Average Error: 33.3 → 9.6
Time: 2.4m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.097849780901241 \cdot 10^{-54}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{2} \cdot c}{\frac{a + a}{\frac{b}{c}} - \left(b - \left(-b\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1.4605620343752355 \cdot 10^{+88}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{a \cdot \frac{c}{b} - b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.3
Target19.8
Herbie9.6
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -5.097849780901241e-54

    1. Initial program 53.4

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

    3. Applied div-inv53.4

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

    5. Applied flip--53.4

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

    6. Applied simplify24.6

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

    7. Taylor expanded around -inf 18.2

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

    8. Applied simplify7.3

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

    if -5.097849780901241e-54 < b < 1.4605620343752355e+88

    1. Initial program 13.6

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

    if 1.4605620343752355e+88 < b

    1. Initial program 42.3

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

    3. Applied div-inv42.4

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

    4. Taylor expanded around inf 9.5

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

    5. Applied simplify3.7

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 2.4m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1063058331 1508344079 3191715834 2470104540 4213459606 1468189912)' 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"

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

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