Average Error: 32.9 → 8.5
Time: 4.3m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.0565821270254066 \cdot 10^{+153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 4.7745101686722276 \cdot 10^{-130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1076005628618.8992:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{2} \cdot c}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \left(c + c\right) - \left(b + b\right)}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original32.9
Target20.0
Herbie8.5
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -4.0565821270254066e+153

    1. Initial program 60.8

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.8

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

    3. Applied simplify2.8

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

    if -4.0565821270254066e+153 < b < 4.7745101686722276e-130

    1. Initial program 10.2

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

    if 4.7745101686722276e-130 < b < 1076005628618.8992

    1. Initial program 35.7

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

    3. Applied flip-+35.8

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

    4. Applied simplify16.6

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

    if 1076005628618.8992 < b

    1. Initial program 55.3

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

    3. Applied flip-+55.4

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

    4. Applied simplify27.2

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

    5. Taylor expanded around inf 16.1

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

    6. Applied simplify5.1

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

    7. Applied simplify5.1

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 4.3m)Debug log

herbie shell --seed '#(2094665535 3654809497 1731717781 3082199462 566033875 575777438)' 
(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)))