Average Error: 33.3 → 6.6
Time: 1.6m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.1533349303369836 \cdot 10^{+66}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + b}{a + a} - \frac{\frac{c}{b}}{1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.347667402150845 \cdot 10^{-305}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4} + \left(-b\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 2.766211155591128 \cdot 10^{+18}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{c}{b}}{1} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.3
Target20.3
Herbie6.6
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -1.1533349303369836e+66

    1. Initial program 57.1

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 42.5

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

    3. Applied simplify3.3

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

    if -1.1533349303369836e+66 < b < -3.347667402150845e-305

    1. Initial program 30.1

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

    3. Applied flip--30.2

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

    4. Applied simplify15.5

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.5

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

    7. Applied times-frac15.5

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

    8. Applied simplify8.0

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

    if -3.347667402150845e-305 < b < 2.766211155591128e+18

    1. Initial program 9.2

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

    3. Applied div-inv9.3

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

    if 2.766211155591128e+18 < b

    1. Initial program 32.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 10.6

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

    3. Applied simplify6.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{c}{b}}{1} - \frac{b}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.6m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1070355188 2193211668 3977393919 3454156579 3755371326 1656365382)' 
(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)))