *-commutative 29.3%

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

      7. associate-/r* 29.3%

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

      8. /-rgt-identity 29.3%

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

      9. metadata-eval 29.3%

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

   3. Simplified 29.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 68.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 68.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 68.3%

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

   6. Simplified 68.3%

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

4. Final simplification 71.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 10.8% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.6%

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

   1. neg-sub0 52.6%

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

   2. associate-+l- 52.6%

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

   3. sub0-neg 52.6%

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

   4. neg-mul-1 52.6%

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

   5. associate-*l/ 52.5%

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

   6. *-commutative 52.5%

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

   7. associate-/r* 52.5%

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

   8. /-rgt-identity 52.5%

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

   9. metadata-eval 52.5%

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

3. Simplified 52.6%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 52.7%

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

   2. clear-num 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}}} \]

6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 36.0%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -1 \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 36.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right)}\right)\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

   2. unsub-neg 36.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

   3. *-commutative 36.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot a}{b} \cdot 2} - b\right)\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

   4. associate-/l* 38.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}} \cdot 2 - b\right)\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

8. Simplified 38.0%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(b - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}} \cdot 2 - b\right)}\right) \cdot -0.5}} \]

9. Taylor expanded in a around inf 11.8%

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

10. Final simplification 11.8%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023261 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))