Average Error: 33.3 → 6.7
Time: 1.5m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3200
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.454804573053783 \cdot 10^{+70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot \frac{-2}{2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.8931543107068966 \cdot 10^{-302}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4} + \left(-b\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 2.1625005163266572 \cdot 10^{+151}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{2 \cdot a} - \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.3
Target20.1
Herbie6.7
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -4.454804573053783e+70

    1. Initial program 57.3

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 13.4

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

    3. Applied simplify3.0

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

    if -4.454804573053783e+70 < b < -3.8931543107068966e-302

    1. Initial program 31.4

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

    3. Applied flip--31.5

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

    4. Applied simplify17.2

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity17.2

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

    7. Applied times-frac17.2

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

    8. Applied simplify9.2

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

    if -3.8931543107068966e-302 < b < 2.1625005163266572e+151

    1. Initial program 8.7

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

    3. Applied div-sub8.7

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

    if 2.1625005163266572e+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: 1.5m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1070227846 1561819246 480764335 4016816270 2602869839 2117310382)' +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"

  :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)))