Quadratic roots, full range

Percentage Accurate: 52.3% → 85.6%

Time: 10.2s

Alternatives: 7

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: 52.3% 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: 85.6% accurate, 0.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.5 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.5e+152)
   (/ (- b) a)
   (if (<= b 2.4e-45)
     (/ (- (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 <= -6.5e+152) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 2.4e-45) {
		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 <= (-6.5d+152)) then
        tmp = -b / a
    else if (b <= 2.4d-45) 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 <= -6.5e+152) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else if (b <= 2.4e-45) {
		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 <= -6.5e+152:
		tmp = -b / a
	elif b <= 2.4e-45:
		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 <= -6.5e+152)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	elseif (b <= 2.4e-45)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(a * 4.0) * c))) - b) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.5e+152)
		tmp = -b / a;
	elseif (b <= 2.4e-45)
		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, -6.5e+152], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.4e-45], 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 < -6.4999999999999997e152

   1. Initial program 29.0%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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 95.4

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

   5. Applied rewrites 95.4%

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

   if -6.4999999999999997e152 < b < 2.3999999999999999e-45

   1. Initial program 83.9%

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

   if 2.3999999999999999e-45 < b

   1. Initial program 17.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   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 87.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 87.0%

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

4. Final simplification 86.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.5 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{+75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b \cdot b}, b, \frac{-b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.6e+75)
   (fma (/ c (* b b)) b (/ (- b) a))
   (if (<= b 2.4e-45)
     (* (- (sqrt (fma (* -4.0 c) a (* b b))) b) (/ 0.5 a))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.6e+75) {
		tmp = fma((c / (b * b)), b, (-b / a));
	} else if (b <= 2.4e-45) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma((-4.0 * c), a, (b * b))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.6e+75)
		tmp = fma(Float64(c / Float64(b * b)), b, Float64(Float64(-b) / a));
	elseif (b <= 2.4e-45)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(-4.0 * c), a, Float64(b * b))) - b) * Float64(0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.6e+75], N[(N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * b + N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.4e-45], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.59999999999999985e75

   1. Initial program 54.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

      3. distribute-neg-in N/A

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

      4. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      5. distribute-lft-neg-out N/A

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

      6. remove-double-neg N/A

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

      7. associate-*l/ N/A

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

      8. *-lft-identity N/A

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

      9. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      11. unpow2 N/A

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

      12. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      13. distribute-frac-neg N/A

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

      14. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      15. lower-neg.f64 97.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 97.0%

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

   if -2.59999999999999985e75 < b < 2.3999999999999999e-45

   1. Initial program 80.7%

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

      1. lift-/.f64 N/A

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

      2. clear-num N/A

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

      3. associate-/r/ N/A

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

      4. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      5. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      6. associate-/r* N/A

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

      7. metadata-eval N/A

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

      8. lower-/.f64 80.4

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

      9. lift-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      12. unsub-neg N/A

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

      13. lower--.f64 80.4

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

   4. Applied rewrites 80.4%

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

   if 2.3999999999999999e-45 < b

   1. Initial program 17.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   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 87.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 87.0%

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

4. Final simplification 86.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{+75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b \cdot b}, b, \frac{-b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 80.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.95 \cdot 10^{-57}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b \cdot b}, b, \frac{-b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.95e-57)
   (fma (/ c (* b b)) b (/ (- b) a))
   (if (<= b 2.4e-45)
     (/ (- (sqrt (* (* c a) -4.0)) b) (* 2.0 a))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.95e-57) {
		tmp = fma((c / (b * b)), b, (-b / a));
	} else if (b <= 2.4e-45) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) - b) / (2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.95e-57)
		tmp = fma(Float64(c / Float64(b * b)), b, Float64(Float64(-b) / a));
	elseif (b <= 2.4e-45)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0)) - b) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.95e-57], N[(N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * b + N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.4e-45], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.95000000000000003e-57

   1. Initial program 68.5%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

      3. distribute-neg-in N/A

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

      4. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      5. distribute-lft-neg-out N/A

