Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.6% → 91.9%

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: 55.6% 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: 91.9% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -32:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{b \cdot a - a \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a \cdot \left(-a\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{{b}^{7}} \cdot \frac{20}{a}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c))) b) (* a 2.0)) -32.0)
   (*
    0.5
    (/ (- (* b a) (* a (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (pow b 2.0))))) (* a (- a))))
   (+
    (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
    (-
     (-
      (* -0.25 (* (/ (pow (* a c) 4.0) (pow b 7.0)) (/ 20.0 a)))
      (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))
     (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -32.0) {
		tmp = 0.5 * (((b * a) - (a * sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), pow(b, 2.0))))) / (a * -a));
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * ((pow((a * c), 4.0) / pow(b, 7.0)) * (20.0 / a))) - ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -32.0)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(Float64(Float64(b * a) - Float64(a * sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), (b ^ 2.0))))) / Float64(a * Float64(-a))));
	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(a * c) ^ 4.0) / (b ^ 7.0)) * Float64(20.0 / a))) - Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) - Float64(c / b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -32.0], N[(0.5 * N[(N[(N[(b * a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * (-a)), $MachinePrecision]), $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[(a * c), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(20.0 / a), $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 (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a)) < -32

   1. Initial program 91.2%

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

   3. Simplified 91.2%

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

      1. div-sub 91.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 91.2%

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

      3. *-un-lft-identity 91.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 91.2%

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

      5. times-frac 91.2%

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

      6. metadata-eval 91.2%

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

      7. pow2 91.2%

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

      8. *-un-lft-identity 91.2%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot b}}{a \cdot 2}\right) \]

      9. *-commutative 91.2%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\frac{1 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]

      10. times-frac 91.2%

          \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 91.2%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 91.2%

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

      1. sub-neg 91.2%

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

      2. distribute-lft-out-- 91.2%

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

   8. Simplified 91.2%

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

      1. frac-2neg 91.2%

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

      2. frac-sub 91.4%

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

   10. Applied egg-rr 91.4%

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

   if -32 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 48.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 48.7%

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

   3. Simplified 48.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 94.0%

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

      1. distribute-rgt-out 94.0%

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

      2. associate-*r* 94.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 94.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 94.0%

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

      5. times-frac 94.0%

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

   8. Simplified 94.0%

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

4. Final simplification 93.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -32:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{b \cdot a - a \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a \cdot \left(-a\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{{b}^{7}} \cdot \frac{20}{a}\right) - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 88.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8.8:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, -\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}, a\right)}{\frac{-{a}^{2}}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 8.8)
   (*
    0.5
    (/
     (fma (/ a b) (- (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (pow b 2.0)))) a)
     (/ (- (pow a 2.0)) b)))
   (-
    (- (/ (* -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 <= 8.8) {
		tmp = 0.5 * (fma((a / b), -sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), pow(b, 2.0))), a) / (-pow(a, 2.0) / b));
	} 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 <= 8.8)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(fma(Float64(a / b), Float64(-sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), (b ^ 2.0)))), a) / Float64(Float64(-(a ^ 2.0)) / b)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0))) / (b ^ 5.0)) - Float64(c / b)) - Float64(a / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / (c ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 8.8], N[(0.5 * N[(N[(N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]) + a), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]) / b), $MachinePrecision]), $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[(a / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 8.8000000000000007

   1. Initial program 85.1%

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

   3. Simplified 85.1%

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

      1. div-sub 84.9%

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

      2. sub-neg 84.9%

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

      3. *-un-lft-identity 84.9%

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

      4. *-commutative 84.9%

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

      5. times-frac 84.9%

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

      6. metadata-eval 84.9%

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

      7. pow2 84.9%

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

      8. *-un-lft-identity 84.9%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot b}}{a \cdot 2}\right) \]

      9. *-commutative 84.9%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\frac{1 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]

      10. times-frac 84.9%

          \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 84.9%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 84.9%

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

      1. sub-neg 84.9%

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

      2. distribute-lft-out-- 84.9%

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

   8. Simplified 84.9%

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

      1. frac-2neg 84.9%

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

      2. clear-num 84.7%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{-a} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b}}}\right) \]

      3. frac-sub 84.9%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b} - \left(-a\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}}} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 84.9%

       \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b} - \left(-a\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}}} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. cancel-sign-sub 84.9%

          \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b} + a \cdot 1}}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}} \]

       2. *-commutative 84.9%

          \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right)} + a \cdot 1}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}} \]

