Cubic critical

Percentage Accurate: 51.7% → 84.2%

Time: 14.5s

Alternatives: 13

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: 51.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 84.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9 \cdot 10^{+105}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a \cdot -1.5}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-3 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -9e+105)
   (/ b (* a -1.5))
   (if (<= b 7.4e-174)
     (* (- b (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* -3.0 c))))) (/ -0.3333333333333333 a))
     (* (/ c b) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -9e+105) {
		tmp = b / (a * -1.5);
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (-3.0 * c))))) * (-0.3333333333333333 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -9e+105)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a * -1.5));
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(-3.0 * c))))) * Float64(-0.3333333333333333 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -9e+105], N[(b / N[(a * -1.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.4e-174], N[(N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(-3.0 * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -9.0000000000000002e105

   1. Initial program 47.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 47.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 47.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 47.8%

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

   3. Simplified 47.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 96.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 96.1%

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

   7. Simplified 96.1%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 96.1%

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

      2. associate-*l/ 96.1%

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

      3. associate-/l* 96.0%

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

   10. Simplified 96.0%

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

       1. clear-num 95.9%

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

       2. un-div-inv 96.0%

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

       3. div-inv 96.2%

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

       4. metadata-eval 96.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a \cdot \color{blue}{-1.5}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 96.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a \cdot -1.5}} \]

   if -9.0000000000000002e105 < b < 7.40000000000000019e-174

   1. Initial program 84.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 84.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 84.1%

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

      3. associate-*l* 84.0%

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

   3. Simplified 84.0%

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

      1. frac-2neg 84.0%

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

      2. div-inv 84.0%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 83.9%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 84.6%

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

   if 7.40000000000000019e-174 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 22.2%

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

   3. Simplified 22.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 80.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.9%

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

   7. Simplified 80.9%

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

4. Final simplification 85.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9 \cdot 10^{+105}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a \cdot -1.5}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-3 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 84.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -8.8 \cdot 10^{+144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -8.8e+144)
   (* (/ b a) -0.6666666666666666)
   (if (<= b 7.4e-174)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 3.0)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* (/ c b) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -8.8e+144) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	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 <= (-8.8d+144)) then
        tmp = (b / a) * (-0.6666666666666666d0)
    else if (b <= 7.4d-174) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -8.8e+144) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -8.8e+144:
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666
	elif b <= 7.4e-174:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -8.8e+144)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b / a) * -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -8.8e+144)
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 3.0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -8.8e+144], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.4e-174], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -8.79999999999999952e144

   1. Initial program 39.5%

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

      1. sqr-neg 39.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 39.5%

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

      3. associate-*l* 39.5%

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

   3. Simplified 39.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 95.6%

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

   7. Simplified 95.6%

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

   if -8.79999999999999952e144 < b < 7.40000000000000019e-174

   1. Initial program 85.0%

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

   if 7.40000000000000019e-174 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 22.2%

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

   3. Simplified 22.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 80.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.9%

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

   7. Simplified 80.9%

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

4. Final simplification 85.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -8.8 \cdot 10^{+144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 84.3% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{+145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.05e+145)
   (* (/ b a) -0.6666666666666666)
   (if (<= b 7.4e-174)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 3.0 (* a c)))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* (/ c b) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.05e+145) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	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+145)) then
        tmp = (b / a) * (-0.6666666666666666d0)
    else if (b <= 7.4d-174) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0d0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.05e+145) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.05e+145:
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666
	elif b <= 7.4e-174:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.05e+145)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b / a) * -0.6666666666666666);
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(3.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.05e+145)
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (3.0 * (a * c)))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.05e+145], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.4e-174], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.04999999999999995e145

   1. Initial program 39.5%

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

      1. sqr-neg 39.5%

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

      2. sqr-neg 39.5%

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

      3. associate-*l* 39.5%

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

   3. Simplified 39.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 95.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 95.6%

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

   7. Simplified 95.6%

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

   if -1.04999999999999995e145 < b < 7.40000000000000019e-174

   1. Initial program 85.0%

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

      1. sqr-neg 85.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 85.0%

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

      3. associate-*l* 85.0%

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

   3. Simplified 85.0%

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

   if 7.40000000000000019e-174 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 22.2%

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

   3. Simplified 22.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 80.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.9%

