quadm (p42, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 52.6% → 84.9%

Time: 10.9s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 52.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 84.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+108}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.6e-144)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 2e+108)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 2e+108) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.6d-144)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 2d+108) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 2e+108) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.6e-144:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 2e+108:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 2e+108)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 2e+108)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.6e-144], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2e+108], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.6e-144

   1. Initial program 19.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 19.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 19.7%

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

   3. Simplified 19.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 79.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 79.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 79.9%

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

   6. Simplified 79.9%

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

   if -4.6e-144 < b < 2.0000000000000001e108

   1. Initial program 87.7%

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

   if 2.0000000000000001e108 < b

   1. Initial program 48.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 48.4%

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

      2. sqr-neg 48.4%

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

      3. *-commutative 48.4%

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

      4. sqr-neg 48.4%

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

      5. associate-*r* 48.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 48.4%

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

   3. Simplified 48.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 96.5%

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

      2. unsub-neg 96.5%

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

   6. Simplified 96.5%

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

4. Final simplification 86.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+108}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 79.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.026:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{a} + \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.6e-144)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 0.026)
     (* -0.5 (+ (/ b a) (/ 1.0 (/ a (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))))))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 0.026) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b / a) + (1.0 / (a / sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.6d-144)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 0.026d0) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * ((b / a) + (1.0d0 / (a / sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0)))))))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 0.026) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b / a) + (1.0 / (a / Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.6e-144:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 0.026:
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b / a) + (1.0 / (a / math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))))))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 0.026)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b / a) + Float64(1.0 / Float64(a / sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 0.026)
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b / a) + (1.0 / (a / sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))))));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.6e-144], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 0.026], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 / N[(a / N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.6e-144

   1. Initial program 19.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 19.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 19.7%

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

   3. Simplified 19.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 79.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 79.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 79.9%

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

   6. Simplified 79.9%

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

   if -4.6e-144 < b < 0.0259999999999999988

   1. Initial program 86.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 86.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 86.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 86.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 86.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 86.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 86.2%

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

   3. Simplified 86.2%

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

      1. prod-diff 85.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 85.8%

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

      3. fma-def 85.8%

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

      4. associate-+l+ 85.8%

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

      5. *-commutative 85.8%

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

      6. distribute-rgt-neg-in 85.8%

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

      7. fma-def 85.9%

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

      8. *-commutative 85.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 85.9%

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

      10. metadata-eval 85.9%

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

      11. *-commutative 85.9%

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

      12. fma-udef 85.8%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 85.8%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 85.8%

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

      15. fma-def 85.9%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 85.9%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 72.4%

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

      1. distribute-lft-out 72.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} \cdot \sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} + \frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

      2. associate-*l/ 72.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a}} + \frac{b}{a}\right) \]

      3. distribute-rgt-out 72.8%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{1 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-8 + 4\right)}}}{a} + \frac{b}{a}\right) \]

      4. metadata-eval 72.8%

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

      5. associate-*r* 72.8%

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

      6. *-lft-identity 72.8%

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

   8. Simplified 72.8%

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

      1. clear-num 72.9%

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

      2. inv-pow 72.9%

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

   10. Applied egg-rr 72.9%

       \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a}{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}\right)}^{-1}} + \frac{b}{a}\right) \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. unpow-1 72.9%

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

   12. Applied egg-rr 72.9%

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

   if 0.0259999999999999988 < b

   1. Initial program 60.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 60.4%

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

      2. sqr-neg 60.4%

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

      3. *-commutative 60.4%

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

      4. sqr-neg 60.4%

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

      5. associate-*r* 60.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 60.4%

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

   3. Simplified 60.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 94.2%

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

      2. unsub-neg 94.2%

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

   6. Simplified 94.2%

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

4. Final simplification 82.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.026:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{b}{a} + \frac{1}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 79.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.0185:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.6e-144)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 0.0185)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 0.0185) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.6d-144)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 0.0185d0) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 0.0185) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.6e-144:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 0.0185:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 0.0185)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 0.0185)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.6e-144], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 0.0185], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.6e-144

   1. Initial program 19.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 19.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 19.7%

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

   3. Simplified 19.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 79.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 79.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 79.9%

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

   6. Simplified 79.9%

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

   if -4.6e-144 < b < 0.0184999999999999991

   1. Initial program 86.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 86.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 86.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 86.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 86.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 86.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 86.2%

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

   3. Simplified 86.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 72.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 72.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 72.8%

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

      3. *-commutative 72.8%

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

      4. associate-*r* 72.8%

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

   6. Simplified 72.8%

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

   if 0.0184999999999999991 < b

   1. Initial program 60.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 60.4%

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

      2. sqr-neg 60.4%

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

      3. *-commutative 60.4%

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

      4. sqr-neg 60.4%

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

      5. associate-*r* 60.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 60.4%

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

   3. Simplified 60.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 94.2%

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

      2. unsub-neg 94.2%

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

   6. Simplified 94.2%

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

4. Final simplification 82.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.0185:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 80.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.3 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.6e-144)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 3.3e-74)
     (* -0.5 (/ (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0))) a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.3e-74) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.6d-144)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 3.3d-74) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0)))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.3e-74) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.6e-144:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 3.3e-74:
		tmp = -0.5 * (math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 3.3e-74)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 3.3e-74)
		tmp = -0.5 * (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.6e-144], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.3e-74], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.6e-144

