quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)

Percentage Accurate: 51.9% → 84.3%
Time: 6.7s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 1.7×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))
double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}
real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function
public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}
def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end
function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end
code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{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 6 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: 51.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))
double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}
real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function
public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}
def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 - math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end
function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end
code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 84.3% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -145000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 6.9 \cdot 10^{+61}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - c \cdot a} + b\_2}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -145000000.0)
   (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
   (if (<= b_2 6.9e+61)
     (/ (+ (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* c a))) b_2) (- a))
     (fma (/ 0.5 b_2) c (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a))))))
double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -145000000.0) {
		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
	} else if (b_2 <= 6.9e+61) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a))) + b_2) / -a;
	} else {
		tmp = fma((0.5 / b_2), c, (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -145000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
	elseif (b_2 <= 6.9e+61)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(c * a))) + b_2) / Float64(-a));
	else
		tmp = fma(Float64(0.5 / b_2), c, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -145000000.0], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 6.9e+61], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.5 / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * c + N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -145000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 6.9 \cdot 10^{+61}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - c \cdot a} + b\_2}{-a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b_2 < -1.45e8

    1. Initial program 13.3%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
      2. lower-/.f6496.2

        \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites96.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites96.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b\_2}} \]

      if -1.45e8 < b_2 < 6.9000000000000004e61

      1. Initial program 74.6%

        \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing

      if 6.9000000000000004e61 < b_2

      1. Initial program 60.5%

        \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. +-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2} + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]
        2. associate-*r/N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot c}{b\_2}} + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
        3. associate-*l/N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2} \cdot c} + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
        4. metadata-evalN/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}}{b\_2} \cdot c + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
        5. associate-*r/N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b\_2}\right)} \cdot c + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
        6. lower-fma.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)} \]
        7. associate-*r/N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}{b\_2}}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right) \]
        8. metadata-evalN/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right) \]
        9. lower-/.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2}}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right) \]
        10. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2}, c, \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{a} \cdot -2}\right) \]
        11. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2}, c, \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{a} \cdot -2}\right) \]
        12. lower-/.f6494.0

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{a}} \cdot -2\right) \]
      5. Applied rewrites94.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, \frac{b\_2}{a} \cdot -2\right)} \]
    7. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
    8. Final simplification85.9%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -145000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 6.9 \cdot 10^{+61}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - c \cdot a} + b\_2}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
    9. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 2: 80.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-17}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-a\right) \cdot c} + b\_2}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot b\_2}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b_2 c)
     :precision binary64
     (if (<= b_2 -2.8e-17)
       (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
       (if (<= b_2 2.6e-78)
         (/ (+ (sqrt (* (- a) c)) b_2) (- a))
         (/ (* -2.0 b_2) a))))
    double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
    	double tmp;
    	if (b_2 <= -2.8e-17) {
    		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
    	} else if (b_2 <= 2.6e-78) {
    		tmp = (sqrt((-a * c)) + b_2) / -a;
    	} else {
    		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a;
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
        real(8), intent (in) :: a
        real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
        real(8), intent (in) :: c
        real(8) :: tmp
        if (b_2 <= (-2.8d-17)) then
            tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
        else if (b_2 <= 2.6d-78) then
            tmp = (sqrt((-a * c)) + b_2) / -a
        else
            tmp = ((-2.0d0) * b_2) / a
        end if
        code = tmp
    end function
    
    public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
    	double tmp;
    	if (b_2 <= -2.8e-17) {
    		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
    	} else if (b_2 <= 2.6e-78) {
    		tmp = (Math.sqrt((-a * c)) + b_2) / -a;
    	} else {
    		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a;
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    def code(a, b_2, c):
    	tmp = 0
    	if b_2 <= -2.8e-17:
    		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
    	elif b_2 <= 2.6e-78:
    		tmp = (math.sqrt((-a * c)) + b_2) / -a
    	else:
    		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a
    	return tmp
    
    function code(a, b_2, c)
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (b_2 <= -2.8e-17)
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
    	elseif (b_2 <= 2.6e-78)
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(-a) * c)) + b_2) / Float64(-a));
    	else
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * b_2) / a);
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
    	tmp = 0.0;
    	if (b_2 <= -2.8e-17)
    		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
    	elseif (b_2 <= 2.6e-78)
    		tmp = (sqrt((-a * c)) + b_2) / -a;
    	else
    		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a;
    	end
    	tmp_2 = tmp;
    end
    
    code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -2.8e-17], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 2.6e-78], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[((-a) * c), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-17}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\
    
