The quadratic formula (r1)

Percentage Accurate: 53.2% → 84.8%

Time: 11.6s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 2.5×

Specification

Math

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

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

Initial Program: 53.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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

Alternative 1: 84.8% accurate, 0.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.7 \cdot 10^{-157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e+157)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 6.7e-157)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* a 4.0) c))) b) (* 2.0 a))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e+157) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 6.7e-157) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	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 <= (-5d+157)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 6.7d-157) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0d0) * c))) - b) / (2.0d0 * a)
    else
        tmp = c / -b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e+157) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 6.7e-157) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e+157:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 6.7e-157:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = c / -b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e+157)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.7e-157)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e+157)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 6.7e-157)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - ((a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / (2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = c / -b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e+157], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.7e-157], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.99999999999999976e157

   1. Initial program 42.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 97.7

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

   5. Applied rewrites 97.7%

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

   if -4.99999999999999976e157 < b < 6.6999999999999998e-157

   1. Initial program 86.4%

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

   if 6.6999999999999998e-157 < b

   1. Initial program 20.5%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 82.2

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

   5. Applied rewrites 82.2%

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

4. Final simplification 86.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.7 \cdot 10^{-157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 84.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.7 \cdot 10^{-157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e+157)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 6.7e-157)
     (/ (- (sqrt (fma -4.0 (* c a) (* b b))) b) (* 2.0 a))
     (/ c (- b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e+157) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 6.7e-157) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(-4.0, (c * a), (b * b))) - b) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = c / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e+157)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 6.7e-157)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(-4.0, Float64(c * a), Float64(b * b))) - b) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e+157], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.7e-157], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(-4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.99999999999999976e157

   1. Initial program 41.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 98.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 98.3%

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

   if -4.99999999999999976e157 < b < 6.6999999999999998e-157

   1. Initial program 85.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   2. Add Preprocessing
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. lift-+.f64 N/A

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

      2. +-commutative N/A

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

      3. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      4. unsub-neg N/A

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

      5. lower--.f64 85.3

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

      6. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      7. sub-neg N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      10. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      11. associate-*l* N/A

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

      12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      14. metadata-eval N/A

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

      15. *-commutative N/A

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

      16. lower-*.f64 85.4

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

   4. Applied rewrites 85.4%

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

   if 6.6999999999999998e-157 < b

   1. Initial program 24.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 79.2

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

   5. Applied rewrites 79.2%

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

4. Final simplification 84.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.7 \cdot 10^{-157}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Developer Target 1: 71.6% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

Julia

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024230 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :precision binary64

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

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