Average Error: 34.0 → 6.8
Time: 2.1m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.8112467260491683 \cdot 10^{+140}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{c}{b}}{1} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.664794902394976 \cdot 10^{-285}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 4.315490621864027 \cdot 10^{+78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} \cdot \frac{-2}{2}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original34.0
Target20.6
Herbie6.8
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -2.8112467260491683e+140

    1. Initial program 56.7

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

    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 simplify2.1

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

    if -2.8112467260491683e+140 < b < -3.664794902394976e-285

    1. Initial program 8.8

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

    3. Applied clear-num8.9

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

    if -3.664794902394976e-285 < b < 4.315490621864027e+78

    1. Initial program 31.6

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

    3. Applied flip-+31.7

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

    4. Applied simplify17.2

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

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

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

    7. Applied times-frac17.2

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

    8. Applied simplify9.4

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

    if 4.315490621864027e+78 < 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. Taylor expanded around inf 15.6

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

    3. Applied simplify3.3

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 2.1m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1070258749 1877548225 2229079127 1588002776 3179087814 1886870650)' 
(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)))