quadm (p42, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 63.6% → 87.9%

Time: 14.3s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 9.7×

Specification

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 63.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 87.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.2e+154)
   (* -0.5 (/ 0.0 a))
   (if (<= b 7.2e+149)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.2e+154) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else if (b <= 7.2e+149) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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 <= (-1.2d+154)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (0.0d0 / a)
    else if (b <= 7.2d+149) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.2e+154) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else if (b <= 7.2e+149) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.2e+154:
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a)
	elif b <= 7.2e+149:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.2e+154)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(0.0 / a));
	elseif (b <= 7.2e+149)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.2e+154)
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	elseif (b <= 7.2e+149)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.2e+154], N[(-0.5 * N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.2e+149], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.20000000000000007e154

   1. Initial program 1.5%

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

      1. sub-neg 1.5%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 1.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 1.5%

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

      4. times-frac 1.5%

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

      5. metadata-eval 1.5%

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

      6. sub-neg 1.5%

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

      7. +-commutative 1.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 1.5%

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

      9. distribute-lft-neg-in 1.5%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-out 1.5%

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

      11. associate-*l* 1.5%

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

      12. fma-def 1.6%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 1.6%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 1.6%

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

      15. metadata-eval 1.6%

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

   3. Simplified 1.6%

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

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 1.6%

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

      2. pow2 1.6%

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

      3. pow1/2 1.6%

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

      4. sqrt-pow1 1.6%

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

      5. pow2 1.6%

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

      6. metadata-eval 1.6%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2}}{a} \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 1.6%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 97.2%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{b + -1 \cdot b}}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-rgt1-in 97.2%

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

      2. metadata-eval 97.2%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0} \cdot b}{a} \]

      3. mul0-lft 97.2%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   9. Simplified 97.2%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   if -1.20000000000000007e154 < b < 7.1999999999999999e149

   1. Initial program 79.3%

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

   if 7.1999999999999999e149 < b

   1. Initial program 43.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 43.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 43.5%

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

      4. sqr-neg 43.5%

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

      5. associate-*r* 43.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 43.5%

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

   3. Simplified 43.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   7. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 84.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 78.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{-54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)}^{0.5}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.7e-54)
   (* -0.5 (/ 0.0 a))
   (if (<= b 4.2e-27)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (pow (* (* a c) -4.0) 0.5)) a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.7e-54) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else if (b <= 4.2e-27) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + pow(((a * c) * -4.0), 0.5)) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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 <= (-2.7d-54)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (0.0d0 / a)
    else if (b <= 4.2d-27) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * ((b + (((a * c) * (-4.0d0)) ** 0.5d0)) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.7e-54) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else if (b <= 4.2e-27) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + Math.pow(((a * c) * -4.0), 0.5)) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.7e-54:
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a)
	elif b <= 4.2e-27:
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + math.pow(((a * c) * -4.0), 0.5)) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.7e-54)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(0.0 / a));
	elseif (b <= 4.2e-27)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + (Float64(Float64(a * c) * -4.0) ^ 0.5)) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.7e-54)
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	elseif (b <= 4.2e-27)
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + (((a * c) * -4.0) ^ 0.5)) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.7e-54], N[(-0.5 * N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.2e-27], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Power[N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision], 0.5], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.70000000000000026e-54

   1. Initial program 47.2%

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

      1. sub-neg 47.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 47.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 47.2%

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

      4. times-frac 47.2%

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

      5. metadata-eval 47.2%

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

      6. sub-neg 47.2%

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

      7. +-commutative 47.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 47.2%

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

      9. distribute-lft-neg-in 47.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-out 47.2%

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

      11. associate-*l* 47.2%

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

      12. fma-def 47.2%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 47.2%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 47.2%

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

      15. metadata-eval 47.2%

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

   3. Simplified 47.2%

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

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 26.6%

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

      2. pow2 26.6%

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

      3. pow1/2 26.6%

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

      4. sqrt-pow1 26.6%

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

      5. pow2 26.6%

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

      6. metadata-eval 26.6%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2}}{a} \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 26.6%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 84.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{b + -1 \cdot b}}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-rgt1-in 84.1%

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

      2. metadata-eval 84.1%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0} \cdot b}{a} \]

      3. mul0-lft 84.1%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   9. Simplified 84.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   if -2.70000000000000026e-54 < b < 4.20000000000000031e-27

   1. Initial program 72.8%

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

      1. sub-neg 72.8%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 72.8%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.8%

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

      4. times-frac 72.8%

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

      5. metadata-eval 72.8%

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

      6. sub-neg 72.8%

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

      7. +-commutative 72.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.8%

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

      9. distribute-lft-neg-in 72.8%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-out 72.8%

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

      11. associate-*l* 72.8%

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

      12. fma-def 72.8%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 72.8%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 72.8%

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

      15. metadata-eval 72.8%

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

   3. Simplified 72.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 63.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 63.9%

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

      2. associate-*r* 63.9%

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

   7. Simplified 63.9%

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

      1. pow1/2 63.9%

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

      2. associate-*r* 63.9%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 63.9%