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

   7. Simplified 80.9%

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

4. Final simplification 85.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{+145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 79.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5.5e-70)
   (+ (/ (* b -0.6666666666666666) a) (* (/ c b) 0.5))
   (if (<= b 7.4e-174)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0))) b) (* a 3.0))
     (* (/ c b) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.5e-70) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	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 <= (-5.5d-70)) then
        tmp = ((b * (-0.6666666666666666d0)) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5d0)
    else if (b <= 7.4d-174) then
        tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * (-3.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 3.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5.5e-70) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5.5e-70:
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5)
	elif b <= 7.4e-174:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5.5e-70)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + Float64(Float64(c / b) * 0.5));
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 3.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5.5e-70)
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))) - b) / (a * 3.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5.5e-70], N[(N[(N[(b * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.4e-174], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -5.5000000000000001e-70

   1. Initial program 69.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 69.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 69.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 69.2%

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

   3. Simplified 69.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.1%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   8. Applied egg-rr 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   if -5.5000000000000001e-70 < b < 7.40000000000000019e-174

   1. Initial program 76.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 76.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 76.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 76.6%

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

   3. Simplified 76.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.1%

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

      2. associate-*l* 67.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 67.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 67.0%

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

   7. Simplified 67.0%

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

      1. +-commutative 67.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 67.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 67.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 67.0%

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

      5. associate-*l* 67.1%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 67.1%

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

       1. *-commutative 67.1%

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

       2. associate-*r* 67.1%

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

       3. *-commutative 67.1%

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

   11. Simplified 67.1%

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

   if 7.40000000000000019e-174 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 22.2%

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

   3. Simplified 22.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 80.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.9%

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

   7. Simplified 80.9%

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

4. Final simplification 78.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)} - b}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 79.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.2 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -7.2e-70)
   (+ (/ (* b -0.6666666666666666) a) (* (/ c b) 0.5))
   (if (<= b 7.4e-174)
     (* (/ -0.3333333333333333 a) (- b (sqrt (* c (* a -3.0)))))
     (* (/ c b) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7.2e-70) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 / a) * (b - sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	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 <= (-7.2d-70)) then
        tmp = ((b * (-0.6666666666666666d0)) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5d0)
    else if (b <= 7.4d-174) then
        tmp = ((-0.3333333333333333d0) / a) * (b - sqrt((c * (a * (-3.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7.2e-70) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 / a) * (b - Math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -7.2e-70:
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5)
	elif b <= 7.4e-174:
		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 / a) * (b - math.sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -7.2e-70)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + Float64(Float64(c / b) * 0.5));
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -3.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -7.2e-70)
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 / a) * (b - sqrt((c * (a * -3.0))));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -7.2e-70], N[(N[(N[(b * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.4e-174], N[(N[(-0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -7.2000000000000004e-70

   1. Initial program 69.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 69.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 69.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 69.2%

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

   3. Simplified 69.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.1%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   8. Applied egg-rr 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   if -7.2000000000000004e-70 < b < 7.40000000000000019e-174

   1. Initial program 76.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 76.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 76.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 76.6%

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

   3. Simplified 76.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.1%

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

      2. associate-*l* 67.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 67.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 67.0%

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

   7. Simplified 67.0%

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

      1. frac-2neg 67.0%

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

      2. div-inv 66.9%

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

      3. distribute-neg-in 66.9%

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

      4. add-sqr-sqrt 49.0%

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

      5. sqrt-unprod 66.6%

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

      6. sqr-neg 66.6%

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

      7. sqrt-unprod 18.0%

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

      8. add-sqr-sqrt 64.8%

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

      9. sub-neg 64.8%

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

      10. add-sqr-sqrt 46.8%

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

      11. sqrt-unprod 64.7%

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

      12. sqr-neg 64.7%

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

      13. sqrt-unprod 17.8%

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

      14. add-sqr-sqrt 66.9%

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

      15. *-commutative 66.9%

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

      16. *-commutative 66.9%

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

      17. associate-*l* 67.0%

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

      18. distribute-lft-neg-in 67.0%

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

      19. metadata-eval 67.0%

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

      20. *-commutative 67.0%

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

      21. metadata-eval 67.0%

          \[\leadsto \left(b - \sqrt{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-0.3333333333333333}}} \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 68.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b - \sqrt{-3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. *-commutative 68.2%

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

       2. *-commutative 68.2%

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

       3. associate-*r* 66.8%

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

       4. *-commutative 66.8%

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

   11. Simplified 66.8%

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

   if 7.40000000000000019e-174 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 22.2%

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

   3. Simplified 22.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 80.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.9%

