quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 85.4%

Time: 9.8s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 11.2×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-52}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{+118}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - c \cdot a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -8e-52)
   (* -0.5 (/ c b_2))
   (if (<= b_2 5e+118)
     (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* c a)))) a)
     (/ (* b_2 -2.0) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else if (b_2 <= 5e+118) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-8d-52)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b_2)
    else if (b_2 <= 5d+118) then
        tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a
    else
        tmp = (b_2 * (-2.0d0)) / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else if (b_2 <= 5e+118) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -8e-52:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2)
	elif b_2 <= 5e+118:
		tmp = (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a
	else:
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b_2));
	elseif (b_2 <= 5e+118)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(c * a)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b_2 * -2.0) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52)
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	elseif (b_2 <= 5e+118)
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a;
	else
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -8e-52], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 5e+118], N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b$95$2 * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -8.0000000000000001e-52

   1. Initial program 15.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 88.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -8.0000000000000001e-52 < b_2 < 4.99999999999999972e118

   1. Initial program 78.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   if 4.99999999999999972e118 < b_2

   1. Initial program 54.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]

   5. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 85.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-52}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{+118}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - c \cdot a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 80.6% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-52}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + \frac{c}{b\_2} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -8e-52)
   (* -0.5 (/ c b_2))
   (if (<= b_2 7.5e-53)
     (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (* c (- a)))) a)
     (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* (/ c b_2) 0.5)))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else if (b_2 <= 7.5e-53) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt((c * -a))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-8d-52)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b_2)
    else if (b_2 <= 7.5d-53) then
        tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt((c * -a))) / a
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else if (b_2 <= 7.5e-53) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - Math.sqrt((c * -a))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -8e-52:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2)
	elif b_2 <= 7.5e-53:
		tmp = (-b_2 - math.sqrt((c * -a))) / a
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b_2));
	elseif (b_2 <= 7.5e-53)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(-a)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * 0.5));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-52)
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	elseif (b_2 <= 7.5e-53)
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt((c * -a))) / a;
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -8e-52], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 7.5e-53], N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(c * (-a)), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -8.0000000000000001e-52

   1. Initial program 15.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 88.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -8.0000000000000001e-52 < b_2 < 7.5000000000000001e-53

   1. Initial program 69.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around 0 63.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 63.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a} \]

      2. neg-mul-1 63.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-a\right)} \cdot c}}{a} \]

   5. Simplified 63.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-a\right) \cdot c}}}{a} \]

   if 7.5000000000000001e-53 < b_2

   1. Initial program 75.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 87.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 81.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-52}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(-a\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + \frac{c}{b\_2} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 67.9% accurate, 7.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + \frac{c}{b\_2} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -5e-310)
   (* -0.5 (/ c b_2))
   (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* (/ c b_2) 0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b_2)
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -5e-310:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2)
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b_2));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * 0.5));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -5e-310)
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -5e-310], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 27.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 71.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b_2

   1. Initial program 73.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 63.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 67.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + \frac{c}{b\_2} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 67.7% accurate, 11.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{\frac{a}{b\_2}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -9.5e-278) (* -0.5 (/ c b_2)) (/ -2.0 (/ a b_2))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-278) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / (a / b_2);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-9.5d-278)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b_2)
    else
        tmp = (-2.0d0) / (a / b_2)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-278) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / (a / b_2);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -9.5e-278:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2)
	else:
		tmp = -2.0 / (a / b_2)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-278)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b_2));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-2.0 / Float64(a / b_2));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -9.5e-278)
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	else
		tmp = -2.0 / (a / b_2);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -9.5e-278], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-2.0 / N[(a / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -9.49999999999999964e-278

   1. Initial program 27.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 72.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -9.49999999999999964e-278 < b_2

   1. Initial program 72.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 59.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \color{blue}{\left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b\_2}\right)}}{a} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-/l* 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{b\_2}{c}}}\right)}{a} \]

