quadm (p42, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 51.8% → 85.5%

Time: 16.5s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 19.1×

Specification

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{+114}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -8.2e-82)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 3.2e+114)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -8.2e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.2e+114) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-8.2d-82)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 3.2d+114) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -8.2e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.2e+114) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -8.2e-82:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 3.2e+114:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -8.2e-82)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 3.2e+114)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -8.2e-82)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 3.2e+114)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -8.2e-82], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.2e+114], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -8.19999999999999992e-82

   1. Initial program 13.9%

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

      1. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 13.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.9%

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

      4. times-frac 13.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

      6. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 13.9%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 13.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 13.9%

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

      11. associate-*l* 13.9%

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

      12. fma-def 13.9%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 13.9%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      15. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

   3. Simplified 13.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 90.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 90.3%

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

   6. Simplified 90.3%

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

   if -8.19999999999999992e-82 < b < 3.2e114

   1. Initial program 81.3%

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

   if 3.2e114 < b

   1. Initial program 35.1%

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

      1. sub-neg 35.1%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 35.1%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 35.1%

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

      4. times-frac 35.1%

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

      5. metadata-eval 35.1%

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

      6. sub-neg 35.1%

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

      7. +-commutative 35.1%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 35.1%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 35.1%

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

      10. *-commutative 35.1%

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

      11. associate-*l* 35.1%

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

      12. fma-def 35.1%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 35.1%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 35.1%

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

      15. metadata-eval 35.1%

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

   3. Simplified 35.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 98.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 98.0%

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

   6. Simplified 98.0%

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

4. Final simplification 87.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{+114}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 81.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.3 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.3e-82)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 4.2e-82)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.3e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 4.2e-82) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.3d-82)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 4.2d-82) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.3e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 4.2e-82) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.3e-82:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 4.2e-82:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.3e-82)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 4.2e-82)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.3e-82)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 4.2e-82)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.3e-82], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.2e-82], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.3e-82

   1. Initial program 13.9%

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

      1. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 13.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.9%

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

      4. times-frac 13.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

      6. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 13.9%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 13.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 13.9%

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

      11. associate-*l* 13.9%

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

      12. fma-def 13.9%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 13.9%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      15. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

   3. Simplified 13.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 90.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 90.3%

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

   6. Simplified 90.3%

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

   if -1.3e-82 < b < 4.2000000000000001e-82

   1. Initial program 74.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 74.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 74.5%

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

      4. sqr-neg 74.5%

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

      5. associate-*r* 74.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 74.5%

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

   3. Simplified 74.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.0%

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

      2. associate-*r* 68.0%

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

   6. Simplified 68.0%

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

   if 4.2000000000000001e-82 < b

   1. Initial program 62.3%

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

      1. sub-neg 62.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 62.3%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 62.3%

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

      4. times-frac 61.3%

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

      5. metadata-eval 61.3%

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

      6. sub-neg 61.3%

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

      7. +-commutative 61.3%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 61.3%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 61.3%

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

      10. *-commutative 61.3%

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

      11. associate-*l* 61.3%

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

      12. fma-def 61.3%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 61.3%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 61.3%

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

      15. metadata-eval 61.3%

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

   3. Simplified 61.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 89.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 89.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 89.9%

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

   6. Simplified 89.9%

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

4. Final simplification 83.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.3 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 81.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.8 \cdot 10^{-83}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.4e-82)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 8.8e-83)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.4e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 8.8e-83) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.4d-82)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 8.8d-83) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) / a) * (b + sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.4e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 8.8e-83) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.4e-82:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 8.8e-83:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.4e-82)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 8.8e-83)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.4e-82)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 8.8e-83)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.4e-82], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 8.8e-83], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.40000000000000008e-82

   1. Initial program 13.9%

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

      1. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 13.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.9%

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

      4. times-frac 13.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

      6. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 13.9%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 13.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 13.9%

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

      11. associate-*l* 13.9%

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

      12. fma-def 13.9%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 13.9%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      15. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

   3. Simplified 13.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 90.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 90.3%

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

   6. Simplified 90.3%

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

   if -2.40000000000000008e-82 < b < 8.8000000000000003e-83

   1. Initial program 74.5%

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

      1. sub-neg 74.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 74.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 74.5%

