quadm (p42, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 51.1% → 85.3%
Time: 14.0s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

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

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 8 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: 51.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 85.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.18 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{+95}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.18e-29)
   (- (/ c b))
   (if (<= b 1.25e+95)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0))))) a))
     (/ (- b) a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.18e-29) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else if (b <= 1.25e+95) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0))))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.18e-29)
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	elseif (b <= 1.25e+95)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.18e-29], (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), If[LessEqual[b, 1.25e+95], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.18 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{+95}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -1.17999999999999996e-29

    1. Initial program 16.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified16.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg82.9%

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

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

    if -1.17999999999999996e-29 < b < 1.25000000000000006e95

    1. Initial program 80.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg80.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \left(-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. distribute-neg-out80.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. neg-mul-180.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. times-frac80.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}} \]
      5. metadata-eval80.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \]
      6. remove-double-neg80.5%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-b\right)\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \]
      7. neg-sub080.5%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-b\right)\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \]
      8. associate-+l-80.5%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{a} \]
    3. Simplified80.5%

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

    if 1.25000000000000006e95 < b

    1. Initial program 48.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified48.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/96.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg96.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified96.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification84.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.18 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{+95}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 85.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9.8 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{+95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -9.8e-30)
   (- (/ c b))
   (if (<= b 1.2e+95)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- b) a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -9.8e-30) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else if (b <= 1.2e+95) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-9.8d-30)) then
        tmp = -(c / b)
    else if (b <= 1.2d+95) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -9.8e-30) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else if (b <= 1.2e+95) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -9.8e-30:
		tmp = -(c / b)
	elif b <= 1.2e+95:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -9.8e-30)
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	elseif (b <= 1.2e+95)
		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
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -9.8e-30)
		tmp = -(c / b);
	elseif (b <= 1.2e+95)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -9.8e-30], (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), If[LessEqual[b, 1.2e+95], 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]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9.8 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{+95}:\\
\;\;\;\;\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}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -9.79999999999999942e-30

    1. Initial program 16.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified16.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg82.9%

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

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

    if -9.79999999999999942e-30 < b < 1.2e95

    1. Initial program 80.5%

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

    if 1.2e95 < b

    1. Initial program 48.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative48.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified48.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/96.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg96.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified96.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification84.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9.8 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{+95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 80.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{-36}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.02e-29)
   (- (/ c b))
   (if (<= b 7.8e-36)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.02e-29) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else if (b <= 7.8e-36) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.02d-29)) then
        tmp = -(c / b)
    else if (b <= 7.8d-36) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * ((b + sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.02e-29) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else if (b <= 7.8e-36) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.02e-29:
		tmp = -(c / b)
	elif b <= 7.8e-36:
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.02e-29)
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	elseif (b <= 7.8e-36)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.02e-29)
		tmp = -(c / b);
	elseif (b <= 7.8e-36)
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.02e-29], (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), If[LessEqual[b, 7.8e-36], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{-36}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -1.01999999999999994e-29

    1. Initial program 16.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative16.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified16.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg82.9%

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

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

    if -1.01999999999999994e-29 < b < 7.8000000000000001e-36

    1. Initial program 76.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg76.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \left(-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. distribute-neg-out76.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. neg-mul-176.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. times-frac76.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}} \]
      5. metadata-eval76.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \]
      6. remove-double-neg76.1%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-b\right)\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \]
      7. neg-sub076.1%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-b\right)\right)} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a} \]
      8. associate-+l-76.1%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{a} \]
    3. Simplified76.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 71.0%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative71.0%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}}{a} \]
      2. *-commutative71.0%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -4}}{a} \]
      3. associate-*r*71.0%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified71.0%

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

    if 7.8000000000000001e-36 < b

    1. Initial program 66.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified66.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative92.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg92.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg92.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
    6. Simplified92.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification81.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.02 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{-36}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 68.4% accurate, 12.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (- (/ c b)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = -(c / b)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = -(c / b)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = -(c / b);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

