The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 85.6%

Time: 12.5s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 12.9×

Specification

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{+125}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(-4 \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e-72)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 1.55e+125)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* -4.0 a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ b (- a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e-72) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1.55e+125) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (-4.0 * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = b / -a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e-72)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1.55e+125)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(-4.0 * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e-72], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.55e+125], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(-4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.5e-72

   1. Initial program 16.0%

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

      1. div-sub 13.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 13.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 13.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 12.8%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 12.8%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 12.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 12.8%

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

      9. associate-/l* 13.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 16.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 16.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 16.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 16.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 16.0%

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

   3. Simplified 16.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 88.6%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 88.6%

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

   7. Simplified 88.6%

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

   if -3.5e-72 < b < 1.55e125

   1. Initial program 83.8%

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

      1. *-commutative 83.8%

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

      2. fma-neg 83.8%

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

      3. *-commutative 83.8%

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

      4. associate-*r* 83.8%

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

      5. distribute-lft-neg-in 83.8%

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

      6. *-commutative 83.8%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 83.8%

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

      8. associate-*r* 83.8%

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

      9. metadata-eval 83.8%

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

   3. Simplified 83.8%

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

   if 1.55e125 < b

   1. Initial program 55.5%

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

      1. div-sub 55.5%

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

      2. sub-neg 55.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 55.5%

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

      4. *-commutative 55.5%

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

      5. associate-/l* 55.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 55.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 55.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 55.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 55.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 55.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 55.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 55.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 55.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 55.4%

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

   3. Simplified 55.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   7. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 89.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{+125}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(-4 \cdot a\right)\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.6% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.15 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{+125}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.15e-72)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 1e+125)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a))))) (* a 2.0))
     (/ b (- a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.15e-72) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1e+125) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = b / -a;
	}
	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 <= (-2.15d-72)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 1d+125) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = b / -a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.15e-72) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 1e+125) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = b / -a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.15e-72:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 1e+125:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = b / -a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.15e-72)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 1e+125)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.15e-72)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 1e+125)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = b / -a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.15e-72], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1e+125], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.1499999999999999e-72

   1. Initial program 16.0%

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

      1. div-sub 13.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 13.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 13.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 12.8%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 12.8%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 12.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 12.8%

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

      9. associate-/l* 13.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 16.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 16.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 16.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 16.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 16.0%

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

   3. Simplified 16.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 88.6%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 88.6%

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

   7. Simplified 88.6%

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

   if -2.1499999999999999e-72 < b < 9.9999999999999992e124

   1. Initial program 83.8%

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

   if 9.9999999999999992e124 < b

   1. Initial program 55.5%

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

      1. div-sub 55.5%

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

      2. sub-neg 55.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 55.5%

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

      4. *-commutative 55.5%

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

      5. associate-/l* 55.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 55.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 55.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 55.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 55.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 55.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 55.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 55.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 55.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 55.4%

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

   3. Simplified 55.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 100.0%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 100.0%

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

   7. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 89.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.15 \cdot 10^{-72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{+125}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 80.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{-69}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.9 \cdot 10^{-93}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot -2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.05e-69)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 4.9e-93)
     (/ (+ b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) (* a -2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.05e-69) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 4.9e-93) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	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-69)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 4.9d-93) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * (-2.0d0))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.05e-69) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 4.9e-93) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.05e-69:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 4.9e-93:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.05e-69)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 4.9e-93)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * -2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.05e-69)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 4.9e-93)
		tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) / (a * -2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.05e-69], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.9e-93], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * -2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.05e-69

   1. Initial program 16.0%

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

      1. div-sub 13.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 13.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 13.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 12.8%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 12.8%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 12.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 12.8%

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

      9. associate-/l* 13.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 16.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 16.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 16.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 16.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 16.0%

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

   3. Simplified 16.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 88.6%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 88.6%

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

   7. Simplified 88.6%

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

   if -1.05e-69 < b < 4.89999999999999965e-93

   1. Initial program 76.7%

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

      1. remove-double-neg 76.7%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-out 76.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 76.7%

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

      4. associate-/r* 76.7%

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

   3. Simplified 76.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 73.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.2%

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

      2. associate-*r* 73.2%

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

   7. Simplified 73.2%

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

   if 4.89999999999999965e-93 < b

   1. Initial program 71.7%

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

      1. div-sub 71.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 71.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 71.7%

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

      4. *-commutative 71.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 71.7%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 71.7%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 71.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 71.7%

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

      9. associate-/l* 71.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 71.6%

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

      11. associate-/r* 71.6%

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

      12. metadata-eval 71.6%

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

      13. sub-neg 71.6%

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

      14. +-commutative 71.6%

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

   3. Simplified 71.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 91.6%

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

      1. +-commutative 91.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 91.6%

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

      3. unsub-neg 91.6%

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

   7. Simplified 91.6%

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

Alternative 4: 80.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-69}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{-85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.8e-69)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 9.2e-85)
     (* (+ b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))) (/ -0.5 a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.8e-69) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 9.2e-85) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.8d-69)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 9.2d-85) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * (-4.0d0))))) * ((-0.5d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.8e-69) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 9.2e-85) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.8e-69:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 9.2e-85:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) * (-0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.8e-69)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 9.2e-85)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) * Float64(-0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.8e-69)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 9.2e-85)
		tmp = (b + sqrt((a * (c * -4.0)))) * (-0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.8e-69], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 9.2e-85], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.79999999999999979e-69

