quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 51.6% → 86.2%

Time: 9.9s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 11.2×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 86.2% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -1.6 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{+122}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - c \cdot a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -1.6e-72)
   (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
   (if (<= b_2 2.4e+122)
     (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* c a)))) a)
     (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2))))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -1.6e-72) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 2.4e+122) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-1.6d-72)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
    else if (b_2 <= 2.4d+122) then
        tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -1.6e-72) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 2.4e+122) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -1.6e-72:
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
	elif b_2 <= 2.4e+122:
		tmp = (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -1.6e-72)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	elseif (b_2 <= 2.4e+122)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(c * a)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -1.6e-72)
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	elseif (b_2 <= 2.4e+122)
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)))) / a;
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -1.6e-72], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 2.4e+122], N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -1.6e-72

   1. Initial program 16.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 90.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 90.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 90.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -1.6e-72 < b_2 < 2.4000000000000002e122

   1. Initial program 83.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   if 2.4000000000000002e122 < b_2

   1. Initial program 50.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0 96.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 88.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -1.6 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{+122}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - c \cdot a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 81.2% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -3 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 1.15 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(-c\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -3e-76)
   (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
   (if (<= b_2 1.15e-29)
     (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (* a (- c)))) a)
     (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2))))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -3e-76) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.15e-29) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt((a * -c))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-3d-76)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
    else if (b_2 <= 1.15d-29) then
        tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt((a * -c))) / a
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -3e-76) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.15e-29) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - Math.sqrt((a * -c))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -3e-76:
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
	elif b_2 <= 1.15e-29:
		tmp = (-b_2 - math.sqrt((a * -c))) / a
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -3e-76)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.15e-29)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(-c)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -3e-76)
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.15e-29)
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt((a * -c))) / a;
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -3e-76], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 1.15e-29], N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(a * (-c)), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -3.00000000000000024e-76

   1. Initial program 16.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 90.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 90.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 90.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -3.00000000000000024e-76 < b_2 < 1.14999999999999996e-29

   1. Initial program 78.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around 0 75.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg 75.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-a \cdot c}}}{a} \]

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-out 75.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)}}}{a} \]

   5. Simplified 75.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)}}}{a} \]

   if 1.14999999999999996e-29 < b_2

   1. Initial program 67.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0 92.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 80.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(-c\right)}}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -8e-75)
   (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
   (if (<= b_2 1.1e-29)
     (/ (sqrt (* a (- c))) (- a))
     (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2))))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-75) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.1e-29) {
		tmp = sqrt((a * -c)) / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-8d-75)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
    else if (b_2 <= 1.1d-29) then
        tmp = sqrt((a * -c)) / -a
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-75) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.1e-29) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((a * -c)) / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -8e-75:
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
	elif b_2 <= 1.1e-29:
		tmp = math.sqrt((a * -c)) / -a
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -8e-75)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.1e-29)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(-c))) / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -8e-75)
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.1e-29)
		tmp = sqrt((a * -c)) / -a;
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -8e-75], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 1.1e-29], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * (-c)), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -7.9999999999999997e-75

   1. Initial program 16.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 90.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 90.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 90.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -7.9999999999999997e-75 < b_2 < 1.09999999999999995e-29

   1. Initial program 78.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. prod-diff 78.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]

      2. *-commutative 78.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      3. fma-neg 78.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      4. prod-diff 78.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      5. *-commutative 78.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      6. fma-neg 78.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      7. associate-+l+ 78.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}}{a} \]

      8. pow2 78.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{{b\_2}^{2}} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      9. *-commutative 78.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      10. fma-undefine 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      11. distribute-lft-neg-in 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      12. *-commutative 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      13. distribute-rgt-neg-in 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      14. fma-define 78.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      15. *-commutative 78.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      16. fma-undefine 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{a} \]

      17. distribute-lft-neg-in 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      18. *-commutative 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      19. distribute-rgt-neg-in 78.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   4. Applied egg-rr 78.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. count-2 78.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 78.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b_2 around 0 74.4%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 74.4%

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

      2. distribute-lft1-in 74.4%

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

      3. metadata-eval 74.4%

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

      4. mul0-lft 74.8%

         \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{a} \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \color{blue}{0} - a \cdot c} \]

      5. metadata-eval 74.8%

         \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{a} \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{0} - a \cdot c} \]

      6. neg-sub0 74.8%

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

      7. *-commutative 74.8%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 74.8%

