Average Error: 33.8 → 6.6
Time: 1.8m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3200
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.3167284680404334 \cdot 10^{+132}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.455872768337844 \cdot 10^{-239}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right))_*}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 9.244512191051795 \cdot 10^{+65}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot \frac{-2}{2}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.8
Target20.7
Herbie6.6
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b < -3.3167284680404334e+132

    1. Initial program 54.1

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]
    3. Applied simplify2.5

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

    if -3.3167284680404334e+132 < b < -2.455872768337844e-239

    1. Initial program 7.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied add-cube-cbrt7.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}} + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied fma-def7.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right))_*}}{2 \cdot a}\]

    if -2.455872768337844e-239 < b < 9.244512191051795e+65

    1. Initial program 28.6

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip-+28.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied simplify16.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    7. Applied times-frac16.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{a}}\]
    8. Applied simplify10.4

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

    if 9.244512191051795e+65 < b

    1. Initial program 57.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 14.4

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

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.8m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1070100504 930361288 1279167582 284574201 1450237281 2578255382)' +o rules:numerics
(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)))