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

      6. remove-double-neg N/A

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

      7. associate-*l/ N/A

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

      8. *-lft-identity N/A

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

      9. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      11. unpow2 N/A

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

      12. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      13. distribute-frac-neg N/A

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

      14. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      15. lower-neg.f64 90.2

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

   5. Applied rewrites 90.2%

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

   if -1.95000000000000003e-57 < b < 2.3999999999999999e-45

   1. Initial program 74.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around inf

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

      1. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      2. *-commutative N/A

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

      3. lower-*.f64 67.9

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.9%

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

      1. lift-+.f64 N/A

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

      2. +-commutative N/A

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

      3. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      4. unsub-neg N/A

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

      5. lower--.f64 67.9

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

   7. Applied rewrites 67.9%

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

   if 2.3999999999999999e-45 < b

   1. Initial program 17.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   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 87.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 87.0%

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

Alternative 4: 80.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b \cdot b}, b, \frac{-b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.2e-58)
   (fma (/ c (* b b)) b (/ (- b) a))
   (if (<= b 2.4e-45)
     (* (- (sqrt (* (* -4.0 c) a)) b) (/ 0.5 a))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.2e-58) {
		tmp = fma((c / (b * b)), b, (-b / a));
	} else if (b <= 2.4e-45) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((-4.0 * c) * a)) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.2e-58)
		tmp = fma(Float64(c / Float64(b * b)), b, Float64(Float64(-b) / a));
	elseif (b <= 2.4e-45)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(-4.0 * c) * a)) - b) * Float64(0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.2e-58], N[(N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * b + N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.4e-45], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.2000000000000001e-58

   1. Initial program 68.5%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

      3. distribute-neg-in N/A

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

      4. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      5. distribute-lft-neg-out N/A

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

      6. remove-double-neg N/A

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

      7. associate-*l/ N/A

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

      8. *-lft-identity N/A

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

      9. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      11. unpow2 N/A

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

      12. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      13. distribute-frac-neg N/A

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

      14. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      15. lower-neg.f64 90.2

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

   5. Applied rewrites 90.2%

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

   if -3.2000000000000001e-58 < b < 2.3999999999999999e-45

   1. Initial program 74.9%

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

      1. lift-/.f64 N/A

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

      2. clear-num N/A

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

      3. associate-/r/ N/A

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

      4. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      5. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      6. associate-/r* N/A

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

      7. metadata-eval N/A

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

      8. lower-/.f64 74.7

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

      9. lift-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      12. unsub-neg N/A

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

      13. lower--.f64 74.7

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

   4. Applied rewrites 74.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in c around inf

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

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

      2. rem-square-sqrt N/A

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

      3. unpow2 N/A

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

      4. associate-*r* N/A

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

      5. *-commutative N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. unpow2 N/A

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

      8. rem-square-sqrt N/A

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

      9. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-*.f64 67.7

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

   7. Applied rewrites 67.7%

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

   if 2.3999999999999999e-45 < b

   1. Initial program 17.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   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 87.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 87.0%

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

4. Final simplification 82.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b \cdot b}, b, \frac{-b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 67.7% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-295}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 8e-295) (/ (- b) a) (/ (- c) b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 8e-295) {
		tmp = -b / 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 <= 8d-295) then
        tmp = -b / 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 <= 8e-295) {
		tmp = -b / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 8e-295:
		tmp = -b / a
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 8e-295)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 8e-295)
		tmp = -b / a;
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, 8e-295], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 8.00000000000000048e-295

   1. Initial program 71.8%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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 71.1

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

   5. Applied rewrites 71.1%

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

   if 8.00000000000000048e-295 < b

   1. Initial program 34.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   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 65.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 65.0%

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

Alternative 6: 35.2% accurate, 3.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-b}{a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -b / 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 / a
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.4%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
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 37.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 37.2%

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

Alternative 7: 2.5% accurate, 4.2× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b / 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 / a
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.4%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
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 37.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 37.2%

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

7. Applied rewrites 26.8%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 - b \cdot b}{0 + b}}{a} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

9. Applied rewrites 2.7%

   \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a} \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024235 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))