Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 56.1% → 90.7%

Time: 12.5s

Alternatives: 7

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: 56.1% 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: 90.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}\right) - {\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
  (-
   (-
    (* -0.25 (* (/ (pow (* a c) 4.0) a) (/ 20.0 (pow b 7.0))))
    (* (pow (/ c b) 2.0) (/ a b)))
   (/ 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 * ((pow((a * c), 4.0) / a) * (20.0 / pow(b, 7.0)))) - (pow((c / b), 2.0) * (a / b))) - (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) * ((((a * c) ** 4.0d0) / a) * (20.0d0 / (b ** 7.0d0)))) - (((c / b) ** 2.0d0) * (a / b))) - (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 * ((Math.pow((a * c), 4.0) / a) * (20.0 / Math.pow(b, 7.0)))) - (Math.pow((c / b), 2.0) * (a / b))) - (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 * ((math.pow((a * c), 4.0) / a) * (20.0 / math.pow(b, 7.0)))) - (math.pow((c / b), 2.0) * (a / b))) - (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(a * c) ^ 4.0) / a) * Float64(20.0 / (b ^ 7.0)))) - Float64((Float64(c / b) ^ 2.0) * Float64(a / b))) - 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 * ((((a * c) ^ 4.0) / a) * (20.0 / (b ^ 7.0)))) - (((c / b) ^ 2.0) * (a / b))) - (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[Power[N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(20.0 / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Power[N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.9%

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

   1. *-commutative 54.9%

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

3. Simplified 54.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.1%

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

   1. *-commutative 92.1%

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

   2. unpow-prod-down 92.1%

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

   3. pow-prod-down 92.1%

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

   4. pow-pow 92.1%

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

   5. metadata-eval 92.1%

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

   6. metadata-eval 92.1%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 92.1%

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

8. Taylor expanded in c around 0 92.1%

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

   1. distribute-rgt-out 92.1%

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

   2. associate-*r* 92.1%

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

   3. *-commutative 92.1%

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

   4. times-frac 92.1%

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

10. Simplified 92.1%

    \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + -0.25 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}\right)}\right)\right) \]
11. Step-by-step derivation

    1. *-commutative 92.1%

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

    2. unpow3 92.1%

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

    3. times-frac 92.1%

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

    4. unpow2 92.1%

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

    5. sqr-neg 92.1%

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

    6. frac-times 92.1%

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

    7. pow2 92.1%

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

    8. add-sqr-sqrt 0.0%

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

    9. sqrt-unprod 92.1%

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

    10. sqr-neg 92.1%

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

    11. sqrt-prod 92.1%

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

    12. add-sqr-sqrt 92.1%

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

12. Applied egg-rr 92.1%

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

13. Final simplification 92.1%

    \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a} \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{7}}\right) - {\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
14. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 89.3% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.42:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot {c}^{2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.42)
   (/ (- (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 b 3.0)) (pow c 2.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.42) {
		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(b, 3.0)) * pow(c, 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.42)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0))) / (b ^ 5.0)) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(Float64(a / (b ^ 3.0)) * (c ^ 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.42], 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[(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[(N[(a / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.419999999999999984

   1. Initial program 84.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 84.8%

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

      2. +-commutative 84.8%

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

      3. unsub-neg 84.8%

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

      4. sqr-neg 84.8%

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

      5. fma-neg 84.8%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 84.8%

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

      7. *-commutative 84.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 84.8%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 84.8%

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

      10. metadata-eval 84.8%

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

      11. *-commutative 84.8%

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

   3. Simplified 84.8%

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

   if 0.419999999999999984 < b

   1. Initial program 50.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 50.6%

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

   3. Simplified 50.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.0%

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

      1. associate-+r+ 92.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 92.0%

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

      3. unsub-neg 92.0%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 92.0%

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

      5. unsub-neg 92.0%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 92.0%

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

      7. *-commutative 92.0%

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

      8. associate-/l* 92.0%

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

      9. associate-/r/ 92.0%

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

   7. Simplified 92.0%

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

4. Final simplification 91.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.42:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot {c}^{2}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 76.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2.5e-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 <= -2.5e-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 <= (-2.5d-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 <= -2.5e-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 <= -2.5e-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 <= -2.5e-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 <= -2.5e-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, -2.5e-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)) < -2.5000000000000002e-6

   1. Initial program 71.2%

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

   if -2.5000000000000002e-6 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 32.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 32.5%

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

   3. Simplified 32.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.1%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 83.1%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 83.1%