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

      4. times-frac 74.5%

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

      5. metadata-eval 74.5%

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

      6. sub-neg 74.5%

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

      7. +-commutative 74.5%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 74.5%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 74.5%

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

      10. *-commutative 74.5%

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

      11. associate-*l* 74.5%

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

      12. fma-def 74.5%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 74.5%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 74.5%

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

      15. metadata-eval 74.5%

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

   3. Simplified 74.5%

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

      1. clear-num 74.4%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}} \]

      2. un-div-inv 74.4%

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

      3. pow2 74.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}\right)}}} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 74.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 74.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}}} \]

      2. pow2 74.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}\right)}^{2}}}} \]

      3. pow1/2 74.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.5}}}\right)}^{2}}} \]

      4. sqrt-pow1 74.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}}^{2}}} \]

      5. metadata-eval 74.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2}}} \]

   7. Applied egg-rr 74.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in c around -inf 40.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\color{blue}{\left(e^{0.25 \cdot \left(\log \left(4 \cdot a\right) + -1 \cdot \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)}\right)}}^{2}}} \]

   9. Taylor expanded in a around 0 40.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left(e^{0.25 \cdot \left(\log 4 + \left(\log a + -1 \cdot \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}{a}} \]

   11. Simplified 67.9%

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

   if 8.8000000000000003e-83 < b

   1. Initial program 62.3%

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

      1. sub-neg 62.3%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 62.3%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 62.3%

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

      4. times-frac 61.3%

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

      5. metadata-eval 61.3%

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

      6. sub-neg 61.3%

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

      7. +-commutative 61.3%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 61.3%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 61.3%

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

      10. *-commutative 61.3%

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

      11. associate-*l* 61.3%

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

      12. fma-def 61.3%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 61.3%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 61.3%

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

      15. metadata-eval 61.3%

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

   3. Simplified 61.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 89.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 89.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 89.9%

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

   6. Simplified 89.9%

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

4. Final simplification 83.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.8 \cdot 10^{-83}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 80.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{-118}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.2e-82)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 5.2e-118)
     (* -0.5 (/ (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.2e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 5.2e-118) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6.2d-82)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 5.2d-118) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.2e-82) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 5.2e-118) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.2e-82:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 5.2e-118:
		tmp = -0.5 * (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.2e-82)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 5.2e-118)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.2e-82)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 5.2e-118)
		tmp = -0.5 * (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.2e-82], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.2e-118], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.19999999999999999e-82

   1. Initial program 13.9%

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

      1. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 13.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.9%

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

      4. times-frac 13.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

      6. sub-neg 13.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 13.9%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 13.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 13.9%

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

      11. associate-*l* 13.9%

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

      12. fma-def 13.9%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 13.9%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 13.9%

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

      15. metadata-eval 13.9%

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

   3. Simplified 13.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 90.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 90.3%

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

   6. Simplified 90.3%

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

   if -6.19999999999999999e-82 < b < 5.2e-118

   1. Initial program 73.4%

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

      1. sub-neg 73.4%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 73.4%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 73.4%

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

      4. times-frac 73.4%

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

      5. metadata-eval 73.4%

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

      6. sub-neg 73.4%

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

      7. +-commutative 73.4%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 73.4%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 73.4%

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

      10. *-commutative 73.4%

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

      11. associate-*l* 73.4%

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

      12. fma-def 73.4%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 73.4%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 73.4%

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

      15. metadata-eval 73.4%

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

   3. Simplified 73.4%

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

      1. clear-num 73.2%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}} \]

      2. un-div-inv 73.2%

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

      3. pow2 73.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}\right)}}} \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 73.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 72.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}}} \]

      2. pow2 72.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}\right)}^{2}}}} \]

      3. pow1/2 72.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.5}}}\right)}^{2}}} \]

      4. sqrt-pow1 72.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}\right)}}^{2}}} \]

      5. metadata-eval 72.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2}}} \]

   7. Applied egg-rr 72.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in c around -inf 42.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + {\color{blue}{\left(e^{0.25 \cdot \left(\log \left(4 \cdot a\right) + -1 \cdot \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)}\right)}}^{2}}} \]

   9. Taylor expanded in b around 0 42.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(e^{0.25 \cdot \left(\log \left(4 \cdot a\right) + -1 \cdot \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}{a}} \]

