The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 50.6% → 84.7%

Time: 13.6s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 12.9×

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: 50.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 84.7% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{-31}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{+124}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.6e-31)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 5e+124)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e-31) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 5e+124) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.6d-31)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 5d+124) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e-31) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 5e+124) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.6e-31:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 5e+124:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.6e-31)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 5e+124)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.6e-31)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 5e+124)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.6e-31], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5e+124], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.59999999999999995e-31

   1. Initial program 15.9%

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

      1. div-sub 14.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 14.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 14.7%

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

      4. *-commutative 14.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 13.4%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 13.4%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 13.4%

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

      8. *-commutative 13.4%

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

      9. associate-/l* 14.7%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 15.9%

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

      11. associate-/r* 15.9%

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

      12. metadata-eval 15.9%

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

      13. sub-neg 15.9%

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

      14. +-commutative 15.9%

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

   3. Simplified 15.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 89.2%

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

   7. Simplified 89.2%

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

   if -2.59999999999999995e-31 < b < 4.9999999999999996e124

   1. Initial program 86.3%

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

   if 4.9999999999999996e124 < b

   1. Initial program 37.1%

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

      1. div-sub 37.1%

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

      2. sub-neg 37.1%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 37.1%

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

      4. *-commutative 37.1%

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

      5. associate-/l* 37.1%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 37.1%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 37.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 37.1%

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

      9. associate-/l* 37.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 37.1%

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

      11. associate-/r* 37.1%

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

      12. metadata-eval 37.1%

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

      13. sub-neg 37.1%

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

      14. +-commutative 37.1%

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

   3. Simplified 37.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 96.3%

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

      1. +-commutative 96.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 96.3%

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

      3. unsub-neg 96.3%

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

   7. Simplified 96.3%

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

4. Final simplification 89.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{-31}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{+124}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 80.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.6 \cdot 10^{-32}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.6 \cdot 10^{-104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.6e-32)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 5.6e-104)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.6e-32) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 5.6e-104) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.6d-32)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 5.6d-104) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.6e-32) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 5.6e-104) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.6e-32:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 5.6e-104:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.6e-32)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 5.6e-104)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.6e-32)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 5.6e-104)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.6e-32], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.6e-104], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.6000000000000001e-32

   1. Initial program 15.9%

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

      1. div-sub 14.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 14.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 14.7%

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

      4. *-commutative 14.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 13.4%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 13.4%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 13.4%

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

      8. *-commutative 13.4%

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

      9. associate-/l* 14.7%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 15.9%

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

      11. associate-/r* 15.9%

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

      12. metadata-eval 15.9%

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

      13. sub-neg 15.9%

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

      14. +-commutative 15.9%

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

   3. Simplified 15.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 89.2%

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

   7. Simplified 89.2%

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

   if -1.6000000000000001e-32 < b < 5.6e-104

   1. Initial program 77.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      2. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      3. sqr-neg 77.4%

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

      4. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      5. sqr-neg 77.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      7. associate-*r* 77.4%

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

   3. Simplified 77.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.7%

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

      1. associate-*r* 73.7%

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

      2. *-commutative 73.7%

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

   7. Simplified 73.7%

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

   if 5.6e-104 < b

   1. Initial program 68.2%

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

      1. div-sub 68.1%

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

      2. sub-neg 68.1%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 68.1%

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

      4. *-commutative 68.1%

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

      5. associate-/l* 68.1%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 68.1%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 68.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 68.1%

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

      9. associate-/l* 68.0%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 68.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 68.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 68.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 68.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 68.0%

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

   3. Simplified 68.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 86.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 86.9%

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

   7. Simplified 86.9%

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

4. Final simplification 84.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.6 \cdot 10^{-32}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.6 \cdot 10^{-104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 79.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-34}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.7 \cdot 10^{-104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.8e-34)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 4.7e-104)
     (/ (- b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.8e-34) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 4.7e-104) {
		tmp = (b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.8d-34)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 4.7d-104) then
        tmp = (b - sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.8e-34) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 4.7e-104) {
		tmp = (b - Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.8e-34:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 4.7e-104:
		tmp = (b - math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.8e-34)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 4.7e-104)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.8e-34)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 4.7e-104)
		tmp = (b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.8e-34], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.7e-104], N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.8000000000000001e-34

   1. Initial program 15.9%

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

      1. div-sub 14.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 14.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 14.7%

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

      4. *-commutative 14.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 13.4%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 13.4%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 13.4%

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

      8. *-commutative 13.4%

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

      9. associate-/l* 14.7%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 15.9%

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

      11. associate-/r* 15.9%

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

      12. metadata-eval 15.9%

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

      13. sub-neg 15.9%

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

      14. +-commutative 15.9%

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

   3. Simplified 15.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 89.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 89.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 89.2%

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

   7. Simplified 89.2%

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

   if -3.8000000000000001e-34 < b < 4.7e-104

   1. Initial program 77.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      2. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      3. sqr-neg 77.4%

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

      4. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      5. sqr-neg 77.4%

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

      6. *-commutative 77.4%

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

      7. associate-*r* 77.4%

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

   3. Simplified 77.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.7%

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

      1. associate-*r* 73.7%

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

      2. *-commutative 73.7%

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

   7. Simplified 73.7%

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

      1. div-sub 73.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 73.7%

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

      3. add-sqr-sqrt 42.7%

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

      4. sqrt-unprod 71.9%

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

      5. sqr-neg 71.9%

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

      6. sqrt-prod 29.1%

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

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 71.8%

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

      8. associate-*l* 71.8%

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

      9. *-commutative 71.8%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 71.8%

