Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.1% → 99.3%
Time: 13.5s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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}

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\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 5 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: 55.1% 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: 99.3% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* a (* c -4.0)) (* (* a 2.0) (+ b (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b)))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (a * (c * -4.0)) / ((a * 2.0) * (b + sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b)))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)) / Float64(Float64(a * 2.0) * Float64(b + sqrt(fma(a, Float64(c * -4.0), Float64(b * b))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 51.8%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites52.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}} - \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift--.f64N/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right)\right) + \frac{b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right)}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}\right)\right) + \frac{b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. div-invN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}\right)\right) + \frac{b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right)\right)} + \frac{b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right), \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right), \frac{b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Applied rewrites53.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot 4, b \cdot b\right), -\frac{1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}, \frac{b \cdot b}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  6. Applied rewrites53.3%

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    2. rem-square-sqrtN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-4} \cdot \sqrt{-4}\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    3. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    4. associate-*r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(c \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-4}\right)}^{2} \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    6. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-4} \cdot \sqrt{-4}\right)} \cdot c\right)}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    7. rem-square-sqrtN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    8. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    9. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
    10. lower-*.f6499.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot -4\right)}}{\left(a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.3%

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

Alternative 2: 85.4% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.085:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -0.085)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
   (/ (fma (* c c) (/ a (* b b)) c) (- b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.085) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = fma((c * c), (a / (b * b)), c) / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -0.085)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(c * c), Float64(a / Float64(b * b)), c) / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.085], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.085:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a)) < -0.0850000000000000061

    1. Initial program 81.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift--.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      10. associate-*l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      11. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      12. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      13. metadata-eval81.9

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites81.9%

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

    if -0.0850000000000000061 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a))

    1. Initial program 44.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
    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-*.f6490.7

        \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
    5. Applied rewrites90.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification88.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.085:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 85.4% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.085:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* c (* a 4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0)) -0.085)
   (* (/ -0.5 a) (- b (sqrt (fma c (* a -4.0) (* b b)))))
   (/ (fma (* c c) (/ a (* b b)) c) (- b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - (c * (a * 4.0)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -0.085) {
		tmp = (-0.5 / a) * (b - sqrt(fma(c, (a * -4.0), (b * b))));
	} else {
		tmp = fma((c * c), (a / (b * b)), c) / -b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(c * Float64(a * 4.0)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -0.085)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 / a) * Float64(b - sqrt(fma(c, Float64(a * -4.0), Float64(b * b)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(c * c), Float64(a / Float64(b * b)), c) / Float64(-b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -0.085], N[(N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - N[Sqrt[N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.085:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a)) < -0.0850000000000000061

    1. Initial program 81.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied rewrites81.7%

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

    if -0.0850000000000000061 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a))

    1. Initial program 44.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
    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-*.f6490.7

        \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
    5. Applied rewrites90.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification88.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -0.085:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{a} \cdot \left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 81.8% 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 51.8%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
  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-*.f6484.4

      \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}, c\right)}{b} \]
  5. Applied rewrites84.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  6. Final simplification84.4%

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

Alternative 5: 64.6% 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(-Float64(c / 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 51.8%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  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.f6467.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
  5. Applied rewrites67.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-b}} \]
  6. Final simplification67.3%

    \[\leadsto -\frac{c}{b} \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024237 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, 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) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))