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

      9. neg-sub0 74.8%

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

      10. metadata-eval 74.8%

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

      11. mul0-lft 74.8%

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

      12. metadata-eval 74.8%

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

      13. distribute-rgt1-in 74.8%

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

   9. Simplified 74.8%

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

   if 1.09999999999999995e-29 < b_2

   1. Initial program 67.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0 92.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 72.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{-160}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 2.9 \cdot 10^{-165}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\sqrt{\frac{-c}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -5.5e-160)
   (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
   (if (<= b_2 2.9e-165)
     (- (sqrt (/ (- c) a)))
     (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2))))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5.5e-160) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 2.9e-165) {
		tmp = -sqrt((-c / a));
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-5.5d-160)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
    else if (b_2 <= 2.9d-165) then
        tmp = -sqrt((-c / a))
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -5.5e-160) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 2.9e-165) {
		tmp = -Math.sqrt((-c / a));
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -5.5e-160:
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
	elif b_2 <= 2.9e-165:
		tmp = -math.sqrt((-c / a))
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -5.5e-160)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	elseif (b_2 <= 2.9e-165)
		tmp = Float64(-sqrt(Float64(Float64(-c) / a)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -5.5e-160)
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	elseif (b_2 <= 2.9e-165)
		tmp = -sqrt((-c / a));
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -5.5e-160], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 2.9e-165], (-N[Sqrt[N[((-c) / a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -5.5e-160

   1. Initial program 22.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 83.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 83.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 83.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -5.5e-160 < b_2 < 2.9e-165

   1. Initial program 82.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. prod-diff 81.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]

      2. *-commutative 81.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      3. fma-neg 81.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      4. prod-diff 81.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      5. *-commutative 81.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      6. fma-neg 81.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      7. associate-+l+ 81.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}}{a} \]

      8. pow2 81.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{{b\_2}^{2}} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      9. *-commutative 81.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      10. fma-undefine 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      11. distribute-lft-neg-in 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      12. *-commutative 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      13. distribute-rgt-neg-in 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      14. fma-define 81.5%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      15. *-commutative 81.5%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      16. fma-undefine 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{a} \]

      17. distribute-lft-neg-in 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      18. *-commutative 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      19. distribute-rgt-neg-in 81.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   4. Applied egg-rr 81.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. count-2 81.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 81.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around inf 31.0%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 31.0%

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

      2. distribute-rgt1-in 31.0%

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

      3. metadata-eval 31.0%

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

      4. mul0-lft 31.0%

         \[\leadsto -\sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \color{blue}{0} - c}{a}} \]

      5. metadata-eval 31.0%

         \[\leadsto -\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{0} - c}{a}} \]

      6. neg-sub0 31.0%

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

   9. Simplified 31.0%

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

   if 2.9e-165 < b_2

   1. Initial program 71.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0 81.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 68.8% accurate, 7.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -2e-310)
   (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
   (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2)))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-2d-310)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -2e-310:
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -2e-310)
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -2e-310], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -1.999999999999994e-310

   1. Initial program 34.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 67.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 67.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 67.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b_2

   1. Initial program 73.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0 67.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 68.5% accurate, 11.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2.75 \cdot 10^{-247}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 \cdot -2}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -2.75e-247) (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2) (/ (* b_2 -2.0) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -2.75e-247) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-2.75d-247)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
    else
        tmp = (b_2 * (-2.0d0)) / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -2.75e-247) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else {
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -2.75e-247:
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
	else:
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -2.75e-247)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b_2 * -2.0) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -2.75e-247)
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	else
		tmp = (b_2 * -2.0) / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -2.75e-247], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b$95$2 * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -2.74999999999999997e-247

   1. Initial program 31.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 72.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 72.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 72.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -2.74999999999999997e-247 < b_2

   1. Initial program 73.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 63.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 63.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]

   5. Simplified 63.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot -2}}{a} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 68.5% accurate, 11.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-247}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;b\_2 \cdot \frac{-2}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -1.1e-247) (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2) (* b_2 (/ -2.0 a))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -1.1e-247) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else {
		tmp = b_2 * (-2.0 / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-1.1d-247)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
    else
        tmp = b_2 * ((-2.0d0) / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -1.1e-247) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else {
		tmp = b_2 * (-2.0 / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -1.1e-247:
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
	else:
		tmp = b_2 * (-2.0 / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -1.1e-247)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	else
		tmp = Float64(b_2 * Float64(-2.0 / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -1.1e-247)
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	else
		tmp = b_2 * (-2.0 / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -1.1e-247], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], N[(b$95$2 * N[(-2.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b_2 < -1.09999999999999996e-247