    1. Initial program 36.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative36.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg36.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative36.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg36.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative36.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*36.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative36.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified36.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 58.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg58.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified58.2%

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

    if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

    1. Initial program 72.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative72.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg72.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative72.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg72.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative72.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*72.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative72.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified72.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 62.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative62.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg62.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
    6. Simplified62.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification60.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 37.3% accurate, 19.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{c}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b -6.6e-301) (- (/ c b)) (/ b c)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.6e-301) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = b / c;
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6.6d-301)) then
        tmp = -(c / b)
    else
        tmp = b / c
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.6e-301) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = b / c;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.6e-301:
		tmp = -(c / b)
	else:
		tmp = b / c
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.6e-301)
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(b / c);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.6e-301)
		tmp = -(c / b);
	else
		tmp = b / c;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.6e-301], (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{b}{c}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -6.6000000000000001e-301

    1. Initial program 34.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified34.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 59.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg59.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified59.7%

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

    if -6.6000000000000001e-301 < b

    1. Initial program 72.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 1.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*1.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    6. Simplified1.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*1.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
      2. div-inv1.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
      3. div-inv1.9%

        \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{a \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
      4. clear-num1.9%

        \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr1.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. un-div-inv1.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}}} \]
      2. times-frac2.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{a} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
      3. *-inverses2.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}} \]
      4. *-un-lft-identity2.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/2.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      6. metadata-eval2.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
      7. *-un-lft-identity2.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      8. *-inverses2.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{a}{a}} \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
      9. associate-/r/2.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{a}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
      10. associate-/l*1.9%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
      11. add-sqr-sqrt1.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
      12. sqrt-unprod2.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
      13. mul-1-neg2.7%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \]
      14. mul-1-neg2.7%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
      15. sqr-neg2.7%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
      16. sqrt-unprod2.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
      17. add-sqr-sqrt3.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
      18. associate-/l*5.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{a}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
      19. associate-/r/3.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      20. *-inverses3.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
      21. *-un-lft-identity3.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
      22. add-cube-cbrt3.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}} \]
      23. pow33.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right)}^{3}} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr3.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right)}^{3}} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr2.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b}}{\sqrt{c}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{b}}{\sqrt{c}}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\sqrt{b}}{\sqrt{c}} \cdot \sqrt{b}}{\sqrt{c}}} \]
      2. associate-*l/2.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}}{\sqrt{c}}}}{\sqrt{c}} \]
      3. rem-square-sqrt2.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{b}}{\sqrt{c}}}{\sqrt{c}} \]
      4. associate-/l/2.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\sqrt{c} \cdot \sqrt{c}}} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt6.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{c}} \]
    13. Simplified6.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification30.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{c}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 68.2% accurate, 19.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.6e-301) (- (/ c b)) (/ (- b) a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.6e-301) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6.6d-301)) then
        tmp = -(c / b)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.6e-301) {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.6e-301:
		tmp = -(c / b)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.6e-301)
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.6e-301)
		tmp = -(c / b);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.6e-301], (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -6.6000000000000001e-301

    1. Initial program 34.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative34.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified34.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 59.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg59.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified59.7%

