Cubic critical, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.6% → 99.9%
Time: 9.5s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 23.2×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 5 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: 17.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ c (- (- b) (sqrt (- (pow b 2.0) (* c (* a (cbrt 27.0))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / (-b - sqrt((pow(b, 2.0) - (c * (a * cbrt(27.0))))));
}
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / (-b - Math.sqrt((Math.pow(b, 2.0) - (c * (a * Math.cbrt(27.0))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c / Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64((b ^ 2.0) - Float64(c * Float64(a * cbrt(27.0)))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * N[Power[27.0, 1/3], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-cbrt-cube20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. pow1/320.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\left(\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. pow320.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\color{blue}{\left({\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. associate-*l*20.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left({\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. unpow-prod-down20.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\color{blue}{\left({3}^{3} \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. metadata-eval20.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\color{blue}{27} \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr20.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip-+20.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. pow220.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{{\left(-b\right)}^{2}} - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt20.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. pow220.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2}} - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. unpow1/321.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left({b}^{2} - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. *-commutative21.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left({b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3} \cdot 27}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    7. cbrt-prod20.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left({b}^{2} - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    8. unpow320.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left({b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    9. add-cbrt-cube20.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left({b}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr21.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{2} - \left({b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--r-98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(-b\right)}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - {b}^{2}\right) + \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. sqr-neg98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - {b}^{2}\right) + \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2}} - {b}^{2}\right) + \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l*98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. associate-*l*98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  7. Simplified98.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-log1p-u83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-udef20.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}}{3 \cdot a}\right)} - 1} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr20.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{27}, a \cdot c, 0\right)}{\left(a \cdot 3\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}\right)} - 1} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-def83.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{27}, a \cdot c, 0\right)}{\left(a \cdot 3\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-log1p98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{27}, a \cdot c, 0\right)}{\left(a \cdot 3\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}} \]
    3. associate-/r*98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{27}, a \cdot c, 0\right)}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}} \]
    4. fma-udef98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + 0}}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \]
    5. +-rgt-identity98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \]
    6. *-commutative98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \]
    7. *-commutative98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \]
    8. associate-*l*98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \sqrt[3]{27} \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \]
    9. *-commutative98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}}} \]
    10. *-commutative98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}} \]
    11. associate-*l*98.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}} \]
  11. Simplified98.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}{a \cdot 3}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}} \]
  12. Taylor expanded in c around 0 99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}} \]
  13. Final simplification99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^{2} - c \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}} \]

Alternative 2: 91.1% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))))
   (if (<= t_0 -5e-12) t_0 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -5e-12) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    if (t_0 <= (-5d-12)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -5e-12) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -5e-12:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -5e-12)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -5e-12)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -5e-12], t$95$0, N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a)) < -4.9999999999999997e-12

    1. Initial program 69.6%

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

    if -4.9999999999999997e-12 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 3 a) c)))) (*.f64 3 a))

    1. Initial program 9.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification91.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 95.5% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

\\
-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + -0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  3. Final simplification93.3%

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

Alternative 4: 90.6% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

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

\\
-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 88.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Final simplification88.2%

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

Alternative 5: 3.3% accurate, 38.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0}{a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.0 a))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 0.0d0 / a
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0 / a
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.0 / a)
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0 / a;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{0}{a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 20.5%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-cbrt-cube20.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. pow1/320.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\left(\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    3. pow320.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\color{blue}{\left({\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. associate-*l*20.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left({\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. unpow-prod-down20.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\color{blue}{\left({3}^{3} \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. metadata-eval20.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\color{blue}{27} \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr20.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-log1p-u13.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-udef8.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(27 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}}}{3 \cdot a}\right)} - 1} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr8.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)}{a \cdot 3}\right)} - 1} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-def13.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)}{a \cdot 3}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-log1p20.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)}{a \cdot 3}} \]
    3. *-lft-identity20.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)}}{a \cdot 3} \]
    4. associate-*l/20.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot 3} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative20.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot a}} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right) \]
    6. associate-/r*20.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a}} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right) \]
    7. metadata-eval20.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{a} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-1, b, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right) \]
    8. fma-udef20.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot b + \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)} \]
    9. *-commutative20.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{b \cdot -1} + \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right) \]
    10. fma-def20.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, -1, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}}\right)} \]
    11. associate-*l*20.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, -1, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}}\right) \]
  7. Simplified20.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, -1, \sqrt{{b}^{2} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot \sqrt[3]{27}\right)}\right)} \]
  8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 3.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b + -1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/3.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot \left(b + -1 \cdot b\right)}{a}} \]
    2. distribute-rgt1-in3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot b\right)}}{a} \]
    3. metadata-eval3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} \cdot b\right)}{a} \]
    4. mul0-lft3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
    5. metadata-eval3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
  10. Simplified3.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0}{a}} \]
  11. Final simplification3.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0}{a} \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023321 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))