The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 86.0%

Time: 15.2s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 86.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9 \cdot 10^{+129}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.1e-95)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 9e+129)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* 4.0 a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.1e-95) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 9e+129) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.1d-95)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 9d+129) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0d0 * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.1e-95) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 9e+129) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.1e-95:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 9e+129:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.1e-95)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 9e+129)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(4.0 * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.1e-95)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 9e+129)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (4.0 * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.1e-95], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 9e+129], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.0999999999999999e-95

   1. Initial program 10.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 10.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 10.2%

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

   3. Simplified 10.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.8%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.8%

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

   6. Simplified 91.8%

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

   if -1.0999999999999999e-95 < b < 9.0000000000000003e129

   1. Initial program 81.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 81.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 81.1%

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

      3. *-commutative 81.1%

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

      4. sqr-neg 81.1%

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

      5. associate-*r* 81.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 81.1%

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

   3. Simplified 81.1%

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

   if 9.0000000000000003e129 < b

   1. Initial program 44.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 44.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 44.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 44.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 44.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 44.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 44.7%

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

   3. Simplified 44.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 95.6%

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

   6. Simplified 95.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9 \cdot 10^{+129}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 79.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.65 \cdot 10^{-79}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.1 \cdot 10^{+38}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))))
   (if (<= b -2.1e-94)
     (/ (- c) b)
     (if (<= b 1.6e-94)
       t_0
       (if (<= b 2.65e-79)
         (- (/ b a))
         (if (<= b 3.1e+38) t_0 (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1.6e-94) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 2.65e-79) {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.1e+38) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    if (b <= (-2.1d-94)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 1.6d-94) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (b <= 2.65d-79) then
        tmp = -(b / a)
    else if (b <= 3.1d+38) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (-b - Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1.6e-94) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 2.65e-79) {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.1e+38) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (-b - math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.1e-94:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 1.6e-94:
		tmp = t_0
	elif b <= 2.65e-79:
		tmp = -(b / a)
	elif b <= 3.1e+38:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e-94)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1.6e-94)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 2.65e-79)
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 3.1e+38)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.1e-94)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 1.6e-94)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 2.65e-79)
		tmp = -(b / a);
	elseif (b <= 3.1e+38)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-94], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.6e-94], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[b, 2.65e-79], (-N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), If[LessEqual[b, 3.1e+38], t$95$0, N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -2.1000000000000001e-94

   1. Initial program 10.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 10.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 10.2%

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

   3. Simplified 10.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.8%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.8%

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

   6. Simplified 91.8%

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

   if -2.1000000000000001e-94 < b < 1.59999999999999998e-94 or 2.6499999999999999e-79 < b < 3.10000000000000018e38

   1. Initial program 77.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 77.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 77.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 77.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 77.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 77.3%

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

      6. *-commutative 77.3%

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

   3. Simplified 77.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 66.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 66.2%

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

      3. associate-*r* 66.2%

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

   6. Simplified 66.2%

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

   if 1.59999999999999998e-94 < b < 2.6499999999999999e-79

   1. Initial program 100.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 100.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 100.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 100.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 100.0%

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

      5. associate-*r* 100.0%

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

      6. *-commutative 100.0%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   6. Simplified 100.0%

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

   if 3.10000000000000018e38 < b

   1. Initial program 59.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.4%

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

      2. sqr-neg 59.4%

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

      3. *-commutative 59.4%

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

      4. sqr-neg 59.4%

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

      5. associate-*r* 59.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 59.4%

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

   3. Simplified 59.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.1%

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

      1. +-commutative 91.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 91.1%

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

      3. unsub-neg 91.1%

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

   6. Simplified 91.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 83.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.65 \cdot 10^{-79}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.1 \cdot 10^{+38}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 86.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{+130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.1e-94)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 1.2e+130)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1.2e+130) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.1d-94)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 1.2d+130) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1.2e+130) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.1e-94:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 1.2e+130:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e-94)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1.2e+130)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.1e-94)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 1.2e+130)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-94], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.2e+130], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.1000000000000001e-94

   1. Initial program 10.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 10.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 10.2%

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

   3. Simplified 10.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.8%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.8%

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

   6. Simplified 91.8%

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

   if -2.1000000000000001e-94 < b < 1.20000000000000012e130

   1. Initial program 81.1%

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

   if 1.20000000000000012e130 < b

   1. Initial program 44.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 44.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 44.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 44.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 44.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 44.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 44.7%

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

   3. Simplified 44.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 95.6%

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

   6. Simplified 95.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{+130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 80.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.4 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.4e-94)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 2.2e-94)
     (* (/ 0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.4e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 2.2e-94) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.4d-94)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 2.2d-94) then
        tmp = (0.5d0 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.4e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 2.2e-94) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (b - Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.4e-94:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 2.2e-94:
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (b - math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.4e-94)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 2.2e-94)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.4e-94)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 2.2e-94)
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.4e-94], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.2e-94], N[(N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.3999999999999998e-94

   1. Initial program 10.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 10.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 10.2%

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

   3. Simplified 10.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.8%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.8%

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

   6. Simplified 91.8%

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

   if -3.3999999999999998e-94 < b < 2.20000000000000001e-94

   1. Initial program 76.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 76.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 76.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 76.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 76.0%

