Quadratic roots, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.8% → 97.5%
Time: 9.0s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

?
\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 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: 17.8% 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: 97.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{b \cdot b}, \frac{a}{b}, \left(\left(\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -5, -2 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{-7}\right) \cdot c\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (fma
   (fma
    (/ -1.0 (* b b))
    (/ a b)
    (* (* (* (* (fma (* c a) -5.0 (* -2.0 (* b b))) a) a) (pow b -7.0)) c))
   c
   (/ -1.0 b))
  c))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma(fma((-1.0 / (b * b)), (a / b), ((((fma((c * a), -5.0, (-2.0 * (b * b))) * a) * a) * pow(b, -7.0)) * c)), c, (-1.0 / b)) * c;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(fma(fma(Float64(-1.0 / Float64(b * b)), Float64(a / b), Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(c * a), -5.0, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b * b))) * a) * a) * (b ^ -7.0)) * c)), c, Float64(-1.0 / b)) * c)
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(-1.0 / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -5.0 + N[(-2.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[b, -7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * c + N[(-1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{b \cdot b}, \frac{a}{b}, \left(\left(\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -5, -2 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{-7}\right) \cdot c\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 18.8%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites97.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.25}{a}, \frac{{a}^{4} \cdot 20}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{c}{b}, \frac{\left(a \cdot -2\right) \cdot a}{{b}^{5}}\right), c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-5 \cdot \left({a}^{3} \cdot c\right) + -2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites97.8%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -2\right) \cdot b, b, \left({a}^{3} \cdot c\right) \cdot -5\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
    2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + -2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites97.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -5, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
      2. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites97.8%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{b \cdot b}, \frac{a}{b}, \left({b}^{-7} \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -5, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot -2\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
        2. Final simplification97.8%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{b \cdot b}, \frac{a}{b}, \left(\left(\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -5, -2 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{-7}\right) \cdot c\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
        3. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 2: 96.7% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -2}{b}, \frac{c}{b}, -a\right)}{{b}^{3}}, c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c)
         :precision binary64
         (*
          (fma (/ (fma (/ (* (* a a) -2.0) b) (/ c b) (- a)) (pow b 3.0)) c (/ -1.0 b))
          c))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return fma((fma((((a * a) * -2.0) / b), (c / b), -a) / pow(b, 3.0)), c, (-1.0 / b)) * c;
        }
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(fma(Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * -2.0) / b), Float64(c / b), Float64(-a)) / (b ^ 3.0)), c, Float64(-1.0 / b)) * c)
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] + (-a)), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * c + N[(-1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -2}{b}, \frac{c}{b}, -a\right)}{{b}^{3}}, c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 18.8%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right)} \]
        4. Applied rewrites97.8%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.25}{a}, \frac{{a}^{4} \cdot 20}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{c}{b}, \frac{\left(a \cdot -2\right) \cdot a}{{b}^{5}}\right), c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
        5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-5 \cdot \left({a}^{3} \cdot c\right) + -2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
        6. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites97.8%

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -2\right) \cdot b, b, \left({a}^{3} \cdot c\right) \cdot -5\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
          2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + -2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
          3. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites97.8%

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -5, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{7}}, c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right), c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
            2. Taylor expanded in b around inf

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot c}{{b}^{2}} + -1 \cdot a}{{b}^{3}}, c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
            3. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites97.2%

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)}{b}, \frac{c}{b}, -a\right)}{{b}^{3}}, c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
              2. Final simplification97.2%

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -2}{b}, \frac{c}{b}, -a\right)}{{b}^{3}}, c, \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
              3. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 3: 95.3% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, \frac{c \cdot a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b} \end{array} \]
              (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(c, Float64(Float64(c * a) / Float64(b * b)), c) / Float64(-b))
              end
              
              code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c * N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              
              \\
              \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, \frac{c \cdot a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{-b}
              \end{array}
              
              Derivation
              1. Initial program 18.8%

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

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
                5. lower-/.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
                6. +-commutativeN/A

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

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\frac{\color{blue}{{c}^{2} \cdot a}}{{b}^{2}} + c}{b} \]
                8. unpow2N/A

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)} \cdot a}{{b}^{2}} + c}{b} \]
                9. associate-*l*N/A

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{{b}^{2}} + c}{b} \]
                10. *-commutativeN/A

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

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + c}{b} \]
                12. times-fracN/A

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}} + c}{b} \]
                13. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

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

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

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b}, c\right)}{b} \]
                17. lower-*.f6496.1

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b}, c\right)}{b} \]
              5. Applied rewrites96.1%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
              6. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites96.1%

                  \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, \frac{c \cdot a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b} \]
                2. Final simplification96.1%

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

                Alternative 4: 90.4% 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 18.8%

                  \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
                2. Add Preprocessing
                3. Taylor expanded in 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-/.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]
                  3. mul-1-negN/A

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(c\right)}}{b} \]
                  4. lower-neg.f6490.2

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
                5. Applied rewrites90.2%

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

                Alternative 5: 3.3% accurate, 50.0× speedup?

                \[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]
                (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 0.0)
                double code(double a, double b, double c) {
                	return 0.0;
                }
                
                real(8) function code(a, b, c)
                    real(8), intent (in) :: a
                    real(8), intent (in) :: b
                    real(8), intent (in) :: c
                    code = 0.0d0
                end function
                
                public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
                	return 0.0;
                }
                
                def code(a, b, c):
                	return 0.0
                
                function code(a, b, c)
                	return 0.0
                end
                
                function tmp = code(a, b, c)
                	tmp = 0.0;
                end
                
                code[a_, b_, c_] := 0.0
                
                \begin{array}{l}
                
                \\
                0
                \end{array}
                
                Derivation
                1. Initial program 18.8%

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

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

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

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}{2 \cdot a} \]
                  6. div-subN/A

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

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{b}{2 \cdot a}} \]
                4. Applied rewrites18.5%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{-b}, \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}, \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
                  9. metadata-evalN/A

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

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-b, \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(-1\right)}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}, \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
                  11. associate-/r*N/A

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

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-b, \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{a}, \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
                  13. metadata-evalN/A

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-b, \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{a}, \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
                  14. lower-/.f6419.8

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-b, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a}}, \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\right) \]
                  15. lift-/.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-b, \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}, \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \]
                  16. div-invN/A

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-b, \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}, \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}\right) \]
                6. Applied rewrites20.3%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-b, \frac{0.5}{a}, \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot a, c, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
                7. Taylor expanded in c around 0

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
                8. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. distribute-rgt-outN/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot \left(\frac{-1}{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right)} \]
                  2. metadata-evalN/A

                    \[\leadsto \frac{b}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{0} \]
                  3. mul0-rgt3.3

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
                9. Applied rewrites3.3%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
                10. Add Preprocessing

                Reproduce

                ?
                herbie shell --seed 2024268 
                (FPCore (a b c)
                  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
                  :precision binary64
                  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
                  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))