quadm (p42, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 52.8% → 84.9%

Time: 11.7s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 11.6×

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: 52.8% 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: 84.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{+48}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e-38)
   (* -1.0 (/ c b))
   (if (<= b 3.8e+48)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 c) a)))) (* a 2.0))
     (+ (* -1.0 (/ b a)) (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e-38) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 3.8e+48) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * c) * a)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.5d-38)) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (c / b)
    else if (b <= 3.8d+48) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * c) * a)))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) * (b / a)) + (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e-38) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 3.8e+48) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * c) * a)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.5e-38:
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b)
	elif b <= 3.8e+48:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * c) * a)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e-38)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(c / b));
	elseif (b <= 3.8e+48)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * c) * a)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.5e-38)
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	elseif (b <= 3.8e+48)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * c) * a)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e-38], N[(-1.0 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.8e+48], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-1.0 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.5000000000000001e-38

   1. Initial program 11.4%

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

      1. div-sub 10.6%

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

      2. sub-neg 10.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 10.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 10.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 10.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 10.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 10.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 10.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 10.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 11.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 11.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 11.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 11.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 11.4%

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

   3. Simplified 11.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.3%

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

   if -3.5000000000000001e-38 < b < 3.8e48

   1. Initial program 79.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 79.6%

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

      2. *-commutative 79.6%

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

      3. sqr-neg 79.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 79.6%

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

      5. sqr-neg 79.6%

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

      6. *-commutative 79.6%

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

      7. associate-*r* 79.6%

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

   3. Simplified 79.6%

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

   if 3.8e48 < b

   1. Initial program 61.7%

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

      1. div-sub 61.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 61.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 61.7%

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

      4. *-commutative 61.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 61.6%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 61.6%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 61.6%

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

      8. *-commutative 61.6%

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

      9. associate-/l* 61.5%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 61.5%

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

      11. associate-/r* 61.5%

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

      12. metadata-eval 61.5%

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

      13. sub-neg 61.5%

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

      14. +-commutative 61.5%

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

   3. Simplified 61.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 84.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.26 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{+48}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.26e-45)
   (* -1.0 (/ c b))
   (if (<= b 4.2e+48)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a))
     (+ (* -1.0 (/ b a)) (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.26e-45) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 4.2e+48) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.26d-45)) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (c / b)
    else if (b <= 4.2d+48) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) * (b / a)) + (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.26e-45) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 4.2e+48) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.26e-45:
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b)
	elif b <= 4.2e+48:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.26e-45)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(c / b));
	elseif (b <= 4.2e+48)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.26e-45)
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	elseif (b <= 4.2e+48)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.26e-45], N[(-1.0 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.2e+48], 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], N[(N[(-1.0 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.26e-45

   1. Initial program 11.4%

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

      1. div-sub 10.6%

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

      2. sub-neg 10.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 10.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 10.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 10.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 10.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 10.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 10.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 10.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 11.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 11.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 11.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 11.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 11.4%

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

   3. Simplified 11.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.3%

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

   if -1.26e-45 < b < 4.1999999999999997e48

   1. Initial program 79.6%

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

   if 4.1999999999999997e48 < b

   1. Initial program 61.7%

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

      1. div-sub 61.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 61.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 61.7%

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

      4. *-commutative 61.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 61.6%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 61.6%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 61.6%

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

      8. *-commutative 61.6%

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

      9. associate-/l* 61.5%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 61.5%

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

      11. associate-/r* 61.5%

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

      12. metadata-eval 61.5%

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

      13. sub-neg 61.5%

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

      14. +-commutative 61.5%

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

   3. Simplified 61.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 80.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{-47}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-117}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b + \sqrt{\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5.5e-47)
   (* -1.0 (/ c b))
   (if (<= b 3.8e-117)
     (* (+ b (sqrt (* (* -4.0 a) c))) (/ -0.5 a))
     (+ (* -1.0 (/ b a)) (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.5e-47) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 3.8e-117) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5.5d-47)) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (c / b)
    else if (b <= 3.8d-117) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt((((-4.0d0) * a) * c))) * ((-0.5d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) * (b / a)) + (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.5e-47) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 3.8e-117) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5.5e-47:
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b)
	elif b <= 3.8e-117:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c))) * (-0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5.5e-47)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(c / b));
	elseif (b <= 3.8e-117)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(Float64(-4.0 * a) * c))) * Float64(-0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5.5e-47)
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	elseif (b <= 3.8e-117)
		tmp = (b + sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c))) * (-0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5.5e-47], N[(-1.0 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.8e-117], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-1.0 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -5.5000000000000002e-47

   1. Initial program 11.4%

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

      1. div-sub 10.6%

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

      2. sub-neg 10.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 10.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 10.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 10.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 10.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 10.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 10.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 10.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 11.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 11.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 11.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 11.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 11.4%

