quadm (p42, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 51.4% → 83.2%
Time: 12.7s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 12.9×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)
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
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 8 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 51.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)
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
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 83.2% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4500000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot \left(-2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.9e-140)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 4500000000.0)
     (/ (+ b (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a (- 2.0)))
     (/ (- b) a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 4500000000.0) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * -2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-1.9d-140)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 4500000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * -2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 4500000000.0) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * -2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.9e-140:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 4500000000.0:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * -2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.9e-140)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 4500000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * Float64(-2.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 4500000000.0)
		tmp = (b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * -2.0);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.9e-140], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4500000000.0], 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[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4500000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot \left(-2\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -1.89999999999999999e-140

    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-sub14.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg14.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-114.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative14.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*14.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac14.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-114.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative14.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*14.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out15.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      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-eval15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified15.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg85.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac285.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
    7. Simplified85.3%

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

    if -1.89999999999999999e-140 < b < 4.5e9

    1. Initial program 85.1%

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

    if 4.5e9 < b

    1. Initial program 61.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*61.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac61.7%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-161.7%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative61.7%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*61.6%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out61.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*61.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/95.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg95.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    7. Simplified95.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification88.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4500000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot \left(-2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 83.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4500000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.9e-140)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 4500000000.0)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b (sqrt (- (* b b) (* a (* c 4.0))))))
     (/ (- b) a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 4500000000.0) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-1.9d-140)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 4500000000.0d0) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) / a) * (b + sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 4500000000.0) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.9e-140:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 4500000000.0:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0)))))
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.9e-140)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 4500000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * Float64(c * 4.0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 4500000000.0)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt(((b * b) - (a * (c * 4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.9e-140], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4500000000.0], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(c * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4500000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -1.89999999999999999e-140

    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-sub14.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg14.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-114.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative14.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*14.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac14.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-114.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative14.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*14.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out15.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      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-eval15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified15.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg85.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac285.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
    7. Simplified85.3%

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

    if -1.89999999999999999e-140 < b < 4.5e9

    1. Initial program 85.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub85.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg85.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-185.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative85.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*85.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac85.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-185.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative85.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*85.0%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out85.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*85.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified85.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-undefine85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      2. metadata-eval85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\left(-\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      5. +-commutative85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      6. sub-neg85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\right) \]
      7. *-commutative85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}}\right) \]
      8. associate-*l*85.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}}\right) \]
    6. Applied egg-rr85.0%

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

    if 4.5e9 < b

    1. Initial program 61.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*61.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac61.7%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-161.7%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative61.7%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*61.6%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out61.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*61.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/95.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg95.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    7. Simplified95.1%

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

Alternative 3: 79.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{-83}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.9e-140)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 2.6e-83)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 2.6e-83) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-1.9d-140)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 2.6d-83) then
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * ((b + sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0))))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 2.6e-83) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.9e-140:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 2.6e-83:
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.9e-140)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 2.6e-83)
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.9e-140)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 2.6e-83)
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.9e-140], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.6e-83], N[(-0.5 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{-83}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -1.89999999999999999e-140

    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-sub14.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg14.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-114.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative14.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*14.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac14.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-114.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative14.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*14.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out15.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      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-eval15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define15.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified15.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg85.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac285.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
    7. Simplified85.3%

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

    if -1.89999999999999999e-140 < b < 2.60000000000000009e-83

    1. Initial program 82.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub82.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg82.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-182.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative82.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*82.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac82.9%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-182.9%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative82.9%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*82.8%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out82.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*82.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified82.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-undefine82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      2. metadata-eval82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\left(-\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      5. +-commutative82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      6. sub-neg82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\right) \]
      7. *-commutative82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}}\right) \]
      8. associate-*l*82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}}\right) \]
    6. Applied egg-rr82.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}}\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 82.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative82.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}\right) \]
    9. Simplified82.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}\right) \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*l/82.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}\right)}{a}} \]
      2. pow1/282.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{{\left(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4\right)}^{0.5}}\right)}{a} \]
      3. *-commutative82.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b + {\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}^{0.5}\right)}{a} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr82.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b + {\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{0.5}\right)}{a}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*82.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + {\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}^{0.5}}{a}} \]
      2. unpow1/282.8%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]
      3. *-commutative82.8%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}}{a} \]
      4. associate-*r*82.8%

