The quadratic formula (r1)

Percentage Accurate: 51.2% → 83.1%

Time: 23.1s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 12.9×

Specification

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: 51.2% 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: 83.1% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}{a} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.1e-26)
   (/ b (- a))
   (if (<= b 2.4e-99)
     (* 0.5 (- (/ (hypot b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) a) (/ b a)))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-26) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 2.4e-99) {
		tmp = 0.5 * ((hypot(b, sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a) - (b / a));
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-26) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 2.4e-99) {
		tmp = 0.5 * ((Math.hypot(b, Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a) - (b / a));
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.1e-26:
		tmp = b / -a
	elif b <= 2.4e-99:
		tmp = 0.5 * ((math.hypot(b, math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a) - (b / a))
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e-26)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	elseif (b <= 2.4e-99)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(Float64(hypot(b, sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) / a) - Float64(b / a)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.1e-26)
		tmp = b / -a;
	elseif (b <= 2.4e-99)
		tmp = 0.5 * ((hypot(b, sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a) - (b / a));
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-26], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.4e-99], N[(0.5 * N[(N[(N[Sqrt[b ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.10000000000000008e-26

   1. Initial program 59.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.6%

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

   3. Simplified 59.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 98.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 98.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 98.9%

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

   7. Simplified 98.9%

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

   if -2.10000000000000008e-26 < b < 2.4e-99

   1. Initial program 81.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 81.4%

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

   3. Simplified 81.4%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 82.9%

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

      1. sub-neg 82.9%

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

      2. distribute-lft-out-- 82.9%

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

   8. Simplified 82.9%

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

   if 2.4e-99 < b

   1. Initial program 24.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 24.4%

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

   3. Simplified 24.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 82.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 82.1%

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

   7. Simplified 82.1%

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

4. Final simplification 87.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}{a} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.3 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e+152)
   (/ b (- a))
   (if (<= b 1.3e-99)
     (/ (- (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e+152) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 1.3e-99) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e+152)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	elseif (b <= 1.3e-99)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), Float64(b * b))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e+152], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.3e-99], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -5e152

   1. Initial program 37.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 37.0%

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

   3. Simplified 37.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   7. Simplified 100.0%

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

   if -5e152 < b < 1.30000000000000003e-99

   1. Initial program 85.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 85.9%

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

   3. Simplified 85.9%

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

   if 1.30000000000000003e-99 < b

   1. Initial program 24.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 24.4%

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

   3. Simplified 24.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 82.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 82.1%

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

   7. Simplified 82.1%

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

4. Final simplification 87.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.3 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 85.8% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.5e+152)
   (/ b (- a))
   (if (<= b 1.7e-99)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e+152) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 1.7e-99) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.5d+152)) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else if (b <= 1.7d-99) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e+152) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 1.7e-99) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.5e+152:
		tmp = b / -a
	elif b <= 1.7e-99:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.5e+152)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	elseif (b <= 1.7e-99)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.5e+152)
		tmp = b / -a;
	elseif (b <= 1.7e-99)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.5e+152], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.7e-99], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.49999999999999995e152

   1. Initial program 37.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 37.0%

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

   3. Simplified 37.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   7. Simplified 100.0%

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

   if -1.49999999999999995e152 < b < 1.70000000000000003e-99

   1. Initial program 85.9%

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

   if 1.70000000000000003e-99 < b

   1. Initial program 24.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 24.4%

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

   3. Simplified 24.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 82.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 82.1%

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

   7. Simplified 82.1%

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

4. Final simplification 87.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 80.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.2 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5.2e-77)
   (/ b (- a))
   (if (<= b 2.2e-99)
     (/ (+ b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.2e-77) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 2.2e-99) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5.2d-77)) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else if (b <= 2.2d-99) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.2e-77) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 2.2e-99) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5.2e-77:
		tmp = b / -a
	elif b <= 2.2e-99:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5.2e-77)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	elseif (b <= 2.2e-99)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5.2e-77)
		tmp = b / -a;
	elseif (b <= 2.2e-99)
		tmp = (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5.2e-77], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.2e-99], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -5.2000000000000002e-77

   1. Initial program 62.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 62.5%

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

   3. Simplified 62.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 95.8%

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

   7. Simplified 95.8%

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

   if -5.2000000000000002e-77 < b < 2.20000000000000004e-99

   1. Initial program 80.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.0%

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

   3. Simplified 80.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 75.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 75.9%

