Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 52.0% → 85.8%

Time: 11.2s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 12.9×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 52.0% 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: 85.8% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.3 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e+154)
   (/ b (- a))
   (if (<= b 4.3e-75)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* a 4.0) c))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e+154) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 4.3e-75) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1d+154)) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else if (b <= 4.3d-75) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0d0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e+154) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else if (b <= 4.3e-75) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e+154:
		tmp = b / -a
	elif b <= 4.3e-75:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e+154)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	elseif (b <= 4.3e-75)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e+154)
		tmp = b / -a;
	elseif (b <= 4.3e-75)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e+154], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.3e-75], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.00000000000000004e154

   1. Initial program 44.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 44.5%

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

   3. Simplified 44.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 97.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 97.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 97.6%

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

   7. Simplified 97.6%

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

   if -1.00000000000000004e154 < b < 4.2999999999999999e-75

   1. Initial program 85.8%

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

   if 4.2999999999999999e-75 < b

   1. Initial program 17.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 17.5%

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

   3. Simplified 17.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 83.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 83.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 83.4%

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

   7. Simplified 83.4%

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

4. Final simplification 86.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.3 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 80.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-142}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -7e-142)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 1.9e-75)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7e-142) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 1.9e-75) {
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-7d-142)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 1.9d-75) then
        tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7e-142) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 1.9e-75) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -7e-142:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 1.9e-75:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -7e-142)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 1.9e-75)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -7e-142)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 1.9e-75)
		tmp = (sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -7e-142], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.9e-75], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -7.00000000000000029e-142

   1. Initial program 76.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 76.4%

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

   3. Simplified 76.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 92.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 92.3%

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

      2. *-commutative 92.3%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 92.3%

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

      4. +-commutative 92.3%

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

      5. mul-1-neg 92.3%

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

      6. unsub-neg 92.3%

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

   7. Simplified 92.3%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 92.7%

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

   if -7.00000000000000029e-142 < b < 1.89999999999999997e-75

   1. Initial program 76.4%

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

      1. *-commutative 76.4%

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

   3. Simplified 76.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 74.9%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.9%

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

      2. associate-*r* 74.9%

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

   7. Simplified 74.9%

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

   if 1.89999999999999997e-75 < b

   1. Initial program 17.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 17.5%

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

   3. Simplified 17.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 83.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 83.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 83.4%

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

   7. Simplified 83.4%

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

4. Final simplification 84.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-142}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 68.5% accurate, 9.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

   1. Initial program 79.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 79.0%

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

   3. Simplified 79.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 71.3%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 71.3%

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

      2. *-commutative 71.3%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 71.3%

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

      4. +-commutative 71.3%

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

      5. mul-1-neg 71.3%

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

      6. unsub-neg 71.3%

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

   7. Simplified 71.3%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 72.7%

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

   if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 30.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 30.6%

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

   3. Simplified 30.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 68.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 68.8%

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

   7. Simplified 68.8%

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

4. Final simplification 70.7%

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

Alternative 4: 68.3% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-280}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 3.5e-280) (/ b (- a)) (/ c (- b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-280) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 3.5d-280) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.5e-280) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 3.5e-280:
		tmp = b / -a
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 3.5e-280)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 3.5e-280)
		tmp = b / -a;
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 3.5e-280], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 3.5000000000000001e-280

   1. Initial program 78.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 78.7%

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

   3. Simplified 78.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 70.9%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 70.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 70.9%

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

   7. Simplified 70.9%

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

   if 3.5000000000000001e-280 < b

   1. Initial program 29.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 29.7%

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

   3. Simplified 29.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 70.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 70.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 70.3%

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

   7. Simplified 70.3%

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

4. Final simplification 70.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-280}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 43.5% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 2.2e-6) (/ b (- a)) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.2e-6) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2.2d-6) then
        tmp = b / -a
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.2e-6) {
		tmp = b / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.2e-6:
		tmp = b / -a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.2e-6)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.2e-6)
		tmp = b / -a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.2e-6], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.2000000000000001e-6

   1. Initial program 71.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 71.8%

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

   3. Simplified 71.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 51.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 51.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 51.7%

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

   7. Simplified 51.7%

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

   if 2.2000000000000001e-6 < b

   1. Initial program 14.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 14.3%

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

   3. Simplified 14.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 2.2%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 2.2%

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

      2. *-commutative 2.2%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 2.2%

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

      4. +-commutative 2.2%

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

      5. mul-1-neg 2.2%

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

      6. unsub-neg 2.2%

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

   7. Simplified 2.2%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 25.1%

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

4. Final simplification 43.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 10.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.8%

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

   1. *-commutative 53.8%

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

3. Simplified 53.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 35.3%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 35.3%

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

   2. *-commutative 35.3%

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

   3. distribute-rgt-neg-in 35.3%

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

   4. +-commutative 35.3%

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

   5. mul-1-neg 35.3%

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

   6. unsub-neg 35.3%

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

7. Simplified 35.3%

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

8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 9.7%

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

Alternative 7: 2.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b / 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 / a
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.8%

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

   1. *-commutative 53.8%

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

3. Simplified 53.9%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 30.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot 2}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}\right)}^{-1}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow-1 30.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}} \]

   2. *-commutative 30.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}} \]

   3. *-lft-identity 30.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}\right)}}} \]

   4. times-frac 30.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{1} \cdot \frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}} \]

   5. metadata-eval 30.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}} \]

8. Simplified 30.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, {b}^{2}\right)}}}} \]

9. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.6%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024141 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))