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}}{a} \]
    13. Simplified82.8%

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

    if 2.60000000000000009e-83 < b

    1. Initial program 66.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*66.0%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define66.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified66.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 93.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative93.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg93.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg93.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
    7. Simplified93.8%

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

Alternative 4: 71.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-161}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.55 \cdot 10^{-127}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\frac{-c}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.8e-161)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 2.55e-127) (sqrt (/ (- c) a)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-161) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 2.55e-127) {
		tmp = sqrt((-c / a));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-6.8d-161)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 2.55d-127) then
        tmp = sqrt((-c / a))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-161) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 2.55e-127) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((-c / a));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.8e-161:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 2.55e-127:
		tmp = math.sqrt((-c / a))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.8e-161)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 2.55e-127)
		tmp = sqrt(Float64(Float64(-c) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.8e-161)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 2.55e-127)
		tmp = sqrt((-c / a));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.8e-161], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.55e-127], N[Sqrt[N[((-c) / a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-161}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.55 \cdot 10^{-127}:\\
\;\;\;\;\sqrt{\frac{-c}{a}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -6.79999999999999964e-161

    1. Initial program 19.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub18.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg18.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-118.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative18.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*17.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac17.8%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-117.8%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative17.8%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*18.0%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out19.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*19.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval19.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg19.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative19.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in19.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative19.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define19.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified19.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 81.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg81.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac281.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
    7. Simplified81.9%

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

    if -6.79999999999999964e-161 < b < 2.55000000000000009e-127

    1. Initial program 82.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub82.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg82.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-182.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative82.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*82.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac82.4%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-182.4%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative82.4%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*82.2%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out82.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*82.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval82.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg82.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative82.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in82.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative82.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define82.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified82.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Applied egg-rr17.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - b \cdot b\right) + a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}{\left(a \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2\right)}}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses17.9%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{0} + a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}{\left(a \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2\right)}} \]
      2. +-lft-identity17.9%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}}{\left(a \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2\right)}} \]
      3. *-commutative17.9%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left(a \cdot 2\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified17.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}{\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2\right)}}} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 40.8%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{a}}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/40.8%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{a}}} \]
      2. neg-mul-140.8%

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{a}} \]
    10. Simplified40.8%

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

    if 2.55000000000000009e-127 < b

    1. Initial program 68.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub68.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg68.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-168.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative68.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*68.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac68.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-168.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative68.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*68.2%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out68.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*68.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval68.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg68.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative68.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in68.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative68.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define68.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified68.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 88.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative88.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg88.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg88.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
    7. Simplified88.2%

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

Alternative 5: 67.4% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (/ c (- b)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))
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;
}
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
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;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp
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
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
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\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}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

    1. Initial program 32.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub30.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg30.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-130.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative30.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*30.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac30.8%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-130.8%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative30.8%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*30.9%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out32.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*32.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval32.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg32.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative32.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in32.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative32.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define32.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified32.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 67.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg67.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac267.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
    7. Simplified67.6%

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

    if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

    1. Initial program 70.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub70.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg70.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-170.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative70.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*70.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac70.4%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-170.4%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative70.4%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*70.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out70.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*70.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified70.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 71.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative71.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg71.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg71.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
    7. Simplified71.3%

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

Alternative 6: 67.1% accurate, 12.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -8.2e-301) (/ c (- b)) (/ (- b) a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -8.2e-301) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-8.2d-301)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -8.2e-301) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -8.2e-301:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -8.2e-301)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -8.2e-301)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -8.2e-301], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -8.19999999999999918e-301

    1. Initial program 30.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub29.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg29.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-129.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative29.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*29.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac29.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-129.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative29.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*29.3%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out30.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*30.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval30.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg30.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative30.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in30.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative30.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define30.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified30.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 69.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg69.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac269.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
    7. Simplified69.0%

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

    if -8.19999999999999918e-301 < b

    1. Initial program 71.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-sub71.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. sub-neg71.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
      3. neg-mul-171.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      4. *-commutative71.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      5. associate-/l*71.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
      6. distribute-neg-frac71.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      7. neg-mul-171.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutative71.1%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. associate-/l*71.0%