    \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-a\right) \cdot c} + b\_2}{-a}\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot b\_2}{a}\\
    
    
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Split input into 3 regimes
    2. if b_2 < -2.7999999999999999e-17

      1. Initial program 15.2%

        \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
        2. lower-/.f6494.1

          \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
      5. Applied rewrites94.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites94.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b\_2}} \]

        if -2.7999999999999999e-17 < b_2 < 2.6000000000000001e-78

        1. Initial program 66.8%

          \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in a around inf

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. associate-*r*N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a} \]
          2. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a} \]
          3. mul-1-negN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(a\right)\right)} \cdot c}}{a} \]
          4. lower-neg.f6463.0

            \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-a\right)} \cdot c}}{a} \]
        5. Applied rewrites63.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-a\right) \cdot c}}}{a} \]

        if 2.6000000000000001e-78 < b_2

        1. Initial program 72.9%

          \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. lower-*.f6489.1

            \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
        5. Applied rewrites89.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
      7. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
      8. Final simplification82.5%

        \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-17}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b\_2 \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-a\right) \cdot c} + b\_2}{-a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot b\_2}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
      9. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 3: 68.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b_2 c)
       :precision binary64
       (if (<= b_2 -2e-311)
         (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2)
         (fma (/ 0.5 b_2) c (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)))))
      double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
      	double tmp;
      	if (b_2 <= -2e-311) {
      		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
      	} else {
      		tmp = fma((0.5 / b_2), c, (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)));
      	}
      	return tmp;
      }
      
      function code(a, b_2, c)
      	tmp = 0.0
      	if (b_2 <= -2e-311)
      		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
      	else
      		tmp = fma(Float64(0.5 / b_2), c, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)));
      	end
      	return tmp
      end
      
      code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -2e-311], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.5 / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * c + N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \begin{array}{l}
      \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\
      \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\
      
      \mathbf{else}:\\
      \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)\\
      
      
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Split input into 2 regimes
      2. if b_2 < -1.9999999999999e-311

        1. Initial program 30.6%

          \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          2. lower-/.f6470.5

            \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
        5. Applied rewrites70.5%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
        6. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites70.5%

            \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b\_2}} \]

          if -1.9999999999999e-311 < b_2

          1. Initial program 73.8%

            \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
          2. Add Preprocessing
          3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          4. Step-by-step derivation
            1. +-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2} + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}} \]
            2. associate-*r/N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot c}{b\_2}} + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
            3. associate-*l/N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2} \cdot c} + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
            4. metadata-evalN/A

              \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}}{b\_2} \cdot c + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
            5. associate-*r/N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b\_2}\right)} \cdot c + -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a} \]
            6. lower-fma.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)} \]
            7. associate-*r/N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}{b\_2}}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right) \]
            8. metadata-evalN/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right) \]
            9. lower-/.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2}}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right) \]
            10. *-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2}, c, \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{a} \cdot -2}\right) \]
            11. lower-*.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{b\_2}, c, \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{a} \cdot -2}\right) \]
            12. lower-/.f6470.4

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, \color{blue}{\frac{b\_2}{a}} \cdot -2\right) \]
          5. Applied rewrites70.4%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, \frac{b\_2}{a} \cdot -2\right)} \]
        7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
        8. Final simplification70.4%

          \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{b\_2}, c, -2 \cdot \frac{b\_2}{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
        9. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 4: 68.0% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -1.15 \cdot 10^{-283}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot b\_2}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b_2 c)
         :precision binary64
         (if (<= b_2 -1.15e-283) (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2) (/ (* -2.0 b_2) a)))
        double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        	double tmp;
        	if (b_2 <= -1.15e-283) {
        		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
        	} else {
        		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a;
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }
        
        real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
            real(8), intent (in) :: a
            real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
            real(8), intent (in) :: c
            real(8) :: tmp
            if (b_2 <= (-1.15d-283)) then
                tmp = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
            else
                tmp = ((-2.0d0) * b_2) / a
            end if
            code = tmp
        end function
        
        public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        	double tmp;
        	if (b_2 <= -1.15e-283) {
        		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
        	} else {
        		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a;
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }
        
        def code(a, b_2, c):
        	tmp = 0
        	if b_2 <= -1.15e-283:
        		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2
        	else:
        		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a
        	return tmp
        
        function code(a, b_2, c)
        	tmp = 0.0
        	if (b_2 <= -1.15e-283)
        		tmp = Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2);
        	else
        		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * b_2) / a);
        	end
        	return tmp
        end
        
        function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
        	tmp = 0.0;
        	if (b_2 <= -1.15e-283)
        		tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
        	else
        		tmp = (-2.0 * b_2) / a;
        	end
        	tmp_2 = tmp;
        end
        
        code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -1.15e-283], N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \begin{array}{l}
        \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 \leq -1.15 \cdot 10^{-283}:\\
        \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}\\
        
