The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 52.5% → 85.7%

Time: 12.7s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 2.5×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 52.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.7% accurate, 0.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{+77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.5e-82)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.25e+77)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.25e+77) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.5d-82)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 1.25d+77) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.25e+77) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.5e-82:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 1.25e+77:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.5e-82)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.25e+77)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 1.25e+77)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.5e-82], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.25e+77], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.4999999999999999e-82

   1. Initial program 12.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 85.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 85.6%

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

   if -1.4999999999999999e-82 < b < 1.25000000000000001e77

   1. Initial program 83.5%

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

   if 1.25000000000000001e77 < b

   1. Initial program 61.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. unsub-neg N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      6. lower-/.f64 96.7

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

   5. Applied rewrites 96.7%

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

4. Final simplification 86.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{+77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.6% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{+77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.5e-82)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.25e+77)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0))))))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.25e+77) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.5e-82)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.25e+77)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.5e-82], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.25e+77], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.4999999999999999e-82

   1. Initial program 12.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 85.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 85.6%

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

   if -1.4999999999999999e-82 < b < 1.25000000000000001e77

   1. Initial program 83.5%

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

   4. Applied rewrites 83.3%

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

   if 1.25000000000000001e77 < b

   1. Initial program 61.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. unsub-neg N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      6. lower-/.f64 96.7

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

   5. Applied rewrites 96.7%

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

Alternative 3: 80.8% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.5e-82)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.1e-84)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.1e-84) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.5d-82)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 1.1d-84) then
        tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0))))) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.1e-84) {
		tmp = (-b - Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.5e-82:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 1.1e-84:
		tmp = (-b - math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.5e-82)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.1e-84)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 1.1e-84)
		tmp = (-b - sqrt((c * (a * -4.0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.5e-82], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.1e-84], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.4999999999999999e-82

   1. Initial program 12.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 85.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 85.6%

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

   if -1.4999999999999999e-82 < b < 1.0999999999999999e-84

   1. Initial program 83.1%

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

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

      2. *-commutative N/A

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

      3. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      4. *-commutative N/A

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

      5. lower-*.f64 78.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 78.0%

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

   if 1.0999999999999999e-84 < b

   1. Initial program 70.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. unsub-neg N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      6. lower-/.f64 85.5

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

   5. Applied rewrites 85.5%

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

4. Final simplification 83.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 80.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.5e-82)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.1e-84)
     (* (/ -0.5 a) (+ b (sqrt (* c (* a -4.0)))))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.1e-84) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.5d-82)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 1.1d-84) then
        tmp = ((-0.5d0) / a) * (b + sqrt((c * (a * (-4.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.1e-84) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + Math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.5e-82:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 1.1e-84:
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + math.sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.5e-82)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.1e-84)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.5e-82)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 1.1e-84)
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b + sqrt((c * (a * -4.0))));
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.5e-82], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.1e-84], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.4999999999999999e-82

   1. Initial program 12.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 85.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 85.6%

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

   if -1.4999999999999999e-82 < b < 1.0999999999999999e-84

   1. Initial program 83.1%

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

   4. Applied rewrites 83.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. associate-*r* N/A

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

      2. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      3. *-commutative N/A

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

      4. lower-*.f64 77.9

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

   7. Applied rewrites 77.9%

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

   if 1.0999999999999999e-84 < b

   1. Initial program 70.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. unsub-neg N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      6. lower-/.f64 85.5

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

   5. Applied rewrites 85.5%

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

4. Final simplification 83.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-82}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 68.0% accurate, 1.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1e-310) (/ c (- b)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1d-310)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1e-310:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1e-310)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1e-310)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1e-310], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -9.999999999999969e-311

   1. Initial program 32.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 65.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 65.6%

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

   if -9.999999999999969e-311 < b

   1. Initial program 74.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. unsub-neg N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      6. lower-/.f64 67.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.6%

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

Alternative 6: 67.8% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-269}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -7e-269) (/ c (- b)) (- (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7e-269) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-7d-269)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = -(b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7e-269) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -7e-269:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = -(b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -7e-269)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -7e-269)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = -(b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -7e-269], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], (-N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision])]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -7.00000000000000038e-269

   1. Initial program 30.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 67.5

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.5%

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

   if -7.00000000000000038e-269 < b

   1. Initial program 75.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. lower-neg.f64 N/A

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

      3. lower-/.f64 65.5

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

   5. Applied rewrites 65.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 43.9% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{+19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b -6.6e+19) (/ c b) (- (/ b a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.6e+19) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6.6d+19)) then
        tmp = c / b
    else
        tmp = -(b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.6e+19) {
		tmp = c / b;
	} else {
		tmp = -(b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.6e+19:
		tmp = c / b
	else:
		tmp = -(b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.6e+19)
		tmp = Float64(c / b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.6e+19)
		tmp = c / b;
	else
		tmp = -(b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.6e+19], N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision], (-N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision])]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -6.6e19

   1. Initial program 7.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

      1. sub-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-lft-in N/A

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

      3. distribute-neg-frac N/A

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

      4. metadata-eval N/A

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

      5. associate-/l* N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      8. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      9. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      10. unpow2 N/A

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

      11. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      12. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      13. lower-neg.f64 N/A

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

      14. lower-/.f64 2.4

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

   5. Applied rewrites 2.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{b}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

   8. Applied rewrites 28.6%

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

   if -6.6e19 < b

   1. Initial program 70.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. lower-neg.f64 N/A

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

      3. lower-/.f64 46.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 46.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{b}{a}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 10.7% accurate, 4.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c / b)
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.5%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   1. sub-neg N/A

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

   2. distribute-lft-in N/A

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

   3. distribute-neg-frac N/A

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

   4. metadata-eval N/A

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

   5. associate-/l* N/A

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

   6. *-commutative N/A

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

   7. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   8. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

   9. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   10. unpow2 N/A

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

   11. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   12. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   13. lower-neg.f64 N/A

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

   14. lower-/.f64 32.4

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

5. Applied rewrites 32.4%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

   \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{b}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

8. Applied rewrites 10.5%

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

Developer Target 1: 70.8% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

Julia

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024221 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

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

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