The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 52.1% → 87.8%

Time: 10.4s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 2.5×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 52.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 87.8% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.6 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-195}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b} \cdot c}{a} \cdot 2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -4, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -7.6e+47)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b -2.1e-195)
     (* (/ (* (/ a (- (sqrt (fma b b (* (* c a) -4.0))) b)) c) a) 2.0)
     (if (<= b 2.2e+47)
       (/ (+ (sqrt (fma (* c a) -4.0 (* b b))) b) (* -2.0 a))
       (/ (- b) a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -7.6e+47) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= -2.1e-195) {
		tmp = (((a / (sqrt(fma(b, b, ((c * a) * -4.0))) - b)) * c) / a) * 2.0;
	} else if (b <= 2.2e+47) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma((c * a), -4.0, (b * b))) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -7.6e+47)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= -2.1e-195)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a / Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0))) - b)) * c) / a) * 2.0);
	elseif (b <= 2.2e+47)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(c * a), -4.0, Float64(b * b))) + b) / Float64(-2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -7.6e+47], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-195], N[(N[(N[(N[(a / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] * 2.0), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.2e+47], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0 + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -7.6000000000000007e47

   1. Initial program 8.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 90.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 90.8%

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

   if -7.6000000000000007e47 < b < -2.1e-195

   1. Initial program 52.8%

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

      1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      2. sub-neg N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      5. unsub-neg N/A

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

      6. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      7. lower-neg.f64 52.8

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

      8. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      9. sub-neg N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      14. metadata-eval 52.8

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

      15. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      16. *-commutative N/A

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

      17. lower-*.f64 52.8

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

   4. Applied rewrites 52.8%

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

   6. Applied rewrites 52.8%

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

   8. Applied rewrites 76.6%

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

   if -2.1e-195 < b < 2.1999999999999999e47

   1. Initial program 86.2%

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

      1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      2. sub-neg N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      5. unsub-neg N/A

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

      6. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      7. lower-neg.f64 86.2

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

      8. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      9. sub-neg N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      14. metadata-eval 86.2

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

      15. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      16. *-commutative N/A

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

      17. lower-*.f64 86.2

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

   4. Applied rewrites 86.2%

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

   6. Applied rewrites 86.2%

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

   if 2.1999999999999999e47 < b

   1. Initial program 70.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 97.1

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

   5. Applied rewrites 97.1%

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

4. Final simplification 88.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -7.6 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-195}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4\right)} - b} \cdot c}{a} \cdot 2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -4, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.2% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -4, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.8e-95)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 2.2e+47)
     (/ (+ (sqrt (fma (* c a) -4.0 (* b b))) b) (* -2.0 a))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.8e-95) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 2.2e+47) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma((c * a), -4.0, (b * b))) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.8e-95)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 2.2e+47)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(c * a), -4.0, Float64(b * b))) + b) / Float64(-2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.8e-95], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.2e+47], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0 + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.7999999999999997e-95

   1. Initial program 15.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 82.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 82.3%

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

   if -3.7999999999999997e-95 < b < 2.1999999999999999e47

   1. Initial program 82.1%

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

      1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      2. sub-neg N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      5. unsub-neg N/A

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

      6. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      7. lower-neg.f64 82.1

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

      8. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      9. sub-neg N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      14. metadata-eval 82.1

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

      15. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      16. *-commutative N/A

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

      17. lower-*.f64 82.1

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

   4. Applied rewrites 82.1%

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

   6. Applied rewrites 82.1%

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

   if 2.1999999999999999e47 < b

   1. Initial program 70.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 97.1

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

   5. Applied rewrites 97.1%

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

4. Final simplification 85.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -4, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 85.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.8e-95)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 2.2e+47)
     (* (+ (sqrt (fma (* -4.0 c) a (* b b))) b) (/ -0.5 a))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.8e-95) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 2.2e+47) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma((-4.0 * c), a, (b * b))) + b) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.8e-95)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 2.2e+47)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(-4.0 * c), a, Float64(b * b))) + b) * Float64(-0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.8e-95], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.2e+47], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.7999999999999997e-95

   1. Initial program 15.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 82.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 82.3%

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

   if -3.7999999999999997e-95 < b < 2.1999999999999999e47

   1. Initial program 82.1%

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

      1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      2. sub-neg N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      5. unsub-neg N/A

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

      6. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      7. lower-neg.f64 82.1

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

      8. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      9. sub-neg N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      14. metadata-eval 82.1

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

      15. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      16. *-commutative N/A

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

      17. lower-*.f64 82.1

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

   4. Applied rewrites 82.1%

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

   6. Applied rewrites 81.8%

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

   8. Applied rewrites 81.8%

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

   if 2.1999999999999999e47 < b

   1. Initial program 70.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 97.1

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

   5. Applied rewrites 97.1%

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

4. Final simplification 85.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.2 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 81.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e-95)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.22e-70)
     (/ (+ (sqrt (* (* c a) -4.0)) b) (* -2.0 a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e-95) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.22e-70) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.5d-95)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 1.22d-70) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * (-4.0d0))) + b) / ((-2.0d0) * a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e-95) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.22e-70) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.5e-95:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 1.22e-70:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) / (-2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e-95)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.22e-70)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0)) + b) / Float64(-2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.5e-95)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 1.22e-70)
		tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e-95], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.22e-70], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.4999999999999997e-95

