Cubic critical

Percentage Accurate: 51.3% → 85.2%

Time: 15.9s

Alternatives: 7

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: 51.3% 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: 85.2% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.3 \cdot 10^{+145}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-b}{a} - t\_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
   (if (<= b -2.3e+145)
     (- (* 0.6666666666666666 (/ (- b) a)) t_0)
     (if (<= b 6.8e-19)
       (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 3.0 (* c a)))) b) (* a 3.0))
       t_0))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = -0.5 * (c / b);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.3e+145) {
		tmp = (0.6666666666666666 * (-b / a)) - t_0;
	} else if (b <= 6.8e-19) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = t_0;
	}
	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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    if (b <= (-2.3d+145)) then
        tmp = (0.6666666666666666d0 * (-b / a)) - t_0
    else if (b <= 6.8d-19) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0d0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = t_0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = -0.5 * (c / b);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.3e+145) {
		tmp = (0.6666666666666666 * (-b / a)) - t_0;
	} else if (b <= 6.8e-19) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = t_0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = -0.5 * (c / b)
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.3e+145:
		tmp = (0.6666666666666666 * (-b / a)) - t_0
	elif b <= 6.8e-19:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = t_0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.3e+145)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.6666666666666666 * Float64(Float64(-b) / a)) - t_0);
	elseif (b <= 6.8e-19)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(3.0 * Float64(c * a)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = t_0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = -0.5 * (c / b);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.3e+145)
		tmp = (0.6666666666666666 * (-b / a)) - t_0;
	elseif (b <= 6.8e-19)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = t_0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -2.3e+145], N[(N[(0.6666666666666666 * N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.8e-19], 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], t$95$0]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.3e145

   1. Initial program 44.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 44.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 44.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 44.8%

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

   3. Simplified 44.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 97.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 98.0%

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

   if -2.3e145 < b < 6.8000000000000004e-19

   1. Initial program 83.7%

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

      1. sqr-neg 83.7%

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

      2. sqr-neg 83.7%

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

      3. associate-*l* 83.7%

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

   3. Simplified 83.7%

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

   if 6.8000000000000004e-19 < b

   1. Initial program 18.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 18.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 18.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 18.6%

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

   3. Simplified 18.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 89.9%

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

   7. Simplified 89.9%

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

4. Final simplification 88.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.3 \cdot 10^{+145}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{-b}{a} - -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 80.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3 \cdot 10^{-71}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -2}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3e-71)
   (/ (* b -2.0) (* a 3.0))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-19)
     (/ (- (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 <= -3e-71) {
		tmp = (b * -2.0) / (a * 3.0);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-19) {
		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 <= (-3d-71)) then
        tmp = (b * (-2.0d0)) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else if (b <= 6.6d-19) 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 <= -3e-71) {
		tmp = (b * -2.0) / (a * 3.0);
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-19) {
		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 <= -3e-71:
		tmp = (b * -2.0) / (a * 3.0)
	elif b <= 6.6e-19:
		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 <= -3e-71)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b * -2.0) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-19)
		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 <= -3e-71)
		tmp = (b * -2.0) / (a * 3.0);
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-19)
		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, -3e-71], N[(N[(b * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-19], 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 < -3.0000000000000001e-71

   1. Initial program 69.0%

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

      1. sqr-neg 69.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 69.0%

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

      3. associate-*l* 69.0%

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

   3. Simplified 69.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 91.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b}}{3 \cdot a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 91.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -2}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   7. Simplified 91.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b \cdot -2}}{3 \cdot a} \]

   if -3.0000000000000001e-71 < b < 6.5999999999999995e-19

   1. Initial program 76.5%

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

      1. sqr-neg 76.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 76.5%

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

      3. associate-*l* 76.5%

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

   3. Simplified 76.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.6%

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

      1. +-commutative 70.6%

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

      2. unsub-neg 70.6%

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

      3. *-commutative 70.6%

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

      4. associate-*r* 70.7%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 70.7%

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

   if 6.5999999999999995e-19 < b

   1. Initial program 18.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 18.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 18.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 18.6%

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

   3. Simplified 18.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 89.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 89.9%

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

   7. Simplified 89.9%

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

4. Final simplification 84.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3 \cdot 10^{-71}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -2}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 68.9% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.7e-254) (* b (/ -0.6666666666666666 a)) (* c (/ -0.5 b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254) {
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / 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 <= 2.7d-254) then
        tmp = b * ((-0.6666666666666666d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = c * ((-0.5d0) / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254) {
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.7e-254:
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a)
	else:
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(-0.6666666666666666 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c * Float64(-0.5 / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	else
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.7e-254], N[(b * N[(-0.6666666666666666 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-0.5 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.70000000000000007e-254

   1. Initial program 75.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 75.4%

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

   3. Simplified 75.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.3%

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

   7. Simplified 68.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.3%

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

      2. clear-num 68.2%

         \[\leadsto -0.6666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{b}}} \]

