Average Error: 32.8 → 6.4
Time: 2.6m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.0813314183159874 \cdot 10^{+74}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.2660118031427973 \cdot 10^{-267}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 5.701600948284916 \cdot 10^{+80}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{\frac{2}{c}}}{\frac{c + c}{\frac{b}{a}} - \left(b + b\right)}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original32.8
Target19.8
Herbie6.4
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b < -4.0813314183159874e+74

    1. Initial program 38.2

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 8.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - 2 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Applied simplify3.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{c}{b}}{1} - \frac{b}{a}}\]
    4. Applied simplify3.9

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

    if -4.0813314183159874e+74 < b < -3.2660118031427973e-267

    1. Initial program 8.9

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied div-inv9.0

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

    if -3.2660118031427973e-267 < b < 5.701600948284916e+80

    1. Initial program 29.1

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip-+29.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied simplify14.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity14.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    7. Applied times-frac14.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a}}\]
    8. Applied simplify8.5

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

    if 5.701600948284916e+80 < b

    1. Initial program 57.3

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip-+57.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied simplify30.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Taylor expanded around inf 13.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - 2 \cdot b}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    6. Applied simplify2.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 \cdot \frac{c}{2}\right) \cdot 4}{\frac{c + c}{\frac{b}{a}} - \left(b + b\right)}}\]
    7. Applied simplify3.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{4}{\frac{2}{c}}}}{\frac{c + c}{\frac{b}{a}} - \left(b + b\right)}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Removed slow pow expressions.

Runtime

Time bar (total: 2.6m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1063027428 1192549564 1443466578 604016274 3637110559 1698629644)' 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"

  :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)))