Cubic critical

Percentage Accurate: 52.5% → 85.6%

Time: 10.2s

Alternatives: 10

Speedup: 16.4×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 52.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.55 \cdot 10^{+79}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 3\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.55e+79)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 4.6e-74)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* a 3.0) c))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.55e+79) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 4.6e-74) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 3.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-1.55d+79)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 4.6d-74) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 3.0d0) * c))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.55e+79) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 4.6e-74) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 3.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.55e+79:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 4.6e-74:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 3.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.55e+79)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 4.6e-74)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(a * 3.0) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.55e+79)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 4.6e-74)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 3.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.55e+79], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.6e-74], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.5499999999999999e79

   1. Initial program 52.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 52.5%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 52.5%

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

   3. Simplified 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 52.6%

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

      6. associate-*r* 52.6%

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

      7. *-commutative 52.6%

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

      8. associate-*l* 52.6%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 52.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 88.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 88.1%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*l/ 88.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

       2. *-commutative 88.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}}{a} \]

       3. associate-/l* 88.2%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 88.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -1.5499999999999999e79 < b < 4.59999999999999961e-74

   1. Initial program 85.8%

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

   if 4.59999999999999961e-74 < b

   1. Initial program 14.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 14.8%

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

   3. Simplified 14.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 87.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.55 \cdot 10^{+79}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 3\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 85.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.3 \cdot 10^{+80}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.66 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(3 \cdot c\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.3e+80)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 1.66e-72)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* 3.0 c)))) b) (/ a 0.3333333333333333))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.3e+80) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.66e-72) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (3.0 * c)))) - b) / (a / 0.3333333333333333);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.3d+80)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 1.66d-72) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (3.0d0 * c)))) - b) / (a / 0.3333333333333333d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.3e+80) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.66e-72) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (3.0 * c)))) - b) / (a / 0.3333333333333333);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.3e+80:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 1.66e-72:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (3.0 * c)))) - b) / (a / 0.3333333333333333)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.3e+80)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 1.66e-72)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(3.0 * c)))) - b) / Float64(a / 0.3333333333333333));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.3e+80)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 1.66e-72)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (3.0 * c)))) - b) / (a / 0.3333333333333333);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.3e+80], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.66e-72], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(3.0 * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a / 0.3333333333333333), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.29999999999999991e80

   1. Initial program 52.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 52.5%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 52.5%

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

   3. Simplified 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 52.6%

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

      6. associate-*r* 52.6%

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

      7. *-commutative 52.6%

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

      8. associate-*l* 52.6%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 52.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 88.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 88.1%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*l/ 88.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

       2. *-commutative 88.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}}{a} \]

       3. associate-/l* 88.2%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 88.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -3.29999999999999991e80 < b < 1.6600000000000001e-72

   1. Initial program 85.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 85.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 85.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 85.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 85.8%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 85.8%

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

   3. Simplified 85.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 85.6%

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

      6. associate-*r* 85.6%

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

      7. *-commutative 85.6%

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

      8. associate-*l* 85.6%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 85.6%

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

   if 1.6600000000000001e-72 < b

   1. Initial program 14.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 14.8%

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

   3. Simplified 14.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 87.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.3 \cdot 10^{+80}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.66 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(3 \cdot c\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 85.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{+80}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.2e+80)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 1.1e-72)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 3.0 (* a c)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.2e+80) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.1e-72) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-1.2d+80)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 1.1d-72) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0d0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.2e+80) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 1.1e-72) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.2e+80:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 1.1e-72:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.2e+80)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 1.1e-72)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(3.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.2e+80)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 1.1e-72)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.2e+80], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.1e-72], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.1999999999999999e80

   1. Initial program 52.5%

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

      1. neg-sub0 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 52.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 52.5%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 52.5%

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

   3. Simplified 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 52.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 52.6%

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

      6. associate-*r* 52.6%

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

      7. *-commutative 52.6%

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

      8. associate-*l* 52.6%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 52.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 88.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 88.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 88.1%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*l/ 88.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

       2. *-commutative 88.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}}{a} \]

       3. associate-/l* 88.2%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 88.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -1.1999999999999999e80 < b < 1.10000000000000001e-72

