Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 51.6% → 84.6%
Time: 12.6s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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(Float64(4.0 * 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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{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: 51.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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(Float64(4.0 * 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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 84.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.4 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.4e+154)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 7e-136)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* a 4.0) c))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ -1.0 (- (/ b c) (/ a b))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.4e+154) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 7e-136) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.4d+154)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 7d-136) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0d0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) / ((b / c) - (a / b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.4e+154) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 7e-136) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.4e+154:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 7e-136:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.4e+154)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 7e-136)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 / Float64(Float64(b / c) - Float64(a / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.4e+154)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 7e-136)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.4e+154], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7e-136], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 / N[(N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.4 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -1.4e154

    1. Initial program 44.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative44.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified44.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 97.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/97.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified97.8%

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

    if -1.4e154 < b < 7.00000000000000058e-136

    1. Initial program 91.0%

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

    if 7.00000000000000058e-136 < b

    1. Initial program 26.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative26.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified26.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr30.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)}^{-1}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow-130.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    6. Simplified30.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \frac{b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2} \cdot c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      3. times-frac0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-4} \cdot \sqrt{-4}}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{-4}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      6. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    9. Simplified77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-2neg77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      3. div-inv77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      4. distribute-neg-in77.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(--1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt41.2%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      6. sqrt-unprod40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      7. mul-1-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      8. mul-1-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      9. sqr-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      10. sqrt-unprod12.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      11. add-sqr-sqrt23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      12. mul-1-neg23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      13. sub-neg23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot 1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}} \]
    13. Simplified77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification86.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.4 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 79.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.2e-146)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 6.6e-136)
     (* (- (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0))) b) (/ 0.5 a))
     (/ -1.0 (- (/ b c) (/ a b))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.2e-146) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-136) {
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.2d-146)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 6.6d-136) then
        tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0)))) - b) * (0.5d0 / a)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) / ((b / c) - (a / b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.2e-146) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-136) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.2e-146:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 6.6e-136:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.2e-146)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-136)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))) - b) * Float64(0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 / Float64(Float64(b / c) - Float64(a / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.2e-146)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-136)
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.2e-146], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-136], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 / N[(N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-146}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -3.1999999999999999e-146

    1. Initial program 76.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative76.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/84.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg84.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified84.7%

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

    if -3.1999999999999999e-146 < b < 6.60000000000000035e-136

    1. Initial program 83.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified83.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 83.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
      2. associate-*r*83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    6. Simplified83.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} + \left(-b\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \]
      2. unsub-neg83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr83.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u58.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-udef20.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\right)} - 1} \]
      3. *-un-lft-identity20.1%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\right)} - 1 \]
      4. *-commutative20.1%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right)}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}\right)} - 1 \]
      5. times-frac20.1%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a}}\right)} - 1 \]
      6. metadata-eval20.1%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{0.5} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a}\right)} - 1 \]
    10. Applied egg-rr20.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a}\right)} - 1} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-def58.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-log1p83.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a}} \]
      3. *-commutative83.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a} \cdot 0.5} \]
      4. associate-*l/83.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot 0.5}{a}} \]
      5. *-lft-identity83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot 0.5}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot a}} \]
      6. times-frac83.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{1} \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}} \]
    12. Simplified83.4%

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

    if 6.60000000000000035e-136 < b

    1. Initial program 26.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative26.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified26.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr30.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)}^{-1}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow-130.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    6. Simplified30.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \frac{b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2} \cdot c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      3. times-frac0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-4} \cdot \sqrt{-4}}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{-4}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      6. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    9. Simplified77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-2neg77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      3. div-inv77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      4. distribute-neg-in77.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(--1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt41.2%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      6. sqrt-unprod40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      7. mul-1-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      8. mul-1-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      9. sqr-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      10. sqrt-unprod12.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      11. add-sqr-sqrt23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      12. mul-1-neg23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      13. sub-neg23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot 1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}} \]
    13. Simplified77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification81.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 79.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.2e-146)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 6.6e-136)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ -1.0 (- (/ b c) (/ a b))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.2e-146) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-136) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.2d-146)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 6.6d-136) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) / ((b / c) - (a / b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.2e-146) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-136) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.2e-146:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 6.6e-136:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.2e-146)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-136)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 / Float64(Float64(b / c) - Float64(a / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.2e-146)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-136)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.2e-146], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-136], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 / N[(N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-146}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -3.1999999999999999e-146

    1. Initial program 76.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative76.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/84.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg84.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified84.7%

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

    if -3.1999999999999999e-146 < b < 6.60000000000000035e-136

    1. Initial program 83.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified83.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 83.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
      2. associate-*r*83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    6. Simplified83.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} + \left(-b\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \]
      2. unsub-neg83.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr83.5%

