The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 52.0% → 85.7%

Time: 15.2s

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: 52.0% 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: 85.7% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.5 \cdot 10^{-62}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{+94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.5e-62)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 3.2e+94)
     (/ (- (- 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 <= -4.5e-62) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.2e+94) {
		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 <= (-4.5d-62)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 3.2d+94) 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 <= -4.5e-62) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.2e+94) {
		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 <= -4.5e-62:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 3.2e+94:
		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 <= -4.5e-62)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 3.2e+94)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.5e-62)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 3.2e+94)
		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, -4.5e-62], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.2e+94], 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 < -4.50000000000000018e-62

   1. Initial program 16.5%

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

      1. div-sub 15.0%

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

      2. sub-neg 15.0%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 15.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 15.0%

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

      5. associate-/l* 13.8%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 13.8%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 13.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 13.8%

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

      9. associate-/l* 15.0%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 16.5%

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

      11. associate-/r* 16.5%

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

      12. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

      13. sub-neg 16.5%

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

      14. +-commutative 16.5%

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

   3. Simplified 16.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 85.8%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 85.8%

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

   7. Simplified 85.8%

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

   if -4.50000000000000018e-62 < b < 3.20000000000000014e94

   1. Initial program 81.0%

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

   if 3.20000000000000014e94 < b

   1. Initial program 50.3%

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

      1. div-sub 50.3%

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

      2. sub-neg 50.3%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 50.3%

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

      4. *-commutative 50.3%

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

      5. associate-/l* 50.3%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 50.3%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 50.3%

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

      8. *-commutative 50.3%

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

      9. associate-/l* 50.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 50.2%

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

      11. associate-/r* 50.2%

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

      12. metadata-eval 50.2%

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

      13. sub-neg 50.2%

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

      14. +-commutative 50.2%

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

   3. Simplified 50.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 93.3%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 93.3%

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

   7. Simplified 93.3%

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

4. Final simplification 85.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.5 \cdot 10^{-62}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{+94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 81.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.25 \cdot 10^{-55}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.4 \cdot 10^{-50}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.25e-55)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 3.4e-50)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.25e-55) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.4e-50) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))));
	} 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 <= (-1.25d-55)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 3.4d-50) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) / a) * (b + sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0)))))
    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 <= -1.25e-55) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 3.4e-50) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.25e-55:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 3.4e-50:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.25e-55)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 3.4e-50)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))));
	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 <= -1.25e-55)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 3.4e-50)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.25e-55], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.4e-50], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.25e-55

   1. Initial program 16.5%

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

      1. div-sub 15.0%

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

      2. sub-neg 15.0%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 15.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 15.0%

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

      5. associate-/l* 13.8%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 13.8%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 13.8%

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

      8. *-commutative 13.8%

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

      9. associate-/l* 15.0%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 16.5%

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

      11. associate-/r* 16.5%

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

      12. metadata-eval 16.5%

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

      13. sub-neg 16.5%

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

      14. +-commutative 16.5%

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

   3. Simplified 16.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 85.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 85.8%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 85.8%

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

   7. Simplified 85.8%

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

   if -1.25e-55 < b < 3.40000000000000014e-50

   1. Initial program 77.1%

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

      1. div-sub 77.1%

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

      2. sub-neg 77.1%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 77.1%

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

      4. *-commutative 77.1%

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

      5. associate-/l* 77.1%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 77.1%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 77.1%

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

      8. *-commutative 77.1%

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

      9. associate-/l* 77.0%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 77.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 77.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 77.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 77.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 77.0%

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

   3. Simplified 75.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 69.2%

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

      1. metadata-eval 69.2%

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

      2. distribute-lft-neg-in 69.2%

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

      3. *-commutative 69.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 69.2%

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

      5. associate-*r* 69.2%

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

      6. distribute-rgt-neg-in 69.2%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in 69.2%