   1. Initial program 15.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 82.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 82.3%

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

   if -3.4999999999999997e-95 < b < 1.22e-70

   1. Initial program 76.5%

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

      1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      2. sub-neg N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      5. unsub-neg N/A

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

      6. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      7. lower-neg.f64 76.5

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

      8. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      9. sub-neg N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      14. metadata-eval 76.5

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

      15. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      16. *-commutative N/A

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

      17. lower-*.f64 76.5

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

   4. Applied rewrites 76.5%

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

   6. Applied rewrites 76.5%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

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

      2. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      3. *-commutative N/A

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

      4. lower-*.f64 71.2

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

   9. Applied rewrites 71.2%

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

   if 1.22e-70 < b

   1. Initial program 77.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. unsub-neg N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      6. lower-/.f64 92.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 92.6%

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

Alternative 5: 81.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} + b\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -3.5e-95)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.22e-70)
     (* (+ (sqrt (* (* c a) -4.0)) b) (/ -0.5 a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e-95) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.22e-70) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-3.5d-95)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 1.22d-70) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * (-4.0d0))) + b) * ((-0.5d0) / a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -3.5e-95) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.22e-70) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) * (-0.5 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -3.5e-95:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 1.22e-70:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) * (-0.5 / a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -3.5e-95)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.22e-70)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(c * a) * -4.0)) + b) * Float64(-0.5 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -3.5e-95)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 1.22e-70)
		tmp = (sqrt(((c * a) * -4.0)) + b) * (-0.5 / a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -3.5e-95], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.22e-70], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.5 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -3.4999999999999997e-95

   1. Initial program 15.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 82.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 82.3%

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

   if -3.4999999999999997e-95 < b < 1.22e-70

   1. Initial program 76.5%

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

      1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      2. sub-neg N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

      5. unsub-neg N/A

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

      6. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      7. lower-neg.f64 76.5

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

      8. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      9. sub-neg N/A

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

      10. +-commutative N/A

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

      11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      14. metadata-eval 76.5

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

      15. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      16. *-commutative N/A

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

      17. lower-*.f64 76.5

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

   4. Applied rewrites 76.5%

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

   6. Applied rewrites 76.5%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

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

      2. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      3. *-commutative N/A

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

      4. lower-*.f64 71.2

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

   9. Applied rewrites 71.2%

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

       1. lift-/.f64 N/A

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

       2. div-inv N/A

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

       3. *-commutative N/A

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

       4. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

       5. associate-/r* N/A

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

       6. metadata-eval N/A

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

       7. metadata-eval N/A

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

       8. distribute-neg-frac N/A

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

       9. lift-/.f64 N/A

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

       10. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

       11. lift-/.f64 N/A

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

       12. distribute-neg-frac N/A

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

       13. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

       14. metadata-eval 70.9

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

   11. Applied rewrites 70.9%

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

   if 1.22e-70 < b

   1. Initial program 77.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      3. unsub-neg N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      6. lower-/.f64 92.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 92.6%

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

4. Final simplification 82.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-95}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4} + b\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 66.8% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-292}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -6.8e-292) (/ c (- b)) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-292) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-6.8d-292)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -6.8e-292) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -6.8e-292:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -6.8e-292)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -6.8e-292)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -6.8e-292], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -6.80000000000000035e-292

   1. Initial program 30.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      6. lower-neg.f64 65.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 65.8%

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

   if -6.80000000000000035e-292 < b

   1. Initial program 78.7%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

      4. lower-neg.f64 71.2

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

   5. Applied rewrites 71.2%

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

Alternative 7: 34.8% accurate, 3.6× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.2%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

   3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   6. lower-neg.f64 35.8

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

5. Applied rewrites 35.8%

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

Alternative 8: 10.9% accurate, 4.2× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.2%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

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

   3. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   4. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   5. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   6. lower-neg.f64 35.8

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

5. Applied rewrites 35.8%

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

7. Applied rewrites 24.9%

   \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\frac{0 - b \cdot b}{\color{blue}{0 + b}}} \]

9. Applied rewrites 9.2%

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

Alternative 9: 2.6% accurate, 4.2× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = b / a
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 53.2%

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

   1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   2. sub-neg N/A

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

   3. +-commutative N/A

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

   4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

   5. unsub-neg N/A

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

   6. lower--.f64 N/A

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

   7. lower-neg.f64 53.2

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

   8. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   9. sub-neg N/A

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

   10. +-commutative N/A

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

   11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   12. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

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

   13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

   14. metadata-eval 53.2

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

   15. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   16. *-commutative N/A

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

   17. lower-*.f64 53.2

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

4. Applied rewrites 53.2%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   2. mul-1-neg N/A

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

   3. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   4. lower-neg.f64 35.0

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

7. Applied rewrites 35.0%

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

9. Applied rewrites 2.7%

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

Developer Target 1: 70.5% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + t\_0}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t\_0}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a))))
     (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))
    if (b < 0.0d0) then
        tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    else
        tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))
	tmp = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	else:
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	else
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024284 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (let ((d (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c)))))) (let ((r1 (/ (+ (- b) d) (* 2 a)))) (let ((r2 (/ (- (- b) d) (* 2 a)))) (if (< b 0) (/ c (* a r1)) r2)))))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))