       3. *-rgt-identity 84.9%

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

       4. fma-def 85.4%

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

       5. distribute-lft-neg-out 85.4%

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

       6. associate-*r/ 85.4%

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

       7. unpow2 85.4%

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

   12. Simplified 85.4%

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

   if 8.8000000000000007 < b

   1. Initial program 45.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 45.3%

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

   3. Simplified 45.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.3%

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

      1. associate-+r+ 93.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 93.3%

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

      3. unsub-neg 93.3%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 93.3%

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

      5. unsub-neg 93.3%

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

      6. associate-*r/ 93.3%

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

      7. *-commutative 93.3%

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

      8. associate-/l* 93.3%

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

   7. Simplified 93.3%

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

4. Final simplification 91.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8.8:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, -\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}, a\right)}{\frac{-{a}^{2}}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{c}{b}\right) - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 84.8% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28.5:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, -\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}, a\right)}{\frac{-{a}^{2}}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 28.5)
   (*
    0.5
    (/
     (fma (/ a b) (- (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (pow b 2.0)))) a)
     (/ (- (pow a 2.0)) b)))
   (- (/ (- c) b) (/ a (/ (pow b 3.0) (pow c 2.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 28.5) {
		tmp = 0.5 * (fma((a / b), -sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), pow(b, 2.0))), a) / (-pow(a, 2.0) / b));
	} 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 <= 28.5)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(fma(Float64(a / b), Float64(-sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), (b ^ 2.0)))), a) / Float64(Float64(-(a ^ 2.0)) / b)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(a / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / (c ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 28.5], N[(0.5 * N[(N[(N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]) + a), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]) / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 28.5

   1. Initial program 82.2%

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

   3. Simplified 82.2%

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

      1. div-sub 82.0%

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

      2. sub-neg 82.0%

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

      3. *-un-lft-identity 82.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 82.0%

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

      5. times-frac 82.0%

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

      6. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

      7. pow2 82.0%

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

      8. *-un-lft-identity 82.0%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot b}}{a \cdot 2}\right) \]

      9. *-commutative 82.0%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\frac{1 \cdot b}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]

      10. times-frac 82.0%

          \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{a} + \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 82.0%

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

      1. sub-neg 82.0%

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

      2. distribute-lft-out-- 82.0%

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

   8. Simplified 82.0%

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

      1. frac-2neg 82.0%

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

      2. clear-num 81.8%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}{-a} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b}}}\right) \]

      3. frac-sub 81.8%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b} - \left(-a\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}}} \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 81.8%

       \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b} - \left(-a\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}}} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. cancel-sign-sub 81.8%

          \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b} + a \cdot 1}}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}} \]

       2. *-commutative 81.8%

          \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right)} + a \cdot 1}{\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{a}{b}} \]

       3. *-rgt-identity 81.8%

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

       4. fma-def 82.3%

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

       5. distribute-lft-neg-out 82.3%

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

       6. associate-*r/ 82.3%

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

       7. unpow2 82.3%

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

   12. Simplified 82.3%

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

   if 28.5 < b

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      2. unsub-neg 89.6%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 89.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 89.6%

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

   7. Simplified 89.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28.5:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, -\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}, a\right)}{\frac{-{a}^{2}}{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 75.5% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -0.00055:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c))) b) (* a 2.0))))
   (if (<= t_0 -0.00055) t_0 (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.00055) {
		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) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    if (t_0 <= (-0.00055d0)) 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) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -0.00055) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -0.00055:
		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(Float64(4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -0.00055)
		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) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -0.00055)
		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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -0.00055], 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)) < -5.50000000000000033e-4

   1. Initial program 78.5%

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

   if -5.50000000000000033e-4 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 4 a) c)))) (*.f64 2 a))

   1. Initial program 37.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 37.1%

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

   3. Simplified 37.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 79.4%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 79.4%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac 79.4%

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

   7. Simplified 79.4%

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

4. Final simplification 79.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.00055:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 28.0)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b))) 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 <= 28.0) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b))) - 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 <= 28.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), Float64(b * b))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(a / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / (c ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 28.0], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 28

   1. Initial program 82.2%

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

   3. Simplified 82.2%

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

   if 28 < b

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      2. unsub-neg 89.6%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 89.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 89.6%

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

   7. Simplified 89.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 28.0)
   (/ (- (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 <= 28.0) {
		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 <= 28.0)
		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(a / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / (c ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 28.0], 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[(a / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 28

   1. Initial program 82.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 82.2%

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

      2. +-commutative 82.2%

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

      3. unsub-neg 82.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 82.2%

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

      5. fma-neg 82.3%

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

      6. distribute-lft-neg-in 82.3%

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

      7. *-commutative 82.3%

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

      8. *-commutative 82.3%

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

      9. distribute-rgt-neg-in 82.3%

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

      10. metadata-eval 82.3%

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

      11. *-commutative 82.3%

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

   3. Simplified 82.3%

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

   if 28 < b

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      2. unsub-neg 89.6%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 89.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 89.6%

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

   7. Simplified 89.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 84.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 28.0)
   (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c))) 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 <= 28.0) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - 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 <= 28.0d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c))) - 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 <= 28.0) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - 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 <= 28.0:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - 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 <= 28.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) / b) - Float64(a / Float64((b ^ 3.0) / (c ^ 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 28.0)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - 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, 28.0], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a / N[(N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 28

   1. Initial program 82.2%

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

   if 28 < b

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      2. unsub-neg 89.6%

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

      3. mul-1-neg 89.6%

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

      4. distribute-neg-frac 89.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 89.6%

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

   7. Simplified 89.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 28:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b} - \frac{a}{\frac{{b}^{3}}{{c}^{2}}}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 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 52.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 52.5%

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

3. Simplified 52.5%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 66.4%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 66.4%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac 66.4%

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

7. Simplified 66.4%

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

8. Final simplification 66.4%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024027 
(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)))