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

       1. sub-neg 71.8%

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

       2. div-sub 71.8%

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

       3. associate-*r* 71.8%

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

       4. *-commutative 71.8%

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

       5. associate-*r* 71.8%

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

       6. *-commutative 71.8%

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

   11. Simplified 71.8%

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

   if 4.7e-104 < b

   1. Initial program 68.2%

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

      1. div-sub 68.1%

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

      2. sub-neg 68.1%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 68.1%

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

      4. *-commutative 68.1%

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

      5. associate-/l* 68.1%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 68.1%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 68.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 68.1%

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

      9. associate-/l* 68.0%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 68.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 68.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 68.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 68.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 68.0%

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

   3. Simplified 68.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 86.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 86.9%

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

   7. Simplified 86.9%

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

4. Final simplification 83.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-34}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.7 \cdot 10^{-104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 67.9% accurate, 9.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (/ c (- b)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 34.8%

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

      1. div-sub 34.0%

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

      2. sub-neg 34.0%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 34.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 34.0%

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

      5. associate-/l* 33.1%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 33.1%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 33.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 33.1%

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

      9. associate-/l* 33.9%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 34.7%

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

      11. associate-/r* 34.7%

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

      12. metadata-eval 34.7%

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

      13. sub-neg 34.7%

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

      14. +-commutative 34.7%

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

   3. Simplified 34.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 66.1%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 66.1%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 66.1%

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

   7. Simplified 66.1%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 70.0%

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

      1. div-sub 69.9%

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

      2. sub-neg 69.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 69.9%

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

      4. *-commutative 69.9%

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

      5. associate-/l* 69.9%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 69.9%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 69.9%

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

      8. *-commutative 69.9%

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

      9. associate-/l* 69.8%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 69.8%

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

      11. associate-/r* 69.8%

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

      12. metadata-eval 69.8%

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

      13. sub-neg 69.8%

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

      14. +-commutative 69.8%

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

   3. Simplified 69.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 72.1%

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

      1. +-commutative 72.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 72.1%

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

      3. unsub-neg 72.1%

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

   7. Simplified 72.1%

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

4. Final simplification 69.2%

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

Alternative 5: 67.7% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.5 \cdot 10^{-245}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.5e-245) (/ c (- b)) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.5e-245) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.5d-245)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.5e-245) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.5e-245:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.5e-245)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.5e-245)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.5e-245], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.49999999999999969e-245

   1. Initial program 31.0%

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

      1. div-sub 30.1%

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

      2. sub-neg 30.1%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 30.1%

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

      4. *-commutative 30.1%

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

      5. associate-/l* 29.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 29.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 29.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 29.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 30.1%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 31.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 31.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 31.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 31.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 31.0%

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

   3. Simplified 31.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 72.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 72.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 72.2%

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

   7. Simplified 72.2%

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

   if -4.49999999999999969e-245 < b

   1. Initial program 70.2%

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

      1. div-sub 70.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 70.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 70.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 70.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 70.1%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 70.1%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 70.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 70.1%

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

      9. associate-/l* 70.0%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 70.1%

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

      11. associate-/r* 70.1%

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

      12. metadata-eval 70.1%

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

      13. sub-neg 70.1%

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

      14. +-commutative 70.1%

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

   3. Simplified 70.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 66.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 66.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 66.3%

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

   7. Simplified 66.3%

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

4. Final simplification 68.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.5 \cdot 10^{-245}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 35.2% accurate, 29.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.1%

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

   1. div-sub 52.6%

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

   2. sub-neg 52.6%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 52.6%

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

   4. *-commutative 52.6%

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

   5. associate-/l* 52.2%

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

   6. distribute-neg-frac 52.2%

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

   7. neg-mul-1 52.2%

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

   8. *-commutative 52.2%

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

   9. associate-/l* 52.6%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-out 53.0%

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

   11. associate-/r* 53.0%

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

   12. metadata-eval 53.0%

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

   13. sub-neg 53.0%

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

   14. +-commutative 53.0%

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

3. Simplified 53.0%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 33.1%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 33.1%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac2 33.1%

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

7. Simplified 33.1%

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

8. Final simplification 33.1%

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

Alternative 7: 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 53.1%

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

   1. div-sub 52.6%

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

   2. sub-neg 52.6%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 52.6%

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

   4. *-commutative 52.6%

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

   5. associate-/l* 52.2%

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

   6. distribute-neg-frac 52.2%

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

   7. neg-mul-1 52.2%

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

   8. *-commutative 52.2%

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

   9. associate-/l* 52.6%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-out 53.0%

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

   11. associate-/r* 53.0%

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

   12. metadata-eval 53.0%

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

   13. sub-neg 53.0%

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

   14. +-commutative 53.0%

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

3. Simplified 53.0%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 32.1%

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

7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.5%

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

8. Final simplification 2.5%

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

Alternative 8: 11.1% 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 53.1%

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

   1. div-sub 52.6%

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

   2. sub-neg 52.6%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 52.6%

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

   4. *-commutative 52.6%

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

   5. associate-/l* 52.2%

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

   6. distribute-neg-frac 52.2%

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

   7. neg-mul-1 52.2%

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

   8. *-commutative 52.2%

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

   9. associate-/l* 52.6%

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

   10. distribute-rgt-out 53.0%

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

   11. associate-/r* 53.0%

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

   12. metadata-eval 53.0%

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

   13. sub-neg 53.0%

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

   14. +-commutative 53.0%

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

3. Simplified 53.0%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 36.9%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 12.6%

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

7. Final simplification 12.6%

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

Developer target: 68.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    else
        tmp = (-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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	else:
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	else
		tmp = 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 = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	else
		tmp = (-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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024075 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

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

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