Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.6% → 95.5%
Time: 12.1s
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: 31.6% 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: 95.5% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot c\\ t_1 := \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}\\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b} \cdot t\_1, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{t\_0 \cdot t\_0}{{b}^{6}} \cdot -5 - t\_1, -c\right)\right)}{b} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (* c a) c)) (t_1 (/ (* c c) (* b b))))
   (/
    (fma
     (* (* -2.0 a) a)
     (* (/ c (* b b)) t_1)
     (fma a (- (* (/ (* t_0 t_0) (pow b 6.0)) -5.0) t_1) (- c)))
    b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = (c * a) * c;
	double t_1 = (c * c) / (b * b);
	return fma(((-2.0 * a) * a), ((c / (b * b)) * t_1), fma(a, ((((t_0 * t_0) / pow(b, 6.0)) * -5.0) - t_1), -c)) / b;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(c * a) * c)
	t_1 = Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64(b * b))
	return Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * a) * a), Float64(Float64(c / Float64(b * b)) * t_1), fma(a, Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) / (b ^ 6.0)) * -5.0) - t_1), Float64(-c))) / b)
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(N[(N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 6.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -5.0), $MachinePrecision] - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision] + (-c)), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot c\\
t_1 := \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b} \cdot t\_1, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{t\_0 \cdot t\_0}{{b}^{6}} \cdot -5 - t\_1, -c\right)\right)}{b}
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.9%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(-1 \cdot c + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites95.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.25}{a}, \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{6}}, -\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, c\right)\right)\right)}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites95.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, a \cdot \left(-5 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} - \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}\right) - c\right)}{b} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites95.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -5 \cdot \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} - \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, -c\right)\right)}{b} \]
      2. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites95.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -5 \cdot \frac{\left(\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{6}} - \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, -c\right)\right)}{b} \]
        2. Final simplification95.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{\left(\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{6}} \cdot -5 - \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, -c\right)\right)}{b} \]
        3. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 2: 93.9% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot a, \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot a\right)} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c)
         :precision binary64
         (/
          1.0
          (fma
           -1.0
           (/ b c)
           (* (fma -2.0 (* (* -0.5 (/ c (pow b 3.0))) a) (/ 1.0 b)) a))))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return 1.0 / fma(-1.0, (b / c), (fma(-2.0, ((-0.5 * (c / pow(b, 3.0))) * a), (1.0 / b)) * a));
        }
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(1.0 / fma(-1.0, Float64(b / c), Float64(fma(-2.0, Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / (b ^ 3.0))) * a), Float64(1.0 / b)) * a)))
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(1.0 / N[(-1.0 * N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(c / N[Power[b, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot a, \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot a\right)}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 32.9%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

            \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
          10. lower-/.f6432.8

            \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
        5. Applied rewrites32.8%

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

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

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

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
          4. lower-/.f6432.8

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

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

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

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

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
          9. lower--.f6432.8

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
        7. Applied rewrites32.8%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, \frac{b}{c} \cdot b\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
        8. Taylor expanded in a around 0

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) + \frac{1}{b}\right)}} \]
        9. Step-by-step derivation
          1. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) + \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)}} \]
          2. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}, a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) + \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \]
          3. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) + \frac{1}{b}\right)}\right)} \]
          4. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right), \frac{1}{b}\right)}\right)} \]
          5. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right)}, \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \]
          6. distribute-rgt-outN/A

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

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2}}\right), \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \]
          8. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}\right)}, \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \]
          9. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{c}{{b}^{3}}} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}\right), \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \]
          10. lower-pow.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \left(\frac{c}{\color{blue}{{b}^{3}}} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}\right), \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \]
          11. lower-/.f6494.2

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.5\right), \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}\right)\right)} \]
        10. Applied rewrites94.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, a \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{3}} \cdot -0.5\right), \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)}} \]
        11. Final simplification94.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot a, \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot a\right)} \]
        12. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 3: 93.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, \left(-c\right) - \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot a}{b \cdot b}\right)}{b} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c)
         :precision binary64
         (/
          (fma
           (* (* -2.0 a) a)
           (* (/ c (* b b)) (/ (* c c) (* b b)))
           (- (- c) (/ (* (* c c) a) (* b b))))
          b))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return fma(((-2.0 * a) * a), ((c / (b * b)) * ((c * c) / (b * b))), (-c - (((c * c) * a) / (b * b)))) / b;
        }
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(-2.0 * a) * a), Float64(Float64(c / Float64(b * b)) * Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64(b * b))), Float64(Float64(-c) - Float64(Float64(Float64(c * c) * a) / Float64(b * b)))) / b)
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[((-c) - N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, \left(-c\right) - \frac{\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot a}{b \cdot b}\right)}{b}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 32.9%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(-1 \cdot c + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
        4. Applied rewrites95.8%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.25}{a}, \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{20}{{b}^{6}}, -\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c}{b}, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, c\right)\right)\right)}{b}} \]
        5. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites95.8%

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

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} - c\right)}{b} \]
          3. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites94.2%

              \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b} \cdot \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, \left(-\frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - c\right)}{b} \]
            2. Final simplification94.2%

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

            Alternative 4: 90.8% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \frac{a}{b}\right)} \end{array} \]
            (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (fma -1.0 (/ b c) (/ a b))))
            double code(double a, double b, double c) {
            	return 1.0 / fma(-1.0, (b / c), (a / b));
            }
            
            function code(a, b, c)
            	return Float64(1.0 / fma(-1.0, Float64(b / c), Float64(a / b)))
            end
            
            code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(1.0 / N[(-1.0 * N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
            
            \begin{array}{l}
            
            \\
            \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \frac{a}{b}\right)}
            \end{array}
            
            Derivation
            1. Initial program 32.9%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot \frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
              10. lower-/.f6432.8

                \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
            5. Applied rewrites32.8%

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

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

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

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
              4. lower-/.f6432.8

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

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

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

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

                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
              9. lower--.f6432.8

                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, b \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
            7. Applied rewrites32.8%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, a, \frac{b}{c} \cdot b\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
            8. Taylor expanded in a around 0

              \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{a}{b}}} \]
            9. Step-by-step derivation
              1. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}}, \frac{a}{b}\right)} \]
              3. lower-/.f6490.9

                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \color{blue}{\frac{a}{b}}\right)} \]
            10. Applied rewrites90.9%

              \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \frac{b}{c}, \frac{a}{b}\right)}} \]
            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 32.9%

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

                \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
            5. Applied rewrites80.4%

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

            Reproduce

            ?
            herbie shell --seed 2024283 
            (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)))