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

   if 4.20000000000000031e-27 < b

   1. Initial program 70.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 70.3%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.3%

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

      4. sqr-neg 70.3%

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

      5. associate-*r* 70.3%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.3%

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

   3. Simplified 70.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.4%

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

      1. +-commutative 89.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 89.4%

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

      3. unsub-neg 89.4%

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

   7. Simplified 89.4%

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

4. Final simplification 79.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{-54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)}^{0.5}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 78.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{-59}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.05e-59)
   (* -0.5 (/ 0.0 a))
   (if (<= b 3.9e-26)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.05e-59) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.9e-26) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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 <= (-1.05d-59)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (0.0d0 / a)
    else if (b <= 3.9d-26) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * ((b + sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0))))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.05e-59) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.9e-26) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.05e-59:
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a)
	elif b <= 3.9e-26:
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.05e-59)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(0.0 / a));
	elseif (b <= 3.9e-26)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.05e-59)
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	elseif (b <= 3.9e-26)
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.05e-59], N[(-0.5 * N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.9e-26], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.04999999999999998e-59

   1. Initial program 47.2%

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

      1. sub-neg 47.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 47.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 47.2%

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

      4. times-frac 47.2%

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

      5. metadata-eval 47.2%

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

      6. sub-neg 47.2%

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

      7. +-commutative 47.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 47.2%

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

      9. distribute-lft-neg-in 47.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-out 47.2%

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

      11. associate-*l* 47.2%

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

      12. fma-def 47.2%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 47.2%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 47.2%

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

      15. metadata-eval 47.2%

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

   3. Simplified 47.2%

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

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 26.6%

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

      2. pow2 26.6%

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

      3. pow1/2 26.6%

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

      4. sqrt-pow1 26.6%

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

      5. pow2 26.6%

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

      6. metadata-eval 26.6%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2}}{a} \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 26.6%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 84.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{b + -1 \cdot b}}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-rgt1-in 84.1%

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

      2. metadata-eval 84.1%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0} \cdot b}{a} \]

      3. mul0-lft 84.1%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   9. Simplified 84.1%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   if -1.04999999999999998e-59 < b < 3.89999999999999986e-26

   1. Initial program 72.8%

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

      1. sub-neg 72.8%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 72.8%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.8%

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

      4. times-frac 72.8%

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

      5. metadata-eval 72.8%

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

      6. sub-neg 72.8%

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

      7. +-commutative 72.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.8%

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

      9. distribute-lft-neg-in 72.8%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-out 72.8%

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

      11. associate-*l* 72.8%

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

      12. fma-def 72.8%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 72.8%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 72.8%

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

      15. metadata-eval 72.8%

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

   3. Simplified 72.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 63.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 63.9%

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

      2. associate-*r* 63.9%

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

   7. Simplified 63.9%

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

   if 3.89999999999999986e-26 < b

   1. Initial program 70.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 70.3%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.3%

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

      4. sqr-neg 70.3%

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

      5. associate-*r* 70.3%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.3%

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

   3. Simplified 70.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.4%

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

      1. +-commutative 89.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 89.4%

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

      3. unsub-neg 89.4%

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

   7. Simplified 89.4%

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

4. Final simplification 79.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{-59}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 63.7% accurate, 9.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 7.2e-308) (* -0.5 (/ 0.0 a)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7.2e-308) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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 <= 7.2d-308) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (0.0d0 / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 7.2e-308) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 7.2e-308:
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 7.2e-308)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(0.0 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 7.2e-308)
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 7.2e-308], N[(-0.5 * N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 7.1999999999999997e-308

   1. Initial program 56.2%

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

      1. sub-neg 56.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 56.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 56.2%

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

      4. times-frac 56.2%

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

      5. metadata-eval 56.2%

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

      6. sub-neg 56.2%

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

      7. +-commutative 56.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 56.2%

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

      9. distribute-lft-neg-in 56.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-out 56.2%

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

      11. associate-*l* 56.2%

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

      12. fma-def 56.2%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 56.2%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 56.2%

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

      15. metadata-eval 56.2%

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

   3. Simplified 56.2%

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

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 41.5%

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

      2. pow2 41.5%

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

      3. pow1/2 41.5%

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

      4. sqrt-pow1 41.5%

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

      5. pow2 41.5%

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

      6. metadata-eval 41.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2}}{a} \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 41.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 60.6%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{b + -1 \cdot b}}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-rgt1-in 60.6%

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

      2. metadata-eval 60.6%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0} \cdot b}{a} \]

      3. mul0-lft 60.6%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   9. Simplified 60.6%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   if 7.1999999999999997e-308 < b

   1. Initial program 70.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 70.6%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      4. sqr-neg 70.6%

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

      5. associate-*r* 70.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.6%

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

   3. Simplified 70.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 66.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 66.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 66.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 66.9%

