Cubic critical

Percentage Accurate: 51.4% → 84.1%

Time: 14.2s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 11.6×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 84.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-1}{a} - -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.082:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e+46)
   (* b (- (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ -1.0 a)) (* -0.5 (/ c (pow b 2.0)))))
   (if (<= b 0.082)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+46) {
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / pow(b, 2.0))));
	} else if (b <= 0.082) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.5d+46)) then
        tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666d0 * ((-1.0d0) / a)) - ((-0.5d0) * (c / (b ** 2.0d0))))
    else if (b <= 0.082d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+46) {
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / Math.pow(b, 2.0))));
	} else if (b <= 0.082) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.5e+46:
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / math.pow(b, 2.0))))
	elif b <= 0.082:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e+46)
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(-1.0 / a)) - Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / (b ^ 2.0)))));
	elseif (b <= 0.082)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.5e+46)
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / (b ^ 2.0))));
	elseif (b <= 0.082)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e+46], N[(b * N[(N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[(-1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(-0.5 * N[(c / N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 0.082], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.49999999999999985e46

   1. Initial program 64.0%

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

      1. sqr-neg 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 64.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   if -3.49999999999999985e46 < b < 0.0820000000000000034

   1. Initial program 79.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   if 0.0820000000000000034 < b

   1. Initial program 11.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 11.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 93.5%

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

   7. Simplified 93.5%

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

4. Final simplification 88.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-1}{a} - -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.082:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 84.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-1}{a} - -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.34:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e+46)
   (* b (- (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ -1.0 a)) (* -0.5 (/ c (pow b 2.0)))))
   (if (<= b 0.34)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 3.0 (* c a)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+46) {
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / pow(b, 2.0))));
	} else if (b <= 0.34) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.5d+46)) then
        tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666d0 * ((-1.0d0) / a)) - ((-0.5d0) * (c / (b ** 2.0d0))))
    else if (b <= 0.34d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0d0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e+46) {
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / Math.pow(b, 2.0))));
	} else if (b <= 0.34) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.5e+46:
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / math.pow(b, 2.0))))
	elif b <= 0.34:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e+46)
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(-1.0 / a)) - Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / (b ^ 2.0)))));
	elseif (b <= 0.34)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(3.0 * Float64(c * a)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.5e+46)
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / (b ^ 2.0))));
	elseif (b <= 0.34)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e+46], N[(b * N[(N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[(-1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(-0.5 * N[(c / N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 0.34], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(3.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.49999999999999985e46

   1. Initial program 64.0%

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

      1. sqr-neg 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 64.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 64.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   if -3.49999999999999985e46 < b < 0.340000000000000024

   1. Initial program 79.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 79.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 79.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 79.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   if 0.340000000000000024 < b

   1. Initial program 11.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 11.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 93.5%

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

   7. Simplified 93.5%

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

4. Final simplification 88.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-1}{a} - -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.34:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 79.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-1}{a} - -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.05:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-12)
   (* b (- (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ -1.0 a)) (* -0.5 (/ c (pow b 2.0)))))
   (if (<= b 0.05)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-12) {
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / pow(b, 2.0))));
	} else if (b <= 0.05) {
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-12)) then
        tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666d0 * ((-1.0d0) / a)) - ((-0.5d0) * (c / (b ** 2.0d0))))
    else if (b <= 0.05d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * (-3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-12) {
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / Math.pow(b, 2.0))));
	} else if (b <= 0.05) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-12:
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / math.pow(b, 2.0))))
	elif b <= 0.05:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-12)
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(-1.0 / a)) - Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / (b ^ 2.0)))));
	elseif (b <= 0.05)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-12)
		tmp = b * ((0.6666666666666666 * (-1.0 / a)) - (-0.5 * (c / (b ^ 2.0))));
	elseif (b <= 0.05)
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-12], N[(b * N[(N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[(-1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(-0.5 * N[(c / N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 0.05], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.9999999999999997e-12

   1. Initial program 68.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 68.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 92.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   if -4.9999999999999997e-12 < b < 0.050000000000000003

   1. Initial program 77.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 77.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 69.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. *-commutative 69.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*r* 69.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   7. Simplified 69.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   if 0.050000000000000003 < b

   1. Initial program 11.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 11.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 93.5%

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

   7. Simplified 93.5%

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

4. Final simplification 84.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-1}{a} - -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.05:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 79.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 80:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.2e-13)
   (- (* -0.5 (- (/ c b))) (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)))
   (if (<= b 80.0)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.2e-13) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else if (b <= 80.0) {
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.2d-13)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666d0 * (b / a))
    else if (b <= 80.0d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * (-3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.2e-13) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else if (b <= 80.0) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.2e-13:
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a))
	elif b <= 80.0:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.2e-13)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(-Float64(c / b))) - Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a)));
	elseif (b <= 80.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.2e-13)
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	elseif (b <= 80.0)
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.2e-13], N[(N[(-0.5 * (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision] - N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 80.0], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.2e-13