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

   7. Simplified 80.9%

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

4. Final simplification 78.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.2 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -3\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 78.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -9e-70)
   (+ (/ (* b -0.6666666666666666) a) (* (/ c b) 0.5))
   (if (<= b 7.4e-174)
     (* 0.3333333333333333 (/ (+ b (sqrt (* -3.0 (* a c)))) a))
     (* (/ c b) -0.5))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -9e-70) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((b + sqrt((-3.0 * (a * c)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	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 <= (-9d-70)) then
        tmp = ((b * (-0.6666666666666666d0)) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5d0)
    else if (b <= 7.4d-174) then
        tmp = 0.3333333333333333d0 * ((b + sqrt(((-3.0d0) * (a * c)))) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -9e-70) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else if (b <= 7.4e-174) {
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((b + Math.sqrt((-3.0 * (a * c)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -9e-70:
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5)
	elif b <= 7.4e-174:
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((b + math.sqrt((-3.0 * (a * c)))) / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -9e-70)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + Float64(Float64(c / b) * 0.5));
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = Float64(0.3333333333333333 * Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(-3.0 * Float64(a * c)))) / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -9e-70)
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	elseif (b <= 7.4e-174)
		tmp = 0.3333333333333333 * ((b + sqrt((-3.0 * (a * c)))) / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -9e-70], N[(N[(N[(b * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 7.4e-174], N[(0.3333333333333333 * N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(-3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -9.00000000000000044e-70

   1. Initial program 69.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 69.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 69.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 69.2%

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

   3. Simplified 69.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.1%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 85.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   8. Applied egg-rr 85.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   if -9.00000000000000044e-70 < b < 7.40000000000000019e-174

   1. Initial program 76.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 76.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 76.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 76.6%

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

   3. Simplified 76.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 67.1%

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

      2. associate-*l* 67.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 67.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 67.0%

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

   7. Simplified 67.0%

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

      1. *-un-lft-identity 67.0%

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

      2. times-frac 68.3%

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

      3. metadata-eval 68.3%

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

      4. add-sqr-sqrt 50.4%

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

      5. sqrt-unprod 68.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 68.0%

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

      7. sqrt-unprod 18.0%

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

      8. add-sqr-sqrt 66.1%

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

      9. *-commutative 66.1%

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

      10. *-commutative 66.1%

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

      11. associate-*l* 66.1%

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

   9. Applied egg-rr 66.1%

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

   if 7.40000000000000019e-174 < b

   1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      1. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 22.2%

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

      3. associate-*l* 22.2%

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

   3. Simplified 22.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 80.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.9%

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

   7. Simplified 80.9%

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

4. Final simplification 78.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 68.1% accurate, 7.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4e-310)
   (+ (/ (* b -0.6666666666666666) a) (* (/ c b) 0.5))
   (* (/ c b) -0.5)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	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 <= (-4d-310)) then
        tmp = ((b * (-0.6666666666666666d0)) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4e-310:
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + Float64(Float64(c / b) * 0.5));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4e-310)
		tmp = ((b * -0.6666666666666666) / a) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4e-310], N[(N[(N[(b * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 72.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 72.4%

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

      2. sqr-neg 72.4%

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

      3. associate-*l* 72.4%

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

   3. Simplified 72.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 60.3%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 60.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ 60.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   8. Applied egg-rr 60.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot b}{a}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 29.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 29.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 29.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 29.7%

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

   3. Simplified 29.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 69.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 69.6%

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

   7. Simplified 69.6%

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

4. Final simplification 64.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b \cdot -0.6666666666666666}{a} + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 68.1% accurate, 7.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666 + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4e-310)
   (+ (* (/ b a) -0.6666666666666666) (* (/ c b) 0.5))
   (* (/ c b) -0.5)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = ((b / a) * -0.6666666666666666) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	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 <= (-4d-310)) then
        tmp = ((b / a) * (-0.6666666666666666d0)) + ((c / b) * 0.5d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = ((b / a) * -0.6666666666666666) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4e-310:
		tmp = ((b / a) * -0.6666666666666666) + ((c / b) * 0.5)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b / a) * -0.6666666666666666) + Float64(Float64(c / b) * 0.5));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4e-310)
		tmp = ((b / a) * -0.6666666666666666) + ((c / b) * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4e-310], N[(N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 72.4%

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

      1. sqr-neg 72.4%

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

      2. sqr-neg 72.4%

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

      3. associate-*l* 72.4%

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

   3. Simplified 72.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 60.3%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in c around 0 60.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.6666666666666666 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 29.8%

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

      1. sqr-neg 29.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 29.8%

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

      3. associate-*l* 29.7%

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

   3. Simplified 29.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 69.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 69.6%