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

      5. associate-*r* 76.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 76.1%

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

   3. Simplified 76.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 73.2%

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

      3. associate-*r* 73.2%

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

   6. Simplified 73.2%

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

      1. div-sub 73.2%

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

      2. add-sqr-sqrt 33.0%

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

      3. sqrt-unprod 72.3%

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

      4. sqr-neg 72.3%

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

      5. sqrt-prod 39.3%

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

      6. add-sqr-sqrt 72.2%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 72.2%

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

      1. div-sub 72.2%

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

      2. *-lft-identity 72.2%

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

      3. associate-*l/ 72.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 72.2%

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

      5. associate-/r* 72.2%

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

      6. metadata-eval 72.2%

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

      7. associate-*r* 72.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.1%

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

      9. associate-*l* 72.2%

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

   10. Simplified 72.2%

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

   if 2.20000000000000001e-94 < b

   1. Initial program 67.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 67.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 67.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 67.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 67.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 67.7%

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

   3. Simplified 67.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 74.7%

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

      1. +-commutative 74.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 74.7%

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

      3. unsub-neg 74.7%

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

   6. Simplified 74.7%

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

4. Final simplification 80.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.4 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 80.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.25 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.25e-94)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 1e-94)
     (/ (- b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.25e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1e-94) {
		tmp = (b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.25d-94)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 1d-94) then
        tmp = (b - sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.25e-94) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1e-94) {
		tmp = (b - Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.25e-94:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 1e-94:
		tmp = (b - math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.25e-94)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1e-94)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.25e-94)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 1e-94)
		tmp = (b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.25e-94], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1e-94], N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.2499999999999999e-94

   1. Initial program 10.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 10.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 10.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 10.2%

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

      6. *-commutative 10.2%

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

   3. Simplified 10.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 91.8%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 91.8%

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

   6. Simplified 91.8%

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

   if -1.2499999999999999e-94 < b < 9.9999999999999996e-95

   1. Initial program 76.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 76.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 76.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 76.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 76.0%

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

      5. associate-*r* 76.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 76.1%

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

   3. Simplified 76.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 73.2%

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

      3. associate-*r* 73.2%

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

   6. Simplified 73.2%

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

      1. div-sub 73.2%

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

      2. add-sqr-sqrt 33.0%

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

      3. sqrt-unprod 72.3%

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

      4. sqr-neg 72.3%

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

      5. sqrt-prod 39.3%

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

      6. add-sqr-sqrt 72.2%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 72.2%

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

      1. div-sub 72.2%

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

   10. Simplified 72.2%

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

   if 9.9999999999999996e-95 < b

   1. Initial program 67.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 67.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 67.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 67.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 67.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 67.7%

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

   3. Simplified 67.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 74.7%

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

      1. +-commutative 74.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 74.7%

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

      3. unsub-neg 74.7%

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

   6. Simplified 74.7%

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

4. Final simplification 80.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.25 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 68.2% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-310) (/ (- c) b) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d-310)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e-310:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-310], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.999999999999994e-310

   1. Initial program 23.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 23.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 23.3%

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

      3. *-commutative 23.3%

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

      4. sqr-neg 23.3%

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

      5. associate-*r* 23.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 23.4%

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

   3. Simplified 23.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 76.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 76.4%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 76.4%

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

   6. Simplified 76.4%

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

   if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 70.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 70.1%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.1%

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

      4. sqr-neg 70.1%

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

      5. associate-*r* 70.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.1%

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

   3. Simplified 70.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 58.5%

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

      1. +-commutative 58.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 58.5%

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

      3. unsub-neg 58.5%

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

   6. Simplified 58.5%

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

4. Final simplification 67.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 43.1% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{-34}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b -2.6e-34) (/ c b) (- (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e-34) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.6d-34)) then
        tmp = c / b
    else
        tmp = -(b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e-34) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.6e-34:
		tmp = c / b
	else:
		tmp = -(b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.6e-34)
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.6e-34)
		tmp = c / b;
	else
		tmp = -(b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.6e-34], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision], (-N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision])]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -2.5999999999999999e-34

   1. Initial program 7.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 7.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 7.6%

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

      3. *-commutative 7.6%

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

      4. sqr-neg 7.6%

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

      5. associate-*r* 7.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 7.6%

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

   3. Simplified 7.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 2.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 18.8%

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

   if -2.5999999999999999e-34 < b

   1. Initial program 69.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 69.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 69.8%

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

      3. *-commutative 69.8%

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

      4. sqr-neg 69.8%

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

      5. associate-*r* 69.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 69.8%

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

   3. Simplified 69.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 46.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 46.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 46.7%

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

   6. Simplified 46.7%

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

4. Final simplification 36.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{-34}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 67.9% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-262}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.8e-262) (/ (- c) b) (- (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-262) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6.8d-262)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = -(b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-262) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.8e-262:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = -(b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.8e-262)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.8e-262)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = -(b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.8e-262], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], (-N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision])]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -6.7999999999999998e-262

   1. Initial program 22.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 22.9%

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

      2. sqr-neg 22.9%

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

      3. *-commutative 22.9%

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

      4. sqr-neg 22.9%

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

      5. associate-*r* 22.9%

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

      6. *-commutative 22.9%

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

   3. Simplified 22.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 77.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 77.6%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 77.6%

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

   6. Simplified 77.6%

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

   if -6.7999999999999998e-262 < b

   1. Initial program 69.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 69.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 69.8%

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

      3. *-commutative 69.8%

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

      4. sqr-neg 69.8%

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

      5. associate-*r* 69.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 69.8%

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

   3. Simplified 69.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 57.2%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 57.2%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 57.2%

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

   6. Simplified 57.2%

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

4. Final simplification 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-262}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 10.9% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 46.7%

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

   1. *-commutative 46.7%

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

   2. sqr-neg 46.7%

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

   3. *-commutative 46.7%

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

   4. sqr-neg 46.7%

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

   5. associate-*r* 46.7%

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

   6. *-commutative 46.7%

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

3. Simplified 46.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 29.1%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 9.2%

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

6. Final simplification 9.2%

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

Developer target: 70.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023279 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

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

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