Average Error: 34.7 → 6.8
Time: 19.9s
Precision: 64
Internal precision: 2944
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
⬇
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.4957056054812805 \cdot 10^{+36}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + b}{a + a} - \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.4822539884918748 \cdot 10^{-127}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1.4004343880412904 \cdot 10^{+131}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original34.7
Comparison22.1
Herbie6.8
\[ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array} \]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes.

  2. if b < -3.4957056054812805e+36

    1. Initial program 58.3

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

    2. Applied taylor 41.0

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

    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 41.0

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

    4. Applied simplify 0

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

    5. Applied simplify 0

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

    if -3.4957056054812805e+36 < b < -2.4822539884918748e-127

    1. Initial program 37.3

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied flip-- 37.5

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

    4. Applied simplify 15.9

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

    if -2.4822539884918748e-127 < b < 1.4004343880412904e+131

    1. Initial program 10.8

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied div-inv 10.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{{b}^2 - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}\]

    if 1.4004343880412904e+131 < b

    1. Initial program 53.8

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

    2. Applied taylor 11.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - 2 \cdot b}{2 \cdot a}\]

    3. Taylor expanded around inf 11.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - 2 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a}\]

    4. Applied simplify 0.0

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

    5. Applied simplify 0.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b}} - \frac{b}{a}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Removed slow pow expressions

Runtime

Time bar (total: 19.9s) Debug logProfile

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed '#(1066785882 2324371342 4059510649 1466361199 2701357084 1216585281)'
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"

  :target
  (if (< b 0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (sqr b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (sqr b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (sqr b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))