Quadratic roots, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.8% → 97.6%

Time: 14.1s

Alternatives: 5

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]

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: 17.8% 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: 97.6% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 4 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
  (-
   (-
    (*
     -0.25
     (/
      (+ (* 16.0 (* (pow a 4.0) (pow c 4.0))) (* 4.0 (pow (* a c) 4.0)))
      (* a (pow b 7.0))))
    (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))
   (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (pow(a, 4.0) * pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * pow((a * c), 4.0))) / (a * pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((-2.0d0) * (((a ** 2.0d0) * (c ** 3.0d0)) / (b ** 5.0d0))) + ((((-0.25d0) * (((16.0d0 * ((a ** 4.0d0) * (c ** 4.0d0))) + (4.0d0 * ((a * c) ** 4.0d0))) / (a * (b ** 7.0d0)))) - ((a * (c ** 2.0d0)) / (b ** 3.0d0))) - (c / b))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-2.0 * ((Math.pow(a, 2.0) * Math.pow(c, 3.0)) / Math.pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (Math.pow(a, 4.0) * Math.pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * Math.pow((a * c), 4.0))) / (a * Math.pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * Math.pow(c, 2.0)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b));
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-2.0 * ((math.pow(a, 2.0) * math.pow(c, 3.0)) / math.pow(b, 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * (math.pow(a, 4.0) * math.pow(c, 4.0))) + (4.0 * math.pow((a * c), 4.0))) / (a * math.pow(b, 7.0)))) - ((a * math.pow(c, 2.0)) / math.pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b))

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(Float64(Float64(-0.25 * Float64(Float64(Float64(16.0 * Float64((a ^ 4.0) * (c ^ 4.0))) + Float64(4.0 * (Float64(a * c) ^ 4.0))) / Float64(a * (b ^ 7.0)))) - Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) - Float64(c / b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-2.0 * (((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) + (((-0.25 * (((16.0 * ((a ^ 4.0) * (c ^ 4.0))) + (4.0 * ((a * c) ^ 4.0))) / (a * (b ^ 7.0)))) - ((a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))) - (c / b));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[(16.0 * N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[Power[N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.3%

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

   1. *-commutative 16.3%

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

3. Simplified 16.3%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.2%

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

   1. *-commutative 97.2%

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

   2. unpow-prod-down 97.2%

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

   3. pow-prod-down 97.2%

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

   4. pow-pow 97.2%

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

   5. metadata-eval 97.2%

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

   6. metadata-eval 97.2%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 97.2%

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

8. Final simplification 97.2%

   \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 4 \cdot {\left(a \cdot c\right)}^{4}}{a \cdot {b}^{7}} - \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 96.9% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (* -2.0 (/ (* (pow a 2.0) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
  (+ (/ c b) (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-2.0 * ((pow(a, 2.0) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) - ((c / b) + ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = ((-2.0d0) * (((a ** 2.0d0) * (c ** 3.0d0)) / (b ** 5.0d0))) - ((c / b) + ((a * (c ** 2.0d0)) / (b ** 3.0d0)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-2.0 * ((Math.pow(a, 2.0) * Math.pow(c, 3.0)) / Math.pow(b, 5.0))) - ((c / b) + ((a * Math.pow(c, 2.0)) / Math.pow(b, 3.0)));
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-2.0 * ((math.pow(a, 2.0) * math.pow(c, 3.0)) / math.pow(b, 5.0))) - ((c / b) + ((a * math.pow(c, 2.0)) / math.pow(b, 3.0)))

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) - Float64(Float64(c / b) + Float64(Float64(a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-2.0 * (((a ^ 2.0) * (c ^ 3.0)) / (b ^ 5.0))) - ((c / b) + ((a * (c ^ 2.0)) / (b ^ 3.0)));
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.3%

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

   1. *-commutative 16.3%

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

3. Simplified 16.3%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.5%

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

6. Final simplification 96.5%

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

Alternative 3: 95.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{-b} - a \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ c (- b)) (* a (/ (pow c 2.0) (pow b 3.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c / -b) - (a * (pow(c, 2.0) / pow(b, 3.0)));
}

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) - (a * ((c ** 2.0d0) / (b ** 3.0d0)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c / -b) - (a * (Math.pow(c, 2.0) / Math.pow(b, 3.0)));
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (c / -b) - (a * (math.pow(c, 2.0) / math.pow(b, 3.0)))

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(c / Float64(-b)) - Float64(a * Float64((c ^ 2.0) / (b ^ 3.0))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (c / -b) - (a * ((c ^ 2.0) / (b ^ 3.0)));
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.3%

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

   1. *-commutative 16.3%

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

3. Simplified 16.3%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.8%

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

   1. distribute-lft-out 94.8%

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

   2. associate-/l* 95.2%

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

   3. associate-/l* 95.2%

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

7. Simplified 95.2%

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

8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.3%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 95.3%

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

   2. unsub-neg 95.3%

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

   3. mul-1-neg 95.3%

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

   4. distribute-neg-frac 95.3%

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

   5. associate-/l* 95.3%

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

10. Simplified 95.3%

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

11. Final simplification 95.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{c}{-b} - a \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]
12. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 90.4% 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(c / Float64(-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 16.3%

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

   1. *-commutative 16.3%

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

3. Simplified 16.3%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.5%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 91.5%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac 91.5%

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

7. Simplified 91.5%

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

8. Final simplification 91.5%

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

Alternative 5: 1.7% 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 16.3%

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

   1. *-commutative 16.3%

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

3. Simplified 16.3%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.1%

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

   1. clear-num 91.0%

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

   2. inv-pow 91.0%

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

   3. *-commutative 91.0%

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

   4. times-frac 91.0%

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

   5. metadata-eval 91.0%

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

   6. associate-/l* 91.2%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 91.2%

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

   1. unpow-1 91.2%

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

   2. associate-/r* 91.4%

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

   3. *-inverses 91.4%

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

   4. associate-*r/ 91.4%

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

   5. metadata-eval 91.4%

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

9. Simplified 91.4%

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

    1. add-sqr-sqrt 0.0%

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

    2. sqrt-unprod 1.7%

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

    3. associate-/r/ 1.7%

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

    4. metadata-eval 1.7%

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

    5. associate-/r/ 1.7%

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

    6. metadata-eval 1.7%

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

    7. swap-sqr 1.7%

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

    8. metadata-eval 1.7%

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

    9. *-un-lft-identity 1.7%

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

    10. sqrt-unprod 1.7%

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

    11. add-sqr-sqrt 1.7%

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

    12. div-inv 1.7%

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

11. Applied egg-rr 1.7%

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

    1. associate-*r/ 1.7%

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

    2. *-rgt-identity 1.7%

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

13. Simplified 1.7%

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

14. Final simplification 1.7%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024039 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))