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

      8. metadata-eval 69.2%

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

   7. Simplified 69.2%

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

   if 3.40000000000000014e-50 < b

   1. Initial program 63.0%

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

      1. div-sub 63.0%

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

      2. sub-neg 63.0%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 63.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 63.0%

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

      5. associate-/l* 63.0%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 63.0%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 63.0%

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

      8. *-commutative 63.0%

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

      9. associate-/l* 62.9%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 62.9%

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

      11. associate-/r* 62.9%

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

      12. metadata-eval 62.9%

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

      13. sub-neg 62.9%

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

      14. +-commutative 62.9%

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

   3. Simplified 63.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 88.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 88.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 88.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 88.9%

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

   7. Simplified 88.9%

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

Alternative 3: 72.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.5 \cdot 10^{-143}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-172}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \sqrt{c \cdot \frac{-4}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -4.5e-143)
   (/ (- c) b)
   (if (<= b 2.3e-172) (* 0.5 (sqrt (* c (/ -4.0 a)))) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.5e-143) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 2.3e-172) {
		tmp = 0.5 * sqrt((c * (-4.0 / 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 <= (-4.5d-143)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    else if (b <= 2.3d-172) then
        tmp = 0.5d0 * sqrt((c * ((-4.0d0) / 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 <= -4.5e-143) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else if (b <= 2.3e-172) {
		tmp = 0.5 * Math.sqrt((c * (-4.0 / a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.5e-143:
		tmp = -c / b
	elif b <= 2.3e-172:
		tmp = 0.5 * math.sqrt((c * (-4.0 / a)))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.5e-143)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	elseif (b <= 2.3e-172)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(-4.0 / 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 <= -4.5e-143)
		tmp = -c / b;
	elseif (b <= 2.3e-172)
		tmp = 0.5 * sqrt((c * (-4.0 / a)));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.5e-143], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.3e-172], N[(0.5 * N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(-4.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.5e-143

   1. Initial program 20.0%

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

      1. div-sub 18.6%

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

      2. sub-neg 18.6%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 18.6%

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

      4. *-commutative 18.6%

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

      5. associate-/l* 17.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 17.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 17.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 17.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 18.6%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 20.0%

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

      11. associate-/r* 20.0%

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

      12. metadata-eval 20.0%

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

      13. sub-neg 20.0%

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

      14. +-commutative 20.0%

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

   3. Simplified 20.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 82.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 82.5%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 82.5%

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

   7. Simplified 82.5%

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

   if -4.5e-143 < b < 2.29999999999999995e-172

   1. Initial program 74.6%

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

      1. add-cube-cbrt 74.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. pow3 73.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}^{3}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. *-commutative 73.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      4. *-commutative 73.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot 4}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      5. associate-*l* 74.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   4. Applied egg-rr 74.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}^{3}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   5. Taylor expanded in c around -inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{-4}\right)}^{3}}{a}} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 0.0%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{-4}\right)}^{3}}{a}}\right)} \]

      2. unpow2 0.0%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{-4}\right)}^{3}}{a}}\right) \]

      3. rem-square-sqrt 36.2%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{-4}\right)}^{3}}{a}}\right) \]

      4. rem-cube-cbrt 36.4%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot \color{blue}{-4}}{a}}\right) \]

   7. Simplified 36.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right)} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. pow1 36.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right)\right)}^{1}} \]

      2. add-sqr-sqrt 0.6%

         \[\leadsto {\left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}} \cdot \sqrt{-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}}\right)}\right)}^{1} \]

      3. sqrt-unprod 45.2%

         \[\leadsto {\left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right)}}\right)}^{1} \]

      4. mul-1-neg 45.2%

         \[\leadsto {\left(0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right)} \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right)}\right)}^{1} \]

      5. mul-1-neg 45.2%

         \[\leadsto {\left(0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\left(-\sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}\right)}}\right)}^{1} \]

