Quadratic roots, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.3% → 97.8%

Time: 9.4s

Alternatives: 4

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 17.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 97.8% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 4 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
  (-
   (-
    (*
     -0.25
     (/
      (+ (* 16.0 (* (pow a 4.0) (pow c 4.0))) (* 4.0 (pow (* a c) 4.0)))
      (* a (pow b 7.0))))
    (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))
   (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (pow(a, 4.0) * pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * pow((a * c), 4.0))) / (a * pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))) - (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 = ((-2.0d0) * (((a ** 2.0d0) * (c ** 3.0d0)) / (b ** 5.0d0))) + ((((-0.25d0) * (((16.0d0 * ((a ** 4.0d0) * (c ** 4.0d0))) + (4.0d0 * ((a * c) ** 4.0d0))) / (a * (b ** 7.0d0)))) - ((a * (c ** 2.0d0)) / (b ** 3.0d0))) - (c / b))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-2.0 * ((Math.pow(a, 2.0) * Math.pow(c, 3.0)) / Math.pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (Math.pow(a, 4.0) * Math.pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * Math.pow((a * c), 4.0))) / (a * Math.pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * Math.pow(c, 2.0)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b));
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-2.0 * ((math.pow(a, 2.0) * math.pow(c, 3.0)) / math.pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (math.pow(a, 4.0) * math.pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * math.pow((a * c), 4.0))) / (a * math.pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * math.pow(c, 2.0)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b))

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(Float64(Float64(-0.25 * Float64(Float64(Float64(16.0 * Float64((a ^ 4.0) * (c ^ 4.0))) + Float64(4.0 * (Float64(a * c) ^ 4.0))) / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0)))) - Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) - Float64(c / b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-2.0 * (((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * ((a ^ 4.0) * (c ^ 4.0))) + (4.0 * ((a * c) ^ 4.0))) / (a * (b ^ 7.0)))) - ((a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) - (c / b));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[(16.0 * N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[Power[N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 17.2%

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

   1. *-commutative 17.2%

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

3. Simplified 17.2%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 97.5%

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

   2. unpow-prod-down 97.5%

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

   3. pow-prod-down 97.5%

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

   4. pow-pow 97.5%

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

   5. metadata-eval 97.5%

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

   6. metadata-eval 97.5%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 97.5%

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

7. Final simplification 97.5%

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

Alternative 2: 97.1% accurate, 0.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{2}}{c} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (- (/ (* -2.0 (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0))) (pow b 5.0)) (/ c b))
  (/ a (* (/ (pow b 2.0) c) (/ b c)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (((-2.0 * (pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0))) / pow(b, 5.0)) - (c / b)) - (a / ((pow(b, 2.0) / c) * (b / c)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((((-2.0d0) * ((a ** 2.0d0) * (c ** 3.0d0))) / (b ** 5.0d0)) - (c / b)) - (a / (((b ** 2.0d0) / c) * (b / c)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (((-2.0 * (Math.pow(a, 2.0) * Math.pow(c, 3.0))) / Math.pow(b, 5.0)) - (c / b)) - (a / ((Math.pow(b, 2.0) / c) * (b / c)));
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (((-2.0 * (math.pow(a, 2.0) * math.pow(c, 3.0))) / math.pow(b, 5.0)) - (c / b)) - (a / ((math.pow(b, 2.0) / c) * (b / c)))

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0))) / (b ^ 5.0)) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(a / Float64(Float64((b ^ 2.0) / c) * Float64(b / c))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (((-2.0 * ((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0))) / (b ^ 5.0)) - (c / b)) - (a / (((b ^ 2.0) / c) * (b / c)));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(N[(N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] / c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 17.2%

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

   1. *-commutative 17.2%

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

3. Simplified 17.2%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.8%

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

   1. associate-+r+ 96.8%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 96.8%

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

   3. unsub-neg 96.8%

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

   4. mul-1-neg 96.8%

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

   5. unsub-neg 96.8%

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

   6. associate-*r/ 96.8%

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

   7. *-commutative 96.8%

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

   8. associate-/l* 96.8%

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

6. Simplified 96.8%

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

   1. unpow3 96.8%

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

   2. unpow2 96.8%

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

   3. times-frac 96.8%

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

   4. pow2 96.8%

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

8. Applied egg-rr 96.8%

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

9. Final simplification 96.8%

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

Alternative 3: 95.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ (- c) b) (/ a (/ (pow b 3.0) (pow c 2.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-c / b) - (a / (pow(b, 3.0) / pow(c, 2.0)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-c / b) - (a / ((b ** 3.0d0) / (c ** 2.0d0)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-c / b) - (a / (Math.pow(b, 3.0) / Math.pow(c, 2.0)));
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-c / b) - (a / (math.pow(b, 3.0) / math.pow(c, 2.0)))

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(a / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / (c ^ 2.0))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-c / b) - (a / ((b ^ 3.0) / (c ^ 2.0)));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 17.2%

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

   1. *-commutative 17.2%

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

3. Simplified 17.2%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.7%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 95.7%

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

   2. unsub-neg 95.7%

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

   3. mul-1-neg 95.7%

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

   4. distribute-neg-frac 95.7%

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

   5. associate-/l* 95.7%

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

6. Simplified 95.7%

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

7. Final simplification 95.7%

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

Alternative 4: 90.8% 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 17.2%

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

   1. *-commutative 17.2%

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

3. Simplified 17.2%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.9%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 90.9%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac 90.9%

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

6. Simplified 90.9%

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

7. Final simplification 90.9%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023332 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))