   1. Initial program 16.0%

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

      1. div-sub 13.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 13.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 13.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 13.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 12.8%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 12.8%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 12.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 12.8%

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

      9. associate-/l* 13.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 16.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 16.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 16.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 16.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 16.0%

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

   3. Simplified 16.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.6%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 88.6%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 88.6%

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

   7. Simplified 88.6%

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

   if -2.79999999999999979e-69 < b < 9.2000000000000001e-85

   1. Initial program 76.7%

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

      1. div-sub 76.8%

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

      2. sub-neg 76.8%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 76.8%

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

      4. *-commutative 76.8%

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

      5. associate-/l* 76.7%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 76.7%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 76.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 76.7%

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

      9. associate-/l* 76.5%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 76.6%

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

      11. associate-/r* 76.6%

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

      12. metadata-eval 76.6%

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

      13. sub-neg 76.6%

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

      14. +-commutative 76.6%

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

   3. Simplified 76.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 73.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 73.2%

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

      2. associate-*r* 73.2%

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

   7. Simplified 73.0%

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

   if 9.2000000000000001e-85 < b

   1. Initial program 71.7%

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

      1. div-sub 71.7%

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

      2. sub-neg 71.7%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 71.7%

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

      4. *-commutative 71.7%

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

      5. associate-/l* 71.7%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 71.7%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 71.7%

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

      8. *-commutative 71.7%

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

      9. associate-/l* 71.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 71.6%

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

      11. associate-/r* 71.6%

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

      12. metadata-eval 71.6%

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

      13. sub-neg 71.6%

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

      14. +-commutative 71.6%

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

   3. Simplified 71.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 91.6%

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

      1. +-commutative 91.6%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 91.6%

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

      3. unsub-neg 91.6%

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

   7. Simplified 91.6%

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

4. Final simplification 86.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-69}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{-85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 67.1% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.1e-308) (/ (- c) b) (/ b (- a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.1e-308) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = b / -a;
	}
	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 <= (-1.1d-308)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else
        tmp = b / -a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.1e-308) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = b / -a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.1e-308:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = b / -a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.1e-308)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.1e-308)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = b / -a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.1e-308], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.1000000000000001e-308

   1. Initial program 34.4%

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

      1. div-sub 32.5%

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

      2. sub-neg 32.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 32.5%

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

      4. *-commutative 32.5%

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

      5. associate-/l* 32.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 32.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 32.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 32.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 32.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 34.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 34.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 34.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 34.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 34.4%

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

   3. Simplified 34.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 65.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 65.5%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 65.5%

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

   7. Simplified 65.5%

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

   if -1.1000000000000001e-308 < b

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

      1. div-sub 72.6%

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

      2. sub-neg 72.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 72.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 72.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 72.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 72.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 72.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 72.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 72.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 72.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 72.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 72.4%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 75.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 75.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 75.1%

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

   7. Simplified 75.1%

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

4. Final simplification 70.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 43.1% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b -4e-310) 0.0 (/ b (- a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = 0.0;
	} else {
		tmp = b / -a;
	}
	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 = 0.0d0
    else
        tmp = b / -a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = 0.0;
	} else {
		tmp = b / -a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4e-310:
		tmp = 0.0
	else:
		tmp = b / -a
	return tmp

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4e-310], 0.0, N[(b / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 34.4%

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

      1. remove-double-neg 34.4%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-out 34.4%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 34.4%

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

      4. associate-/r* 34.4%

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

   3. Simplified 34.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 19.9%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 19.9%

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

   7. Simplified 19.9%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 19.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

      1. div-sub 72.6%

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

      2. sub-neg 72.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 72.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 72.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 72.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 72.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 72.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 72.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 72.4%

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

      11. associate-/r* 72.4%

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

      12. metadata-eval 72.4%

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

      13. sub-neg 72.4%

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

      14. +-commutative 72.4%

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

   3. Simplified 72.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 75.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 75.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 75.1%

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

   7. Simplified 75.1%

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

4. Final simplification 49.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{-a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 10.9% accurate, 116.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 0.0)

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = 0.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return 0.0
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := 0.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.7%

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

   1. remove-double-neg 54.7%

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

   2. distribute-rgt-neg-out 54.7%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 54.7%

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

   4. associate-/r* 54.7%

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

3. Simplified 54.7%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 10.7%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 10.7%

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

7. Simplified 10.7%

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

8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 10.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
9. Add Preprocessing

Developer Target 1: 70.0% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + t\_0}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t\_0}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a))))
     (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))
    if (b < 0.0d0) then
        tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    else
        tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))
	tmp = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	else:
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	else
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024145 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (let ((d (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c)))))) (let ((r1 (/ (+ (- b) d) (* 2 a)))) (let ((r2 (/ (- (- b) d) (* 2 a)))) (if (< b 0) (/ c (* a r1)) r2)))))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))