   11. Simplified 68.6%

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

   if 5.2e-118 < b

   1. Initial program 64.0%

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

      1. sub-neg 64.0%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 64.0%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 64.0%

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

      4. times-frac 63.2%

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

      5. metadata-eval 63.2%

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

      6. sub-neg 63.2%

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

      7. +-commutative 63.2%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 63.2%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 63.2%

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

      10. *-commutative 63.2%

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

      11. associate-*l* 63.2%

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

      12. fma-def 63.2%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 63.2%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 63.2%

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

      15. metadata-eval 63.2%

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

   3. Simplified 63.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.7%

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

      1. +-commutative 86.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.7%

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

      3. unsub-neg 86.7%

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

   6. Simplified 86.7%

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

4. Final simplification 82.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{-118}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 68.1% accurate, 12.8× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (/ (- c) b) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 31.5%

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

      1. sub-neg 31.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 31.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 31.5%

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

      4. times-frac 31.5%

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

      5. metadata-eval 31.5%

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

      6. sub-neg 31.5%

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

      7. +-commutative 31.5%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 31.5%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 31.5%

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

      10. *-commutative 31.5%

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

      11. associate-*l* 31.5%

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

      12. fma-def 31.6%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 31.6%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 31.6%

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

      15. metadata-eval 31.6%

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

   3. Simplified 31.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 67.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 67.5%

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

   6. Simplified 67.5%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 67.6%

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

      1. sub-neg 67.6%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 67.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 67.6%

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

      4. times-frac 66.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 66.9%

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

      6. sub-neg 66.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 66.9%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 66.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 66.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 66.9%

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

      11. associate-*l* 66.9%

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

      12. fma-def 66.9%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 66.9%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 66.9%

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

      15. metadata-eval 66.9%

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

   3. Simplified 66.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 69.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 69.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 69.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 69.9%

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

   6. Simplified 69.9%

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

4. Final simplification 68.7%

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

Alternative 6: 67.9% accurate, 19.1× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (/ (- c) b) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 31.5%

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

      1. sub-neg 31.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 31.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 31.5%

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

      4. times-frac 31.5%

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

      5. metadata-eval 31.5%

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

      6. sub-neg 31.5%

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

      7. +-commutative 31.5%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 31.5%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 31.5%

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

      10. *-commutative 31.5%

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

      11. associate-*l* 31.5%

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

      12. fma-def 31.6%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 31.6%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 31.6%

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

      15. metadata-eval 31.6%

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

   3. Simplified 31.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 67.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 67.5%

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

   6. Simplified 67.5%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 67.6%

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

      1. sub-neg 67.6%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 67.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 67.6%

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

      4. times-frac 66.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 66.9%

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

      6. sub-neg 66.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 66.9%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 66.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 66.9%

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

      10. *-commutative 66.9%

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

      11. associate-*l* 66.9%

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

      12. fma-def 66.9%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 66.9%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 66.9%

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

      15. metadata-eval 66.9%

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

   3. Simplified 66.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 69.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 69.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 69.3%

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

   6. Simplified 69.3%

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

4. Final simplification 68.4%

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

Alternative 7: 35.9% 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 48.8%

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

   1. sub-neg 48.8%

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

   2. distribute-neg-out 48.8%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 48.8%

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

   4. times-frac 48.5%

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

   5. metadata-eval 48.5%

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

   6. sub-neg 48.5%

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

   7. +-commutative 48.5%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.5%

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

   9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 48.5%

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

   10. *-commutative 48.5%

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

   11. associate-*l* 48.5%

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

   12. fma-def 48.5%

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

   13. distribute-lft-neg-in 48.5%

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

   14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.5%

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

   15. metadata-eval 48.5%

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

3. Simplified 48.5%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 36.4%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 36.4%

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

6. Simplified 36.4%

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

7. Final simplification 36.4%

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

Alternative 8: 3.6% accurate, 116.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 -0.5)

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5;
}

Fortran

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
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -0.5;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return -0.5

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return -0.5
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = -0.5;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := -0.5

Derivation

1. Initial program 48.8%

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

   1. sub-neg 48.8%

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

   2. distribute-neg-out 48.8%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 48.8%