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

   3. Simplified 11.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.3%

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

   if -5.5000000000000002e-47 < b < 3.79999999999999972e-117

   1. Initial program 71.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 71.8%

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

      2. *-commutative 71.8%

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

      3. sqr-neg 71.8%

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

      4. *-commutative 71.8%

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

      5. sqr-neg 71.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 71.8%

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

      7. associate-*r* 71.9%

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

   3. Simplified 71.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.6%

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

      1. frac-2neg 69.6%

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

      2. div-inv 69.6%

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

      3. neg-sub0 69.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{-a \cdot 2} \]

      4. add-sqr-sqrt 43.9%

         \[\leadsto \left(0 - \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{-b} \cdot \sqrt{-b}} - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-a \cdot 2} \]

      5. sqrt-unprod 68.5%

         \[\leadsto \left(0 - \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}} - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-a \cdot 2} \]

      6. sqr-neg 68.5%

         \[\leadsto \left(0 - \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-a \cdot 2} \]

      7. sqrt-prod 24.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(0 - \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}} - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-a \cdot 2} \]

      8. add-sqr-sqrt 68.1%

         \[\leadsto \left(0 - \left(\color{blue}{b} - \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-a \cdot 2} \]

      9. associate-+l- 68.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(0 - b\right) + \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{-a \cdot 2} \]

      10. neg-sub0 68.1%

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

      11. add-sqr-sqrt 43.4%

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

      12. sqrt-unprod 68.3%

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

      13. sqr-neg 68.3%

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

      14. sqrt-prod 25.7%

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

      15. add-sqr-sqrt 69.6%

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

      16. associate-*r* 69.6%

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

      17. distribute-rgt-neg-in 69.6%

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

      18. metadata-eval 69.6%

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

      19. metadata-eval 69.6%

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

      20. div-inv 69.6%

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

      21. clear-num 69.6%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 69.6%

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

   if 3.79999999999999972e-117 < b

   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. div-sub 72.8%

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

      2. sub-neg 72.8%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.8%

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

      4. *-commutative 72.8%

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

      5. associate-/l* 72.7%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 72.7%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 72.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.7%

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

      9. associate-/l* 72.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 72.6%

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

      11. associate-/r* 72.6%

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

      12. metadata-eval 72.6%

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

      13. sub-neg 72.6%

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

      14. +-commutative 72.6%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 87.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 80.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.3 \cdot 10^{-47}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-114}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot -2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.3e-47)
   (* -1.0 (/ c b))
   (if (<= b 1.5e-114)
     (/ (+ b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) (* a -2.0))
     (+ (* -1.0 (/ b a)) (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.3e-47) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 1.5e-114) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.3d-47)) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (c / b)
    else if (b <= 1.5d-114) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * (-2.0d0))
    else
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) * (b / a)) + (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.3e-47) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else if (b <= 1.5e-114) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.3e-47:
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b)
	elif b <= 1.5e-114:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.3e-47)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(c / b));
	elseif (b <= 1.5e-114)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * -2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.3e-47)
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	elseif (b <= 1.5e-114)
		tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0);
	else
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.3e-47], N[(-1.0 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.5e-114], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * -2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-1.0 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.2999999999999998e-47

   1. Initial program 11.4%

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

      1. div-sub 10.6%

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

      2. sub-neg 10.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 10.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 10.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 10.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 10.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 10.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 10.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 10.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 11.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 11.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 11.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 11.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 11.4%

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

   3. Simplified 11.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.3%

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

   if -4.2999999999999998e-47 < b < 1.50000000000000008e-114

   1. Initial program 71.8%

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

      1. div-sub 71.8%

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

      2. sub-neg 71.8%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 71.8%

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

      4. *-commutative 71.8%

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

      5. associate-/l* 72.0%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 72.0%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 72.0%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.0%

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

      9. associate-/l* 71.8%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 71.8%

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

      11. associate-/r* 71.8%

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

      12. metadata-eval 71.8%

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

      13. sub-neg 71.8%

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

      14. +-commutative 71.8%

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

   3. Simplified 71.8%

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

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 71.4%

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

      2. pow2 71.4%

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

      3. pow1/2 71.4%

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

      4. sqrt-pow1 71.5%

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

      5. pow2 71.5%

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

      6. metadata-eval 71.5%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 71.5%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + {\color{blue}{\left({\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}}^{2}\right) \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 69.3%

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

      2. clear-num 69.3%

         \[\leadsto \left(b + {\left({\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{0.25}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{-0.5}}} \]

      3. un-div-inv 69.3%

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

      4. pow-pow 69.6%

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

      5. metadata-eval 69.6%

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

      6. pow1/2 69.6%

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

      7. *-commutative 69.6%

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

      8. associate-*r* 69.7%

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

      9. div-inv 69.7%

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

      10. metadata-eval 69.7%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 69.7%

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

   if 1.50000000000000008e-114 < b

   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. div-sub 72.8%

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

      2. sub-neg 72.8%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.8%

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

      4. *-commutative 72.8%

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

      5. associate-/l* 72.7%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 72.7%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 72.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.7%

