The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 52.0% → 85.8%

Time: 5.5s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 2.5×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 52.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b - Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b - math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 85.8% accurate, 0.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{+60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-b}{a}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4, c \cdot a, b \cdot b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.1e-58)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 5.2e+60)
     (- (/ (/ (- b) a) 2.0) (/ (sqrt (fma -4.0 (* c a) (* b b))) (* 2.0 a)))
     (fma (/ b a) -1.0 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-58) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 5.2e+60) {
		tmp = ((-b / a) / 2.0) - (sqrt(fma(-4.0, (c * a), (b * b))) / (2.0 * a));
	} else {
		tmp = fma((b / a), -1.0, (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e-58)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 5.2e+60)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) / a) / 2.0) - Float64(sqrt(fma(-4.0, Float64(c * a), Float64(b * b))) / Float64(2.0 * a)));
	else
		tmp = fma(Float64(b / a), -1.0, Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-58], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.2e+60], N[(N[(N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Sqrt[N[(-4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -1.0 + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.09999999999999988e-58

   1. Initial program 11.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      6. lower-neg.f64 92.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 92.3%

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

   if -2.09999999999999988e-58 < b < 5.20000000000000016e60

   1. Initial program 70.6%

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

      1. lift-/.f64 N/A

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

      2. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      3. div-sub N/A

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

      4. lower--.f64 N/A

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

      5. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. associate-/r* N/A

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

      8. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      9. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-/.f64 70.6

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

      11. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      12. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      13. fp-cancel-sub-sign-inv N/A

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

      14. +-commutative N/A

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

      15. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      16. metadata-eval 70.6

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

      17. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      18. *-commutative N/A

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

      19. lower-*.f64 70.6

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

   4. Applied rewrites 70.6%

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

   if 5.20000000000000016e60 < b

   1. Initial program 60.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -1} + \frac{c}{b} \]

      2. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      3. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right) \]

      4. lower-/.f64 95.8

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \]

   5. Applied rewrites 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.8% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{+60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot a, -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a + a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.1e-58)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 5.2e+60)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (fma (* c a) -4.0 (* b b)))) (+ a a))
     (fma (/ b a) -1.0 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-58) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 5.2e+60) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(fma((c * a), -4.0, (b * b)))) / (a + a);
	} else {
		tmp = fma((b / a), -1.0, (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e-58)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 5.2e+60)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(fma(Float64(c * a), -4.0, Float64(b * b)))) / Float64(a + a));
	else
		tmp = fma(Float64(b / a), -1.0, Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-58], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 5.2e+60], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] * -4.0 + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -1.0 + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.09999999999999988e-58

   1. Initial program 11.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      6. lower-neg.f64 92.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 92.3%

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

   if -2.09999999999999988e-58 < b < 5.20000000000000016e60

   1. Initial program 70.6%

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

      1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

      2. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      3. fp-cancel-sub-sign-inv N/A

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

      4. +-commutative N/A

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

      5. *-commutative N/A

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

      6. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      7. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      8. *-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      10. metadata-eval 70.6

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

   4. Applied rewrites 70.6%

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

      1. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      2. count-2-rev N/A

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

      3. lower-+.f64 70.6

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

   6. Applied rewrites 70.6%

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

   if 5.20000000000000016e60 < b

   1. Initial program 60.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -1} + \frac{c}{b} \]

      2. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      3. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right) \]

      4. lower-/.f64 95.8

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \]

