Cubic critical, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.4% → 99.3%
Time: 13.2s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 2.9×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \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 7 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: 55.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.3% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{\left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* c (* a 3.0)) (* (* -3.0 a) (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* -3.0 (* a c))))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c * (a * 3.0)) / ((-3.0 * a) * (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (-3.0 * (a * c))))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)) / Float64(Float64(-3.0 * a) * Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-3.0 * Float64(a * c)))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(-3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{\left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites55.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}}{-3}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites57.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}}{-3} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}{-3} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}{-3} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}{-3} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.1%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}}{-3} \]
    3. associate-/l/N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{\left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)}} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 99.0% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)} \cdot -0.3333333333333333 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (/ (* c (* a 3.0)) (* a (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* -3.0 (* a c)))))))
  -0.3333333333333333))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((c * (a * 3.0)) / (a * (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (-3.0 * (a * c))))))) * -0.3333333333333333;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)) / Float64(a * Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-3.0 * Float64(a * c))))))) * -0.3333333333333333)
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -0.3333333333333333), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)} \cdot -0.3333333333333333
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 55.9%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites55.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}}{-3}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites57.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}}{-3} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}{-3} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}{-3} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)}}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}}{-3} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.1%

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{-3}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{a \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)} \cdot -0.3333333333333333} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 85.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.7:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375}{b \cdot b}, c \cdot -0.5\right)}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 6.7)
   (* (/ 0.3333333333333333 a) (- (sqrt (fma b b (* -3.0 (* a c)))) b))
   (/ (fma a (/ (* (* c c) -0.375) (* b b)) (* c -0.5)) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6.7) {
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (sqrt(fma(b, b, (-3.0 * (a * c)))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(a, (((c * c) * -0.375) / (b * b)), (c * -0.5)) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 6.7)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-3.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(fma(a, Float64(Float64(Float64(c * c) * -0.375) / Float64(b * b)), Float64(c * -0.5)) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 6.7], N[(N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(a * N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * -0.375), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(c * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.7:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)} - b\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375}{b \cdot b}, c \cdot -0.5\right)}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 6.70000000000000018

    1. Initial program 80.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied rewrites80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-9, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right), b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + {b}^{2}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} + -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. unpow2N/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      6. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. lower-*.f6481.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. Applied rewrites81.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}}}} \]
      3. associate-/r/N/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \]
      6. associate-/r*N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a}} \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval81.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \]
      9. lift-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right)} \]
    8. Applied rewrites81.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)} - b\right)} \]

    if 6.70000000000000018 < b

    1. Initial program 49.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot c + \frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot c + \frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites87.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375}{b \cdot b}, c \cdot -0.5\right)}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 85.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.7:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 6.7)
   (* (/ 0.3333333333333333 a) (- (sqrt (fma b b (* -3.0 (* a c)))) b))
   (/ (* c (fma -0.375 (* a (/ c (* b b))) -0.5)) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6.7) {
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (sqrt(fma(b, b, (-3.0 * (a * c)))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = (c * fma(-0.375, (a * (c / (b * b))), -0.5)) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 6.7)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(-3.0 * Float64(a * c)))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * fma(-0.375, Float64(a * Float64(c / Float64(b * b))), -0.5)) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 6.7], N[(N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(-3.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.7:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)} - b\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 6.70000000000000018

    1. Initial program 80.9%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied rewrites80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-9, a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right), b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(3, a \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + {b}^{2}}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} + -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. unpow2N/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      5. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      6. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      7. lower-*.f6481.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot -3\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    6. Applied rewrites81.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}}}} \]
      3. associate-/r/N/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \]
      6. associate-/r*N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a}} \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval81.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right) \]
      9. lift-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right)} \]
    8. Applied rewrites81.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)} - b\right)} \]

    if 6.70000000000000018 < b

    1. Initial program 49.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-9}{16} \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot c + \left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{6} \cdot \frac{\frac{81}{64} \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \frac{81}{16} \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites94.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{4}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375}{b \cdot b}, c \cdot -0.5\right)\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}} - \frac{1}{2}\right)}{b} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites87.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b} \]
    7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    8. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 5: 85.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.7:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c)
     :precision binary64
     (if (<= b 6.7)
       (* (/ -0.3333333333333333 a) (- b (sqrt (fma a (* -3.0 c) (* b b)))))
       (/ (* c (fma -0.375 (* a (/ c (* b b))) -0.5)) b)))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	double tmp;
    	if (b <= 6.7) {
    		tmp = (-0.3333333333333333 / a) * (b - sqrt(fma(a, (-3.0 * c), (b * b))));
    	} else {
    		tmp = (c * fma(-0.375, (a * (c / (b * b))), -0.5)) / b;
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (b <= 6.7)
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(fma(a, Float64(-3.0 * c), Float64(b * b)))));
    	else
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * fma(-0.375, Float64(a * Float64(c / Float64(b * b))), -0.5)) / b);
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 6.7], N[(N[(-0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(-3.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.7:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b}\\
    
    
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Split input into 2 regimes
    2. if b < 6.70000000000000018

      1. Initial program 80.9%

        \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Applied rewrites80.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3 \cdot c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]

      if 6.70000000000000018 < b

      1. Initial program 49.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-9}{16} \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot c + \left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{6} \cdot \frac{\frac{81}{64} \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \frac{81}{16} \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
      4. Applied rewrites94.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{4}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375}{b \cdot b}, c \cdot -0.5\right)\right)\right)}{b}} \]
      5. Taylor expanded in c around 0

        \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}} - \frac{1}{2}\right)}{b} \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites87.8%

          \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b} \]
      7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
      8. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 6: 81.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b c)
       :precision binary64
       (/ (* c (fma -0.375 (* a (/ c (* b b))) -0.5)) b))
      double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	return (c * fma(-0.375, (a * (c / (b * b))), -0.5)) / b;
      }
      
      function code(a, b, c)
      	return Float64(Float64(c * fma(-0.375, Float64(a * Float64(c / Float64(b * b))), -0.5)) / b)
      end
      
      code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c * N[(-0.375 * N[(a * N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 55.9%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-9}{16} \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot c + \left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{6} \cdot \frac{\frac{81}{64} \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + \frac{81}{16} \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
      4. Applied rewrites91.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5625, \frac{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{{b}^{4}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.16666666666666666, \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{6.328125}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -0.375}{b \cdot b}, c \cdot -0.5\right)\right)\right)}{b}} \]
      5. Taylor expanded in c around 0

        \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}} - \frac{1}{2}\right)}{b} \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites81.8%

          \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, a \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5\right)}{b} \]
        2. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 7: 64.3% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return -0.5 * (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 = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
        end function
        
        public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return -0.5 * (c / b);
        }
        
        def code(a, b, c):
        	return -0.5 * (c / b)
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
        end
        
        function tmp = code(a, b, c)
        	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 55.9%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
          2. lower-/.f6464.1

            \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
        5. Applied rewrites64.1%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
        6. Add Preprocessing

        Reproduce

        ?
        herbie shell --seed 2024235 
        (FPCore (a b c)
          :name "Cubic critical, 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) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))