quadm (p42, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 52.5% → 90.9%
Time: 8.5s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 2.5×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{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 8 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: 52.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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(4.0 * Float64(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[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 90.9% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+121}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-227}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{t\_0 - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{+71}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0 + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (fma -4.0 (* c a) (* b b)))))
   (if (<= b -2.2e+121)
     (/ c (- b))
     (if (<= b 6.8e-227)
       (/ (* 2.0 c) (- t_0 b))
       (if (<= b 2.7e+71) (/ (+ t_0 b) (* -2.0 a)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(fma(-4.0, (c * a), (b * b)));
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.2e+121) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 6.8e-227) {
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (t_0 - b);
	} else if (b <= 2.7e+71) {
		tmp = (t_0 + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(fma(-4.0, Float64(c * a), Float64(b * b)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.2e+121)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 6.8e-227)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 * c) / Float64(t_0 - b));
	elseif (b <= 2.7e+71)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(t_0 + b) / Float64(-2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(-4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, -2.2e+121], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 6.8e-227], N[(N[(2.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(t$95$0 - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.7e+71], N[(N[(t$95$0 + b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)}\\
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+121}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-227}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{t\_0 - b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{+71}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0 + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b < -2.20000000000000001e121

    1. Initial program 10.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      3. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]
      4. lower-/.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      6. lower-neg.f6496.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites96.7%

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

    if -2.20000000000000001e121 < b < 6.79999999999999958e-227

    1. Initial program 63.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied rewrites58.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-*.f6483.8

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b} \]
    6. Applied rewrites83.8%

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

    if 6.79999999999999958e-227 < b < 2.69999999999999997e71

    1. Initial program 72.5%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c}, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      11. metadata-eval72.5

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites72.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites72.4%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{\color{blue}{-2} \cdot a} \]
      17. lower-*.f6472.5

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. Applied rewrites72.5%

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

    if 2.69999999999999997e71 < b

    1. Initial program 55.7%

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
      4. lower--.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} - \frac{b}{a} \]
      6. lower-/.f6498.3

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites98.3%

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

Alternative 2: 83.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+121}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.2e+121)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.6e+27)
     (/ (* 2.0 c) (- (sqrt (fma -4.0 (* c a) (* b b))) b))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.2e+121) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.6e+27) {
		tmp = (2.0 * c) / (sqrt(fma(-4.0, (c * a), (b * b))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.2e+121)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.6e+27)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 * c) / Float64(sqrt(fma(-4.0, Float64(c * a), Float64(b * b))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.2e+121], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.6e+27], N[(N[(2.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(-4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+121}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -2.20000000000000001e121

    1. Initial program 10.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      3. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]
      4. lower-/.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      6. lower-neg.f6496.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites96.7%

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

    if -2.20000000000000001e121 < b < 1.60000000000000008e27

    1. Initial program 66.2%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied rewrites55.5%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-*.f6472.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} - b} \]
    6. Applied rewrites72.7%

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

    if 1.60000000000000008e27 < b

    1. Initial program 59.6%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
      4. lower--.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} - \frac{b}{a} \]
      6. lower-/.f6489.2

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites89.2%

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

Alternative 3: 79.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.95 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.95e-40)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 1.6e+27)
     (/ (+ (sqrt (* (* -4.0 a) c)) b) (* -2.0 a))
     (- (/ c b) (/ b a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.95e-40) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.6e+27) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c)) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-1.95d-40)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 1.6d+27) then
        tmp = (sqrt((((-4.0d0) * a) * c)) + b) / ((-2.0d0) * a)
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.95e-40) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 1.6e+27) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c)) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.95e-40:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 1.6e+27:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c)) + b) / (-2.0 * a)
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.95e-40)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 1.6e+27)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(-4.0 * a) * c)) + b) / Float64(-2.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.95e-40)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 1.6e+27)
		tmp = (sqrt(((-4.0 * a) * c)) + b) / (-2.0 * a);
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.95e-40], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.6e+27], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.95 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}{-2 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -1.9499999999999999e-40

    1. Initial program 18.6%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      3. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]
      4. lower-/.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      6. lower-neg.f6489.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites89.0%

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

    if -1.9499999999999999e-40 < b < 1.60000000000000008e27

    1. Initial program 75.1%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c}, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      11. metadata-eval75.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites75.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites75.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{\color{blue}{-2} \cdot a} \]
      17. lower-*.f6475.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)} + b}{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot a}} \]
    7. Applied rewrites75.1%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} + b}{-2 \cdot a} \]
      3. lower-*.f6467.4

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-4 \cdot a\right)} \cdot c} + b}{-2 \cdot a} \]
    10. Applied rewrites67.4%