   1. Initial program 31.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 72.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 72.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   5. Simplified 72.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}} \]

   if -1.09999999999999996e-247 < b_2

   1. Initial program 73.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. prod-diff 72.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]

      2. *-commutative 72.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      3. fma-neg 72.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      4. prod-diff 72.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      5. *-commutative 72.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      6. fma-neg 72.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

      7. associate-+l+ 72.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}}{a} \]

      8. pow2 72.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{{b\_2}^{2}} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      9. *-commutative 72.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      10. fma-undefine 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      11. distribute-lft-neg-in 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      12. *-commutative 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      13. distribute-rgt-neg-in 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      14. fma-define 72.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      15. *-commutative 72.6%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      16. fma-undefine 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{a} \]

      17. distribute-lft-neg-in 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      18. *-commutative 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

      19. distribute-rgt-neg-in 72.7%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   4. Applied egg-rr 72.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{a} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. count-2 72.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

   6. Simplified 72.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 63.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. metadata-eval 63.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2\right)} \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]

      2. distribute-lft-neg-in 63.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]

      3. associate-*r/ 63.2%

         \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot b\_2}{a}} \]

      4. *-commutative 63.2%

         \[\leadsto -\frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot 2}}{a} \]

      5. associate-/l* 62.9%

         \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot \frac{2}{a}} \]

      6. metadata-eval 62.9%

         \[\leadsto -b\_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot 1}}{a} \]

      7. associate-*r/ 62.9%

         \[\leadsto -b\_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} \]

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 62.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} \]

      9. associate-*r/ 62.9%

         \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{a}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 62.9%

          \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{a}\right) \]

      11. distribute-neg-frac 62.9%

          \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{a}} \]

      12. metadata-eval 62.9%

          \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{a} \]

   9. Simplified 62.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot \frac{-2}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 35.0% accurate, 22.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ b\_2 \cdot \frac{-2}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c) :precision binary64 (* b_2 (/ -2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return b_2 * (-2.0 / a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = b_2 * ((-2.0d0) / a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return b_2 * (-2.0 / a);
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return b_2 * (-2.0 / a)

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(b_2 * Float64(-2.0 / a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = b_2 * (-2.0 / a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(b$95$2 * N[(-2.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.8%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. prod-diff 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]

   2. *-commutative 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   3. fma-neg 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   4. prod-diff 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   5. *-commutative 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   6. fma-neg 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   7. associate-+l+ 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}}{a} \]

   8. pow2 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{{b\_2}^{2}} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   9. *-commutative 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   10. fma-undefine 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   11. distribute-lft-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   12. *-commutative 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   13. distribute-rgt-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   14. fma-define 52.5%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   15. *-commutative 52.5%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   16. fma-undefine 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{a} \]

   17. distribute-lft-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   18. *-commutative 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   19. distribute-rgt-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

4. Applied egg-rr 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{a} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. count-2 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

6. Simplified 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 33.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. metadata-eval 33.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-2\right)} \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]

   2. distribute-lft-neg-in 33.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]

   3. associate-*r/ 33.7%

      \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot b\_2}{a}} \]

   4. *-commutative 33.7%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot 2}}{a} \]

   5. associate-/l* 33.5%

      \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot \frac{2}{a}} \]

   6. metadata-eval 33.5%

      \[\leadsto -b\_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot 1}}{a} \]

   7. associate-*r/ 33.5%

      \[\leadsto -b\_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} \]

   8. distribute-rgt-neg-in 33.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} \]

   9. associate-*r/ 33.5%

      \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{a}}\right) \]

   10. metadata-eval 33.5%

       \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{a}\right) \]

   11. distribute-neg-frac 33.5%

       \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{a}} \]

   12. metadata-eval 33.5%

       \[\leadsto b\_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{a} \]

9. Simplified 33.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b\_2 \cdot \frac{-2}{a}} \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 15.1% accurate, 28.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -\frac{b\_2}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c) :precision binary64 (- (/ b_2 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return -(b_2 / a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = -(b_2 / a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return -(b_2 / a);
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return -(b_2 / a)

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(-Float64(b_2 / a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = -(b_2 / a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := (-N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision])

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.8%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. prod-diff 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}}{a} \]

   2. *-commutative 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   3. fma-neg 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   4. prod-diff 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   5. *-commutative 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b\_2, b\_2, -\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   6. fma-neg 52.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)}}{a} \]

   7. associate-+l+ 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}}{a} \]