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

   7. Simplified 69.6%

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

4. Final simplification 64.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666 + \frac{c}{b} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 67.9% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a \cdot -1.5}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 3.5e-308) (/ b (* a -1.5)) (* (/ c b) -0.5)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308) {
		tmp = b / (a * -1.5);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 3.5d-308) then
        tmp = b / (a * (-1.5d0))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308) {
		tmp = b / (a * -1.5);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 3.5e-308:
		tmp = b / (a * -1.5)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 3.5e-308)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(a * -1.5));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308)
		tmp = b / (a * -1.5);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 3.5e-308], N[(b / N[(a * -1.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 3.5e-308

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 72.6%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 59.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

   7. Simplified 59.8%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 59.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

      2. associate-*l/ 59.8%

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

      3. associate-/l* 59.7%

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

   10. Simplified 59.7%

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

       1. clear-num 59.7%

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

       2. un-div-inv 59.7%

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

       3. div-inv 59.8%

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

       4. metadata-eval 59.8%

          \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a \cdot \color{blue}{-1.5}} \]

   12. Applied egg-rr 59.8%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a \cdot -1.5}} \]

   if 3.5e-308 < b

   1. Initial program 29.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      3. associate-*l* 29.1%

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

   3. Simplified 29.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.2%

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

   7. Simplified 70.2%

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

Alternative 10: 67.8% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 3.5e-308) (* (/ b a) -0.6666666666666666) (* (/ c b) -0.5)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 3.5d-308) then
        tmp = (b / a) * (-0.6666666666666666d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) * (-0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 3.5e-308:
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 3.5e-308)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b / a) * -0.6666666666666666);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308)
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 3.5e-308], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.6666666666666666), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 3.5e-308

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 72.6%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 59.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

   7. Simplified 59.8%

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

   if 3.5e-308 < b

   1. Initial program 29.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      3. associate-*l* 29.1%

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

   3. Simplified 29.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.2%

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

   7. Simplified 70.2%

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

Alternative 11: 67.7% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{a} \cdot -0.6666666666666666\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 3.5e-308) (* (/ b a) -0.6666666666666666) (* c (/ -0.5 b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308) {
		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 <= 3.5d-308) 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 <= 3.5e-308) {
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 3.5e-308:
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666
	else:
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 3.5e-308)
		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 <= 3.5e-308)
		tmp = (b / a) * -0.6666666666666666;
	else
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 3.5e-308], 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 < 3.5e-308

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 72.6%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 59.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

   7. Simplified 59.8%

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

   if 3.5e-308 < b

   1. Initial program 29.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      3. associate-*l* 29.1%

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

   3. Simplified 29.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.2%

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

   7. Simplified 70.2%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in c around 0 70.2%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 70.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 70.2%

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

      3. associate-*r/ 70.1%

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

   10. Simplified 70.1%

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

Alternative 12: 67.7% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \frac{-0.6666666666666666}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 3.5e-308) (* b (/ -0.6666666666666666 a)) (* c (/ -0.5 b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-308) {
		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 <= 3.5d-308) 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 <= 3.5e-308) {
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 3.5e-308:
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a)
	else:
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 3.5e-308)
		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 <= 3.5e-308)
		tmp = b * (-0.6666666666666666 / a);
	else
		tmp = c * (-0.5 / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 3.5e-308], 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 < 3.5e-308

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

      1. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 72.6%

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

      3. associate-*l* 72.6%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 59.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

   7. Simplified 59.8%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 59.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 59.8%

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

      2. associate-*l/ 59.8%

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

      3. associate-/l* 59.7%

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

   10. Simplified 59.7%

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

   if 3.5e-308 < b

   1. Initial program 29.1%

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

      1. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      2. sqr-neg 29.1%

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

      3. associate-*l* 29.1%

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

   3. Simplified 29.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 70.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 70.2%

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

   7. Simplified 70.2%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in c around 0 70.2%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 70.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 70.2%

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

      3. associate-*r/ 70.1%

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

   10. Simplified 70.1%

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

Alternative 13: 34.9% accurate, 23.2× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.4%

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

   1. sqr-neg 53.4%

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

   2. sqr-neg 53.4%

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

   3. associate-*l* 53.4%

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

3. Simplified 53.4%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 34.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 34.5%

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

7. Simplified 34.5%

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

8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 34.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 34.5%

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

   2. associate-*l/ 34.5%

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

   3. associate-/l* 34.5%

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

10. Simplified 34.5%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024130 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))