Quadratic roots, wide range

Percentage Accurate: 17.8% → 97.6%
Time: 13.0s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 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: 17.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 97.6% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot {c}^{4}, a \cdot a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot {c}^{3}, a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(-c\right) \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (fma
  (/
   (fma
    (* -5.0 (pow c 4.0))
    (* a a)
    (* (fma (* -2.0 (pow c 3.0)) a (* (* b b) (* (- c) c))) (* b b)))
   (pow b 7.0))
  a
  (/ (- c) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return fma((fma((-5.0 * pow(c, 4.0)), (a * a), (fma((-2.0 * pow(c, 3.0)), a, ((b * b) * (-c * c))) * (b * b))) / pow(b, 7.0)), a, (-c / b));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return fma(Float64(fma(Float64(-5.0 * (c ^ 4.0)), Float64(a * a), Float64(fma(Float64(-2.0 * (c ^ 3.0)), a, Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(Float64(-c) * c))) * Float64(b * b))) / (b ^ 7.0)), a, Float64(Float64(-c) / b))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(-5.0 * N[Power[c, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[Power[c, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[((-c) * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot {c}^{4}, a \cdot a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot {c}^{3}, a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(-c\right) \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 22.2%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
    2. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) \cdot a} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
    3. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right), a, -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
  5. Applied rewrites95.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25 \cdot a, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{20}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right), a, \frac{\left(-c\right) \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {b}^{2} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right) + -1 \cdot \left({b}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites95.7%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot {c}^{4}, a \cdot a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot {c}^{3}, a, \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
    2. Final simplification95.7%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot {c}^{4}, a \cdot a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot {c}^{3}, a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(-c\right) \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
    3. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 2: 97.6% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -5\right), a \cdot a, \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot c\right), a, -{b}^{4}\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c)
     :precision binary64
     (fma
      (/
       (fma
        (* (* c c) (* (* c c) -5.0))
        (* a a)
        (* (* (fma (* -2.0 (* (* b b) c)) a (- (pow b 4.0))) c) c))
       (pow b 7.0))
      a
      (/ (- c) b)))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return fma((fma(((c * c) * ((c * c) * -5.0)), (a * a), ((fma((-2.0 * ((b * b) * c)), a, -pow(b, 4.0)) * c) * c)) / pow(b, 7.0)), a, (-c / b));
    }
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return fma(Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(c * c) * Float64(Float64(c * c) * -5.0)), Float64(a * a), Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(b * b) * c)), a, Float64(-(b ^ 4.0))) * c) * c)) / (b ^ 7.0)), a, Float64(Float64(-c) / b))
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * -5.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a + (-N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 7.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -5\right), a \cdot a, \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot c\right), a, -{b}^{4}\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 22.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
      2. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) \cdot a} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
      3. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right), a, -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
    5. Applied rewrites95.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25 \cdot a, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{20}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right), a, \frac{\left(-c\right) \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + {b}^{2} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{3}\right) + -1 \cdot \left({b}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites95.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot {c}^{4}, a \cdot a, \mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot {c}^{3}, a, \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
      2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot {c}^{4}, a \cdot a, -2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({b}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \left({b}^{4} \cdot {c}^{2}\right)\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
      3. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites95.7%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot {c}^{4}, a \cdot a, \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot c\right), a, -{b}^{4}\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
        2. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites95.7%

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot -5\right), a \cdot a, \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot c\right), a, -{b}^{4}\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
          2. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 3: 96.8% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2\right) \cdot a - {b}^{-3}\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (a b c)
           :precision binary64
           (fma
            (* (- (* (* (/ c (pow b 5.0)) -2.0) a) (pow b -3.0)) (* c c))
            a
            (/ (- c) b)))
          double code(double a, double b, double c) {
          	return fma((((((c / pow(b, 5.0)) * -2.0) * a) - pow(b, -3.0)) * (c * c)), a, (-c / b));
          }
          
          function code(a, b, c)
          	return fma(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(c / (b ^ 5.0)) * -2.0) * a) - (b ^ -3.0)) * Float64(c * c)), a, Float64(Float64(-c) / b))
          end
          
          code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(c / N[Power[b, 5.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[b, -3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2\right) \cdot a - {b}^{-3}\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Initial program 22.2%

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

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
          4. Step-by-step derivation
            1. +-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
            2. *-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right) \cdot a} + -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
            3. lower-fma.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right), a, -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
          5. Applied rewrites95.7%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25 \cdot a, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{20}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right), a, \frac{\left(-c\right) \cdot c}{{b}^{3}}\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)} \]
          6. Taylor expanded in c around 0

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({c}^{2} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{1}{{b}^{3}}\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
          7. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites94.8%