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

    if -6.6000000000000001e-301 < b

    1. Initial program 72.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sqr-neg72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sqr-neg72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. associate-*r*72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. *-commutative72.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 61.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/61.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg61.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified61.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification60.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 4.4% accurate, 38.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ b \cdot c \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* b c))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 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 = b * c
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b * c;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return b * c
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(b * c)
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = b * c;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(b * c), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
b \cdot c
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. sqr-neg55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. sqr-neg55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. associate-*r*55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  3. Simplified55.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 23.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*24.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  6. Simplified24.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*24.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
    2. div-inv24.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
    3. div-inv24.2%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{a \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
    4. clear-num24.3%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr24.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. un-div-inv24.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    2. times-frac27.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{a} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    3. *-inverses27.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity27.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r/28.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. metadata-eval28.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    7. *-un-lft-identity28.1%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    8. *-inverses28.1%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{a}{a}} \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    9. associate-/r/24.4%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{a}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    10. associate-/l*24.3%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
    11. add-sqr-sqrt15.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    12. sqrt-unprod14.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
    13. mul-1-neg14.1%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \]
    14. mul-1-neg14.1%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
    15. sqr-neg14.1%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    16. sqrt-unprod8.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    17. add-sqr-sqrt10.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
    18. associate-/l*10.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{a}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    19. associate-/r/10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    20. *-inverses10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    21. *-un-lft-identity10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    22. add-cube-cbrt10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}} \]
    23. pow310.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right)}^{3}} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr10.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right)}^{3}} \]
  11. Applied egg-rr4.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot b} \]
  12. Final simplification4.4%

    \[\leadsto b \cdot c \]

Alternative 8: 11.2% accurate, 38.7× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. sqr-neg55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. sqr-neg55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. associate-*r*55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. *-commutative55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  3. Simplified55.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 23.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*24.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  6. Simplified24.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*24.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
    2. div-inv24.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
    3. div-inv24.2%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{a \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}}}}} \]
    4. clear-num24.3%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr24.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. un-div-inv24.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    2. times-frac27.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{a} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    3. *-inverses27.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity27.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r/28.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. metadata-eval28.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    7. *-un-lft-identity28.1%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    8. *-inverses28.1%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{a}{a}} \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    9. associate-/r/24.4%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{a}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    10. associate-/l*24.3%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
    11. add-sqr-sqrt15.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    12. sqrt-unprod14.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
    13. mul-1-neg14.1%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \]
    14. mul-1-neg14.1%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
    15. sqr-neg14.1%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    16. sqrt-unprod8.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    17. add-sqr-sqrt10.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
    18. associate-/l*10.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{a}{\frac{c}{b}}}} \]
    19. associate-/r/10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    20. *-inverses10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    21. *-un-lft-identity10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    22. add-cube-cbrt10.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}} \]
    23. pow310.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right)}^{3}} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr10.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{b}}\right)}^{3}} \]
  11. Applied egg-rr10.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
  12. Final simplification10.1%

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

Developer target: 99.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\ t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_2 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{t_0 - t_1} \cdot \sqrt{t_0 + t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t_1\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t_2}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fabs (/ b 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
        (t_2
         (if (== (copysign a c) a)
           (* (sqrt (- t_0 t_1)) (sqrt (+ t_0 t_1)))
           (hypot (/ b 2.0) t_1))))
   (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- t_2 (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) t_2) (- a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fabs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.abs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * Math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.fabs((b / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
	tmp = 0
	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
		tmp = math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1))
	else:
		tmp = math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1)
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0))
	else:
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a
	return tmp_1
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs(Float64(b / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt(Float64(t_0 + t_1)));
	else
		tmp = hypot(Float64(b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_2 - Float64(b / 2.0)));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(Float64(b / 2.0) + t_2) / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp_1
end
function tmp_3 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs((b / 2.0));
	t_1 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	else
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp;
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_2 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	else
		tmp_2 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	end
	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Abs[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Sqrt[N[Abs[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[Abs[c], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = If[Equal[N[With[{TMP1 = Abs[a], TMP2 = Sign[c]}, TMP1 * If[TMP2 == 0, 1, TMP2]], $MachinePrecision], a], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Sqrt[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + t$95$1 ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(t$95$2 - N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\
t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\
t_2 := \begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\
\;\;\;\;\sqrt{t_0 - t_1} \cdot \sqrt{t_0 + t_1}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t_1\right)\\


\end{array}\\
\mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t_2}{-a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023310 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot (/ b 2.0) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot (/ b 2.0) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (- a)))

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