Cubic critical, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.9% → 95.3%
Time: 11.8s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 23.2×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \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 6 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: 31.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 95.3% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-1.0546875 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  (* -0.5625 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
  (+
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))
   (+
    (* -0.375 (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))
    (/ (* -1.0546875 (pow (* a c) 4.0)) (* a (pow b 7.0)))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5625 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + ((-0.375 * ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))) + ((-1.0546875 * pow((a * c), 4.0)) / (a * pow(b, 7.0)))));
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((-0.5625d0) * (((a ** 2.0d0) * (c ** 3.0d0)) / (b ** 5.0d0))) + (((-0.5d0) * (c / b)) + (((-0.375d0) * ((a * (c ** 2.0d0)) / (b ** 3.0d0))) + (((-1.0546875d0) * ((a * c) ** 4.0d0)) / (a * (b ** 7.0d0)))))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5625 * ((Math.pow(a, 2.0) * Math.pow(c, 3.0)) / Math.pow(b, 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + ((-0.375 * ((a * Math.pow(c, 2.0)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0))) + ((-1.0546875 * Math.pow((a * c), 4.0)) / (a * Math.pow(b, 7.0)))));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-0.5625 * ((math.pow(a, 2.0) * math.pow(c, 3.0)) / math.pow(b, 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + ((-0.375 * ((a * math.pow(c, 2.0)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))) + ((-1.0546875 * math.pow((a * c), 4.0)) / (a * math.pow(b, 7.0)))))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-0.5625 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)) + Float64(Float64(-0.375 * Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) + Float64(Float64(-1.0546875 * (Float64(a * c) ^ 4.0)) / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0))))))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-0.5625 * (((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + ((-0.375 * ((a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) + ((-1.0546875 * ((a * c) ^ 4.0)) / (a * (b ^ 7.0)))));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-1.0546875 * N[Power[N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-1.0546875 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{5.0625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(-1.125 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right)} \]
  3. Taylor expanded in c around 0 96.1%

    \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot \left(1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4} + 5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}\right)\right) \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left({c}^{4} \cdot \left(1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4} + 5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right)\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}\right)\right) \]
    2. distribute-rgt-in96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1.265625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot {c}^{4} + \left(5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-*r*96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1.265625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)} + \left(5.0625 \cdot {a}^{4}\right) \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    4. associate-*r*96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left(1.265625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{5.0625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    5. associate-/l*96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{\frac{a \cdot {b}^{7}}{1.265625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}}}\right)\right) \]
    6. associate-/r/96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \left(1.265625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 5.0625 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]
    7. distribute-rgt-out96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \left(1.265625 + 5.0625\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]
  5. Simplified96.1%

    \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 6.328125\right)}\right)\right) \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-log1p-u95.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 6.328125\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]
    2. expm1-udef94.4%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 6.328125\right)\right)} - 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
  7. Applied egg-rr94.4%

    \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 6.328125\right)\right)} - 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-def95.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 6.328125\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]
    2. expm1-log1p96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-0.16666666666666666}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} \cdot \left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 6.328125\right)}\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-*l/96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 6.328125\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}\right)\right) \]
    4. *-commutative96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(6.328125 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    5. associate-*r*96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-0.16666666666666666 \cdot 6.328125\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval96.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1.0546875} \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
  9. Simplified96.1%

    \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1.0546875 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}}\right)\right) \]
  10. Final simplification96.1%

    \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-1.0546875 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

Alternative 2: 93.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  (* -0.5625 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
  (+ (* -0.5 (/ c b)) (* -0.375 (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5625 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))));
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((-0.5625d0) * (((a ** 2.0d0) * (c ** 3.0d0)) / (b ** 5.0d0))) + (((-0.5d0) * (c / b)) + ((-0.375d0) * ((a * (c ** 2.0d0)) / (b ** 3.0d0))))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5625 * ((Math.pow(a, 2.0) * Math.pow(c, 3.0)) / Math.pow(b, 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * Math.pow(c, 2.0)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0))));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-0.5625 * ((math.pow(a, 2.0) * math.pow(c, 3.0)) / math.pow(b, 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * math.pow(c, 2.0)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-0.5625 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)) + Float64(-0.375 * Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-0.5625 * (((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + ((-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-0.5625 * N[(N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)} \]
  3. Final simplification94.6%

    \[\leadsto -0.5625 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) \]