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

      2. associate-*r* 75.9%

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

   7. Simplified 75.9%

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

      1. *-un-lft-identity 75.9%

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

      2. *-un-lft-identity 75.9%

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

      3. *-commutative 75.9%

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

      4. times-frac 75.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 75.9%

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

      6. add-sqr-sqrt 41.3%

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

      7. sqrt-unprod 75.5%

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

      8. sqr-neg 75.5%

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

      9. sqrt-unprod 34.6%

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

      10. add-sqr-sqrt 74.4%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 74.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\right)} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. *-lft-identity 74.4%

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

       2. metadata-eval 74.4%

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

       3. times-frac 74.4%

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

       4. *-lft-identity 74.4%

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

       5. associate-*r* 74.4%

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

       6. *-commutative 74.4%

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

       7. associate-*r* 74.4%

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

       8. rem-square-sqrt 0.0%

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

       9. unpow2 0.0%

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

       10. *-commutative 0.0%

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

       11. unpow2 0.0%

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

       12. rem-square-sqrt 74.4%

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

       13. *-commutative 74.4%

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

   11. Simplified 74.4%

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

   if 2.20000000000000004e-99 < b

   1. Initial program 24.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 24.4%

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

   3. Simplified 24.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 82.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 82.1%

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

   7. Simplified 82.1%

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

4. Final simplification 84.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.2 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 80.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.85 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-88}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.85e-75)
   (/ b (- a))
   (if (<= b 7.5e-88)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.85e-75) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 7.5e-88) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.85d-75)) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else if (b <= 7.5d-88) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.85e-75) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 7.5e-88) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.85e-75:
		tmp = b / -a
	elif b <= 7.5e-88:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.85e-75)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	elseif (b <= 7.5e-88)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.85e-75)
		tmp = b / -a;
	elseif (b <= 7.5e-88)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.85e-75], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.5e-88], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.85000000000000012e-75

   1. Initial program 62.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 62.5%

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

   3. Simplified 62.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 95.8%

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

   7. Simplified 95.8%

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

   if -1.85000000000000012e-75 < b < 7.50000000000000041e-88

   1. Initial program 79.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 79.3%

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

   3. Simplified 79.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 75.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 75.3%

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

      2. associate-*r* 75.3%

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

   7. Simplified 75.3%

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

   if 7.50000000000000041e-88 < b

   1. Initial program 23.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 23.8%

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

   3. Simplified 23.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 82.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 82.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 82.7%

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

   7. Simplified 82.7%

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

4. Final simplification 84.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.85 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-88}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 42.6% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.85 \cdot 10^{+48}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 2.85e+48) (/ b (- a)) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.85e+48) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2.85d+48) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.85e+48) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.85e+48:
		tmp = b / -a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.85e+48)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.85e+48)
		tmp = b / -a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.85e+48], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.84999999999999984e48

   1. Initial program 64.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 64.9%

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

   3. Simplified 64.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 44.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 44.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 44.5%

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

   7. Simplified 44.5%

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

   if 2.84999999999999984e48 < b

   1. Initial program 12.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 12.6%

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

   3. Simplified 12.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 2.7%

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

      2. *-commutative 2.7%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 2.7%

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

      4. +-commutative 2.7%

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

      5. mul-1-neg 2.7%

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

      6. unsub-neg 2.7%

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

   7. Simplified 2.7%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 37.2%

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

4. Final simplification 43.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.85 \cdot 10^{+48}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 68.0% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-310) (/ b (- a)) (/ c (- b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d-310)) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e-310:
		tmp = b / -a
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = b / -a;
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-310], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.999999999999994e-310

   1. Initial program 68.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.1%

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

   3. Simplified 68.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 68.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 68.1%

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

   7. Simplified 68.1%

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

   if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 40.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 40.2%

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

   3. Simplified 40.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 61.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 61.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 61.7%

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

   7. Simplified 61.7%

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

4. Final simplification 65.0%

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

Alternative 8: 2.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b / 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 / a
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 54.5%

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

3. Simplified 54.5%

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

   1. *-un-lft-identity 54.5%

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

   2. times-frac 54.4%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 30.9%

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

7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 2.5%

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

8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.5%

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

9. Final simplification 2.5%

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

Alternative 9: 11.5% 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 54.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 54.5%

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

3. Simplified 54.5%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 34.9%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 34.9%

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

   2. *-commutative 34.9%

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

   3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 34.9%

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

   4. +-commutative 34.9%

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

   5. mul-1-neg 34.9%

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

   6. unsub-neg 34.9%

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

7. Simplified 34.9%

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

8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 9.5%

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

9. Final simplification 9.5%

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

Developer target: 70.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + t\_0}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - t\_0}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a))
     (/ c (* a (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)))))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * 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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))
    if (b < 0.0d0) then
        tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024058 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :precision binary64

  :alt
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)) (/ c (* a (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))))

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