Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.6% → 95.5%
Time: 13.2s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 6 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 31.6% 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: 95.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

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

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\\
t_1 := b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{t\_0}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot t\_1}, \frac{t\_0 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot -5\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(t\_1 \cdot t\_1\right)}\right), -\frac{c \cdot c}{t\_1}\right), a, \frac{c}{-b}\right)
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites95.6%

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

    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{7}} + -2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}\right) - \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites95.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \frac{-5 \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{{b}^{7}}\right), \frac{c \cdot c}{-b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right)}, \frac{c}{-b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{5}}, \frac{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot -5\right)}{b \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right), \frac{c \cdot c}{-b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right), \frac{c}{-b}\right) \]
      2. Applied rewrites95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}, \frac{\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot -5\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)}\right), \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}\right), a, \frac{c}{-b}\right) \]
      3. Final simplification95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}, \frac{\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot -5\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)}\right), -\frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right), a, \frac{c}{-b}\right) \]
      4. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 2: 95.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right), \frac{a \cdot -5}{b \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot t\_0\right)}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{b \cdot t\_0}\right), a \cdot a, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, c \cdot \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b c)
       :precision binary64
       (let* ((t_0 (* b (* b (* b b)))))
         (fma
          (fma
           (* (* c c) (* c c))
           (/ (* a -5.0) (* b (* (* b b) t_0)))
           (/ (* -2.0 (* c (* c c))) (* b t_0)))
          (* a a)
          (/ (fma c (* c (/ a (* b b))) c) (- b)))))
      double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	double t_0 = b * (b * (b * b));
      	return fma(fma(((c * c) * (c * c)), ((a * -5.0) / (b * ((b * b) * t_0))), ((-2.0 * (c * (c * c))) / (b * t_0))), (a * a), (fma(c, (c * (a / (b * b))), c) / -b));
      }
      
      function code(a, b, c)
      	t_0 = Float64(b * Float64(b * Float64(b * b)))
      	return fma(fma(Float64(Float64(c * c) * Float64(c * c)), Float64(Float64(a * -5.0) / Float64(b * Float64(Float64(b * b) * t_0))), Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c * Float64(c * c))) / Float64(b * t_0))), Float64(a * a), Float64(fma(c, Float64(c * Float64(a / Float64(b * b))), c) / Float64(-b)))
      end
      
      code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(b * N[(b * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * -5.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(c * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c * N[(c * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \begin{array}{l}
      t_0 := b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\\
      \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right), \frac{a \cdot -5}{b \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot t\_0\right)}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{b \cdot t\_0}\right), a \cdot a, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, c \cdot \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\right)
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 32.6%

        \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
      4. Applied rewrites95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{{c}^{4} \cdot 20}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{a}{b}, -0.25, \frac{\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right)} \]
      5. Applied rewrites95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(20 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot -0.25}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, \color{blue}{a \cdot a}, \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -2\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\right)\right) \]
      6. Applied rewrites95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right), \frac{a \cdot -5}{b \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)\right)}, \frac{-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)}\right), \color{blue}{a \cdot a}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, c \cdot \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\right) \]
      7. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 3: 93.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(\frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)} - \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b c)
       :precision binary64
       (/
        (-
         (-
          (/ (* (* a a) (* c (* -2.0 (* c c)))) (* b (* b (* b b))))
          (/ (* c (* a c)) (* b b)))
         c)
        b))
      double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	return (((((a * a) * (c * (-2.0 * (c * c)))) / (b * (b * (b * b)))) - ((c * (a * c)) / (b * b))) - 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 = (((((a * a) * (c * ((-2.0d0) * (c * c)))) / (b * (b * (b * b)))) - ((c * (a * c)) / (b * b))) - c) / b
      end function
      
      public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	return (((((a * a) * (c * (-2.0 * (c * c)))) / (b * (b * (b * b)))) - ((c * (a * c)) / (b * b))) - c) / b;
      }
      
      def code(a, b, c):
      	return (((((a * a) * (c * (-2.0 * (c * c)))) / (b * (b * (b * b)))) - ((c * (a * c)) / (b * b))) - c) / b
      
      function code(a, b, c)
      	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(c * Float64(-2.0 * Float64(c * c)))) / Float64(b * Float64(b * Float64(b * b)))) - Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * c)) / Float64(b * b))) - c) / b)
      end
      
      function tmp = code(a, b, c)
      	tmp = (((((a * a) * (c * (-2.0 * (c * c)))) / (b * (b * (b * b)))) - ((c * (a * c)) / (b * b))) - c) / b;
      end
      
      code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * N[(-2.0 * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * N[(b * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - c), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \frac{\left(\frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)} - \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 32.6%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites93.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -2\right)\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)} - \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c}{b} \]
        2. Final simplification93.9%

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

        Alternative 4: 93.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c)
         :precision binary64
         (/
          (-
           (* (* -2.0 (* a a)) (/ (* c (* c c)) (* (* b b) (* b b))))
           (fma (* c c) (/ a (* b b)) c))
          b))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return (((-2.0 * (a * a)) * ((c * (c * c)) / ((b * b) * (b * b)))) - fma((c * c), (a / (b * b)), c)) / b;
        }
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(a * a)) * Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * c)) / Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(b * b)))) - fma(Float64(c * c), Float64(a / Float64(b * b)), c)) / b)
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 32.6%

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

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

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

        Alternative 5: 90.8% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (fma (* c c) (/ a (* b b)) c) (- b)))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return fma((c * c), (a / (b * b)), c) / -b;
        }
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(fma(Float64(c * c), Float64(a / Float64(b * b)), c) / Float64(-b))
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 32.6%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
        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-*.f6490.5

            \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
        5. Applied rewrites90.5%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
        6. Final simplification90.5%

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

        Alternative 6: 81.2% accurate, 3.6× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{-b} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ c (- b)))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return c / -b;
        }
        
        real(8) function code(a, b, c)
            real(8), intent (in) :: a
            real(8), intent (in) :: b
            real(8), intent (in) :: c
            code = c / -b
        end function
        
        public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return c / -b;
        }
        
        def code(a, b, c):
        	return c / -b
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(c / Float64(-b))
        end
        
        function tmp = code(a, b, c)
        	tmp = c / -b;
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \frac{c}{-b}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 32.6%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. mul-1-negN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
          2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

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

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
          4. lower-neg.f6480.6

            \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
        5. Applied rewrites80.6%

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

        Reproduce

        ?
        herbie shell --seed 2024223 
        (FPCore (a b c)
          :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
          :precision binary64
          :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
          (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))