        \mathbf{else}:\\
        \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot b\_2}{a}\\
        
        
        \end{array}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Split input into 2 regimes
        2. if b_2 < -1.1499999999999999e-283

          1. Initial program 28.5%

            \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
          2. Add Preprocessing
          3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          4. Step-by-step derivation
            1. lower-*.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
            2. lower-/.f6473.2

              \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          5. Applied rewrites73.2%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          6. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites73.2%

              \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b\_2}} \]

            if -1.1499999999999999e-283 < b_2

            1. Initial program 74.0%

              \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

              \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. lower-*.f6467.9

                \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
            5. Applied rewrites67.9%

              \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b\_2}}{a} \]
          7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          8. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 5: 35.3% accurate, 2.4× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2} \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (a b_2 c) :precision binary64 (/ (* -0.5 c) b_2))
          double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
          	return (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
          }
          
          real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
              real(8), intent (in) :: a
              real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
              real(8), intent (in) :: c
              code = ((-0.5d0) * c) / b_2
          end function
          
          public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
          	return (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
          }
          
          def code(a, b_2, c):
          	return (-0.5 * c) / b_2
          
          function code(a, b_2, c)
          	return Float64(Float64(-0.5 * c) / b_2)
          end
          
          function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
          	tmp = (-0.5 * c) / b_2;
          end
          
          code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[(-0.5 * c), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b\_2}
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Initial program 52.5%

            \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
          2. Add Preprocessing
          3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          4. Step-by-step derivation
            1. lower-*.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
            2. lower-/.f6435.8

              \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          5. Applied rewrites35.8%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
          6. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites35.8%

              \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{b\_2}} \]
            2. Add Preprocessing

            Alternative 6: 35.3% accurate, 2.4× speedup?

            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{b\_2} \cdot -0.5 \end{array} \]
            (FPCore (a b_2 c) :precision binary64 (* (/ c b_2) -0.5))
            double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
            	return (c / b_2) * -0.5;
            }
            
            real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
                real(8), intent (in) :: a
                real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
                real(8), intent (in) :: c
                code = (c / b_2) * (-0.5d0)
            end function
            
            public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
            	return (c / b_2) * -0.5;
            }
            
            def code(a, b_2, c):
            	return (c / b_2) * -0.5
            
            function code(a, b_2, c)
            	return Float64(Float64(c / b_2) * -0.5)
            end
            
            function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
            	tmp = (c / b_2) * -0.5;
            end
            
            code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]
            
            \begin{array}{l}
            
            \\
            \frac{c}{b\_2} \cdot -0.5
            \end{array}
            
            Derivation
            1. Initial program 52.5%

              \[\frac{\left(-b\_2\right) - \sqrt{b\_2 \cdot b\_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. lower-*.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
              2. lower-/.f6435.8

                \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
            5. Applied rewrites35.8%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b\_2}} \]
            6. Final simplification35.8%

              \[\leadsto \frac{c}{b\_2} \cdot -0.5 \]
            7. Add Preprocessing

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

            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\ t_1 := \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| - t\_0} \cdot \sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| + t\_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(b\_2, t\_0\right)\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_1 - b\_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 + t\_1}{-a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
            (FPCore (a b_2 c)
             :precision binary64
             (let* ((t_0 (* (sqrt (fabs a)) (sqrt (fabs c))))
                    (t_1
                     (if (== (copysign a c) a)
                       (* (sqrt (- (fabs b_2) t_0)) (sqrt (+ (fabs b_2) t_0)))
                       (hypot b_2 t_0))))
               (if (< b_2 0.0) (/ c (- t_1 b_2)) (/ (+ b_2 t_1) (- a)))))
            double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
            	double t_0 = sqrt(fabs(a)) * sqrt(fabs(c));
            	double tmp;
            	if (copysign(a, c) == a) {
            		tmp = sqrt((fabs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt((fabs(b_2) + t_0));
            	} else {
            		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
            	}
            	double t_1 = tmp;
            	double tmp_1;
            	if (b_2 < 0.0) {
            		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
            	} else {
            		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
            	}
            	return tmp_1;
            }
            