   1. Initial program 85.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 85.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 85.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 85.8%

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

   3. Simplified 85.8%

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

   if 1.10000000000000001e-72 < b

   1. Initial program 14.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 14.8%

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

   3. Simplified 14.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 87.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{+80}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 79.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.6e-144)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 3.7e-72)
     (* (/ 0.3333333333333333 a) (- (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0))) b))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-72) {
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-4.6d-144)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 3.7d-72) then
        tmp = (0.3333333333333333d0 / a) * (sqrt((c * (a * (-3.0d0)))) - b)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    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 = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-72) {
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.6e-144:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 3.7e-72:
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-72)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-72)
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.6e-144], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.7e-72], N[(N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.6e-144

   1. Initial program 71.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 71.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 71.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 71.3%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 71.3%

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

   3. Simplified 71.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 71.2%

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

      6. associate-*r* 71.2%

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

      7. *-commutative 71.2%

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

      8. associate-*l* 71.2%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 71.2%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 79.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 79.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 79.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 79.5%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*l/ 79.6%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

       2. *-commutative 79.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}}{a} \]

       3. associate-/l* 79.6%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 79.6%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -4.6e-144 < b < 3.6999999999999998e-72

   1. Initial program 77.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 77.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 77.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 77.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 77.8%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 77.8%

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

   3. Simplified 77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 77.7%

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

      6. associate-*r* 77.6%

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

      7. *-commutative 77.6%

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

      8. associate-*l* 77.7%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 77.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 76.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 76.6%

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

      2. *-commutative 76.6%

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

      3. *-commutative 76.6%

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

      4. associate-*l* 76.5%

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

   8. Simplified 76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-log1p-u 55.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-udef 18.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}\right)} - 1} \]

      3. associate-/r/ 18.3%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a} \cdot 0.3333333333333333}\right)} - 1 \]

      4. associate-*r* 18.3%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3}} - b}{a} \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)} - 1 \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 18.3%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3} - b}{a} \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)} - 1} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. expm1-def 55.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3} - b}{a} \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)\right)} \]

       2. expm1-log1p 76.8%

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

       3. *-commutative 76.8%

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

       4. associate-*r/ 76.7%

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

       5. associate-*l/ 76.7%

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

       6. associate-*l* 76.6%

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

   12. Simplified 76.6%

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

   if 3.6999999999999998e-72 < b

   1. Initial program 14.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 14.8%

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

   3. Simplified 14.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 82.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 79.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3} - b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.6e-144)
   (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666))
   (if (<= b 6.8e-74)
     (* 0.3333333333333333 (/ (- (sqrt (* (* a c) -3.0)) b) a))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 6.8e-74) {
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((sqrt(((a * c) * -3.0)) - b) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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 <= (-4.6d-144)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else if (b <= 6.8d-74) then
        tmp = 0.3333333333333333d0 * ((sqrt(((a * c) * (-3.0d0))) - b) / a)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    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 = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else if (b <= 6.8e-74) {
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((Math.sqrt(((a * c) * -3.0)) - b) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.6e-144:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	elif b <= 6.8e-74:
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((math.sqrt(((a * c) * -3.0)) - b) / a)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	elseif (b <= 6.8e-74)
		tmp = Float64(0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(a * c) * -3.0)) - b) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.6e-144)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 6.8e-74)
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((sqrt(((a * c) * -3.0)) - b) / a);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.6e-144], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.8e-74], N[(0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.6e-144

   1. Initial program 71.3%

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

      1. neg-sub0 71.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 71.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 71.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 71.3%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 71.3%

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

   3. Simplified 71.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 71.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 71.2%

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

      6. associate-*r* 71.2%

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

      7. *-commutative 71.2%

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

      8. associate-*l* 71.2%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 71.2%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 79.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 79.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 79.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 79.5%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*l/ 79.6%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

       2. *-commutative 79.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}}{a} \]

       3. associate-/l* 79.6%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 79.6%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -4.6e-144 < b < 6.8000000000000001e-74

   1. Initial program 77.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 77.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 77.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 77.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 77.8%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 77.8%

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

   3. Simplified 77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 77.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 77.7%