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

    if 6.60000000000000035e-136 < b

    1. Initial program 26.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative26.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified26.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr30.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)}^{-1}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow-130.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    6. Simplified30.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \frac{b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2} \cdot c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      3. times-frac0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-4} \cdot \sqrt{-4}}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{-4}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      6. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    9. Simplified77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-2neg77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      3. div-inv77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      4. distribute-neg-in77.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(--1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt41.2%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      6. sqrt-unprod40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      7. mul-1-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      8. mul-1-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      9. sqr-neg40.3%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      10. sqrt-unprod12.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      11. add-sqr-sqrt23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      12. mul-1-neg23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      13. sub-neg23.6%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/77.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot 1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}} \]
    13. Simplified77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification81.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-136}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 68.3% accurate, 10.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-310) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ -1.0 (- (/ b c) (/ a b)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d-310)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) / ((b / c) - (a / b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e-310:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 / Float64(Float64(b / c) - Float64(a / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = -1.0 / ((b / c) - (a / b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-310], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 / N[(N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

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

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -1.999999999999994e-310

    1. Initial program 78.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative78.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified78.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 71.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative71.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg71.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg71.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
    6. Simplified71.9%

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

    if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b

    1. Initial program 36.4%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr39.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)}^{-1}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow-139.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    6. Simplified39.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \frac{b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2} \cdot c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      3. times-frac0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-4} \cdot \sqrt{-4}}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt64.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{-4}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
      6. metadata-eval64.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    9. Simplified64.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-2neg64.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      2. metadata-eval64.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      3. div-inv64.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      4. distribute-neg-in64.1%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(--1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt34.5%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      6. sqrt-unprod34.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      7. mul-1-neg34.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      8. mul-1-neg34.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{c}\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      9. sqr-neg34.0%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      10. sqrt-unprod10.1%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{b}{c}}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      11. add-sqr-sqrt19.8%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-\color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      12. mul-1-neg19.8%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \left(-\frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
      13. sub-neg19.8%

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr64.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/64.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot 1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval64.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}} \]
    13. Simplified64.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification67.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{\frac{b}{c} - \frac{a}{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 43.4% accurate, 19.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 4.6e+15) (/ (- b) a) (/ c b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 4.6e+15) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= 4.6d+15) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 4.6e+15) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 4.6e+15:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 4.6e+15)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 4.6e+15)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 4.6e+15], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 4.6e15

    1. Initial program 71.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative71.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified71.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 50.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/50.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg50.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified50.2%

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

    if 4.6e15 < b

    1. Initial program 20.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative20.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified20.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 69.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*74.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    6. Simplified74.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-log-exp32.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{a \cdot 2}}\right)} \]
      2. *-commutative32.1%

        \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}}\right) \]
      3. times-frac32.1%

        \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{a}}}\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval32.1%

        \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{a}}\right) \]
      5. div-inv32.1%

        \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{-1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a}}\right) \]
      6. clear-num32.1%

        \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}}{a}}\right) \]
    8. Applied egg-rr32.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}\right)} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. rem-log-exp75.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
      2. add-sqr-sqrt55.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
      3. sqrt-unprod48.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
      4. mul-1-neg48.3%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \]
      5. mul-1-neg48.3%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
      6. sqr-neg48.3%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
      7. sqrt-unprod30.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt30.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
      9. div-inv30.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}} \]
      10. clear-num30.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a} \]
      11. un-div-inv30.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}} \cdot \frac{1}{a} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr30.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot \frac{1}{a}} \]
    11. Taylor expanded in a around 0 30.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification44.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 68.4% accurate, 19.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 5e-304) (/ (- b) a) (/ (- c) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 5e-304) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -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) :: tmp
    if (b <= 5d-304) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 5e-304) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 5e-304:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 5e-304)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 5e-304)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 5e-304], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 4.99999999999999965e-304

    1. Initial program 78.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative78.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified78.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 71.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/71.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg71.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    6. Simplified71.3%

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

    if 4.99999999999999965e-304 < b

    1. Initial program 36.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative36.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    3. Simplified36.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 64.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg64.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac64.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified64.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification67.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 2.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{b}{a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.8%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative56.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  3. Simplified56.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr53.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)}^{-1}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow-153.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
  6. Simplified53.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot -2}{b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \frac{b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    2. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2} \cdot c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    3. times-frac0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{4}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    4. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-4} \cdot \sqrt{-4}}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt34.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{4}{\color{blue}{-4}} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
    6. metadata-eval34.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}} \]
  9. Simplified34.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 2.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]
  11. Final simplification2.7%

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

Alternative 8: 11.3% 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 56.8%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative56.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  3. Simplified56.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 26.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*28.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  6. Simplified28.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-log-exp13.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{a \cdot 2}}\right)} \]
    2. *-commutative13.1%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}}\right) \]
    3. times-frac13.1%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{a}}}\right) \]
    4. metadata-eval13.1%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \frac{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}}{a}}\right) \]
    5. div-inv13.1%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{-1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}}}}{a}}\right) \]
    6. clear-num13.1%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}}{a}}\right) \]
  8. Applied egg-rr13.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}\right)} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. rem-log-exp28.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
    2. add-sqr-sqrt20.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    3. sqrt-unprod17.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
    4. mul-1-neg17.9%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)} \]
    5. mul-1-neg17.9%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}\right)}} \]
    6. sqr-neg17.9%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    7. sqrt-unprod9.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt11.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{a}} \]
    9. div-inv11.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}} \]
    10. clear-num11.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a} \]
    11. un-div-inv11.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}} \cdot \frac{1}{a} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr11.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot \frac{1}{a}} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in a around 0 11.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
  12. Final simplification11.0%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023325 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))