            public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
            	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(a)) * Math.sqrt(Math.abs(c));
            	double tmp;
            	if (Math.copySign(a, c) == a) {
            		tmp = Math.sqrt((Math.abs(b_2) - t_0)) * Math.sqrt((Math.abs(b_2) + t_0));
            	} else {
            		tmp = Math.hypot(b_2, t_0);
            	}
            	double t_1 = tmp;
            	double tmp_1;
            	if (b_2 < 0.0) {
            		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
            	} else {
            		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
            	}
            	return tmp_1;
            }
            
            def code(a, b_2, c):
            	t_0 = math.sqrt(math.fabs(a)) * math.sqrt(math.fabs(c))
            	tmp = 0
            	if math.copysign(a, c) == a:
            		tmp = math.sqrt((math.fabs(b_2) - t_0)) * math.sqrt((math.fabs(b_2) + t_0))
            	else:
            		tmp = math.hypot(b_2, t_0)
            	t_1 = tmp
            	tmp_1 = 0
            	if b_2 < 0.0:
            		tmp_1 = c / (t_1 - b_2)
            	else:
            		tmp_1 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a
            	return tmp_1
            
            function code(a, b_2, c)
            	t_0 = Float64(sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c)))
            	tmp = 0.0
            	if (copysign(a, c) == a)
            		tmp = Float64(sqrt(Float64(abs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt(Float64(abs(b_2) + t_0)));
            	else
            		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
            	end
            	t_1 = tmp
            	tmp_1 = 0.0
            	if (b_2 < 0.0)
            		tmp_1 = Float64(c / Float64(t_1 - b_2));
            	else
            		tmp_1 = Float64(Float64(b_2 + t_1) / Float64(-a));
            	end
            	return tmp_1
            end
            
            function tmp_3 = code(a, b_2, c)
            	t_0 = sqrt(abs(a)) * sqrt(abs(c));
            	tmp = 0.0;
            	if ((sign(c) * abs(a)) == a)
            		tmp = sqrt((abs(b_2) - t_0)) * sqrt((abs(b_2) + t_0));
            	else
            		tmp = hypot(b_2, t_0);
            	end
            	t_1 = tmp;
            	tmp_2 = 0.0;
            	if (b_2 < 0.0)
            		tmp_2 = c / (t_1 - b_2);
            	else
            		tmp_2 = (b_2 + t_1) / -a;
            	end
            	tmp_3 = tmp_2;
            end
            
            code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sqrt[N[Abs[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[Abs[c], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = If[Equal[N[With[{TMP1 = Abs[a], TMP2 = Sign[c]}, TMP1 * If[TMP2 == 0, 1, TMP2]], $MachinePrecision], a], N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[Abs[b$95$2], $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(N[Abs[b$95$2], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Sqrt[b$95$2 ^ 2 + t$95$0 ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]]}, If[Less[b$95$2, 0.0], N[(c / N[(t$95$1 - b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b$95$2 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision] / (-a)), $MachinePrecision]]]]
            
            \begin{array}{l}
            
            \\
            \begin{array}{l}
            t_0 := \sqrt{\left|a\right|} \cdot \sqrt{\left|c\right|}\\
            t_1 := \begin{array}{l}
            \mathbf{if}\;\mathsf{copysign}\left(a, c\right) = a:\\
            \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| - t\_0} \cdot \sqrt{\left|b\_2\right| + t\_0}\\
            
            \mathbf{else}:\\
            \;\;\;\;\mathsf{hypot}\left(b\_2, t\_0\right)\\
            
            
            \end{array}\\
            \mathbf{if}\;b\_2 < 0:\\
            \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{t\_1 - b\_2}\\
            
            \mathbf{else}:\\
            \;\;\;\;\frac{b\_2 + t\_1}{-a}\\
            
            
            \end{array}
            \end{array}
            

            Reproduce

            ?
            herbie shell --seed 2024327 
            (FPCore (a b_2 c)
              :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, 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_2 0) (/ c (- sqtD b_2)) (/ (+ b_2 sqtD) (- a)))))
            
              (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))