Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.5% → 99.3%
Time: 13.4s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 4 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 31.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 99.3% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{{b}^{6} + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3} \cdot -64}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)\right)\right), {b}^{4}\right)}}}}{a \cdot 2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/
  (/
   (* 4.0 (* a c))
   (-
    (- b)
    (sqrt
     (/
      (+ (pow b 6.0) (* (pow (* a c) 3.0) -64.0))
      (fma 4.0 (* a (* c (fma b b (* c (* 4.0 a))))) (pow b 4.0))))))
  (* a 2.0)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((4.0 * (a * c)) / (-b - sqrt(((pow(b, 6.0) + (pow((a * c), 3.0) * -64.0)) / fma(4.0, (a * (c * fma(b, b, (c * (4.0 * a))))), pow(b, 4.0)))))) / (a * 2.0);
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c)) / Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64((b ^ 6.0) + Float64((Float64(a * c) ^ 3.0) * -64.0)) / fma(4.0, Float64(a * Float64(c * fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(4.0 * a))))), (b ^ 4.0)))))) / Float64(a * 2.0))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(N[Power[b, 6.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Power[N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision], 3.0], $MachinePrecision] * -64.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(4.0 * N[(a * N[(c * N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{{b}^{6} + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3} \cdot -64}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)\right)\right), {b}^{4}\right)}}}}{a \cdot 2}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 31.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip3--31.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. clear-num31.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. pow231.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{{b}^{2}} \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. pow231.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{{b}^{2}} + \left(\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. pow-prod-up32.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{{b}^{\left(2 + 2\right)}} + \left(\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. metadata-eval32.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{\color{blue}{4}} + \left(\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. distribute-rgt-out32.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + b \cdot b\right)}}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. associate-*l*32.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + b \cdot b\right)}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. +-commutative32.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b + \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. fma-def32.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. associate-*l*32.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{{\left(b \cdot b\right)}^{3} - {\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr31.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{6} - {\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{3}}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip-+31.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{6} - {\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{3}}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{6} - {\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{3}}}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{1}{\frac{{b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{{b}^{6} - {\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{3}}}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr32.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \frac{1}{{b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \left({b}^{6} - 64 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{1}{{b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \left({b}^{6} - 64 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Simplified32.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \frac{{b}^{6} + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3} \cdot -64}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)\right)\right), {b}^{4}\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{{b}^{6} + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3} \cdot -64}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)\right)\right), {b}^{4}\right)}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 99.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{{b}^{6} + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3} \cdot -64}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)\right)\right), {b}^{4}\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. Final simplification99.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\frac{{b}^{6} + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3} \cdot -64}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)\right)\right), {b}^{4}\right)}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]

    Alternative 2: 94.1% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c)
     :precision binary64
     (-
      (- (/ (* -2.0 (* a a)) (/ (pow b 5.0) (pow c 3.0))) (/ c b))
      (* (/ a (pow b 3.0)) (* c c))))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return (((-2.0 * (a * a)) / (pow(b, 5.0) / pow(c, 3.0))) - (c / b)) - ((a / pow(b, 3.0)) * (c * c));
    }
    
    real(8) function code(a, b, c)
        real(8), intent (in) :: a
        real(8), intent (in) :: b
        real(8), intent (in) :: c
        code = ((((-2.0d0) * (a * a)) / ((b ** 5.0d0) / (c ** 3.0d0))) - (c / b)) - ((a / (b ** 3.0d0)) * (c * c))
    end function
    
    public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return (((-2.0 * (a * a)) / (Math.pow(b, 5.0) / Math.pow(c, 3.0))) - (c / b)) - ((a / Math.pow(b, 3.0)) * (c * c));
    }
    
    def code(a, b, c):
    	return (((-2.0 * (a * a)) / (math.pow(b, 5.0) / math.pow(c, 3.0))) - (c / b)) - ((a / math.pow(b, 3.0)) * (c * c))
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(a * a)) / Float64((b ^ 5.0) / (c ^ 3.0))) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(a / (b ^ 3.0)) * Float64(c * c)))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(a, b, c)
    	tmp = (((-2.0 * (a * a)) / ((b ^ 5.0) / (c ^ 3.0))) - (c / b)) - ((a / (b ^ 3.0)) * (c * c));
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 31.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+94.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg94.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg94.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
      4. mul-1-neg94.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]
      5. unsub-neg94.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right)} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]
      6. associate-/l*94.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]
      7. associate-*r/94.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot {a}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]
      8. unpow294.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]
      9. associate-/l*94.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]
      10. associate-/r/94.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot {c}^{2}} \]
      11. unpow294.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \]
    4. Simplified94.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)} \]
    5. Final simplification94.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\frac{{b}^{5}}{{c}^{3}}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right) \]

    Alternative 3: 90.8% accurate, 5.3× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \frac{a}{b}\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c)
     :precision binary64
     (/ (/ (* c (* 4.0 a)) (- (- (- b) b) (* -2.0 (* c (/ a b))))) (* a 2.0)))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return ((c * (4.0 * a)) / ((-b - b) - (-2.0 * (c * (a / b))))) / (a * 2.0);
    }
    
    real(8) function code(a, b, c)
        real(8), intent (in) :: a
        real(8), intent (in) :: b
        real(8), intent (in) :: c
        code = ((c * (4.0d0 * a)) / ((-b - b) - ((-2.0d0) * (c * (a / b))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    end function
    
    public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return ((c * (4.0 * a)) / ((-b - b) - (-2.0 * (c * (a / b))))) / (a * 2.0);
    }
    
    def code(a, b, c):
    	return ((c * (4.0 * a)) / ((-b - b) - (-2.0 * (c * (a / b))))) / (a * 2.0)
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return Float64(Float64(Float64(c * Float64(4.0 * a)) / Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - b) - Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c * Float64(a / b))))) / Float64(a * 2.0))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(a, b, c)
    	tmp = ((c * (4.0 * a)) / ((-b - b) - (-2.0 * (c * (a / b))))) / (a * 2.0);
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(c * N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[((-b) - b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(-2.0 * N[(c * N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{\frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \frac{a}{b}\right)}}{a \cdot 2}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 31.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 21.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip-+21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-/l*21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. associate-/l*21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. associate-/l*21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr21.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sqr-neg21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. associate-/r/21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(b + -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. associate-/r/21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(b + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \left(b + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. associate--r+21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(b + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. associate-/r/21.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(b + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. Simplified21.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(b + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*90.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. *-commutative90.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. Simplified90.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) - -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. Final simplification90.5%

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

    Alternative 4: 81.2% accurate, 29.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-c}{b} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (- c) b))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return -c / b;
    }
    
    real(8) function code(a, b, c)
        real(8), intent (in) :: a
        real(8), intent (in) :: b
        real(8), intent (in) :: c
        code = -c / b
    end function
    
    public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return -c / b;
    }
    
    def code(a, b, c):
    	return -c / b
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return Float64(Float64(-c) / b)
    end
    
    function tmp = code(a, b, c)
    	tmp = -c / b;
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{-c}{b}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 31.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 81.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg81.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac81.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
    4. Simplified81.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
    5. Final simplification81.0%

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

    Reproduce

    ?
    herbie shell --seed 2023279 
    (FPCore (a b c)
      :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
      :precision binary64
      :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
      (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))