        \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      10. distribute-rgt-out71.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
      11. associate-/r*71.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval71.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
      13. sub-neg71.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
      14. +-commutative71.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
      15. distribute-lft-neg-in71.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      16. *-commutative71.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
      17. fma-define71.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    3. Simplified71.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/69.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
      2. mul-1-neg69.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    7. Simplified69.0%

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

Alternative 7: 35.3% accurate, 29.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{-b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ c (- b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / -b;
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / -b;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return c / -b
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c / Float64(-b))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = c / -b;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{c}{-b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 50.2%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-sub49.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    2. sub-neg49.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
    3. neg-mul-149.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
    4. *-commutative49.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
    5. associate-/l*49.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
    6. distribute-neg-frac49.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. neg-mul-149.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. *-commutative49.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. associate-/l*49.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    10. distribute-rgt-out50.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
    11. associate-/r*50.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
    13. sub-neg50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
    14. +-commutative50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
    15. distribute-lft-neg-in50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
    16. *-commutative50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
    17. fma-define50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified50.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 36.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-neg36.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac236.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
  7. Simplified36.7%

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

Alternative 8: 11.2% accurate, 38.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0}{a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.0 a))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 0.0d0 / a
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0 / a;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0 / a
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.0 / a)
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0 / a;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{0}{a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 50.2%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-sub49.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    2. sub-neg49.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right)} \]
    3. neg-mul-149.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
    4. *-commutative49.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
    5. associate-/l*49.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} + \left(-\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
    6. distribute-neg-frac49.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. neg-mul-149.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. *-commutative49.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -1}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. associate-/l*49.5%

      \[\leadsto b \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \frac{-1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    10. distribute-rgt-out50.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)} \]
    11. associate-/r*50.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \]
    13. sub-neg50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right) \]
    14. +-commutative50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}\right) \]
    15. distribute-lft-neg-in50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
    16. *-commutative50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)} + b \cdot b}\right) \]
    17. fma-define50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified50.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot c, -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 11.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\right)}\right) \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-neg11.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(-b \cdot \left(1 + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\right)}\right) \]
    2. *-commutative11.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(1 + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}}\right) \cdot b}\right)\right) \]
    3. distribute-rgt-neg-in11.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(1 + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}}\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right) \]
    4. unpow211.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \left(1 + -2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \]
    5. associate-/l*11.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \left(1 + -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}\right)}\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \]
  7. Simplified11.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \color{blue}{\left(1 + -2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}\right)\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right) \]
  8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 11.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + -1 \cdot b}{a}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/11.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(b + -1 \cdot b\right)}{a}} \]
    2. distribute-rgt1-in11.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot b\right)}}{a} \]
    3. metadata-eval11.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} \cdot b\right)}{a} \]
    4. mul0-lft11.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
    5. metadata-eval11.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{a} \]
  10. Simplified11.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0}{a}} \]
  11. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 99.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\ t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_2 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{t\_0 - t\_1} \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 + t\_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t\_1\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t\_2}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fabs (/ b 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
        (t_2
         (if (== (copysign a c) a)
           (* (sqrt (- t_0 t_1)) (sqrt (+ t_0 t_1)))
           (hypot (/ b 2.0) t_1))))
   (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- t_2 (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) t_2) (- a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fabs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.abs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * Math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.fabs((b / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
	tmp = 0
	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
		tmp = math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1))
	else:
		tmp = math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1)
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0))
	else:
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a
	return tmp_1
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs(Float64(b / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt(Float64(t_0 + t_1)));
	else
		tmp = hypot(Float64(b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_2 - Float64(b / 2.0)));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(Float64(b / 2.0) + t_2) / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp_1
end
function tmp_3 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs((b / 2.0));
	t_1 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	else
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp;
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_2 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	else
		tmp_2 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	end
	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Abs[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Sqrt[N[Abs[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[Abs[c], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = If[Equal[N[With[{TMP1 = Abs[a], TMP2 = Sign[c]}, TMP1 * If[TMP2 == 0, 1, TMP2]], $MachinePrecision], a], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Sqrt[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + t$95$1 ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(t$95$2 - N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\
t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\
t_2 := \begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\
\;\;\;\;\sqrt{t\_0 - t\_1} \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 + t\_1}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t\_1\right)\\


\end{array}\\
\mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t\_2}{-a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024097 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

  :alt
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot (/ b 2.0) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs (/ b 2.0)) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot (/ b 2.0) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (- a)))

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