Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 52.2% → 85.6%

Time: 15.4s

Alternatives: 6

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: 52.2% 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: 85.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+151}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left|b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \frac{c}{b}, b\right)\right|}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.55 \cdot 10^{-54}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e+151)
   (/ (fabs (+ b (fma -2.0 (* a (/ c b)) b))) (* a 2.0))
   (if (<= b 2.55e-54)
     (/ (- (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 <= -5e+151) {
		tmp = fabs((b + fma(-2.0, (a * (c / b)), b))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else if (b <= 2.55e-54) {
		tmp = (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 <= -5e+151)
		tmp = Float64(abs(Float64(b + fma(-2.0, Float64(a * Float64(c / b)), b))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	elseif (b <= 2.55e-54)
		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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e+151], N[(N[Abs[N[(b + N[(-2.0 * N[(a * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.55e-54], 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 < -5.0000000000000002e151

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.1%

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

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 2.1%

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

      2. sqrt-unprod 2.2%

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

      3. pow2 2.2%

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

      4. add-sqr-sqrt 26.6%

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

      5. sqrt-unprod 43.5%

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

      6. sqr-neg 43.5%

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

      7. sqrt-prod 0.0%

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

      8. add-sqr-sqrt 43.6%

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

      9. +-commutative 43.6%

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

      10. fma-define 43.6%

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

      11. associate-/l* 43.6%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 43.6%

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

      1. unpow2 43.6%

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

      2. rem-sqrt-square 98.1%

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

   9. Simplified 98.1%

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

   if -5.0000000000000002e151 < b < 2.55000000000000005e-54

   1. Initial program 76.2%

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

   if 2.55000000000000005e-54 < b

   1. Initial program 18.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 18.0%

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

   3. Simplified 18.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 89.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 89.0%

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

   7. Simplified 89.0%

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

4. Final simplification 84.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+151}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left|b + \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \frac{c}{b}, b\right)\right|}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.55 \cdot 10^{-54}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.6% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-54}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4e+153)
   (/ b (- a))
   (if (<= b 3.8e-54)
     (/ (- (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 <= -4e+153) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 3.8e-54) {
		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 <= (-4d+153)) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else if (b <= 3.8d-54) 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 <= -4e+153) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 3.8e-54) {
		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 <= -4e+153:
		tmp = b / -a
	elif b <= 3.8e-54:
		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 <= -4e+153)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	elseif (b <= 3.8e-54)
		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 <= -4e+153)
		tmp = b / -a;
	elseif (b <= 3.8e-54)
		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, -4e+153], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.8e-54], 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 < -4e153

   1. Initial program 43.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 43.4%

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

   3. Simplified 43.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 97.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 97.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 97.6%

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

   7. Simplified 97.6%

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

   if -4e153 < b < 3.8000000000000002e-54

   1. Initial program 76.2%

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

   if 3.8000000000000002e-54 < b

   1. Initial program 18.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 18.0%

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

   3. Simplified 18.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 89.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 89.0%

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

   7. Simplified 89.0%

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

4. Final simplification 84.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-54}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 78.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+23}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e+23)
   (* b (+ (/ c (pow b 2.0)) (/ -1.0 a)))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-55)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+23) {
		tmp = b * ((c / pow(b, 2.0)) + (-1.0 / a));
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-55) {
		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 <= (-3.5d+23)) then
        tmp = b * ((c / (b ** 2.0d0)) + ((-1.0d0) / a))
    else if (b <= 6.6d-55) 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 <= -3.5e+23) {
		tmp = b * ((c / Math.pow(b, 2.0)) + (-1.0 / a));
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-55) {
		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 <= -3.5e+23:
		tmp = b * ((c / math.pow(b, 2.0)) + (-1.0 / a))
	elif b <= 6.6e-55:
		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 <= -3.5e+23)
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(Float64(c / (b ^ 2.0)) + Float64(-1.0 / a)));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-55)
		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 <= -3.5e+23)
		tmp = b * ((c / (b ^ 2.0)) + (-1.0 / a));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-55)
		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, -3.5e+23], N[(b * N[(N[(c / N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-55], 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 < -3.5000000000000002e23

   1. Initial program 67.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.7%

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

   3. Simplified 67.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 92.1%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 92.1%

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

      2. *-commutative 92.1%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 92.1%

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

      4. +-commutative 92.1%

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

      5. mul-1-neg 92.1%

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

      6. unsub-neg 92.1%

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

   7. Simplified 92.1%

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

   if -3.5000000000000002e23 < b < 6.5999999999999999e-55

   1. Initial program 65.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 65.5%

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

   3. Simplified 65.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 58.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 58.7%

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

      2. associate-*r* 58.7%

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

   7. Simplified 58.7%

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

   if 6.5999999999999999e-55 < b

   1. Initial program 18.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 18.0%

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

   3. Simplified 18.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 89.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 89.0%

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

   7. Simplified 89.0%

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

4. Final simplification 80.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+23}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 68.2% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-296}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 5e-296) (/ b (- a)) (/ c (- b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 5e-296) {
		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 <= 5d-296) 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 <= 5e-296) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 5e-296:
		tmp = b / -a
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 5e-296)
		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 <= 5e-296)
		tmp = b / -a;
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 5e-296], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 5.0000000000000003e-296

   1. Initial program 69.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 69.4%

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

   3. Simplified 69.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 67.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 67.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 67.7%

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

   7. Simplified 67.7%

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

   if 5.0000000000000003e-296 < b

   1. Initial program 28.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 28.9%

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

   3. Simplified 28.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 66.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 66.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 66.6%

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

   7. Simplified 66.6%

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

4. Final simplification 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-296}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 36.0% accurate, 29.0× 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 / Float64(-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 50.1%

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

   1. *-commutative 50.1%

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

3. Simplified 50.1%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 36.7%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 36.7%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 36.7%

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

7. Simplified 36.7%

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

8. Final simplification 36.7%

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

Alternative 6: 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 50.1%

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

   1. *-commutative 50.1%

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

3. Simplified 50.1%

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

   1. clear-num 50.1%

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

   2. inv-pow 50.1%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 22.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot 2}{b + \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)}^{-1}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow-1 22.5%

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

8. Simplified 22.5%

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

9. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.4%

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

10. Final simplification 2.4%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024081 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))