   8. pow2 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{{b\_2}^{2}} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   9. *-commutative 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   10. fma-undefine 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   11. distribute-lft-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   12. *-commutative 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   13. distribute-rgt-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   14. fma-define 52.5%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)} + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, c \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   15. *-commutative 52.5%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-c, a, \color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   16. fma-undefine 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-c\right) \cdot a + a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{a} \]

   17. distribute-lft-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-c \cdot a\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   18. *-commutative 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\left(-\color{blue}{a \cdot c}\right) + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

   19. distribute-rgt-neg-in 52.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} + a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{a} \]

4. Applied egg-rr 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{a} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. count-2 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + \color{blue}{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

6. Simplified 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left({b\_2}^{2} - a \cdot c\right) + 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -c, a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]

7. Taylor expanded in a around inf 17.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} - \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \left(c + -1 \cdot c\right) - c}{a}}\right)}}{a} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg 17.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b\_2}{a}\right)} - \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \left(c + -1 \cdot c\right) - c}{a}}\right)}{a} \]

   2. distribute-neg-frac2 17.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{-a}} - \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \left(c + -1 \cdot c\right) - c}{a}}\right)}{a} \]

   3. distribute-rgt1-in 17.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\frac{b\_2}{-a} - \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot c\right)} - c}{a}}\right)}{a} \]

   4. metadata-eval 17.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\frac{b\_2}{-a} - \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} \cdot c\right) - c}{a}}\right)}{a} \]

   5. mul0-lft 17.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\frac{b\_2}{-a} - \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \color{blue}{0} - c}{a}}\right)}{a} \]

   6. metadata-eval 17.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\frac{b\_2}{-a} - \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{0} - c}{a}}\right)}{a} \]

   7. neg-sub0 17.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\frac{b\_2}{-a} - \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{a}}\right)}{a} \]

9. Simplified 17.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\frac{b\_2}{-a} - \sqrt{\frac{-c}{a}}\right)}}{a} \]

10. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 16.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]
11. Step-by-step derivation

    1. mul-1-neg 16.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{b\_2}{a}} \]

    2. distribute-frac-neg2 16.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{-a}} \]

12. Simplified 16.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{-a}} \]

13. Final simplification 16.2%

    \[\leadsto -\frac{b\_2}{a} \]
14. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 99.7% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_1 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| - t\_0} \cdot \sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| + t\_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(b\_2, t\_0\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_1 - b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 + t\_1}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
        (t_1
         (if (== (copysign a c) a)
           (* (sqrt (- (fabs b_2) t_0)) (sqrt (+ (fabs b_2) t_0)))
           (hypot b_2 t_0))))
   (if (< b_2 0.0) (/ c (- t_1 b_2)) (/ (+ b_2 t_1) (- a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = sqrt((fabs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt((fabs(b_2) + t_0));
	} else {
		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
	}
	double t_1 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b_2 < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((Math.abs(b_2) - t_0)) * Math.sqrt((Math.abs(b_2) + t_0));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.hypot(b_2, t_0);
	}
	double t_1 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b_2 < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
	} else {
		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
	tmp = 0
	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
		tmp = math.sqrt((math.fabs(b_2) - t_0)) * math.sqrt((math.fabs(b_2) + t_0))
	else:
		tmp = math.hypot(b_2, t_0)
	t_1 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b_2 < 0.0:
		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2)
	else:
		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a
	return tmp_1

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	t_0 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(abs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt(Float64(abs(b_2) + t_0)));
	else
		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
	end
	t_1 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b_2 < 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_1 - b_2));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(b_2 + t_1) / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp_1
end

MATLAB

function tmp_3 = code(a, b_2, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
		tmp = sqrt((abs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt((abs(b_2) + t_0));
	else
		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
	end
	t_1 = tmp;
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b_2 < 0.0)
		tmp_2 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
	else
		tmp_2 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
	end
	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sqrt[N[Abs[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[Abs[c], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = If[Equal[N[With[{TMP1 = Abs[a], TMP2 = Sign[c]}, TMP1 * If[TMP2 == 0, 1, TMP2]], $MachinePrecision], a], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[Abs[b$95$2], $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(N[Abs[b$95$2], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Sqrt[b$95$2 ^ 2 + t$95$0 ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]]}, If[Less[b$95$2, 0.0], N[(c / N[(t$95$1 - b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b$95$2 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024100 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

  :alt
  (if (< b_2 0.0) (/ c (- (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot b_2 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) b_2)) (/ (+ b_2 (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (sqrt (+ (fabs b_2) (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (hypot b_2 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c)))))) (- a)))

  (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))