   5. Applied rewrites 95.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 81.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-44}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{\left(-a\right) - a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2.1e-58)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 3.7e-44)
     (/ (+ b (sqrt (* -4.0 (* c a)))) (- (- a) a))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-58) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-44) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt((-4.0 * (c * a)))) / (-a - a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-2.1d-58)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else if (b <= 3.7d-44) then
        tmp = (b + sqrt(((-4.0d0) * (c * a)))) / (-a - a)
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2.1e-58) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 3.7e-44) {
		tmp = (b + Math.sqrt((-4.0 * (c * a)))) / (-a - a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2.1e-58:
		tmp = c / -b
	elif b <= 3.7e-44:
		tmp = (b + math.sqrt((-4.0 * (c * a)))) / (-a - a)
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2.1e-58)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-44)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(-4.0 * Float64(c * a)))) / Float64(Float64(-a) - a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -2.1e-58)
		tmp = c / -b;
	elseif (b <= 3.7e-44)
		tmp = (b + sqrt((-4.0 * (c * a)))) / (-a - a);
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2.1e-58], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 3.7e-44], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(-4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[((-a) - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.09999999999999988e-58

   1. Initial program 11.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      6. lower-neg.f64 92.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 92.3%

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

   if -2.09999999999999988e-58 < b < 3.7e-44

   1. Initial program 66.5%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around inf

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      2. *-commutative N/A

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

      3. lower-*.f64 60.4

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

   5. Applied rewrites 60.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      2. count-2-rev N/A

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

      3. lower-+.f64 60.4

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

   7. Applied rewrites 60.4%

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

   if 3.7e-44 < b

   1. Initial program 65.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}}{a} \]

      4. lower-neg.f64 90.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 90.6%

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

4. Final simplification 83.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-58}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-44}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{\left(-a\right) - a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 67.4% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-223}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.5e-223) (/ c (- b)) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-223) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-1.5d-223)) then
        tmp = c / -b
    else
        tmp = -b / a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.5e-223) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -1.5e-223:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.5e-223)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -1.5e-223)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.5e-223], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.49999999999999996e-223

   1. Initial program 16.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

      2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      4. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

      5. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

      6. lower-neg.f64 82.9

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

   5. Applied rewrites 82.9%

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

   if -1.49999999999999996e-223 < b

   1. Initial program 69.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      1. associate-*r/ N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      2. lower-/.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot b}{a}} \]

      3. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}}{a} \]

      4. lower-neg.f64 60.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 60.8%

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

Alternative 5: 35.2% accurate, 3.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{-b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ c (- b)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / -b;
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = c / -b
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / -b;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return c / -b

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c / Float64(-b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = c / -b;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 43.5%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

   1. mul-1-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

   2. distribute-neg-frac2 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

   3. mul-1-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

   4. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{-1 \cdot b}} \]

   5. mul-1-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)}} \]

   6. lower-neg.f64 41.6

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

5. Applied rewrites 41.6%

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

Alternative 6: 10.4% accurate, 4.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c}{b} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ c b))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / b;
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = c / b
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return c / b;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return c / b

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(c / b)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = c / b;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 43.5%

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

3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

   1. *-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{a} \cdot -1} + \frac{c}{b} \]

   2. lower-fma.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

   3. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{b}{a}}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right) \]

   4. lower-/.f64 32.1

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}}\right) \]

5. Applied rewrites 32.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

6. Taylor expanded in a around inf

   \[\leadsto \frac{c}{\color{blue}{b}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

8. Applied rewrites 13.4%

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

Developer Target 1: 70.4% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + t\_0}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - t\_0}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))))
   (if (< b 0.0)
     (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a))))
     (/ (- (- b) t_0) (* 2.0 a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))
    if (b < 0.0d0) then
        tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)))
    else
        tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0d0 * a)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	double tmp;
	if (b < 0.0) {
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	} else {
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	t_0 = math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))
	tmp = 0
	if b < 0.0:
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)))
	else:
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(a * Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - t_0) / Float64(2.0 * a));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b < 0.0)
		tmp = c / (a * ((-b + t_0) / (2.0 * a)));
	else
		tmp = (-b - t_0) / (2.0 * a);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[Less[b, 0.0], N[(c / N[(a * N[(N[((-b) + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[((-b) - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2025017 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (let ((d (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c)))))) (let ((r1 (/ (+ (- b) d) (* 2 a)))) (let ((r2 (/ (- (- b) d) (* 2 a)))) (if (< b 0) (/ c (* a r1)) r2)))))

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