Quadratic roots, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.5% → 99.3%
Time: 10.8s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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: 17.5% 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: 99.3% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\\ t_1 := \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, t\_0\right)\\ t_2 := b \cdot b - t\_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t\_2 \cdot \frac{t\_0}{b + \sqrt{t\_1}}}{t\_2}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* a (* c -4.0))) (t_1 (fma b b t_0)) (t_2 (- (* b b) t_1)))
   (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c))) b) (* a 2.0)) -5e-21)
     (/ (/ (* t_2 (/ t_0 (+ b (sqrt t_1)))) t_2) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (fma a (/ (* c c) (* b b)) c) (- b)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = a * (c * -4.0);
	double t_1 = fma(b, b, t_0);
	double t_2 = (b * b) - t_1;
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -5e-21) {
		tmp = ((t_2 * (t_0 / (b + sqrt(t_1)))) / t_2) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(a, ((c * c) / (b * b)), c) / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))
	t_1 = fma(b, b, t_0)
	t_2 = Float64(Float64(b * b) - t_1)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -5e-21)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(t_2 * Float64(t_0 / Float64(b + sqrt(t_1)))) / t_2) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(fma(a, Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64(b * b)), c) / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(b * b + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -5e-21], N[(N[(N[(t$95$2 * N[(t$95$0 / N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(a * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\\
t_1 := \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, t\_0\right)\\
t_2 := b \cdot b - t\_1\\
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t\_2 \cdot \frac{t\_0}{b + \sqrt{t\_1}}}{t\_2}}{a \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a)) < -4.99999999999999973e-21

    1. Initial program 60.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied egg-rr60.7%

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(b + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \cdot \left(\left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right) + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right) + b \cdot b}}\right)}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. flip-+N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}{\color{blue}{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}} \cdot \left(\left(b - \sqrt{a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right) + b \cdot b}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right) + b \cdot b}}\right)}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr60.8%

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot -1\right)}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. flip--N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}} \cdot -1\right)}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{b \cdot b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \cdot -1\right)}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. rem-square-sqrtN/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}} \cdot -1\right)}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. Applied egg-rr99.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0 - a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}} \cdot -1\right)}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]

    if -4.99999999999999973e-21 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a))

    1. Initial program 3.8%

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b}\right) \]
      13. lower-*.f64100.0

        \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
    5. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 97.0% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{\left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} - \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.0%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}\right)}{b}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}\right)}{b}} \]
  5. Simplified97.5%

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

Alternative 3: 95.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b}\right) \]
    13. lower-*.f6495.7

      \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
  5. Simplified95.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  6. Final simplification95.7%

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

Alternative 4: 90.7% 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 18.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    3. lower-/.f6490.4

      \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Simplified90.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}} \]
  6. Final simplification90.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{c}{-b} \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 3.3% accurate, 50.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 0.0)
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.0;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return 0.0
function code(a, b, c)
	return 0.0
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := 0.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.0%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied egg-rr18.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(b - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
    6. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\right)\right)} \]
    7. distribute-lft-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot b + \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\right)} \]
    8. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}, b, \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\right)}\right) \]
    10. lower-neg.f6419.3

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a}, b, \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -4 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}\right) \]
    11. lift-fma.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}, b, \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    13. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}, b, \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
    14. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}, b, \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    15. lower-*.f6419.3

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a}, b, \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)}\right)}\right)\right) \]
    16. lift-*.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a}, b, \frac{\frac{-1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
    18. lower-*.f6419.3

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a}, b, \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot -4\right)}\right)}\right)\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr19.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.5}{a}, b, \frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\right)} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot \left(\frac{-1}{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right)} \]
    2. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{0} \]
    3. mul0-rgt3.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
  8. Simplified3.3%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024219 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))