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

   4. times-frac 48.5%

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

   5. metadata-eval 48.5%

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

   6. sub-neg 48.5%

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

   7. +-commutative 48.5%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.5%

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

   9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 48.5%

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

   10. *-commutative 48.5%

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

   11. associate-*l* 48.5%

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

   12. fma-def 48.5%

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

   13. distribute-lft-neg-in 48.5%

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

   14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.5%

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

   15. metadata-eval 48.5%

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

3. Simplified 48.5%

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

   1. clear-num 48.4%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}} \]

   2. un-div-inv 48.7%

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

   3. pow2 48.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}\right)}}} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 48.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}} \]

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{b}}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. div-inv 34.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{a}{b + b}}} \]

   2. clear-num 34.4%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{b + b}{a}} \]

8. Applied egg-rr 0.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\frac{0}{0}}{a}} \]

10. Simplified 3.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5} \]

11. Final simplification 3.6%

    \[\leadsto -0.5 \]

Alternative 9: 11.3% accurate, 116.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 0.0)

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 0.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return 0.0
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := 0.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 48.8%

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

   1. sub-neg 48.8%

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

   2. distribute-neg-out 48.8%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 48.8%

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

   4. times-frac 48.5%

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

   5. metadata-eval 48.5%

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

   6. sub-neg 48.5%

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

   7. +-commutative 48.5%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.5%

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

   9. distribute-rgt-neg-out 48.5%

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

   10. *-commutative 48.5%

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

   11. associate-*l* 48.5%

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

   12. fma-def 48.5%

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

   13. distribute-lft-neg-in 48.5%

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

   14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 48.5%

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

   15. metadata-eval 48.5%

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

3. Simplified 48.5%

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

   1. clear-num 48.4%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}} \]

   2. un-div-inv 48.7%

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

   3. pow2 48.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}\right)}}} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 48.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}} \]

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 34.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + \color{blue}{b}}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. expm1-log1p-u 19.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + b}}\right)\right)} \]

   2. expm1-udef 16.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{\frac{a}{b + b}}\right)} - 1} \]

   3. associate-/r/ 16.4%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + b\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

   4. flip-+ 0.0%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - b \cdot b}{b - b}}\right)} - 1 \]

   5. frac-times 0.0%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b - b \cdot b\right)}{a \cdot \left(b - b\right)}}\right)} - 1 \]

   6. unpow2 0.0%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2}} - b \cdot b\right)}{a \cdot \left(b - b\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

   7. unpow2 0.0%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left({b}^{2} - \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}\right)}{a \cdot \left(b - b\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

   8. +-inverses 0.0%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{a \cdot \left(b - b\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

   9. metadata-eval 0.0%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a \cdot \left(b - b\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

   10. +-inverses 0.0%

       \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0}{a \cdot \color{blue}{0}}\right)} - 1 \]

8. Applied egg-rr 0.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{0}{a \cdot 0}\right)} - 1} \]

10. Simplified 11.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]

11. Final simplification 11.8%

    \[\leadsto 0 \]

Developer target: 99.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\ t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_2 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{t_0 - t_1} \cdot \sqrt{t_0 + t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t_1\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t_2}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fabs (/ b 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
        (t_2
         (if (== (copysign a c) a)
           (* (sqrt (- t_0 t_1)) (sqrt (+ t_0 t_1)))
           (hypot (/ b 2.0) t_1))))
   (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- t_2 (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) t_2) (- a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fabs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.abs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * Math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.fabs((b / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
	tmp = 0
	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
		tmp = math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1))
	else:
		tmp = math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1)
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0))
	else:
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a
	return tmp_1

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs(Float64(b / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt(Float64(t_0 + t_1)));
	else
		tmp = hypot(Float64(b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_2 - Float64(b / 2.0)));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(Float64(b / 2.0) + t_2) / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

MATLAB

function tmp_3 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs((b / 2.0));
	t_1 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	else
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp;
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_2 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	else
		tmp_2 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	end
	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Abs[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Sqrt[N[Abs[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[Abs[c], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = If[Equal[N[With[{TMP1 = Abs[a], TMP2 = Sign[c]}, TMP1 * If[TMP2 == 0, 1, TMP2]], $MachinePrecision], a], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Sqrt[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + t$95$1 ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(t$95$2 - N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023326 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

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

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