Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.4% → 99.4%
Time: 10.7s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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: 31.4% 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: 99.4% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -4, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* (/ 0.5 a) (* a (* c -4.0))) (+ (sqrt (fma (* c -4.0) a (* b b))) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((0.5 / a) * (a * (c * -4.0))) / (sqrt(fma((c * -4.0), a, (b * b))) + b);
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(0.5 / a) * Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0))) / Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(c * -4.0), a, Float64(b * b))) + b))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -4, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 31.6%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)} \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. metadata-eval31.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites31.7%

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites32.4%

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}}} \]
  8. Applied rewrites99.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(0 - \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}} \]
  9. Final simplification99.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -4, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 90.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

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

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{a \cdot c}{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)) < -2

    1. Initial program 81.1%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)} \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      13. metadata-eval81.3

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites81.3%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)} \]
      10. lower-*.f6481.3

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)} - b\right)} \]
      15. lower--.f6481.3

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)} - b\right)} \]
    6. Applied rewrites81.3%

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

    if -2 < (/.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 24.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
      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-*.f6495.2

        \[\leadsto -\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b}, c\right)}{b} \]
    5. Applied rewrites95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, c\right)}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification93.4%

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

Alternative 3: 84.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c))) b) (* 2.0 a)) -5e-5)
   (* (- (sqrt (fma b b (* a (* c -4.0)))) b) (/ 0.5 a))
   (/ (- c) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (2.0 * a)) <= -5e-5) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, (a * (c * -4.0)))) - b) * (0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(2.0 * a)) <= -5e-5)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(a * Float64(c * -4.0)))) - b) * Float64(0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -5e-5], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(a * N[(c * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{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)) < -5.00000000000000024e-5

    1. Initial program 72.9%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)} \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      13. metadata-eval73.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites73.1%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)} \]
      10. lower-*.f6473.1

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)} - b\right)} \]
      15. lower--.f6473.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)} - b\right)} \]
    6. Applied rewrites73.1%

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

    if -5.00000000000000024e-5 < (/.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 15.4%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in 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.f6493.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
    5. Applied rewrites93.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification87.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 99.4% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}{\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot a\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 31.6%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)} \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. metadata-eval31.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites31.7%

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites32.4%

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

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

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

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

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)} \]
  10. Final simplification99.4%

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

Alternative 5: 81.2% 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 31.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in 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.f6480.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
  5. Applied rewrites80.9%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024273 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))