      6. sqr-neg 45.2%

         \[\leadsto {\left(0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}}}\right)}^{1} \]

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 45.2%

         \[\leadsto {\left(0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot -4}{a}}}\right)}^{1} \]

      8. associate-/l* 45.2%

         \[\leadsto {\left(0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \frac{-4}{a}}}\right)}^{1} \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 45.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(0.5 \cdot \sqrt{c \cdot \frac{-4}{a}}\right)}^{1}} \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. unpow1 45.2%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \sqrt{c \cdot \frac{-4}{a}}} \]

   11. Simplified 45.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \sqrt{c \cdot \frac{-4}{a}}} \]

   if 2.29999999999999995e-172 < b

   1. Initial program 69.5%

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

      1. div-sub 69.5%

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

      2. sub-neg 69.5%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 69.5%

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

      4. *-commutative 69.5%

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

      5. associate-/l* 69.5%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 69.5%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 69.5%

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

      8. *-commutative 69.5%

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

      9. associate-/l* 69.4%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 69.5%

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

      11. associate-/r* 69.5%

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

      12. metadata-eval 69.5%

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

      13. sub-neg 69.5%

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

      14. +-commutative 69.5%

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

   3. Simplified 69.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 74.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 74.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 74.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 74.9%

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

   7. Simplified 74.9%

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

Alternative 4: 68.6% accurate, 9.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e-310) (/ (- c) b) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} 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 <= (-1d-310)) then
        tmp = -c / b
    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 <= -1e-310) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e-310:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	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 <= -1e-310)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e-310], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -9.999999999999969e-311

   1. Initial program 31.2%

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

      1. div-sub 30.0%

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

      2. sub-neg 30.0%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 30.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 30.0%

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

      5. associate-/l* 29.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 29.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 29.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 29.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 30.0%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 31.2%

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

      11. associate-/r* 31.2%

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

      12. metadata-eval 31.2%

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

      13. sub-neg 31.2%

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

      14. +-commutative 31.2%

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

   3. Simplified 30.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 67.0%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 67.0%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 67.0%

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

   7. Simplified 67.0%

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

   if -9.999999999999969e-311 < b

   1. Initial program 70.4%

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

      1. div-sub 70.4%

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

      2. sub-neg 70.4%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 70.4%

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

      4. *-commutative 70.4%

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

      5. associate-/l* 70.3%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 70.3%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 70.3%

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

      8. *-commutative 70.3%

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

      9. associate-/l* 70.3%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 70.3%

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

      11. associate-/r* 70.3%

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

      12. metadata-eval 70.3%

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

      13. sub-neg 70.3%

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

      14. +-commutative 70.3%

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

   3. Simplified 70.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 65.1%

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

      1. +-commutative 65.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 65.1%

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

      3. unsub-neg 65.1%

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

   7. Simplified 65.1%

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

Alternative 5: 68.5% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6 \cdot 10^{-289}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6e-289) (/ (- c) b) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6e-289) {
		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 <= (-6d-289)) 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 <= -6e-289) {
		tmp = -c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6e-289:
		tmp = -c / b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6e-289)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6e-289)
		tmp = -c / b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6e-289], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -5.9999999999999996e-289

   1. Initial program 30.3%

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

      1. div-sub 29.2%

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

      2. sub-neg 29.2%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 29.2%

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

      4. *-commutative 29.2%

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

      5. associate-/l* 28.3%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 28.3%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 28.3%

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

      8. *-commutative 28.3%

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

      9. associate-/l* 29.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 30.3%

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

      11. associate-/r* 30.3%

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

      12. metadata-eval 30.3%

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

      13. sub-neg 30.3%

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

      14. +-commutative 30.3%

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

   3. Simplified 29.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 68.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 68.5%

