Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 51.8% → 85.1%

Time: 11.9s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 12.9×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 51.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 85.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{+52}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.1e+52)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 3.9e-60)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e+52) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.9e-60) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.1d+52)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 3.9d-60) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e+52) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 3.9e-60) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.1e+52:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 3.9e-60:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e+52)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 3.9e-60)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.1e+52)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 3.9e-60)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e+52], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.9e-60], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.1e52

   1. Initial program 68.5%

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

      1. *-commutative 68.5%

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

   3. Simplified 68.5%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 93.6%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 93.6%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 93.6%

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

      3. +-commutative 93.6%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 93.6%

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

      5. unsub-neg 93.6%

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

   7. Simplified 93.6%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 93.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 93.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 93.9%

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

   10. Simplified 93.9%

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

   if -2.1e52 < b < 3.9000000000000002e-60

   1. Initial program 86.5%

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

   if 3.9000000000000002e-60 < b

   1. Initial program 18.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 18.1%

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

   3. Simplified 18.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 85.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 85.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 85.5%

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

   7. Simplified 85.5%

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

4. Final simplification 88.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{+52}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 80.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{-68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.45e-40)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 9.5e-68)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.45e-40) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 9.5e-68) {
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.45d-40)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 9.5d-68) then
        tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.45e-40) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 9.5e-68) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.45e-40:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 9.5e-68:
		tmp = (math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.45e-40)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 9.5e-68)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.45e-40)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 9.5e-68)
		tmp = (sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.45e-40], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 9.5e-68], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.4499999999999999e-40

   1. Initial program 74.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.6%

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

   3. Simplified 74.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 88.1%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 88.1%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 88.1%

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

      3. +-commutative 88.1%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 88.1%

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

      5. unsub-neg 88.1%

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

   7. Simplified 88.1%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 88.4%

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

      1. +-commutative 88.4%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 88.4%

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

      3. unsub-neg 88.4%

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

   10. Simplified 88.4%

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

   if -1.4499999999999999e-40 < b < 9.4999999999999997e-68

   1. Initial program 84.6%

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

      1. *-commutative 84.6%

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

   3. Simplified 84.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 77.6%

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

      1. associate-*r* 77.7%

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

      2. *-commutative 77.7%

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

   7. Simplified 77.7%

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

   if 9.4999999999999997e-68 < b

   1. Initial program 18.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 18.1%

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

   3. Simplified 18.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 85.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 85.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 85.5%

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

   7. Simplified 85.5%

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

4. Final simplification 83.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{-68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 67.7% accurate, 9.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-310) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)) (/ c (- b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2d-310)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e-310:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-310], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.999999999999994e-310

   1. Initial program 80.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.1%

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

   3. Simplified 80.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 63.7%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 63.7%

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

      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in 63.7%

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

      3. +-commutative 63.7%

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

      4. mul-1-neg 63.7%

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

      5. unsub-neg 63.7%

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

   7. Simplified 63.7%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 64.9%

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

      1. +-commutative 64.9%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 64.9%

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

      3. unsub-neg 64.9%

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

   10. Simplified 64.9%

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

   if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 37.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 37.3%

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

   3. Simplified 37.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 64.2%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 64.2%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 64.2%

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

   7. Simplified 64.2%

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

4. Final simplification 64.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 67.5% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.75 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.75e-297) (/ (- b) a) (/ c (- b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.75e-297) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2.75d-297) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.75e-297) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.75e-297:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.75e-297)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.75e-297)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.75e-297], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.75000000000000015e-297

   1. Initial program 81.0%

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

      1. *-commutative 81.0%

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

   3. Simplified 81.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 61.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 61.5%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 61.5%

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

   7. Simplified 61.5%

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

   if 2.75000000000000015e-297 < b

   1. Initial program 34.3%

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

      1. *-commutative 34.3%

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

   3. Simplified 34.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 67.2%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 67.2%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 67.2%

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

   7. Simplified 67.2%

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

4. Final simplification 64.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.75 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 43.0% accurate, 12.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{+43}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 1.8e+43) (/ (- b) a) (/ c b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.8e+43) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 1.8d+43) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else
        tmp = c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.8e+43) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.8e+43:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.8e+43)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.8e+43)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.8e+43], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 1.80000000000000005e43

   1. Initial program 74.2%

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

      1. *-commutative 74.2%

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

   3. Simplified 74.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 43.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 43.7%

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

      2. mul-1-neg 43.7%

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

   7. Simplified 43.7%

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

   if 1.80000000000000005e43 < b

   1. Initial program 12.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 12.7%

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

   3. Simplified 12.7%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 4.3%

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

      1. unpow-1 4.3%

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

      2. associate-/l* 4.3%

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

   8. Simplified 4.3%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 31.3%

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

Alternative 6: 11.0% 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 58.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 58.5%

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

3. Simplified 58.6%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 37.6%

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

   1. unpow-1 37.6%

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

   2. associate-/l* 37.6%

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

8. Simplified 37.6%

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

9. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 10.2%

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

Alternative 7: 2.5% accurate, 38.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 58.5%

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

   1. *-commutative 58.5%

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

3. Simplified 58.6%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 37.6%

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

   1. unpow-1 37.6%

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

   2. associate-/l* 37.6%

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

8. Simplified 37.6%

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

9. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.5%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024177 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))