The quadratic formula (r1)

Percentage Accurate: 51.6% → 84.4%

Time: 11.8s

Alternatives: 5

Speedup: 2.5×

• could not determine a ground truth

  1. a = -1.7686108086105348e-243
  2. b = 1.1282706510888124e+208
  3. c = 2.9746865727024196e-57

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: 51.6% 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: 84.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{+16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -\frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.65e+16)
   (fma b (/ c (* b b)) (- (/ b a)))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-112)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b)))))
     (- (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.65e+16) {
		tmp = fma(b, (c / (b * b)), -(b / a));
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-112) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b))));
	} else {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.65e+16)
		tmp = fma(b, Float64(c / Float64(b * b)), Float64(-Float64(b / a)));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-112)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), Float64(b * b)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.65e+16], N[(b * N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + (-N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-112], 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[(c / b), $MachinePrecision])]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.65e16

   1. Initial program 63.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

      3. distribute-neg-in N/A

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

      4. associate-*l/ N/A

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

      5. *-lft-identity N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-out N/A

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

      9. remove-double-neg N/A

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

      10. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      12. unpow2 N/A

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

      13. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      14. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      15. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      16. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      17. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      18. lower-neg.f64 94.0

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

   5. Simplified 94.0%

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

   if -1.65e16 < b < 6.6000000000000002e-112

   1. Initial program 81.2%

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

   4. Applied egg-rr 81.2%

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

   if 6.6000000000000002e-112 < b

   1. Initial program 14.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      3. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      4. lower-neg.f64 83.2

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

   5. Simplified 83.2%

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

4. Final simplification 85.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{+16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -\frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 80.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.06 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -\frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.06e-94)
   (fma b (/ c (* b b)) (- (/ b a)))
   (if (<= b 6.6e-112)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (* a (* c -4.0)))))
     (- (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.06e-94) {
		tmp = fma(b, (c / (b * b)), -(b / a));
	} else if (b <= 6.6e-112) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt((a * (c * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.06e-94)
		tmp = fma(b, Float64(c / Float64(b * b)), Float64(-Float64(b / a)));
	elseif (b <= 6.6e-112)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.06e-94], N[(b * N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + (-N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.6e-112], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], (-N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision])]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.06e-94

   1. Initial program 67.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

      3. distribute-neg-in N/A

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

      4. associate-*l/ N/A

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

      5. *-lft-identity N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      8. distribute-rgt-neg-out N/A

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

      9. remove-double-neg N/A

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

      10. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      12. unpow2 N/A

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

      13. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      14. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      15. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      16. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      17. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      18. lower-neg.f64 89.9

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

   5. Simplified 89.9%

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

   if -1.06e-94 < b < 6.6000000000000002e-112

   1. Initial program 79.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

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

      2. associate-*l* N/A

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

      3. *-commutative N/A

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

      4. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      5. *-commutative N/A

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

      6. lower-*.f64 76.4

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

   5. Simplified 76.4%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 76.4%

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

   if 6.6000000000000002e-112 < b

   1. Initial program 14.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      3. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      4. lower-neg.f64 83.2

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

   5. Simplified 83.2%

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

4. Final simplification 83.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.06 \cdot 10^{-94}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -\frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 67.9% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\mathsf{neg}\left(a\right)}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(a\right)}} \]

      6. lower-neg.f64 71.6

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

   5. Simplified 71.6%

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

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 29.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      3. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      4. lower-neg.f64 62.2

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

   5. Simplified 62.2%

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

4. Final simplification 66.8%

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

Alternative 4: 43.7% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4d-310)) then
        tmp = -(b / a)
    else
        tmp = 0.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -3.999999999999988e-310

   1. Initial program 72.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{\mathsf{neg}\left(a\right)}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(a\right)}} \]

      6. lower-neg.f64 71.6

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

   5. Simplified 71.6%

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

   if -3.999999999999988e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 29.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

      1. unpow2 N/A

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

      2. lower-*.f64 4.6

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

   5. Simplified 4.6%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 18.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 44.6%

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

Alternative 5: 11.1% accurate, 50.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := 0.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 50.7%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   1. unpow2 N/A

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

   2. lower-*.f64 27.4

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

5. Simplified 27.4%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 10.9%

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

Developer Target 1: 69.8% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a))
     (/ c (* 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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = c / (a * ((-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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * 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 = (-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = c / (a * ((-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[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024207 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :precision binary64

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

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