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

      2. neg-mul-1 68.5%

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

   7. Simplified 68.5%

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

   if -5.9999999999999996e-289 < b

   1. Initial program 70.3%

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

      1. div-sub 70.3%

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

      2. sub-neg 70.3%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 70.3%

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

      4. *-commutative 70.3%

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

      5. associate-/l* 70.3%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 70.3%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 70.3%

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

      8. *-commutative 70.3%

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

      9. associate-/l* 70.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 70.2%

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

      11. associate-/r* 70.2%

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

      12. metadata-eval 70.2%

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

      13. sub-neg 70.2%

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

      14. +-commutative 70.2%

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

   3. Simplified 70.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 62.8%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 62.8%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 62.8%

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

   7. Simplified 62.8%

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

Alternative 6: 44.1% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.8 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b -4.8e-28) (/ c b) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.8e-28) {
		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 <= (-4.8d-28)) 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 <= -4.8e-28) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.8e-28:
		tmp = c / b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.8e-28)
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.8e-28)
		tmp = c / b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.8e-28], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.8000000000000004e-28

   1. Initial program 17.3%

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

      1. add-cube-cbrt 17.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      2. pow3 17.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}^{3}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      3. *-commutative 17.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      4. *-commutative 17.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot 4}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

      5. associate-*l* 17.2%

         \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   4. Applied egg-rr 17.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}^{3}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 2.3%

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

      1. neg-mul-1 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} + 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} \]

      2. distribute-frac-neg 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} + 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} \]

      3. +-commutative 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} + \frac{-b}{a}} \]

      4. distribute-frac-neg 2.3%

         \[\leadsto 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

      5. unsub-neg 2.3%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

      6. rem-cube-cbrt 2.3%

         \[\leadsto 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot \color{blue}{4}}{b} - \frac{b}{a} \]

      7. associate-/l* 2.3%

         \[\leadsto 0.25 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \frac{4}{b}\right)} - \frac{b}{a} \]

   7. Simplified 2.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.25 \cdot \left(c \cdot \frac{4}{b}\right) - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in c around inf 26.9%

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

   if -4.8000000000000004e-28 < b

   1. Initial program 68.3%

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

      1. div-sub 68.3%

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

      2. sub-neg 68.3%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 68.3%

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

      4. *-commutative 68.3%

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

      5. associate-/l* 68.2%

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

      6. distribute-neg-frac 68.2%

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

      7. neg-mul-1 68.2%

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

      8. *-commutative 68.2%

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

      9. associate-/l* 68.2%

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

      10. distribute-rgt-out 68.2%

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

      11. associate-/r* 68.2%

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

      12. metadata-eval 68.2%

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

      13. sub-neg 68.2%

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

      14. +-commutative 68.2%

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

   3. Simplified 67.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 49.1%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 49.1%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 49.1%

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

   7. Simplified 49.1%

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

Alternative 7: 11.3% 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 50.3%

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

   1. add-cube-cbrt 50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   2. pow3 50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}^{3}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   3. *-commutative 50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   4. *-commutative 50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot 4}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

   5. associate-*l* 50.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\right)}^{3}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

4. Applied egg-rr 50.1%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right)}^{3}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 32.8%

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

   1. neg-mul-1 32.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} + 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} \]

   2. distribute-frac-neg 32.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}} + 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} \]

   3. +-commutative 32.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} + \frac{-b}{a}} \]

   4. distribute-frac-neg 32.8%

      \[\leadsto 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

   5. unsub-neg 32.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{4}\right)}^{3}}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   6. rem-cube-cbrt 32.8%

      \[\leadsto 0.25 \cdot \frac{c \cdot \color{blue}{4}}{b} - \frac{b}{a} \]

   7. associate-/l* 32.8%

      \[\leadsto 0.25 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \frac{4}{b}\right)} - \frac{b}{a} \]

7. Simplified 32.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.25 \cdot \left(c \cdot \frac{4}{b}\right) - \frac{b}{a}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in c around inf 11.5%

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

Developer Target 1: 70.9% 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 2024150 
(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)))