The quadratic formula (r2)

Percentage Accurate: 51.8% → 85.0%

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: 51.8% 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: 85.0% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.25 \cdot 10^{+84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}}{a + a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.2e-40)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 2.25e+84)
     (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (fma (* -4.0 c) a (* b b)))) (+ a a))
     (/ (- b) a))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.2e-40) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 2.25e+84) {
		tmp = (-b - sqrt(fma((-4.0 * c), a, (b * b)))) / (a + a);
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.2e-40)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 2.25e+84)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) - sqrt(fma(Float64(-4.0 * c), a, Float64(b * b)))) / Float64(a + a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) / a);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -1.2e-40], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.25e+84], N[(N[((-b) - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -1.19999999999999996e-40

   1. Initial program 18.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

   5. Applied rewrites 83.5%

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

   if -1.19999999999999996e-40 < b < 2.2499999999999999e84

   1. Initial program 81.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. associate-*r* N/A

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

      8. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      9. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      10. metadata-eval 81.7

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

   4. Applied rewrites 81.7%

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

      1. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      2. count-2-rev N/A

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

      3. lower-+.f64 81.7

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

   6. Applied rewrites 81.7%

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

   if 2.2499999999999999e84 < b

   1. Initial program 61.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 98.6%

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

Alternative 2: 79.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{\left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\left(-a\right) - a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -1.2e-40)
   (/ c (- b))
   (if (<= b 4.6e-7)
     (/ (+ b (sqrt (* (* -4.0 c) a))) (- (- a) a))
     (fma (/ b a) -1.0 (/ c b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -1.2e-40) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else if (b <= 4.6e-7) {
		tmp = (b + sqrt(((-4.0 * c) * a))) / (-a - a);
	} else {
		tmp = fma((b / a), -1.0, (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -1.2e-40)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	elseif (b <= 4.6e-7)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(b + sqrt(Float64(Float64(-4.0 * c) * a))) / Float64(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, -1.2e-40], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 4.6e-7], N[(N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a), $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 < -1.19999999999999996e-40

   1. Initial program 18.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

   5. Applied rewrites 83.5%

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

   if -1.19999999999999996e-40 < b < 4.5999999999999999e-7

   1. Initial program 79.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   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. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. associate-*r* N/A

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

      8. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

      9. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

      10. metadata-eval 79.8

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

   4. Applied rewrites 79.8%

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

      1. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

      2. count-2-rev N/A

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

      3. lower-+.f64 79.8

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

   6. Applied rewrites 79.8%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

   9. Applied rewrites 69.6%

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

   if 4.5999999999999999e-7 < b

   1. Initial program 67.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in c around 0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 93.8%

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

4. Final simplification 82.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \sqrt{\left(-4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}}{\left(-a\right) - a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 67.7% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-310) (/ c (- b)) (fma (/ b a) -1.0 (/ c b))))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = fma((b / a), -1.0, (c / b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(c / Float64(-b));
	else
		tmp = fma(Float64(b / a), -1.0, Float64(c / b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-310], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision] * -1.0 + N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.999999999999994e-310

   1. Initial program 34.7%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

   5. Applied rewrites 64.8%

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

   if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 74.5%

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

   5. Applied rewrites 69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{b}{a}, -1, \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 67.5% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{-b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -2e-310) (/ c (- b)) (/ (- b) a)))

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -2e-310) {
		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 <= (-2d-310)) 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 <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = c / -b;
	} else {
		tmp = -b / a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -2e-310:
		tmp = c / -b
	else:
		tmp = -b / a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -2e-310)
		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 <= -2e-310)
		tmp = c / -b;
	else
		tmp = -b / a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -2e-310], N[(c / (-b)), $MachinePrecision], N[((-b) / a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -1.999999999999994e-310

   1. Initial program 34.7%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

   5. Applied rewrites 64.8%

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

   if -1.999999999999994e-310 < b

   1. Initial program 74.5%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 69.2%

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

Alternative 5: 34.7% 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 54.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf

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

5. Applied rewrites 34.3%

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

Alternative 6: 11.0% 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 54.1%

   \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
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. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   6. *-commutative N/A

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

   7. associate-*r* N/A

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

   8. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

   9. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   10. metadata-eval 54.2

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

4. Applied rewrites 54.2%

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

   1. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   2. count-2-rev N/A

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

   3. lower-+.f64 54.2

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

6. Applied rewrites 54.2%

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

7. Taylor expanded in b around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(\frac{c}{{b}^{2}} - \frac{1}{a}\right)} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

9. Applied rewrites 34.8%

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

10. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

12. Applied rewrites 10.3%

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

Developer Target 1: 70.2% 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 2025018 
(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)))