Average Error: 33.9 → 5.9
Time: 1.1m
Precision: 64
Internal precision: 3200
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.224339320607286 \cdot 10^{+142}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.21585542402177 \cdot 10^{-292}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + \left(-\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot c\right) \cdot a}\right)}{-2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1.1333439556022532 \cdot 10^{+108}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2}{c \cdot 4} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot 4\right) \cdot a}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot \frac{-2}{2}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.9
Comparison21.3
Herbie5.9
\[ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array} \]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes.
  2. if b < -5.224339320607286e+142

    1. Initial program 57.8

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Applied taylor 0

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]
    4. Applied simplify 0

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

    if -5.224339320607286e+142 < b < -2.21585542402177e-292

    1. Initial program 8.6

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied frac-2neg 8.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{-2 \cdot a}}\]
    4. Applied simplify 8.7

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

    if -2.21585542402177e-292 < b < 1.1333439556022532e+108

    1. Initial program 31.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip-+ 31.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied simplify 15.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied clear-num 16.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}}\]
    7. Applied simplify 9.5

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

    if 1.1333439556022532e+108 < b

    1. Initial program 59.8

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Applied taylor 14.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around inf 14.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied simplify 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} \cdot \frac{-2}{2}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Removed slow pow expressions

Runtime

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Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed '#(1068028399 4028058041 2917032441 2563479541 765645300 1132738916)'
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"

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

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