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\left(-2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{1}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
            2. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites94.8%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\left(\frac{c}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -2\right) \cdot a - {b}^{-3}\right) \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)} \]
              2. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 4: 96.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a}{{b}^{4}}, 2, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, 1\right)\right)}{-b} \cdot c \end{array} \]
              (FPCore (a b c)
               :precision binary64
               (*
                (/
                 (fma (/ (* (* (* c c) a) a) (pow b 4.0)) 2.0 (fma a (/ c (* b b)) 1.0))
                 (- b))
                c))
              double code(double a, double b, double c) {
              	return (fma(((((c * c) * a) * a) / pow(b, 4.0)), 2.0, fma(a, (c / (b * b)), 1.0)) / -b) * c;
              }
              
              function code(a, b, c)
              	return Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(c * c) * a) * a) / (b ^ 4.0)), 2.0, fma(a, Float64(c / Float64(b * b)), 1.0)) / Float64(-b)) * c)
              end
              
              code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] / N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 2.0 + N[(a * N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / (-b)), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              
              \\
              \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a}{{b}^{4}}, 2, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, 1\right)\right)}{-b} \cdot c
              \end{array}
              
              Derivation
              1. Initial program 22.2%

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

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right)} \]
              4. Step-by-step derivation
                1. *-commutativeN/A

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
                2. lower-*.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
              5. Applied rewrites95.4%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{c}{a}, \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{20}{b}, \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right), c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot c - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
              6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

                \[\leadsto \left(-1 \cdot \frac{1 + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{4}} + \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}}\right)}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
              7. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites94.5%

                  \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left(c \cdot c\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a}{{b}^{4}}, 2, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, 1\right)\right)}{-b} \cdot c \]
                2. Add Preprocessing

                Alternative 5: 95.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

                \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c \cdot c}{b}, \frac{a}{b}, c\right)}{b} \end{array} \]
                (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (- (fma (/ (* c c) b) (/ a b) c)) b))
                double code(double a, double b, double c) {
                	return -fma(((c * c) / b), (a / b), c) / b;
                }
                
                function code(a, b, c)
                	return Float64(Float64(-fma(Float64(Float64(c * c) / b), Float64(a / b), c)) / b)
                end
                
                code[a_, b_, c_] := N[((-N[(N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision]) / b), $MachinePrecision]
                
                \begin{array}{l}
                
                \\
                \frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{c \cdot c}{b}, \frac{a}{b}, c\right)}{b}
                \end{array}
                
                Derivation
                1. Initial program 22.2%

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} \]
                  2. unpow3N/A

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

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot c}{b} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
                  6. div-addN/A

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

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
                5. Applied rewrites92.8%

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

                Alternative 6: 94.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

                \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -1\right)}{b} \cdot c \end{array} \]
                (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (* (/ (fma (- a) (/ c (* b b)) -1.0) b) c))
                double code(double a, double b, double c) {
                	return (fma(-a, (c / (b * b)), -1.0) / b) * c;
                }
                
                function code(a, b, c)
                	return Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(-a), Float64(c / Float64(b * b)), -1.0) / b) * c)
                end
                
                code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(N[((-a) * N[(c / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]
                
                \begin{array}{l}
                
                \\
                \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -1\right)}{b} \cdot c
                \end{array}
                
                Derivation
                1. Initial program 22.2%

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

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right)} \]
                4. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. *-commutativeN/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
                  2. lower-*.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a}{{b}^{3}} + c \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{a \cdot b}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
                5. Applied rewrites95.4%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{c}{a}, \frac{{a}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{20}{b}, \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right), c, \frac{-a}{{b}^{3}}\right) \cdot c - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot c} \]
                6. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

                  \[\leadsto \left(-1 \cdot \frac{1 + \frac{a \cdot c}{{b}^{2}}}{b}\right) \cdot c \]
                7. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites92.5%

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-a, \frac{c}{b \cdot b}, -1\right)}{b} \cdot c \]
                  2. Add Preprocessing

                  Alternative 7: 90.4% accurate, 3.6× speedup?

                  \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-c}{b} \end{array} \]
                  (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (- c) b))
                  double code(double a, double b, double c) {
                  	return -c / b;
                  }
                  
                  real(8) function code(a, b, c)
                      real(8), intent (in) :: a
                      real(8), intent (in) :: b
                      real(8), intent (in) :: c
                      code = -c / b
                  end function
                  
                  public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
                  	return -c / b;
                  }
                  
                  def code(a, b, c):
                  	return -c / b
                  
                  function code(a, b, c)
                  	return Float64(Float64(-c) / b)
                  end
                  
                  function tmp = code(a, b, c)
                  	tmp = -c / b;
                  end
                  
                  code[a_, b_, c_] := N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]
                  
                  \begin{array}{l}
                  
                  \\
                  \frac{-c}{b}
                  \end{array}
                  
                  Derivation
                  1. Initial program 22.2%

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

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
                  4. Step-by-step derivation
                    1. associate-*r/N/A

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

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

                      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(c\right)}{b}} \]
                    4. lower-neg.f6487.1

                      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
                  5. Applied rewrites87.1%

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

                  Reproduce

                  ?
                  herbie shell --seed 2024332 
                  (FPCore (a b c)
                    :name "Quadratic roots, 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) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))