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

   7. Simplified 83.1%

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

4. Final simplification 76.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -2.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 84.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.78:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot {c}^{2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.78)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (* (/ a (pow b 3.0)) (pow c 2.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.78) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((a / pow(b, 3.0)) * pow(c, 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.78)
		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(Float64(a / (b ^ 3.0)) * (c ^ 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.78], 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[(a / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.78000000000000003

   1. Initial program 84.0%

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

      1. sqr-neg 84.0%

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

      2. +-commutative 84.0%

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

      3. unsub-neg 84.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 84.0%

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

      5. fma-neg 84.1%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 84.1%

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

      7. *-commutative 84.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 84.1%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 84.1%

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

      10. metadata-eval 84.1%

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

      11. *-commutative 84.1%

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

   3. Simplified 84.1%

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

   if 0.78000000000000003 < b

   1. Initial program 50.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 50.1%

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

   3. Simplified 50.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 86.7%

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

      2. unsub-neg 86.7%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 86.7%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 86.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 86.7%

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

      6. associate-/r/ 86.7%

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

   7. Simplified 86.7%

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

4. Final simplification 86.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.78:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot {c}^{2}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 84.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.82:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot {c}^{2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.82)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (* (/ a (pow b 3.0)) (pow c 2.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.82) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((a / pow(b, 3.0)) * pow(c, 2.0));
	}
	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 <= 0.82d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-c / b) - ((a / (b ** 3.0d0)) * (c ** 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.82) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((a / Math.pow(b, 3.0)) * Math.pow(c, 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 0.82:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((a / math.pow(b, 3.0)) * math.pow(c, 2.0))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.82)
		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(Float64(a / (b ^ 3.0)) * (c ^ 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 0.82)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (-c / b) - ((a / (b ^ 3.0)) * (c ^ 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.82], 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[(a / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.819999999999999951

   1. Initial program 84.0%

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

   if 0.819999999999999951 < b

   1. Initial program 50.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 50.1%

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

   3. Simplified 50.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 86.7%

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

      2. unsub-neg 86.7%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 86.7%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 86.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 86.7%

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

      6. associate-/r/ 86.7%

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

   7. Simplified 86.7%

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

4. Final simplification 86.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.82:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} \cdot {c}^{2}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 84.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.82:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{b} \cdot {\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}{a \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 0.82)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (/
    (+ (* -2.0 (/ (* a c) b)) (* -2.0 (* (/ 1.0 b) (pow (* a (/ c b)) 2.0))))
    (* a 2.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.82) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / b)) + (-2.0 * ((1.0 / b) * pow((a * (c / b)), 2.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	}
	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 <= 0.82d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (((-2.0d0) * ((a * c) / b)) + ((-2.0d0) * ((1.0d0 / b) * ((a * (c / b)) ** 2.0d0)))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.82) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / b)) + (-2.0 * ((1.0 / b) * Math.pow((a * (c / b)), 2.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 0.82:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / b)) + (-2.0 * ((1.0 / b) * math.pow((a * (c / b)), 2.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.82)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(a * c) / b)) + Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(1.0 / b) * (Float64(a * Float64(c / b)) ^ 2.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 0.82)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / b)) + (-2.0 * ((1.0 / b) * ((a * (c / b)) ^ 2.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.82], 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[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[(a * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.819999999999999951

   1. Initial program 84.0%

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

   if 0.819999999999999951 < b

   1. Initial program 50.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 50.1%

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

   3. Simplified 50.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.5%

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

      1. *-un-lft-identity 86.5%

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

      2. cube-mult 86.5%

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

      3. times-frac 86.5%

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

      4. pow-prod-down 86.5%

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

      5. pow2 86.5%

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

      6. frac-times 86.5%

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

      7. pow2 86.5%

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

      8. associate-/l* 86.5%

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

      9. div-inv 86.5%

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

      10. add-sqr-sqrt 86.5%

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

      11. sqrt-prod 86.5%

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

      12. sqr-neg 86.5%

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

      13. sqrt-unprod 0.0%

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

      14. add-sqr-sqrt 86.5%

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

      15. clear-num 86.5%

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

      16. add-sqr-sqrt 0.0%

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

      17. sqrt-unprod 86.5%

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

      18. sqr-neg 86.5%

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

      19. sqrt-prod 86.5%

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

      20. add-sqr-sqrt 86.5%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 86.5%

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

4. Final simplification 86.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.82:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} + -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{b} \cdot {\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}{a \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 63.8% 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 54.9%

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

   1. *-commutative 54.9%

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

3. Simplified 54.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 65.0%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 65.0%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac 65.0%

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

7. Simplified 65.0%

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

8. Final simplification 65.0%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024019 
(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)))