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

   7. Simplified 66.9%

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

4. Final simplification 63.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 63.5% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.7 \cdot 10^{-220}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5.7e-220) (* -0.5 (/ 0.0 a)) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.7e-220) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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 <= (-5.7d-220)) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (0.0d0 / a)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.7e-220) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5.7e-220:
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5.7e-220)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(0.0 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5.7e-220)
		tmp = -0.5 * (0.0 / a);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5.7e-220], N[(-0.5 * N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -5.6999999999999997e-220

   1. Initial program 54.9%

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

      1. sub-neg 54.9%

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

      2. distribute-neg-out 54.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 54.9%

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

      4. times-frac 54.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

      6. sub-neg 54.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 54.9%

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

      8. *-commutative 54.9%

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

      9. distribute-lft-neg-in 54.9%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-neg-out 54.9%

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

      11. associate-*l* 54.9%

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

      12. fma-def 54.9%

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

      13. distribute-lft-neg-in 54.9%

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

      14. distribute-rgt-neg-in 54.9%

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

      15. metadata-eval 54.9%

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

   3. Simplified 54.9%

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

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 39.0%

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

      2. pow2 39.0%

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

      3. pow1/2 39.0%

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

      4. sqrt-pow1 39.0%

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

      5. pow2 39.0%

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

      6. metadata-eval 39.0%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}\right)}^{2}}{a} \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 39.0%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{b + -1 \cdot b}}{a} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. distribute-rgt1-in 65.5%

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

      2. metadata-eval 65.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0} \cdot b}{a} \]

      3. mul0-lft 65.5%

         \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   9. Simplified 65.5%

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]

   if -5.6999999999999997e-220 < b

   1. Initial program 70.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 70.7%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 70.7%

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

      5. associate-*r* 70.7%

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

      6. *-commutative 70.7%

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

   3. Simplified 70.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 61.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 61.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 61.8%

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

   7. Simplified 61.8%

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

4. Final simplification 63.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.7 \cdot 10^{-220}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{0}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 46.5% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.1e-297) (/ (- c) b) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.1e-297) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	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 <= (-3.1d-297)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.1e-297) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.1e-297:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.1e-297)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.1e-297)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.1e-297], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.0999999999999997e-297

   1. Initial program 55.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 55.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 55.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 55.5%

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

      4. sqr-neg 55.5%

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

      5. associate-*r* 55.5%

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

      6. *-commutative 55.5%

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

   3. Simplified 55.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 22.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 22.5%

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

   7. Simplified 22.5%

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

   if -3.0999999999999997e-297 < b

   1. Initial program 71.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 71.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 71.1%

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

      3. *-commutative 71.1%

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

      4. sqr-neg 71.1%

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

      5. associate-*r* 71.1%

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

      6. *-commutative 71.1%

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

   3. Simplified 71.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 65.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 65.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 65.4%

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

   7. Simplified 65.4%

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

4. Final simplification 44.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 14.4% 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 63.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 63.5%

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

   2. sqr-neg 63.5%

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

   3. *-commutative 63.5%

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

   4. sqr-neg 63.5%

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

   5. associate-*r* 63.5%

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

   6. *-commutative 63.5%

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

3. Simplified 63.5%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 12.3%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 12.3%

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

7. Simplified 12.3%

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

8. Final simplification 12.3%

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

Alternative 8: 11.2% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 63.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 63.5%

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

   2. sqr-neg 63.5%

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

   3. *-commutative 63.5%

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

   4. sqr-neg 63.5%

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

   5. associate-*r* 63.5%

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

   6. *-commutative 63.5%

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

3. Simplified 63.5%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 34.8%

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

   1. +-commutative 34.8%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 34.8%

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

   3. unsub-neg 34.8%

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

7. Simplified 34.8%

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

8. Taylor expanded in c around inf 9.2%

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

9. Final simplification 9.2%

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

Developer target: 79.2% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\ t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_2 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{t\_0 - t\_1} \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 + t\_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t\_1\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t\_2}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fabs (/ b 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
        (t_2
         (if (== (copysign a c) a)
           (* (sqrt (- t_0 t_1)) (sqrt (+ t_0 t_1)))
           (hypot (/ b 2.0) t_1))))
   (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- t_2 (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) t_2) (- a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fabs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.abs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * Math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.fabs((b / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
	tmp = 0
	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
		tmp = math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1))
	else:
		tmp = math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1)
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0))
	else:
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a
	return tmp_1

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs(Float64(b / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt(Float64(t_0 + t_1)));
	else
		tmp = hypot(Float64(b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_2 - Float64(b / 2.0)));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(Float64(b / 2.0) + t_2) / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

MATLAB

function tmp_3 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs((b / 2.0));
	t_1 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	else
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp;
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_2 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	else
		tmp_2 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	end
	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Abs[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Sqrt[N[Abs[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[Abs[c], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = If[Equal[N[With[{TMP1 = Abs[a], TMP2 = Sign[c]}, TMP1 * If[TMP2 == 0, 1, TMP2]], $MachinePrecision], a], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Sqrt[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + t$95$1 ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(t$95$2 - N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024031 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot (/ b 2.0) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot (/ b 2.0) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (- a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))