Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.5% → 99.6%
Time: 13.1s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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 5 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: 31.5% 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: 99.6% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot 4\right)}{a \cdot 2}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 31.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. metadata-eval31.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites31.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Applied rewrites31.5%

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  8. Applied rewrites99.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a \cdot 2}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}} \]
  10. Applied rewrites99.6%

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

Alternative 2: 99.4% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 31.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. metadata-eval31.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites31.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Applied rewrites31.5%

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  8. Applied rewrites99.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  9. Final simplification99.3%

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

Alternative 3: 90.7% 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 31.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  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. Applied rewrites95.6%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}}, \frac{c}{b}\right)\right) \]
    16. lower-/.f6491.8

      \[\leadsto -\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
  7. Applied rewrites91.8%

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

Alternative 4: 90.7% 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 31.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  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-*.f6491.8

      \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
  5. Applied rewrites91.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  6. Final simplification91.8%

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

Alternative 5: 81.2% 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 31.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  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.f6482.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
  5. Applied rewrites82.2%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024214 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))