Average Error: 33.3 → 9.1
Time: 1.7m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5326805461.975518:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4 \cdot c}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) + \frac{a}{b} \cdot \left(c + c\right)}}{2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.431414383204406 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.863009078075828 \cdot 10^{-98}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4 \cdot c}{\left(\left(-b\right) - b\right) + \frac{a}{b} \cdot \left(c + c\right)}}{2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 2.150797236902381 \cdot 10^{+151}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.3
Target20.1
Herbie9.1
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b < -5326805461.975518 or -1.431414383204406e-78 < b < -5.863009078075828e-98

    1. Initial program 54.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--54.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied simplify26.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Taylor expanded around -inf 16.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{\left(-b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    6. Applied simplify6.1

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

    if -5326805461.975518 < b < -1.431414383204406e-78

    1. Initial program 40.2

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--40.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Applied simplify16.8

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

    if -5.863009078075828e-98 < b < 2.150797236902381e+151

    1. Initial program 11.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied div-sub11.5

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

    if 2.150797236902381e+151 < b

    1. Initial program 59.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]
    3. Applied simplify2.4

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.7m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1070227846 1561819246 480764335 4016816270 2602869839 2117310382)' 
(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)))