Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.5% → 95.4%

Time: 15.4s

Alternatives: 4

Speedup: 29.0×

Specification

\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]

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: 31.5% 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: 95.4% accurate, 0.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{7}} + 2 \cdot \frac{-1}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) + \frac{-1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (*
   a
   (*
    (* c c)
    (+
     (*
      c
      (* a (+ (* -5.0 (/ (* a c) (pow b 7.0))) (* 2.0 (/ -1.0 (pow b 5.0))))))
     (/ -1.0 (pow b 3.0)))))
  (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (a * ((c * c) * ((c * (a * ((-5.0 * ((a * c) / pow(b, 7.0))) + (2.0 * (-1.0 / pow(b, 5.0)))))) + (-1.0 / pow(b, 3.0))))) - (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 = (a * ((c * c) * ((c * (a * (((-5.0d0) * ((a * c) / (b ** 7.0d0))) + (2.0d0 * ((-1.0d0) / (b ** 5.0d0)))))) + ((-1.0d0) / (b ** 3.0d0))))) - (c / b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (a * ((c * c) * ((c * (a * ((-5.0 * ((a * c) / Math.pow(b, 7.0))) + (2.0 * (-1.0 / Math.pow(b, 5.0)))))) + (-1.0 / Math.pow(b, 3.0))))) - (c / b);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (a * ((c * c) * ((c * (a * ((-5.0 * ((a * c) / math.pow(b, 7.0))) + (2.0 * (-1.0 / math.pow(b, 5.0)))))) + (-1.0 / math.pow(b, 3.0))))) - (c / b)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(a * Float64(Float64(c * c) * Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * Float64(Float64(-5.0 * Float64(Float64(a * c) / (b ^ 7.0))) + Float64(2.0 * Float64(-1.0 / (b ^ 5.0)))))) + Float64(-1.0 / (b ^ 3.0))))) - Float64(c / b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (a * ((c * c) * ((c * (a * ((-5.0 * ((a * c) / (b ^ 7.0))) + (2.0 * (-1.0 / (b ^ 5.0)))))) + (-1.0 / (b ^ 3.0))))) - (c / b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(a * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * N[(a * N[(N[(-5.0 * N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(2.0 * N[(-1.0 / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 29.4%

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

   1. *-commutative 29.4%

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

3. Simplified 29.4%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 96.5%

      \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

   3. unsub-neg 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b}} \]

7. Simplified 96.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \frac{-0.25 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot 20\right)\right)}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in c around 0 96.5%

   \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\left({c}^{2} \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot c}{{b}^{7}} + -2 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} - \frac{c}{b} \]

9. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.5%

   \[\leadsto a \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot \left(c \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{7}} - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right)} - \frac{1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b} \]
10. Step-by-step derivation

    1. unpow2 96.5%

       \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{7}} - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b} \]

11. Applied egg-rr 96.5%

    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{7}} - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b} \]

12. Final simplification 96.5%

    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{7}} + 2 \cdot \frac{-1}{{b}^{5}}\right)\right) + \frac{-1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b} \]
13. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 93.8% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (*
   a
   (* (pow c 2.0) (+ (* -2.0 (/ (* a c) (pow b 5.0))) (/ -1.0 (pow b 3.0)))))
  (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (a * (pow(c, 2.0) * ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / pow(b, 5.0))) + (-1.0 / pow(b, 3.0))))) - (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 = (a * ((c ** 2.0d0) * (((-2.0d0) * ((a * c) / (b ** 5.0d0))) + ((-1.0d0) / (b ** 3.0d0))))) - (c / b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (a * (Math.pow(c, 2.0) * ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / Math.pow(b, 5.0))) + (-1.0 / Math.pow(b, 3.0))))) - (c / b);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (a * (math.pow(c, 2.0) * ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / math.pow(b, 5.0))) + (-1.0 / math.pow(b, 3.0))))) - (c / b)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(a * Float64((c ^ 2.0) * Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(a * c) / (b ^ 5.0))) + Float64(-1.0 / (b ^ 3.0))))) - Float64(c / b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (a * ((c ^ 2.0) * ((-2.0 * ((a * c) / (b ^ 5.0))) + (-1.0 / (b ^ 3.0))))) - (c / b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(a * N[(N[Power[c, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 29.4%

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

   1. *-commutative 29.4%

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

3. Simplified 29.4%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 96.5%

      \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

   3. unsub-neg 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b}} \]

7. Simplified 96.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \frac{-0.25 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot 20\right)\right)}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in c around 0 95.0%

   \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\left({c}^{2} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} - \frac{c}{b} \]

9. Final simplification 95.0%

   \[\leadsto a \cdot \left({c}^{2} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b} \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 90.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-c - (a * pow((c / b), 2.0))) / 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 - (a * ((c / b) ** 2.0d0))) / b
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 29.4%

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

   1. *-commutative 29.4%

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

3. Simplified 29.4%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   2. mul-1-neg 96.5%

      \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

   3. unsub-neg 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + -0.25 \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) - \frac{c}{b}} \]

7. Simplified 96.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \frac{-0.25 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot 20\right)\right)}{b}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} - c}{b}} \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg 92.0%

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

   2. +-commutative 92.0%

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

   3. mul-1-neg 92.0%

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

   4. unsub-neg 92.0%

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

   5. associate-/l* 92.0%

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

   6. unpow2 92.0%

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

   7. unpow2 92.0%

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

   8. times-frac 92.0%

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

   9. unpow2 92.0%

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

10. Simplified 92.0%

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

Alternative 4: 81.2% accurate, 29.0× 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 / Float64(-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 29.4%

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

   1. *-commutative 29.4%

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

3. Simplified 29.4%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 83.0%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 83.0%

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

   2. mul-1-neg 83.0%

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

7. Simplified 83.0%

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

8. Final simplification 83.0%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024129 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))