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

      9. associate-/l* 72.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 72.6%

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

      11. associate-/r* 72.6%

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

      12. metadata-eval 72.6%

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

      13. sub-neg 72.6%

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

      14. +-commutative 72.6%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 87.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 66.7% accurate, 8.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-311) (* -1.0 (/ c b)) (+ (* -1.0 (/ b a)) (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-311)) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (c / b)
    else
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) * (b / a)) + (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-311:
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b)
	else:
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-311)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(c / b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 * Float64(b / a)) + Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-311)
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	else
		tmp = (-1.0 * (b / a)) + (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-311], N[(-1.0 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-1.0 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -5.00000000000023e-311

   1. Initial program 31.7%

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

      1. div-sub 31.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 31.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 31.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 31.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 31.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 31.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 31.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 31.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 31.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 31.8%

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

      11. associate-/r* 31.8%

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

      12. metadata-eval 31.8%

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

      13. sub-neg 31.8%

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

      14. +-commutative 31.8%

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

   3. Simplified 31.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.1%

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

   if -5.00000000000023e-311 < b

   1. Initial program 72.3%

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

      1. div-sub 72.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 72.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 72.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 72.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 72.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 72.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 72.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 72.1%

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

      11. associate-/r* 72.1%

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

      12. metadata-eval 72.1%

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

      13. sub-neg 72.1%

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

      14. +-commutative 72.1%

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

   3. Simplified 72.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 74.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 41.2% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.8 \cdot 10^{+130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.8e+130) (/ c b) (* -1.0 (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.8e+130) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 * (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 <= (-4.8d+130)) then
        tmp = c / b
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.8e+130) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 * (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.8e+130:
		tmp = c / b
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 * (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.8e+130)
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.8e+130)
		tmp = c / b;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 * (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.8e+130], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.80000000000000048e130

   1. Initial program 6.1%

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

      1. div-sub 5.1%

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

      2. sub-neg 5.1%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 5.1%

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

      4. *-commutative 5.1%

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

      5. associate-/l* 5.0%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 5.0%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 5.0%

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

      8. *-commutative 5.0%

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

      9. associate-/l* 5.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 6.1%

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

      11. associate-/r* 6.1%

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

      12. metadata-eval 6.1%

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

      13. sub-neg 6.1%

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

      14. +-commutative 6.1%

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

   3. Simplified 6.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 2.2%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 35.6%

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

   if -4.80000000000000048e130 < b

   1. Initial program 63.9%

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

      1. div-sub 63.9%

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

      2. sub-neg 63.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 63.9%

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

      4. *-commutative 63.9%

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

      5. associate-/l* 63.8%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 63.8%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 63.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 63.8%

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

      9. associate-/l* 63.8%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 63.8%

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

      11. associate-/r* 63.8%

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

      12. metadata-eval 63.8%

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

      13. sub-neg 63.8%

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

      14. +-commutative 63.8%

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

   3. Simplified 63.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 48.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 66.6% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-311) (* -1.0 (/ c b)) (* -1.0 (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 * (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 <= (-5d-311)) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (c / b)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) * (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-311) {
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 * (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-311:
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 * (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-311)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(c / b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 * Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-311)
		tmp = -1.0 * (c / b);
	else
		tmp = -1.0 * (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-311], N[(-1.0 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -5.00000000000023e-311

   1. Initial program 31.7%

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

      1. div-sub 31.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 31.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 31.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 31.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 31.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 31.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 31.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 31.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 31.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 31.8%

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

      11. associate-/r* 31.8%

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

      12. metadata-eval 31.8%

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

      13. sub-neg 31.8%

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

      14. +-commutative 31.8%

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

   3. Simplified 31.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.1%

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

   if -5.00000000000023e-311 < b

   1. Initial program 72.3%

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

      1. div-sub 72.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 72.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 72.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 72.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 72.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 72.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 72.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 72.1%

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

      11. associate-/r* 72.1%

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

      12. metadata-eval 72.1%

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

      13. sub-neg 72.1%

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

      14. +-commutative 72.1%

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

   3. Simplified 72.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 74.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 11.0% 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 52.6%

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

   1. div-sub 52.4%

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

   2. sub-neg 52.4%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 52.4%

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

   4. *-commutative 52.4%

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

   5. associate-/l* 52.3%

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

   6. distribute-neg-frac 52.3%

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

   7. neg-mul-1 52.3%

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

   8. *-commutative 52.3%

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

   9. associate-/l* 52.3%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-out 52.5%

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

   11. associate-/r* 52.5%

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

   12. metadata-eval 52.5%

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

   13. sub-neg 52.5%

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

   14. +-commutative 52.5%

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

3. Simplified 52.6%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 37.9%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 9.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
7. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 99.7% 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 2024050 -o generate:simplify
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

  :alt
  (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)))