Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 86.2%

Time: 14.5s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 12.9×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 86.2% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6e+153)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 8.5e-95)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6e+153) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 8.5e-95) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6d+153)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 8.5d-95) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6e+153) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 8.5e-95) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6e+153:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 8.5e-95:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6e+153)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 8.5e-95)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6e+153)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 8.5e-95)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6e+153], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 8.5e-95], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -6.00000000000000037e153

   1. Initial program 42.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 42.8%

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

   3. Simplified 42.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 99.5%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 99.5%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 99.5%

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

      3. +-commutative 99.5%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 99.5%

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

      5. unsub-neg 99.5%

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

   7. Simplified 99.5%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

      3. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

   10. Simplified 100.0%

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

   if -6.00000000000000037e153 < b < 8.4999999999999995e-95

   1. Initial program 83.6%

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

   if 8.4999999999999995e-95 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 86.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.6%

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

   7. Simplified 86.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 81.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot 4}{\frac{-1}{c}}} - b\right)}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.8e-67)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 6.8e-97)
     (/ (* 0.5 (- (sqrt (/ (* a 4.0) (/ -1.0 c))) b)) a)
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.8e-67) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.8e-97) {
		tmp = (0.5 * (sqrt(((a * 4.0) / (-1.0 / c))) - b)) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.8d-67)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 6.8d-97) then
        tmp = (0.5d0 * (sqrt(((a * 4.0d0) / ((-1.0d0) / c))) - b)) / a
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.8e-67) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 6.8e-97) {
		tmp = (0.5 * (Math.sqrt(((a * 4.0) / (-1.0 / c))) - b)) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.8e-67:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 6.8e-97:
		tmp = (0.5 * (math.sqrt(((a * 4.0) / (-1.0 / c))) - b)) / a
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.8e-67)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 6.8e-97)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 * Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(a * 4.0) / Float64(-1.0 / c))) - b)) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.8e-67)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.8e-97)
		tmp = (0.5 * (sqrt(((a * 4.0) / (-1.0 / c))) - b)) / a;
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.8e-67], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.8e-97], N[(N[(0.5 * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-1.0 / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.8000000000000001e-67

   1. Initial program 72.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 72.2%

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

   3. Simplified 72.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 85.6%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 85.6%

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

      3. +-commutative 85.6%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 85.6%

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

      5. unsub-neg 85.6%

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

   7. Simplified 85.6%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 86.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 86.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.0%

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

      3. unsub-neg 86.0%

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

   10. Simplified 86.0%

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

   if -2.8000000000000001e-67 < b < 6.7999999999999998e-97

   1. Initial program 74.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.8%

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

   3. Simplified 74.8%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)} \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} + \left(-b \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\right)} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 74.6%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-out-- 74.6%

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

   8. Simplified 74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)} - b\right)} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. pow1/2 74.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right)}^{0.5}} - b\right) \]

      2. pow-to-exp 69.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot 0.5}} - b\right) \]

   10. Applied egg-rr 69.9%

       \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot 0.5}} - b\right) \]

   11. Taylor expanded in c around -inf 45.1%

       \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(e^{\color{blue}{\left(\log \left(4 \cdot a\right) + -1 \cdot \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5} - b\right) \]
   12. Step-by-step derivation

       1. mul-1-neg 45.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(e^{\left(\log \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)}\right) \cdot 0.5} - b\right) \]

       2. unsub-neg 45.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(e^{\color{blue}{\left(\log \left(4 \cdot a\right) - \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5} - b\right) \]

       3. *-commutative 45.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(e^{\left(\log \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 4\right)} - \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right) \cdot 0.5} - b\right) \]

   13. Simplified 45.1%

       \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(e^{\color{blue}{\left(\log \left(a \cdot 4\right) - \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5} - b\right) \]
   14. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*l/ 45.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(e^{\left(\log \left(a \cdot 4\right) - \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)\right) \cdot 0.5} - b\right)}{a}} \]

       2. exp-prod 37.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{\left(e^{\log \left(a \cdot 4\right) - \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)}\right)}^{0.5}} - b\right)}{a} \]

       3. unpow1/2 37.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{\log \left(a \cdot 4\right) - \log \left(\frac{-1}{c}\right)}}} - b\right)}{a} \]

       4. diff-log 65.4%

          \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{a \cdot 4}{\frac{-1}{c}}\right)}}} - b\right)}{a} \]

       5. add-exp-log 69.6%

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

   15. Applied egg-rr 69.6%

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

   if 6.7999999999999998e-97 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 86.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.6%

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

   7. Simplified 86.6%

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

4. Final simplification 82.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\frac{a \cdot 4}{\frac{-1}{c}}} - b\right)}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 81.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.6 \cdot 10^{-68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-96}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.6e-68)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 1.9e-96)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.6e-68) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 1.9e-96) {
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.6d-68)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 1.9d-96) then
        tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.6e-68) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 1.9e-96) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.6e-68:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 1.9e-96:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.6e-68)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 1.9e-96)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.6e-68)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 1.9e-96)
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.6e-68], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.9e-96], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.60000000000000007e-68