   1. Initial program 19.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 19.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 19.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 19.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 19.7%

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

   3. Simplified 19.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 79.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 79.9%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 79.9%

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

   6. Simplified 79.9%

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

   if -4.6e-144 < b < 3.29999999999999996e-74

   1. Initial program 84.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 84.9%

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

      2. sqr-neg 84.9%

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

      3. *-commutative 84.9%

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

      4. sqr-neg 84.9%

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

      5. associate-*r* 84.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 84.9%

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

   3. Simplified 84.9%

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

      1. prod-diff 84.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 84.5%

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

      3. fma-def 84.5%

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

      4. associate-+l+ 84.5%

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

      5. *-commutative 84.5%

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

      6. distribute-rgt-neg-in 84.5%

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

      7. fma-def 84.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 84.5%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 84.5%

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

      10. metadata-eval 84.5%

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

      11. *-commutative 84.5%

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

      12. fma-udef 84.5%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 84.5%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 84.5%

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

      15. fma-def 84.5%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 84.5%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 75.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} \cdot \sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right)} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l/ 76.0%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \sqrt{-8 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a}} \]

      2. distribute-rgt-out 76.4%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{1 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-8 + 4\right)}}}{a} \]

      3. metadata-eval 76.4%

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

      4. associate-*r* 76.4%

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

      5. *-lft-identity 76.4%

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

   8. Simplified 76.4%

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

   if 3.29999999999999996e-74 < b

   1. Initial program 64.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 64.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 64.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 64.5%

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

      4. sqr-neg 64.5%

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

      5. associate-*r* 64.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 64.5%

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

   3. Simplified 64.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.4%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 88.4%

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

      2. unsub-neg 88.4%

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

   6. Simplified 88.4%

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

4. Final simplification 82.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.3 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 67.5% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.000000000000002e-309

   1. Initial program 32.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 32.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 32.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 32.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 32.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 32.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 32.2%

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

   3. Simplified 32.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 65.5%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 65.5%

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

   6. Simplified 65.5%

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

   if -1.000000000000002e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 70.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 70.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 70.0%

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

      5. associate-*r* 70.0%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.0%

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

   3. Simplified 70.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.4%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 71.4%

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

      2. unsub-neg 71.4%

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

   6. Simplified 71.4%

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

4. Final simplification 68.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 67.4% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.6 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.6e-304) (/ (- c) b) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.6e-304) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.6d-304)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.6e-304) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.6e-304:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.6e-304)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.6e-304)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.6e-304], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.6000000000000001e-304

   1. Initial program 30.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 30.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 30.5%

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

      4. sqr-neg 30.5%

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

      5. associate-*r* 30.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 30.5%

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

   3. Simplified 30.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 67.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 67.0%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 67.0%

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

   6. Simplified 67.0%

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

   if -3.6000000000000001e-304 < b

   1. Initial program 70.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 70.6%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      4. sqr-neg 70.6%

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

      5. associate-*r* 70.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.6%

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

   3. Simplified 70.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 69.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 69.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 69.5%

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

   6. Simplified 69.5%

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

4. Final simplification 68.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.6 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 35.3% accurate, 29.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.0%

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

   1. *-commutative 52.0%

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

   2. sqr-neg 52.0%

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

   3. *-commutative 52.0%

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

   4. sqr-neg 52.0%

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

   5. associate-*r* 52.0%

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

   6. *-commutative 52.0%

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

3. Simplified 52.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 38.5%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 38.5%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 38.5%

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

6. Simplified 38.5%

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

7. Final simplification 38.5%

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

Alternative 8: 2.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.0%

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

   1. *-commutative 52.0%

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

   2. sqr-neg 52.0%

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

   3. *-commutative 52.0%

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

   4. sqr-neg 52.0%

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

   5. associate-*r* 52.0%

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

   6. *-commutative 52.0%

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

3. Simplified 52.0%

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

   1. clear-num 51.9%

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

   2. associate-/r/ 51.9%

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

   3. *-commutative 51.9%

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

   4. associate-/r* 51.9%

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

   5. metadata-eval 51.9%

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

   6. add-sqr-sqrt 14.5%

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

   7. sqrt-unprod 27.7%

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

   8. sqr-neg 27.7%

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

   9. sqrt-prod 20.8%

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

   10. add-sqr-sqrt 33.9%

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

   11. sub-neg 33.9%

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

   12. add-sqr-sqrt 30.7%

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

   13. hypot-def 25.9%

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

   14. *-commutative 25.9%

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

   15. distribute-rgt-neg-in 25.9%

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

   16. *-commutative 25.9%

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

   17. distribute-rgt-neg-in 25.9%

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

   18. metadata-eval 25.9%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 25.9%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.5%

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

7. Final simplification 2.5%

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

Developer target: 70.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023264 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64

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

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