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

      6. associate-*r* 77.6%

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

      7. *-commutative 77.6%

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

      8. associate-*l* 77.7%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 77.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 76.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 76.6%

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

      2. *-commutative 76.6%

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

      3. *-commutative 76.6%

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

      4. associate-*l* 76.5%

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

   8. Simplified 76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 76.7%

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

      2. associate-*r* 76.8%

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

   10. Applied egg-rr 76.8%

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

   if 6.8000000000000001e-74 < b

   1. Initial program 14.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 14.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 14.8%

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

   3. Simplified 14.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 82.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-74}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3} - b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 67.4% accurate, 8.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e-309)
   (+ (* -0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)) (* (/ c b) 0.5))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1d-309)) then
        tmp = ((-0.6666666666666666d0) * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e-309:
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(Float64(c / b) * 0.5));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = (-0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e-309], N[(N[(-0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.000000000000002e-309

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 73.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 73.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 73.7%

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

   3. Simplified 73.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   if -1.000000000000002e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 30.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.1%

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

   3. Simplified 30.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 68.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 67.2% accurate, 16.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e-309) (* b (/ -0.6666666666666666 a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1d-309)) then
        tmp = b * ((-0.6666666666666666d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e-309:
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(-0.6666666666666666 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e-309], N[(b * N[(-0.6666666666666666 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.000000000000002e-309

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 73.8%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 73.8%

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

   3. Simplified 73.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 73.7%

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

      6. associate-*r* 73.7%

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

      7. *-commutative 73.7%

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

      8. associate-*l* 73.7%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 73.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 65.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 65.3%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   if -1.000000000000002e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 30.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.1%

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

   3. Simplified 30.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 67.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 67.2% accurate, 16.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 4e-309) (/ -0.6666666666666666 (/ a b)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 4e-309) {
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 / (a / b);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (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-309) then
        tmp = (-0.6666666666666666d0) / (a / b)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 4e-309) {
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 / (a / b);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 4e-309:
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 / (a / b)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 4e-309)
		tmp = Float64(-0.6666666666666666 / Float64(a / b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 4e-309)
		tmp = -0.6666666666666666 / (a / b);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 4e-309], N[(-0.6666666666666666 / N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 3.9999999999999977e-309

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 73.8%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 73.8%

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

   3. Simplified 73.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 73.7%

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

      6. associate-*r* 73.7%

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

      7. *-commutative 73.7%

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

      8. associate-*l* 73.7%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 73.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 65.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   if 3.9999999999999977e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 30.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.1%

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

   3. Simplified 30.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 67.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 67.2% accurate, 16.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e-309) (/ b (/ a -0.6666666666666666)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1d-309)) then
        tmp = b / (a / (-0.6666666666666666d0))
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-309) {
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e-309:
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a / -0.6666666666666666));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e-309)
		tmp = b / (a / -0.6666666666666666);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e-309], N[(b / N[(a / -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.000000000000002e-309

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

      1. neg-sub0 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - b\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-+l- 73.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(b - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      4. sub0-neg 73.8%

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

      5. neg-mul-1 73.8%

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

   3. Simplified 73.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 3}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      4. *-commutative 73.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} - b}{\frac{a}{0.3333333333333333}} \]

      5. fma-neg 73.7%

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

      6. associate-*r* 73.7%

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

      7. *-commutative 73.7%

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

      8. associate-*l* 73.7%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 73.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. associate-/l* 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

   8. Simplified 65.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/r/ 65.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 65.3%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \cdot b} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*l/ 65.3%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} \]

       2. *-commutative 65.3%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}}{a} \]

       3. associate-/l* 65.4%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 65.4%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}} \]

   if -1.000000000000002e-309 < b

   1. Initial program 30.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.1%

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

   3. Simplified 30.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 67.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{\frac{a}{-0.6666666666666666}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 35.0% accurate, 23.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (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 = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return -0.5 * (c / b)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 50.9%

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

   1. sqr-neg 50.9%

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

   2. sqr-neg 50.9%

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

   3. associate-*l* 50.9%

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

3. Simplified 50.9%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 37.9%

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

5. Final simplification 37.9%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023264 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))