Cubic critical, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.7% → 99.3%
Time: 7.2s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 2.9×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \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 7 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 17.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * 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) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.3% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{3 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot -3, c, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (/ (* (* a c) -3.0) (* 3.0 a)) (+ (sqrt (fma (* a -3.0) c (* b b))) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (((a * c) * -3.0) / (3.0 * a)) / (sqrt(fma((a * -3.0), c, (b * b))) + b);
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * c) * -3.0) / Float64(3.0 * a)) / Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(a * -3.0), c, Float64(b * b))) + b))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] * c + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{3 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot -3, c, b \cdot b\right)} + b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.3%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(3\right)\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    11. metadata-eval17.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites17.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-+.f64N/A

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} - \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  6. Applied rewrites17.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutativeN/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -3}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{3 \cdot a}}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)} \]
    7. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{3 \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}} \]
    8. sub-negN/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{3 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \color{blue}{b}} \]
  11. Applied rewrites99.3%

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

Alternative 2: 90.5% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot -3\right) \cdot c\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -1e-14)
   (/ (- (sqrt (fma b b (* (* a -3.0) c))) b) (* 3.0 a))
   (* (/ c b) -0.5)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1e-14) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma(b, b, ((a * -3.0) * c))) - b) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -1e-14)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(Float64(a * -3.0) * c))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1e-14], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot -3\right) \cdot c\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a)) < -9.99999999999999999e-15

    1. Initial program 66.7%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(3\right)\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
      11. metadata-eval67.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites67.1%

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

    if -9.99999999999999999e-15 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a))

    1. Initial program 5.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. lower-/.f6499.0

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites99.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(a \cdot -3\right) \cdot c\right)} - b}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 90.5% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c))) b) (* 3.0 a)) -1e-14)
   (* (- (sqrt (fma (* -3.0 c) a (* b b))) b) (/ 0.3333333333333333 a))
   (* (/ c b) -0.5)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (3.0 * a)) <= -1e-14) {
		tmp = (sqrt(fma((-3.0 * c), a, (b * b))) - b) * (0.3333333333333333 / a);
	} else {
		tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -1e-14)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(-3.0 * c), a, Float64(b * b))) - b) * Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1e-14], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-3.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a)) < -9.99999999999999999e-15

    1. Initial program 66.7%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{3 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
      3. associate-/r/N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{3 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      5. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{3 \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \]
      6. associate-/r*N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval66.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \]
      9. lift-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)} \]
      10. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)\right)} \]
      11. lift-neg.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)}\right) \]
      12. unsub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \]
      13. lower--.f6466.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \]
    4. Applied rewrites66.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right)} \]

    if -9.99999999999999999e-15 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a))

    1. Initial program 5.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. lower-/.f6499.0

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites99.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{3 \cdot a} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 99.2% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot -3, c, b \cdot b\right)} + b\right) \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* (* a c) -3.0) (* (+ (sqrt (fma (* a -3.0) c (* b b))) b) (* 3.0 a))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((a * c) * -3.0) / ((sqrt(fma((a * -3.0), c, (b * b))) + b) * (3.0 * a));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(a * c) * -3.0) / Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(a * -3.0), c, Float64(b * b))) + b) * Float64(3.0 * a)))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision] * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(a * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] * c + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot -3, c, b \cdot b\right)} + b\right) \cdot \left(3 \cdot a\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.3%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(3\right)\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    11. metadata-eval17.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites17.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-+.f64N/A

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} - \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  6. Applied rewrites17.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right) - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutativeN/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot -3}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)\right)}} \]
    6. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} - \left(-b\right)\right)}} \]
    7. sub-negN/A

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -3, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b\right)}} \]
  11. Applied rewrites99.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -3}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot -3, c, b \cdot b\right)} + b\right)}} \]
  12. Final simplification99.3%

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

Alternative 5: 95.4% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, \frac{\frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}}{b}, \frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma (* -0.375 a) (/ (/ (* c c) (* b b)) b) (* (/ c b) -0.5)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma((-0.375 * a), (((c * c) / (b * b)) / b), ((c / b) * -0.5));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(Float64(-0.375 * a), Float64(Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64(b * b)) / b), Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-0.375 * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, \frac{\frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}}{b}, \frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 17.3%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b} + \frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-3}{8} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}\right)} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    3. associate-*r*N/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot a}, \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    6. unpow2N/A

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot a, c \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}, \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
    12. lower-/.f6494.9

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, c \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \]
  5. Applied rewrites94.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, c \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites94.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, \frac{\frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}}{\color{blue}{b}}, -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right) \]
    2. Final simplification94.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, \frac{\frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}}{b}, \frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5\right) \]
    3. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 6: 95.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5 \cdot c\right)}{b} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c)
     :precision binary64
     (/ (fma (* -0.375 a) (/ (* c c) (* b b)) (* -0.5 c)) b))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return fma((-0.375 * a), ((c * c) / (b * b)), (-0.5 * c)) / b;
    }
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return Float64(fma(Float64(-0.375 * a), Float64(Float64(c * c) / Float64(b * b)), Float64(-0.5 * c)) / b)
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(-0.375 * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5 \cdot c\right)}{b}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 17.3%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot c + \frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot c + \frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
      2. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c}}{b} \]
      3. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}{{b}^{2}}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c}{b} \]
      4. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{2}\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c}{b} \]
      5. associate-*r*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{2}}}{b \cdot b} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c}{b} \]
      6. times-fracN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot a}{b} \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{b}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c}{b} \]
      7. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot a}{b}, \color{blue}{\frac{{c}^{2}}{b}}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c\right)}{b} \]
      11. unpow2N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-3}{8} \cdot a}{b}, \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot c}}{b}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c\right)}{b} \]
      13. lower-*.f6494.9

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.375 \cdot a}{b}, \frac{c \cdot c}{b}, \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot c}\right)}{b} \]
    5. Applied rewrites94.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.375 \cdot a}{b}, \frac{c \cdot c}{b}, -0.5 \cdot c\right)}{b}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites94.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot -0.375, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5 \cdot c\right)}{b} \]
      2. Final simplification94.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375 \cdot a, \frac{c \cdot c}{b \cdot b}, -0.5 \cdot c\right)}{b} \]
      3. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 7: 90.5% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5 \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* (/ c b) -0.5))
      double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	return (c / b) * -0.5;
      }
      
      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) * (-0.5d0)
      end function
      
      public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	return (c / b) * -0.5;
      }
      
      def code(a, b, c):
      	return (c / b) * -0.5
      
      function code(a, b, c)
      	return Float64(Float64(c / b) * -0.5)
      end
      
      function tmp = code(a, b, c)
      	tmp = (c / b) * -0.5;
      end
      
      code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 17.3%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
        2. lower-/.f6490.4

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
      5. Applied rewrites90.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      6. Final simplification90.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b} \cdot -0.5 \]
      7. Add Preprocessing

      Reproduce

      ?
      herbie shell --seed 2024304 
      (FPCore (a b c)
        :name "Cubic critical, wide range"
        :precision binary64
        :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
        (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))