Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.7% → 91.7%

Time: 14.0s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

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

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 55.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 91.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.016:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.016)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (+
    (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
    (-
     (-
      (* -0.25 (* (/ (pow (* c a) 4.0) a) (/ 20.0 (pow b 7.0))))
      (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))
     (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.016) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * ((pow((c * a), 4.0) / a) * (20.0 / pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.016)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(Float64(Float64(-0.25 * Float64(Float64((Float64(c * a) ^ 4.0) / a) * Float64(20.0 / (b ^ 7.0)))) - Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) - Float64(c / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.016], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(20.0 / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.016

   1. Initial program 89.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 89.6%

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

      2. +-commutative 89.6%

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

      3. unsub-neg 89.6%

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

      4. sqr-neg 89.6%

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

      5. fma-neg 89.7%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 89.7%

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

      7. *-commutative 89.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 89.7%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 89.7%

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

      10. metadata-eval 89.7%

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

      11. *-commutative 89.7%

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

   3. Simplified 89.7%

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

   if 0.016 < b

   1. Initial program 57.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 57.0%

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

   3. Simplified 57.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 93.4%

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

      1. distribute-rgt-out 93.4%

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

      2. associate-*r* 93.4%

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

      3. *-commutative 93.4%

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

      4. times-frac 93.4%

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

   8. Simplified 93.4%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}\right)}\right)\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 93.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.016:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 89.1% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \left(\frac{c}{b} + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.019)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (-
    (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
    (+ (/ c b) (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.019) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) - ((c / b) + ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.019)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) - Float64(Float64(c / b) + Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.019], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.0189999999999999995

   1. Initial program 89.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 89.6%

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

      2. +-commutative 89.6%

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

      3. unsub-neg 89.6%

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

      4. sqr-neg 89.6%

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

      5. fma-neg 89.7%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 89.7%

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

      7. *-commutative 89.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 89.7%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 89.7%

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

      10. metadata-eval 89.7%

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

      11. *-commutative 89.7%

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

   3. Simplified 89.7%

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

   if 0.0189999999999999995 < b

   1. Initial program 57.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 57.0%

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

   3. Simplified 57.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.4%

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

4. Final simplification 90.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \left(\frac{c}{b} + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 88.8% accurate, 0.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.021:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.021)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (/
    (fma
     -4.0
     (/ (pow (* c a) 3.0) (pow b 5.0))
     (* -2.0 (+ (/ a (/ b c)) (/ (* (* c a) (* c a)) (pow b 3.0)))))
    (* a 2.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.021) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(-4.0, (pow((c * a), 3.0) / pow(b, 5.0)), (-2.0 * ((a / (b / c)) + (((c * a) * (c * a)) / pow(b, 3.0))))) / (a * 2.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.021)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(fma(-4.0, Float64((Float64(c * a) ^ 3.0) / (b ^ 5.0)), Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(a / Float64(b / c)) + Float64(Float64(Float64(c * a) * Float64(c * a)) / (b ^ 3.0))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.021], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-4.0 * N[(N[Power[N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision], 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(a / N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.0210000000000000013

   1. Initial program 89.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 89.6%

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

      2. +-commutative 89.6%

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

      3. unsub-neg 89.6%

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

      4. sqr-neg 89.6%

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

      5. fma-neg 89.7%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 89.7%

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

      7. *-commutative 89.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 89.7%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 89.7%

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

      10. metadata-eval 89.7%

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

      11. *-commutative 89.7%

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

   3. Simplified 89.7%

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

   if 0.0210000000000000013 < b

   1. Initial program 57.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 57.0%

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

   3. Simplified 57.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.4%

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

      1. fma-def 90.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{a}^{3} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \]

      2. cube-prod 90.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} + -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

      3. distribute-lft-out 90.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} + \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)}\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

      4. associate-/l* 90.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}} + \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

      5. associate-/l* 90.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

   7. Simplified 90.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{{a}^{2}}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\right)\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 90.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 90.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

      2. unpow2 90.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

      3. swap-sqr 90.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

      4. unpow2 90.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{2}}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

   10. Simplified 90.3%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. unpow2 90.3%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 90.3%

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

4. Final simplification 90.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.021:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, \frac{{\left(c \cdot a\right)}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}} + \frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)}{a \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 76.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))))
   (if (<= t_0 -1.6e-6) t_0 (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -1.6e-6) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    if (t_0 <= (-1.6d-6)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -1.6e-6) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -1.6e-6:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -1.6e-6)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -1.6e-6)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -1.6e-6], t$95$0, N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -1.5999999999999999e-6

   1. Initial program 73.3%

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

   if -1.5999999999999999e-6 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 36.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 36.3%

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

   3. Simplified 36.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 81.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 81.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 81.2%

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

   7. Simplified 81.2%

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

4. Final simplification 76.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -1.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 21:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - {c}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 21.0)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (* (pow c 2.0) (/ a (pow b 3.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 21.0) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - (pow(c, 2.0) * (a / pow(b, 3.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 21.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64((c ^ 2.0) * Float64(a / (b ^ 3.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 21.0], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 21

   1. Initial program 79.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 79.8%

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

      2. +-commutative 79.8%

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

      3. unsub-neg 79.8%

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

      4. sqr-neg 79.8%

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

      5. fma-neg 79.9%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 79.9%

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

      7. *-commutative 79.9%

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

      8. *-commutative 79.9%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 79.9%

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

      10. metadata-eval 79.9%

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

      11. *-commutative 79.9%

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

   3. Simplified 79.9%

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

   if 21 < b

   1. Initial program 52.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 52.8%

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

   3. Simplified 52.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 86.3%

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

      2. unsub-neg 86.3%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 86.3%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 86.3%

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

      5. associate-/l* 86.3%

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

      6. associate-/r/ 86.3%

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

   7. Simplified 86.3%

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

4. Final simplification 84.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 21:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - {c}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 84.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 21:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - {c}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 21.0)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (* (pow c 2.0) (/ a (pow b 3.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 21.0) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - (pow(c, 2.0) * (a / pow(b, 3.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 21.0d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - ((c ** 2.0d0) * (a / (b ** 3.0d0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 21.0) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - (Math.pow(c, 2.0) * (a / Math.pow(b, 3.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 21.0:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - (math.pow(c, 2.0) * (a / math.pow(b, 3.0)))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 21.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64((c ^ 2.0) * Float64(a / (b ^ 3.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 21.0)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((c ^ 2.0) * (a / (b ^ 3.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 21.0], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 21

   1. Initial program 79.8%

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

   if 21 < b

   1. Initial program 52.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 52.8%

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

   3. Simplified 52.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 86.3%

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

      2. unsub-neg 86.3%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 86.3%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 86.3%

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

      5. associate-/l* 86.3%

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

      6. associate-/r/ 86.3%

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

   7. Simplified 86.3%

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

4. Final simplification 84.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 21:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - {c}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 64.2% accurate, 29.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 59.8%

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

   1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

3. Simplified 59.8%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 61.0%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 61.0%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac 61.0%

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

7. Simplified 61.0%

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

8. Final simplification 61.0%

   \[\leadsto \frac{-c}{b} \]
9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 1.6% accurate, 38.7× 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(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 59.8%

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

   1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

3. Simplified 59.8%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 11.8%

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

   1. +-commutative 11.8%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 11.8%

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

   3. unsub-neg 11.8%

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

7. Simplified 11.8%

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

8. Taylor expanded in c around inf 1.6%

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

9. Final simplification 1.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024017 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))