   5. Simplified 62.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \color{blue}{\left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \frac{a}{\frac{b\_2}{c}}\right)}}{a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. div-inv 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{b\_2}{c}}\right)}\right)}{a} \]

      2. clear-num 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b\_2}}\right)\right)}{a} \]

      3. add-cube-cbrt 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\sqrt[3]{a} \cdot \sqrt[3]{a}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{a}\right)} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\right)\right)}{a} \]

      4. associate-*l* 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\sqrt[3]{a} \cdot \sqrt[3]{a}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\right)\right)}\right)}{a} \]

      5. pow2 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{a}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\right)\right)\right)}{a} \]

   7. Applied egg-rr 62.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{a}\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\right)\right)}\right)}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-exp-log 62.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{e^{\log \left({\left(\sqrt[3]{a}\right)}^{2}\right)}} \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\right)\right)\right)}{a} \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 62.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \left(b\_2 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{e^{\log \left({\left(\sqrt[3]{a}\right)}^{2}\right)}} \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{a} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\right)\right)\right)}{a} \]

   10. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 62.3%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 62.3%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot b\_2}{a}} \]

       2. associate-/l* 62.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a}{b\_2}}} \]

   12. Simplified 62.1%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\frac{a}{b\_2}}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{\frac{a}{b\_2}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 67.8% accurate, 11.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -5.8 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -5.8e-278) (* -0.5 (/ c b_2)) (/ (* b_2 -2.0) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5.8e-278) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-5.8d-278)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b_2)
    else
        tmp = (b_2 * (-2.0d0)) / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5.8e-278) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -5.8e-278:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2)
	else:
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -5.8e-278)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b_2));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b_2 * -2.0) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -5.8e-278)
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	else
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -5.8e-278], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b$95$2 * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -5.8e-278

   1. Initial program 27.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 72.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -5.8e-278 < b_2

   1. Initial program 72.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 62.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 62.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]

   5. Simplified 62.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 67.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -5.8 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 35.2% accurate, 22.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b_2)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b_2);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-0.5d0) * (c / b_2)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return -0.5 * (c / b_2);
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return -0.5 * (c / b_2)

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b_2))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 51.2%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 36.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]

4. Final simplification 36.0%

   \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 99.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_1 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| - t\_0} \cdot \sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| + t\_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(b\_2, t\_0\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_1 - b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 + t\_1}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
        (t_1
         (if (== (copysign a c) a)
           (* (sqrt (- (fabs b_2) t_0)) (sqrt (+ (fabs b_2) t_0)))
           (hypot b_2 t_0))))
   (if (< b_2 0.0) (/ c (- t_1 b_2)) (/ (+ b_2 t_1) (- a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = sqrt((fabs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt((fabs(b_2) + t_0));
	} else {
		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
	}
	double t_1 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b_2 < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((Math.abs(b_2) - t_0)) * Math.sqrt((Math.abs(b_2) + t_0));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.hypot(b_2, t_0);
	}
	double t_1 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b_2 < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
	tmp = 0
	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
		tmp = math.sqrt((math.fabs(b_2) - t_0)) * math.sqrt((math.fabs(b_2) + t_0))
	else:
		tmp = math.hypot(b_2, t_0)
	t_1 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b_2 < 0.0:
		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2)
	else:
		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a
	return tmp_1

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	t_0 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(abs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt(Float64(abs(b_2) + t_0)));
	else
		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
	end
	t_1 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b_2 < 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_1 - b_2));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(b_2 + t_1) / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

MATLAB

function tmp_3 = code(a, b_2, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
		tmp = sqrt((abs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt((abs(b_2) + t_0));
	else
		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
	end
	t_1 = tmp;
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b_2 < 0.0)
		tmp_2 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
	else
		tmp_2 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
	end
	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
end

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024027 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b_2 0.0) (/ c (- (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot b_2 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) b_2)) (/ (+ b_2 (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot b_2 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (- a)))

  (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))