Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.5% → 91.8%

Time: 12.5s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 55.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 91.8% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.0045:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 4 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} - \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.0045)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (+
    (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
    (-
     (-
      (*
       -0.25
       (/
        (+ (* 16.0 (* (pow a 4.0) (pow c 4.0))) (* 4.0 (pow (* c a) 4.0)))
        (* a (pow b 7.0))))
      (/ (expm1 (log1p (* a (pow c 2.0)))) (pow b 3.0)))
     (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.0045) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (pow(a, 4.0) * pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * pow((c * a), 4.0))) / (a * pow(b, 7.0)))) - (expm1(log1p((a * pow(c, 2.0)))) / pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.0045)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(Float64(Float64(-0.25 * Float64(Float64(Float64(16.0 * Float64((a ^ 4.0) * (c ^ 4.0))) + Float64(4.0 * (Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0))) / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0)))) - Float64(expm1(log1p(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)))) / (b ^ 3.0))) - Float64(c / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.0045], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * 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[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[(16.0 * N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(Exp[N[Log[1 + N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.00449999999999999966

   1. Initial program 88.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 88.1%

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

      2. +-commutative 88.1%

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

      3. unsub-neg 88.1%

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

      4. sqr-neg 88.1%

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

      5. fma-neg 88.4%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 88.4%

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

      7. *-commutative 88.4%

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

      8. *-commutative 88.4%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 88.4%

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

      10. metadata-eval 88.4%

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

      11. *-commutative 88.4%

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

   3. Simplified 88.4%

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

   if 0.00449999999999999966 < b

   1. Initial program 54.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 54.0%

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

   3. Simplified 54.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right)} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-log1p-u 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 92.6%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\color{blue}{\left(\left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right) \cdot -2\right)}}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      2. unpow-prod-down 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}^{2} \cdot {-2}^{2}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      3. pow-prod-down 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{2}\right)}}^{2} \cdot {-2}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      4. pow-pow 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {-2}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      5. metadata-eval 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{\color{blue}{4}} \cdot {-2}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      6. metadata-eval 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

   8. Applied egg-rr 92.6%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 92.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.0045:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 4 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} - \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 91.8% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.0042:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 4 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.0042)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (+
    (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
    (-
     (-
      (*
       -0.25
       (/
        (+ (* 16.0 (* (pow a 4.0) (pow c 4.0))) (* 4.0 (pow (* c a) 4.0)))
        (* a (pow b 7.0))))
      (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))
     (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.0042) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (pow(a, 4.0) * pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * pow((c * a), 4.0))) / (a * pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.0042)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(Float64(Float64(-0.25 * Float64(Float64(Float64(16.0 * Float64((a ^ 4.0) * (c ^ 4.0))) + Float64(4.0 * (Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0))) / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0)))) - Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) - Float64(c / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.0042], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * 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[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[(16.0 * N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.00419999999999999974

   1. Initial program 88.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 88.1%

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

      2. +-commutative 88.1%

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

      3. unsub-neg 88.1%

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

      4. sqr-neg 88.1%

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

      5. fma-neg 88.4%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 88.4%

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

      7. *-commutative 88.4%

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

      8. *-commutative 88.4%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 88.4%

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

      10. metadata-eval 88.4%

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

      11. *-commutative 88.4%

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

   3. Simplified 88.4%

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

   if 0.00419999999999999974 < b

   1. Initial program 54.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 54.0%

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

   3. Simplified 54.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right)} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\color{blue}{\left(\left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right) \cdot -2\right)}}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      2. unpow-prod-down 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}^{2} \cdot {-2}^{2}}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      3. pow-prod-down 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{2}\right)}}^{2} \cdot {-2}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      4. pow-pow 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {-2}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      5. metadata-eval 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{\color{blue}{4}} \cdot {-2}^{2}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

      6. metadata-eval 92.6%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 92.6%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4} \cdot 4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}}\right)\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 92.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.0042:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 4 \cdot {\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 88.6% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.0075:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \left(\frac{c}{b} + {\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -0.0075)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (-
    (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
    (+ (/ c b) (* (pow (/ c b) 2.0) (/ a b))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.0075) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) - ((c / b) + (pow((c / b), 2.0) * (a / b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -0.0075)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), Float64(b * b))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) - Float64(Float64(c / b) + Float64((Float64(c / b) ^ 2.0) * Float64(a / b))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.0075], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * 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[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Power[N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -0.0074999999999999997

   1. Initial program 81.7%

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

   3. Simplified 81.8%

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

   if -0.0074999999999999997 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 46.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 46.1%