Alternative 3: 83.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -0.0004:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))))
   (if (<= t_0 -0.0004) t_0 (/ (* c -0.5) b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.0004) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    if (t_0 <= (-0.0004d0)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = (c * (-0.5d0)) / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.0004) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -0.0004:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -0.0004)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * -0.5) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -0.0004)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -0.0004], t$95$0, N[(N[(c * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -0.0004:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -4.00000000000000019e-4

    1. Initial program 70.7%

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

    if -4.00000000000000019e-4 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 18.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative91.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5} \]
      2. associate-*l/91.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}} \]
    4. Simplified91.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -0.0004:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 90.5% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (* -0.5 (/ c b)) (* -0.375 (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0)));
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((-0.5d0) * (c / b)) + ((-0.375d0) * ((a * (c ** 2.0d0)) / (b ** 3.0d0)))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * Math.pow(c, 2.0)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0)));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * math.pow(c, 2.0)) / math.pow(b, 3.0)))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b)) + Float64(-0.375 * Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-0.5 * (c / b)) + (-0.375 * ((a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0)));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.375 * N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  3. Final simplification92.0%

    \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]

Alternative 5: 80.7% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-0.5}{\frac{b}{c}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ -0.5 (/ b c)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 / (b / c);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-0.5d0) / (b / c)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5 / (b / c);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return -0.5 / (b / c)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-0.5 / Float64(b / c))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = -0.5 / (b / c);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 / N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{-0.5}{\frac{b}{c}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 29.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Simplified29.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 21.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(b + -1.5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub20.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b + -1.5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{b}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      2. +-commutative20.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1.5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} + b}}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      3. fma-def20.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a \cdot c}{b}, b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      4. associate-/l*20.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}, b\right)}{3 \cdot a} - \frac{b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative20.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right)}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 3}} - \frac{b}{3 \cdot a} \]
      6. *-commutative20.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right)}{a \cdot 3} - \frac{b}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 3}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr20.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right)}{a \cdot 3} - \frac{b}{a \cdot 3}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub21.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right) - b}{a \cdot 3}} \]
      2. *-lft-identity21.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right) - b\right)}}{a \cdot 3} \]
      3. *-commutative21.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right) - b\right)}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot a}} \]
      4. times-frac21.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{3} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right) - b}{a}} \]
      5. metadata-eval21.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.3333333333333333} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}, b\right) - b}{a} \]
      6. associate-/r/21.1%

        \[\leadsto 0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \color{blue}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot c}, b\right) - b}{a} \]
      7. *-commutative21.1%

        \[\leadsto 0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, \color{blue}{c \cdot \frac{a}{b}}, b\right) - b}{a} \]
    6. Simplified21.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1.5, c \cdot \frac{a}{b}, b\right) - b}{a}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in c around 0 82.6%

      \[\leadsto 0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/82.5%

        \[\leadsto 0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-1.5 \cdot c}{b}} \]
    9. Simplified82.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-1.5 \cdot c}{b}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u73.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{-1.5 \cdot c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-udef30.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{-1.5 \cdot c}{b}\right)} - 1} \]
      3. clear-num30.6%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{b}{-1.5 \cdot c}}}\right)} - 1 \]
      4. un-div-inv30.6%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333}{\frac{b}{-1.5 \cdot c}}}\right)} - 1 \]
      5. *-un-lft-identity30.6%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot b}}{-1.5 \cdot c}}\right)} - 1 \]
      6. times-frac30.6%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1.5} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right)} - 1 \]
      7. metadata-eval30.6%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{\color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}\right)} - 1 \]
    11. Applied egg-rr30.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}\right)} - 1} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-def73.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-log1p82.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}} \]
      3. associate-/r*82.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{0.3333333333333333}{-0.6666666666666666}}{\frac{b}{c}}} \]
      4. metadata-eval82.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{\frac{b}{c}} \]
    13. Simplified82.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{\frac{b}{c}}} \]
    14. Final simplification82.7%

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

    Alternative 6: 80.9% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (* c -0.5) b))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return (c * -0.5) / 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 * (-0.5d0)) / b
    end function
    
    public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return (c * -0.5) / b;
    }
    
    def code(a, b, c):
    	return (c * -0.5) / b
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return Float64(Float64(c * -0.5) / b)
    end
    
    function tmp = code(a, b, c)
    	tmp = (c * -0.5) / b;
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 29.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative82.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5} \]
      2. associate-*l/82.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}} \]
    4. Simplified82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b}} \]
    5. Final simplification82.9%

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

    Reproduce

    ?
    herbie shell --seed 2023301 
    (FPCore (a b c)
      :name "Cubic critical, 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) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))