Cubic critical, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.0% → 99.4%
Time: 10.2s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 2.9×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(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}

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\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: 31.0% 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: 99.4% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.1%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites32.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{a} \cdot \left(\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites33.0%

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right)} \cdot c}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.4%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3}\right)}\right)} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.4%

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

Alternative 2: 83.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \leq -0.4:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)) -0.4)
   (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (fma b b (* (* -3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)) <= -0.4) {
		tmp = (-b + sqrt(fma(b, b, ((-3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -0.4)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(Float64(-3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[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], -0.4], N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(N[(-3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \leq -0.4:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a)) < -0.40000000000000002

    1. Initial program 69.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    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-eval69.8

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites69.8%

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

    if -0.40000000000000002 < (/.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 26.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    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-/.f6485.4

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites85.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 83.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \leq -0.4:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)} - b\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)) -0.4)
   (/ (* (- (sqrt (fma b b (* (* c a) -3.0))) b) 0.3333333333333333) a)
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)) <= -0.4) {
		tmp = ((sqrt(fma(b, b, ((c * a) * -3.0))) - b) * 0.3333333333333333) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -0.4)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(Float64(c * a) * -3.0))) - b) * 0.3333333333333333) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[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], -0.4], N[(N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.3333333333333333), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \leq -0.4:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3\right)} - b\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333}{a}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a)) < -0.40000000000000002

    1. Initial program 69.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied rewrites69.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{a} \cdot \left(\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)} \]
    4. Applied rewrites70.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites69.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{1}{3}}{a} \]
      9. lower-*.f6469.8

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -3}\right)} - b\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333}{a} \]
    7. Applied rewrites69.8%

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

    if -0.40000000000000002 < (/.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 26.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    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-/.f6485.4

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites85.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 83.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \leq -0.4:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)) -0.4)
   (* (/ 0.3333333333333333 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* -3.0 c) a (* b b))) b))
   (* -0.5 (/ c b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)) <= -0.4) {
		tmp = (0.3333333333333333 / a) * (sqrt(fma((-3.0 * c), a, (b * b))) - b);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a)) <= -0.4)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.3333333333333333 / a) * Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(-3.0 * c), a, Float64(b * b))) - b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[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], -0.4], N[(N[(0.3333333333333333 / a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-3.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \leq -0.4:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a)) < -0.40000000000000002

    1. Initial program 69.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    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-eval69.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{a} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \]
      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--.f6469.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right)} \]
    4. Applied rewrites69.7%

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

    if -0.40000000000000002 < (/.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 26.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    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-/.f6485.4

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites85.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 99.1% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot a, c, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.3333333333333333 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (/ (* c (* a 3.0)) (* (- (- b) (sqrt (fma (* -3.0 a) c (* b b)))) a))
  0.3333333333333333))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((c * (a * 3.0)) / ((-b - sqrt(fma((-3.0 * a), c, (b * b)))) * a)) * 0.3333333333333333;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * 3.0)) / Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(fma(Float64(-3.0 * a), c, Float64(b * b)))) * a)) * 0.3333333333333333)
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(c * N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 0.3333333333333333), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}{\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot a, c, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.3333333333333333
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.1%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites32.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{a} \cdot \left(\left(b - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites33.0%

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right)} \cdot c}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right)} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.4%

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(-1\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right)}} \]
    6. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(-1\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-3 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}\right)\right) \cdot 3}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.0%

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

Alternative 6: 91.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.375, \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}, -0.5 \cdot c\right)}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.1%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(\frac{-3}{8} \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{2}}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot c}{b} \]
    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-*.f6492.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.375 \cdot a}{b}, \frac{c \cdot c}{b}, \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot c}\right)}{b} \]
  5. Applied rewrites92.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.375 \cdot a}{b}, \frac{c \cdot c}{b}, -0.5 \cdot c\right)}{b}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites92.3%

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

    Alternative 7: 81.7% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* -0.5 (/ c b)))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return -0.5 * (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 = (-0.5d0) * (c / b)
    end function
    
    public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return -0.5 * (c / b);
    }
    
    def code(a, b, c):
    	return -0.5 * (c / b)
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return Float64(-0.5 * Float64(c / b))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(a, b, c)
    	tmp = -0.5 * (c / b);
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(-0.5 * N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 32.1%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
    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-/.f6481.4

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites81.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    6. Add Preprocessing

    Reproduce

    ?
    herbie shell --seed 2024318 
    (FPCore (a b c)
      :name "Cubic critical, medium range"
      :precision binary64
      :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
      (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))