Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 56.3% → 91.8%
Time: 15.3s
Alternatives: 10
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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 10 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: 56.3% 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: 91.8% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\\ t_1 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.19:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t\_1 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t\_1}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{t\_0 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot t\_0\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, -5, \frac{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{b \cdot b} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* c (* c a))) (t_1 (fma c (* a -4.0) (* b b))))
   (if (<= b 0.19)
     (/ (/ (- t_1 (* b b)) (+ b (sqrt t_1))) (* a 2.0))
     (/
      (-
       (fma
        (/ (* t_0 (* a (* a t_0))) (* (* b b) (* a (* b (* b (* b b))))))
        -5.0
        (/
         (- (/ (* (* -2.0 (* a a)) (* c (* c c))) (* b b)) (* a (* c c)))
         (* b b)))
       c)
      b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = c * (c * a);
	double t_1 = fma(c, (a * -4.0), (b * b));
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.19) {
		tmp = ((t_1 - (b * b)) / (b + sqrt(t_1))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (fma(((t_0 * (a * (a * t_0))) / ((b * b) * (a * (b * (b * (b * b)))))), -5.0, (((((-2.0 * (a * a)) * (c * (c * c))) / (b * b)) - (a * (c * c))) / (b * b))) - c) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(c * Float64(c * a))
	t_1 = fma(c, Float64(a * -4.0), Float64(b * b))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.19)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(t_1 - Float64(b * b)) / Float64(b + sqrt(t_1))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(t_0 * Float64(a * Float64(a * t_0))) / Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(a * Float64(b * Float64(b * Float64(b * b)))))), -5.0, Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(a * a)) * Float64(c * Float64(c * c))) / Float64(b * b)) - Float64(a * Float64(c * c))) / Float64(b * b))) - c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(c * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 0.19], N[(N[(N[(t$95$1 - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(t$95$0 * N[(a * N[(a * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * N[(b * N[(b * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -5.0 + N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - c), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\\
t_1 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.19:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t\_1 - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{t\_1}}}{a \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{t\_0 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot t\_0\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, -5, \frac{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{b \cdot b} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 0.19

    1. Initial program 89.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    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-eval89.8

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites89.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites91.3%

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

    if 0.19 < b

    1. Initial program 53.7%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(-1 \cdot c + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites93.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, -0.25 \cdot \left(\left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{20}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites93.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}, \frac{-0.25 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right)}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right) \cdot 0.05} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b} \]
    6. Applied rewrites93.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, -5, \mathsf{fma}\left(-a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}\right)\right) - c}{b} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, -5, \frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{2}} + -1 \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{2}}\right) - c}{b} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites93.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, -5, \frac{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{b \cdot b} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b} \]
    9. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    10. Final simplification93.7%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.19:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, -5, \frac{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{b \cdot b} - a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
    11. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 2: 84.4% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -1:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0 - b \cdot b}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{t\_0}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c)
     :precision binary64
     (let* ((t_0 (fma c (* a -4.0) (* b b))))
       (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -1.0)
         (/ (- t_0 (* b b)) (* (* a 2.0) (+ b (sqrt t_0))))
         (/ (fma (* c c) (/ a (* b b)) c) (- b)))))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	double t_0 = fma(c, (a * -4.0), (b * b));
    	double tmp;
    	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -1.0) {
    		tmp = (t_0 - (b * b)) / ((a * 2.0) * (b + sqrt(t_0)));
    	} else {
    		tmp = fma((c * c), (a / (b * b)), c) / -b;
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	t_0 = fma(c, Float64(a * -4.0), Float64(b * b))
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -1.0)
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(t_0 - Float64(b * b)) / Float64(Float64(a * 2.0) * Float64(b + sqrt(t_0))));
    	else
    		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(c * c), Float64(a / Float64(b * b)), c) / Float64(-b));
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1.0], N[(N[(t$95$0 - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\
    \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -1:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0 - b \cdot b}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{t\_0}\right)}\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{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)) < -1

      1. Initial program 82.0%

        \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      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-eval82.2

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. Applied rewrites82.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. Applied rewrites83.5%

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

      if -1 < (/.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 51.7%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
      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-*.f6484.5

          \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
      5. Applied rewrites84.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
    3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    4. Final simplification84.4%

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

    Reproduce

    ?
    herbie shell --seed 2024219 
    (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)))