   1. Initial program 72.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 72.2%

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

   3. Simplified 72.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 85.6%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 85.6%

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

      3. +-commutative 85.6%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 85.6%

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

      5. unsub-neg 85.6%

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

   7. Simplified 85.6%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 86.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 86.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.0%

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

      3. unsub-neg 86.0%

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

   10. Simplified 86.0%

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

   if -3.60000000000000007e-68 < b < 1.9e-96

   1. Initial program 74.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.8%

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

   3. Simplified 74.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 69.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 69.5%

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

      3. associate-*r* 69.6%

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

   7. Simplified 69.6%

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

   if 1.9e-96 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 86.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.6%

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

   7. Simplified 86.6%

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

4. Final simplification 82.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.6 \cdot 10^{-68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-96}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 81.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.5 \cdot 10^{-69}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -7.5e-69)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 4.5e-100)
     (* (/ 0.5 a) (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7.5e-69) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4.5e-100) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-7.5d-69)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 4.5d-100) then
        tmp = (0.5d0 / a) * (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) - b)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7.5e-69) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 4.5e-100) {
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -7.5e-69:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 4.5e-100:
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -7.5e-69)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 4.5e-100)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / a) * Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -7.5e-69)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 4.5e-100)
		tmp = (0.5 / a) * (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -7.5e-69], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.5e-100], N[(N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -7.5e-69

   1. Initial program 72.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 72.2%

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

   3. Simplified 72.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 85.6%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 85.6%

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

      3. +-commutative 85.6%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 85.6%

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

      5. unsub-neg 85.6%

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

   7. Simplified 85.6%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 86.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 86.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.0%

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

      3. unsub-neg 86.0%

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

   10. Simplified 86.0%

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

   if -7.5e-69 < b < 4.5000000000000001e-100

   1. Initial program 74.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.8%

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

   3. Simplified 74.8%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)} \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} + \left(-b \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\right)} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 74.6%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-out-- 74.6%

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

   8. Simplified 74.6%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in a around inf 69.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b\right) \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. *-commutative 69.4%

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

       2. associate-*r* 69.5%

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

   11. Simplified 69.5%

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

   if 4.5000000000000001e-100 < b

   1. Initial program 19.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 19.1%

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

   3. Simplified 19.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 86.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 86.6%

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

   7. Simplified 86.6%

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

4. Final simplification 82.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.5 \cdot 10^{-69}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-100}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 67.9% accurate, 9.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-310) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ c (- b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d-310)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e-310:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-310], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.999999999999994e-310

   1. Initial program 74.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.9%

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

   3. Simplified 74.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 63.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 63.7%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 63.7%

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

      3. +-commutative 63.7%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 63.7%

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

      5. unsub-neg 63.7%

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

   7. Simplified 63.7%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 64.1%

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

      1. +-commutative 64.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 64.1%

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

      3. unsub-neg 64.1%

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

   10. Simplified 64.1%

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

   if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 28.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 28.0%

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

   3. Simplified 28.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 71.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 71.9%

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

   7. Simplified 71.9%

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

4. Final simplification 67.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 67.7% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.9 \cdot 10^{-303}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.9e-303) (/ b (- a)) (/ c (- b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.9e-303) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2.9d-303) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.9e-303) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.9e-303:
		tmp = b / -a
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.9e-303)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.9e-303)
		tmp = b / -a;
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.9e-303], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.90000000000000014e-303

   1. Initial program 75.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 75.1%

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

   3. Simplified 75.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 63.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 63.2%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 63.2%

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

   7. Simplified 63.2%

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

   if 2.90000000000000014e-303 < b

   1. Initial program 27.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 27.4%

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

   3. Simplified 27.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 72.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 72.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 72.5%

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

   7. Simplified 72.5%

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

4. Final simplification 67.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.9 \cdot 10^{-303}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 43.8% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.05 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 1.05e+14) (/ b (- a)) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.05e+14) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 1.05d+14) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.05e+14) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.05e+14:
		tmp = b / -a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.05e+14)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.05e+14)
		tmp = b / -a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.05e+14], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 1.05e14

   1. Initial program 68.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.7%

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

   3. Simplified 68.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 47.8%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 47.8%

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 47.8%

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

   7. Simplified 47.8%

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

   if 1.05e14 < b

   1. Initial program 13.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 13.5%

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

   3. Simplified 13.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 2.3%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 2.3%

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

      3. +-commutative 2.3%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 2.3%

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

      5. unsub-neg 2.3%

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

   7. Simplified 2.3%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 27.5%

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

Alternative 8: 11.4% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 52.5%

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

3. Simplified 52.5%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 34.3%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 34.3%

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

   2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 34.3%

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

   3. +-commutative 34.3%

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

   4. mul-1-neg 34.3%

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

   5. unsub-neg 34.3%

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

7. Simplified 34.3%

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

8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 10.3%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024108 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))