Average Error: 33.1 → 5.7
Time: 4.3m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 2688
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.3955093218469717 \cdot 10^{+145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1.4085193362961465 \cdot 10^{-307}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 9.6223499815247 \cdot 10^{+144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{4}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot \frac{-2}{2}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.1
Target20.7
Herbie5.7
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -3.3955093218469717e+145

    1. Initial program 57.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 11.5

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

    3. Applied simplify0.0

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

    4. Applied simplify0.0

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

    if -3.3955093218469717e+145 < b < 1.4085193362961465e-307

    1. Initial program 8.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 8.0

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

    if 1.4085193362961465e-307 < b < 9.6223499815247e+144

    1. Initial program 33.1

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

    3. Applied flip-+33.2

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

    4. Applied simplify15.7

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.7

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

    7. Applied times-frac15.7

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

    8. Applied times-frac15.7

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

    9. Applied simplify15.7

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

    10. Applied simplify8.3

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

    if 9.6223499815247e+144 < b

    1. Initial program 62.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 15.7

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

    3. Applied simplify0

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 4.3m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1062930989 876886121 3990119081 3032829768 3060892583 1929069376)' 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"

  :herbie-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)))