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

    if 1.60000000000000008e27 < b

    1. Initial program 59.6%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
      4. lower--.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} - \frac{b}{a} \]
      6. lower-/.f6489.2

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites89.2%

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

Alternative 4: 68.3% accurate, 1.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -5e-310) (/ c (- b)) (- (/ c b) (/ b a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-5d-310)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -5e-310:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -5e-310)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -5e-310], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -4.999999999999985e-310

    1. Initial program 37.4%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      3. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]
      4. lower-/.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      6. lower-neg.f6462.9

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites62.9%

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

    if -4.999999999999985e-310 < b

    1. Initial program 66.4%

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]
      4. lower--.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} - \frac{b}{a} \]
      6. lower-/.f6459.4

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} - \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites59.4%

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

Alternative 5: 68.2% accurate, 2.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.05 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.05e-304) (/ c (- b)) (/ (- b) a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.05e-304) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= (-2.05d-304)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.05e-304) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.05e-304:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.05e-304)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.05e-304)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.05e-304], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.05 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < -2.05000000000000001e-304

    1. Initial program 36.9%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      3. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]
      4. lower-/.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
      6. lower-neg.f6463.4

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites63.4%

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

    if -2.05000000000000001e-304 < b

    1. Initial program 66.7%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}}{a} \]
      4. lower-neg.f6458.2

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-b}}{a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites58.2%

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

Alternative 6: 34.5% 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(c / Float64(-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 52.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac2N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
    3. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]
    6. lower-neg.f6431.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-b}} \]
  5. Applied rewrites31.9%

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

Alternative 7: 10.2% accurate, 4.2× 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(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 52.2%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites35.0%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-/.f6411.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites11.6%

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

Alternative 8: 2.5% accurate, 4.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{b}{a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ b a))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b / 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 / a
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return b / a;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return b / a
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(b / a)
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = b / a;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{b}{a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 52.2%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites35.0%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-/.f642.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites2.5%

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

Developer Target 1: 99.7% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\ t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_2 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{t\_0 - t\_1} \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 + t\_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t\_1\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t\_2}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fabs (/ b 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
        (t_2
         (if (== (copysign a c) a)
           (* (sqrt (- t_0 t_1)) (sqrt (+ t_0 t_1)))
           (hypot (/ b 2.0) t_1))))
   (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (- t_2 (/ b 2.0))) (/ (+ (/ b 2.0) t_2) (- a)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fabs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.abs((b / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
		tmp = Math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * Math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	}
	double t_2 = tmp;
	double tmp_1;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	} else {
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	}
	return tmp_1;
}
def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.fabs((b / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
	tmp = 0
	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
		tmp = math.sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * math.sqrt((t_0 + t_1))
	else:
		tmp = math.hypot((b / 2.0), t_1)
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp_1 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0))
	else:
		tmp_1 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a
	return tmp_1
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs(Float64(b / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt(Float64(t_0 + t_1)));
	else
		tmp = hypot(Float64(b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp
	tmp_1 = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_2 - Float64(b / 2.0)));
	else
		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(Float64(b / 2.0) + t_2) / Float64(-a));
	end
	return tmp_1
end
function tmp_3 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = abs((b / 2.0));
	t_1 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
		tmp = sqrt((t_0 - t_1)) * sqrt((t_0 + t_1));
	else
		tmp = hypot((b / 2.0), t_1);
	end
	t_2 = tmp;
	tmp_2 = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp_2 = c / (t_2 - (b / 2.0));
	else
		tmp_2 = ((b / 2.0) + t_2) / -a;
	end
	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Abs[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Sqrt[N[Abs[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[Abs[c], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = If[Equal[N[With[{TMP1 = Abs[a], TMP2 = Sign[c]}, TMP1 * If[TMP2 == 0, 1, TMP2]], $MachinePrecision], a], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Sqrt[N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + t$95$1 ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(t$95$2 - N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left|\frac{b}{2}\right|\\
t_1 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\
t_2 := \begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\
\;\;\;\;\sqrt{t\_0 - t\_1} \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 + t\_1}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{b}{2}, t\_1\right)\\


\end{array}\\
\mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_2 - \frac{b}{2}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{b}{2} + t\_2}{-a}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}

Reproduce

?
herbie shell --seed 2024288 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 10

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (let ((sqtD (let ((x (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))) (if (== (copysign a c) a) (* (sqrt (- (fabs (/ b 2)) x)) (sqrt (+ (fabs (/ b 2)) x))) (hypot (/ b 2) x))))) (if (< b 0) (/ c (- sqtD (/ b 2))) (/ (+ (/ b 2) sqtD) (- a)))))

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