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

   3. Simplified 46.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 93.3%

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

      2. unpow3 93.3%

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

      3. times-frac 93.3%

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

      4. unpow2 93.3%

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

      5. sqr-neg 93.3%

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

      6. frac-times 93.3%

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

      7. pow2 93.3%

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

      8. add-sqr-sqrt 0.0%

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

      9. sqrt-unprod 93.3%

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

      10. sqr-neg 93.3%

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

      11. sqrt-prod 93.3%

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

      12. add-sqr-sqrt 93.3%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 93.3%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}\right)}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 89.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.0075:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \left(\frac{c}{b} + {\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 84.8% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.00052:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -0.00052)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ a (* b (pow (/ b c) 2.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.00052) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - (a / (b * pow((b / c), 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -0.00052)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), Float64(b * b))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(a / Float64(b * (Float64(b / c) ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.00052], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(b * N[Power[N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -5.19999999999999954e-4

   1. Initial program 79.9%

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

   3. Simplified 80.0%

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

   if -5.19999999999999954e-4 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 90.1%

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

      2. unsub-neg 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg 90.1%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]

      5. associate-/l* 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

   6. Simplified 90.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. cube-mult 90.1%

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

      2. *-un-lft-identity 90.1%

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

      3. times-frac 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot \frac{b \cdot b}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

      4. unpow2 90.1%

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

      5. frac-times 90.1%

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

      6. pow2 90.1%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 90.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. /-rgt-identity 90.1%

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

   10. Simplified 90.1%

       \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 86.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.00052:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 84.5% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.00012:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -0.00012)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ a (* b (pow (/ b c) 2.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.00012) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - (a / (b * pow((b / c), 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -0.00012)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(a / Float64(b * (Float64(b / c) ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.00012], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(b * N[Power[N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -1.20000000000000003e-4

   1. Initial program 79.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 79.1%

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

      2. +-commutative 79.1%

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

      3. unsub-neg 79.1%

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

      4. sqr-neg 79.1%

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

      5. fma-neg 79.3%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 79.3%

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

      7. *-commutative 79.3%

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

      8. *-commutative 79.3%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.3%

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

      10. metadata-eval 79.3%

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

      11. *-commutative 79.3%

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

   3. Simplified 79.3%

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

   if -1.20000000000000003e-4 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 41.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 41.3%

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

   3. Simplified 41.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 91.3%

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

      2. unsub-neg 91.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg 91.3%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 91.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]

      5. associate-/l* 91.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

   6. Simplified 91.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. cube-mult 91.3%

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

      2. *-un-lft-identity 91.3%

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

      3. times-frac 91.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot \frac{b \cdot b}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

      4. unpow2 91.3%

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

      5. frac-times 91.3%

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

      6. pow2 91.3%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 91.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. /-rgt-identity 91.3%

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

   10. Simplified 91.3%

       \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 86.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.00012:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 84.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -0.00052:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))))
   (if (<= t_0 -0.00052) t_0 (- (/ (- c) b) (/ a (* b (pow (/ b c) 2.0)))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.00052) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - (a / (b * pow((b / c), 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    if (t_0 <= (-0.00052d0)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - (a / (b * ((b / c) ** 2.0d0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.00052) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - (a / (b * Math.pow((b / c), 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -0.00052:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - (a / (b * math.pow((b / c), 2.0)))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -0.00052)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(a / Float64(b * (Float64(b / c) ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -0.00052)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - (a / (b * ((b / c) ^ 2.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -0.00052], t$95$0, N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(b * N[Power[N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -5.19999999999999954e-4

   1. Initial program 79.9%

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

   if -5.19999999999999954e-4 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 90.1%

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

      2. unsub-neg 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg 90.1%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]

      5. associate-/l* 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

   6. Simplified 90.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. cube-mult 90.1%

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

      2. *-un-lft-identity 90.1%

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

      3. times-frac 90.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot \frac{b \cdot b}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

      4. unpow2 90.1%

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

      5. frac-times 90.1%

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

      6. pow2 90.1%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 90.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. /-rgt-identity 90.1%

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

   10. Simplified 90.1%

       \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 86.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.00052:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{b \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 81.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 56.7%

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

   1. *-commutative 56.7%

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

3. Simplified 56.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 79.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 79.5%

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

   2. unsub-neg 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]

   3. mul-1-neg 79.5%

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

   4. distribute-neg-frac 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]

   5. associate-/l* 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

6. Simplified 79.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. cube-mult 79.5%

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

   2. *-un-lft-identity 79.5%

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

   3. times-frac 79.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot \frac{b \cdot b}{{c}^{2}}}} \]

   4. unpow2 79.5%

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

   5. frac-times 79.5%

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

   6. pow2 79.5%

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

8. Applied egg-rr 79.5%

   \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1} \cdot {\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)}^{2}}} \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. /-rgt-identity 79.5%

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

10. Simplified 79.5%

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

11. Final simplification 79.5%

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

Alternative 8: 64.2% accurate, 29.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 56.7%

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

   1. *-commutative 56.7%

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

3. Simplified 56.7%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 62.6%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 62.6%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac 62.6%

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

6. Simplified 62.6%

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

7. Final simplification 62.6%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023319 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))