Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 54.7% → 99.4%
Time: 12.8s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

?
\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
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
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 6 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 54.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
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
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 99.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* c 2.0) (/ -1.0 (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* -4.0 (* c a))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c * 2.0) * (-1.0 / (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (-4.0 * (c * a))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) * Float64(-1.0 / Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-4.0 * Float64(c * a)))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-1.0 / N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right)} \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. associate-*l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    14. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    15. metadata-eval55.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr55.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr56.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot 2}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)}^{-1} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified99.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Final simplification99.4%

    \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.4:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 3.4)
   (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b)))))
   (* (* c 2.0) (/ 1.0 (* 2.0 (- (/ (* c a) b) b))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3.4) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c * 2.0) * (1.0 / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 3.4)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), Float64(b * b)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) * Float64(1.0 / Float64(2.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(c * a) / b) - b))));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 3.4], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / N[(2.0 * N[(N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.4:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 3.39999999999999991

    1. Initial program 85.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied egg-rr85.0%

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

    if 3.39999999999999991 < b

    1. Initial program 46.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right)} \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      10. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      11. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      12. associate-*l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      13. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      14. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      15. metadata-eval47.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr47.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr48.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot 2}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)}^{-1} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
      2. lower-*.f6499.4

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} - 2 \cdot b}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. distribute-lft-out--N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
      3. lower--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
      4. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot c}{b}} - b\right)} \]
      5. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b} - b\right)} \]
      6. lower-*.f6488.8

        \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b} - b\right)} \]
    11. Simplified88.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification88.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3.4:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 82.5% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* c 2.0) (/ 1.0 (* 2.0 (- (/ (* c a) b) b)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c * 2.0) * (1.0 / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b)));
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (c * 2.0d0) * (1.0d0 / (2.0d0 * (((c * a) / b) - b)))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c * 2.0) * (1.0 / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b)));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (c * 2.0) * (1.0 / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b)))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) * Float64(1.0 / Float64(2.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(c * a) / b) - b))))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (c * 2.0) * (1.0 / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b)));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / N[(2.0 * N[(N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right)} \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. associate-*l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    14. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    15. metadata-eval55.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr55.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr56.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{a \cdot 2}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)}^{-1} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified99.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in c around 0

    \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} - 2 \cdot b}} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft-out--N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
    2. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
    3. lower--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot c}{b}} - b\right)} \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b} - b\right)} \]
    6. lower-*.f6481.7

      \[\leadsto \left(c \cdot 2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b} - b\right)} \]
  11. Simplified81.7%

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

Alternative 4: 82.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (- (fma a (/ (* c c) (* b (* b b))) (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -fma(a, ((c * c) / (b * (b * b))), (c / b));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(-fma(a, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64(b * Float64(b * b))), Float64(c / b)))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := (-N[(a * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision])
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{c}{b}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  4. Simplified90.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{a}{b}, -0.25, \frac{\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right)} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} - \frac{c}{b}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
    2. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    3. distribute-neg-outN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
    4. lower-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)} \]
    5. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} + \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    6. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)}\right) \]
    7. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    8. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{{b}^{3}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    9. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{{b}^{3}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    10. cube-multN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    11. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    12. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {b}^{2}}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    13. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    14. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    15. lower-/.f6481.1

      \[\leadsto -\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
  7. Simplified81.1%

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

Alternative 5: 82.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (fma (* c c) (/ a (* b b)) c) (- b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma((c * c), (a / (b * b)), c) / -b;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(fma(Float64(c * c), Float64(a / Float64(b * b)), c) / Float64(-b))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft-outN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}\right)}}{b} \]
    2. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
    3. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}\right)} \]
    4. lower-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}\right)} \]
    5. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}}\right) \]
    6. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + c}}{b}\right) \]
    7. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\frac{\color{blue}{{c}^{2} \cdot a}}{{b}^{2}} + c}{b}\right) \]
    8. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{{c}^{2} \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{2}}} + c}{b}\right) \]
    9. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({c}^{2}, \frac{a}{{b}^{2}}, c\right)}}{b}\right) \]
    10. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{c \cdot c}, \frac{a}{{b}^{2}}, c\right)}{b}\right) \]
    11. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{c \cdot c}, \frac{a}{{b}^{2}}, c\right)}{b}\right) \]
    12. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \color{blue}{\frac{a}{{b}^{2}}}, c\right)}{b}\right) \]
    13. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b}\right) \]
    14. lower-*.f6481.1

      \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
  5. Simplified81.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  6. Final simplification81.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b} \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 65.0% accurate, 3.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{-b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ c (- b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / -b;
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / -b;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return c / -b
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c / Float64(-b))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = c / -b;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{c}{-b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.3%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
    3. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
    4. lower-neg.f6464.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
  5. Simplified64.7%

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

Reproduce

?
herbie shell --seed 2024207 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))