      3. un-div-inv 68.2%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 68.2%

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

       1. associate-/r/ 68.3%

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

   11. Simplified 68.3%

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

   if 2.70000000000000007e-254 < b

   1. Initial program 30.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.3%

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

   3. Simplified 30.3%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 34.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3}} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 34.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 0.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b} \cdot 0.16666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/l* 0.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}\right)} \cdot 0.16666666666666666 \]

      3. associate-*r* 0.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b} \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)} \]

      4. *-commutative 0.0%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}\right)} \]

      5. associate-*r/ 0.0%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}} \]

      6. unpow2 0.0%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-3} \cdot \sqrt{-3}\right)}}{b} \]

      7. rem-square-sqrt 73.1%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{-3}}{b} \]

      8. metadata-eval 73.1%

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

   10. Simplified 73.1%

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

4. Final simplification 70.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 68.8% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.7e-254) (* (/ b a) -0.6666666666666666) (* c (/ -0.5 b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / 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 <= 2.7d-254) then
        tmp = (b / a) * (-0.6666666666666666d0)
    else
        tmp = c * ((-0.5d0) / b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.7e-254:
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666
	else:
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b / a) * -0.6666666666666666);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c * Float64(-0.5 / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	else
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.7e-254], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision], N[(c * N[(-0.5 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.70000000000000007e-254

   1. Initial program 75.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 75.4%

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

   3. Simplified 75.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.3%

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

   7. Simplified 68.3%

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

   if 2.70000000000000007e-254 < b

   1. Initial program 30.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.3%

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

   3. Simplified 30.3%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 34.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3}} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 34.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}} \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 0.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b} \cdot 0.16666666666666666} \]

      2. associate-/l* 0.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}\right)} \cdot 0.16666666666666666 \]

      3. associate-*r* 0.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b} \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)} \]

      4. *-commutative 0.0%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}\right)} \]

      5. associate-*r/ 0.0%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}} \]

      6. unpow2 0.0%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-3} \cdot \sqrt{-3}\right)}}{b} \]

      7. rem-square-sqrt 73.1%

         \[\leadsto c \cdot \frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{-3}}{b} \]

      8. metadata-eval 73.1%

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

   10. Simplified 73.1%

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

4. Final simplification 70.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 68.9% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.7e-254) (* (/ b a) -0.6666666666666666) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} 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 <= 2.7d-254) then
        tmp = (b / a) * (-0.6666666666666666d0)
    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 <= 2.7e-254) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.7e-254:
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b / a) * -0.6666666666666666);
	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 <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.7e-254], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.70000000000000007e-254

   1. Initial program 75.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 75.4%

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

   3. Simplified 75.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.3%

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

   7. Simplified 68.3%

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

   if 2.70000000000000007e-254 < b

   1. Initial program 30.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.3%

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

   3. Simplified 30.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 73.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.3%

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

   7. Simplified 73.3%

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

4. Final simplification 70.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 69.0% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.7e-254) (/ (* b -0.6666666666666666) a) (* -0.5 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.7e-254) {
		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 <= 2.7d-254) 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 <= 2.7e-254) {
		tmp = (b * -0.6666666666666666) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.7e-254:
		tmp = (b * -0.6666666666666666) / a
	else:
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b * -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 <= 2.7e-254)
		tmp = (b * -0.6666666666666666) / a;
	else
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.7e-254], N[(N[(b * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.70000000000000007e-254

   1. Initial program 75.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 75.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 75.4%

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

   3. Simplified 75.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.3%

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

   7. Simplified 68.3%

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

      1. associate-*l/ 68.3%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 68.3%

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

   if 2.70000000000000007e-254 < b

   1. Initial program 30.3%

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

      1. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      2. sqr-neg 30.3%

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

      3. associate-*l* 30.3%

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

   3. Simplified 30.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 73.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.3%

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

   7. Simplified 73.3%

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

4. Final simplification 70.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 35.2% accurate, 23.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* c (/ -0.5 b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c * (-0.5 / 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 * ((-0.5d0) / b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c * (-0.5 / b);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return c * (-0.5 / b)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c * Float64(-0.5 / b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c * N[(-0.5 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.2%

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

   1. sqr-neg 54.2%

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

   2. sqr-neg 54.2%

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

   3. associate-*l* 54.2%

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

3. Simplified 54.2%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 52.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot -3}} \]

7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \left(b - \mathsf{hypot}\left(b, \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -3\right)}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 0.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}} \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b} \cdot 0.16666666666666666} \]

   2. associate-/l* 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}\right)} \cdot 0.16666666666666666 \]

   3. associate-*r* 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(\frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b} \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)} \]

   4. *-commutative 0.0%

      \[\leadsto c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}\right)} \]

   5. associate-*r/ 0.0%

      \[\leadsto c \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-3}\right)}^{2}}{b}} \]

   6. unpow2 0.0%

      \[\leadsto c \cdot \frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-3} \cdot \sqrt{-3}\right)}}{b} \]

   7. rem-square-sqrt 35.3%

      \[\leadsto c \cdot \frac{0.16666666666666666 \cdot \color{blue}{-3}}{b} \]

   8. metadata-eval 35.3%

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

10. Simplified 35.3%

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

11. Final simplification 35.3%

    \[\leadsto c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b} \]
12. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024115 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))