Average Error: 33.5 → 9.0
Time: 1.8m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.0015408820196246 \cdot 10^{+67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 5.905604736002757 \cdot 10^{-181}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 6.412020915923308 \cdot 10^{+71}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{\frac{2}{c}}}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \left(c + c\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) - b\right)}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.5
Target20.7
Herbie9.0
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -1.0015408820196246e+67

    1. Initial program 38.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 10.4

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

    3. Applied simplify4.8

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

    4. Applied simplify4.8

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

    if -1.0015408820196246e+67 < b < 5.905604736002757e-181

    1. Initial program 11.3

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

    3. Applied div-inv11.4

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

    if 5.905604736002757e-181 < b < 6.412020915923308e+71

    1. Initial program 35.9

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

    3. Applied flip-+36.0

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

    4. Applied simplify16.4

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

    if 6.412020915923308e+71 < b

    1. Initial program 57.2

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

    3. Applied flip-+57.2

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

    4. Applied simplify29.5

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

    5. Taylor expanded around inf 14.6

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

    6. Applied simplify3.1

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

    7. Applied simplify3.2

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.8m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1063154770 1824007522 645063331 41291047 494775821 1237684644)' 
(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)))