   1. Initial program 68.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 68.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 92.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 92.9%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

   if -3.2e-13 < b < 80

   1. Initial program 77.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 77.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 69.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. *-commutative 69.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*r* 69.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   7. Simplified 69.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   if 80 < b

   1. Initial program 11.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 11.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 93.5%

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

   7. Simplified 93.5%

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

4. Final simplification 84.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 80:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 79.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.75 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.05:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.75e-12)
   (- (* -0.5 (- (/ c b))) (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)))
   (if (<= b 0.05)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -3.0))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.75e-12) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else if (b <= 0.05) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.75d-12)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666d0 * (b / a))
    else if (b <= 0.05d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * (-3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.75e-12) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else if (b <= 0.05) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.75e-12:
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a))
	elif b <= 0.05:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * (c * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.75e-12)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(-Float64(c / b))) - Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a)));
	elseif (b <= 0.05)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -3.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.75e-12)
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	elseif (b <= 0.05)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.75e-12], N[(N[(-0.5 * (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision] - N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 0.05], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.75e-12

   1. Initial program 68.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 68.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 92.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 92.9%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

   if -1.75e-12 < b < 0.050000000000000003

   1. Initial program 77.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 77.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 69.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. associate-*r* 69.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   7. Simplified 69.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   if 0.050000000000000003 < b

   1. Initial program 11.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 11.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 93.5%

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

   7. Simplified 93.5%

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

4. Final simplification 83.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.75 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.05:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 79.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.05:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-13)
   (- (* -0.5 (- (/ c b))) (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)))
   (if (<= b 0.05)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* (* c a) -3.0)) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* -0.5 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-13) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else if (b <= 0.05) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * -3.0)) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d-13)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666d0 * (b / a))
    else if (b <= 0.05d0) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * (-3.0d0))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-13) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else if (b <= 0.05) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((c * a) * -3.0)) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e-13:
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a))
	elif b <= 0.05:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((c * a) * -3.0)) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-13)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(-Float64(c / b))) - Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a)));
	elseif (b <= 0.05)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(c * a) * -3.0)) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e-13)
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	elseif (b <= 0.05)
		tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * -3.0)) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-13], N[(N[(-0.5 * (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision] - N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 0.05], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.0000000000000001e-13

   1. Initial program 68.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 68.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 68.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 92.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 92.9%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

   if -2.0000000000000001e-13 < b < 0.050000000000000003

   1. Initial program 77.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 77.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 77.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   if 0.050000000000000003 < b

   1. Initial program 11.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 11.3%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 11.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 93.5%

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

   7. Simplified 93.5%

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

4. Final simplification 83.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 0.05:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 67.8% accurate, 6.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310)
   (- (* -0.5 (- (/ c b))) (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ b a)))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666d0 * (b / a))
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a))
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(-Float64(c / b))) - Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(b / a)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = (-0.5 * -(c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a));
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[(N[(-0.5 * (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision] - N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 74.7%

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

      1. sqr-neg 74.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 74.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 74.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{2}} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)\right)} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 68.9%

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 35.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 35.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 35.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 35.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 35.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 64.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 64.9%

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

   7. Simplified 64.9%

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

4. Final simplification 66.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(-\frac{c}{b}\right) - 0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 67.7% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (* b (/ -0.6666666666666666 a)) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = b * ((-0.6666666666666666d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a)
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(-0.6666666666666666 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[(b * N[(-0.6666666666666666 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 74.7%

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

      1. sqr-neg 74.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 74.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 74.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r* 74.7%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. fma-neg 74.7%

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

      3. associate-*r* 74.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 74.6%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-neg-in 74.6%

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

      6. metadata-eval 74.6%

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

      7. associate-*r* 74.7%

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

      8. add-cube-cbrt 74.3%

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

      9. pow3 74.3%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 74.3%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 68.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-*l/ 68.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a}} \]

      3. associate-/l* 68.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}} \]

   9. Simplified 68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}} \]

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 35.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 35.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      2. sqr-neg 35.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*l* 35.4%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. Simplified 35.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 64.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 64.9%

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

   7. Simplified 64.9%

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

4. Final simplification 66.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 34.5% accurate, 23.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* b (/ -0.6666666666666666 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = b * ((-0.6666666666666666d0) / a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(b * Float64(-0.6666666666666666 / a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(b * N[(-0.6666666666666666 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.8%

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

   1. sqr-neg 54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   2. sqr-neg 54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   3. associate-*l* 54.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

3. Simplified 54.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}} \]
4. Add Preprocessing
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r* 54.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   2. fma-neg 54.8%

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

   3. associate-*r* 54.7%

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

   4. *-commutative 54.7%

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

   5. distribute-rgt-neg-in 54.7%

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

   6. metadata-eval 54.7%

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

   7. associate-*r* 54.7%

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

   8. add-cube-cbrt 53.9%

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

   9. pow3 54.0%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 54.0%

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

7. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 35.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative 35.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666} \]

   2. associate-*l/ 35.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a}} \]

   3. associate-/l* 35.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}} \]

9. Simplified 35.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}} \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024101 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))