Average Error: 34.2 → 9.7
Time: 1.5m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{b/2 \cdot b/2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b/2 \le -1.958003386758646 \cdot 10^{+106}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{c}{b/2}}{1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b/2 \le -2.9453522019824976 \cdot 10^{-269}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{c \cdot a}{\sqrt{b/2 \cdot b/2 - a \cdot c} - b/2}}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b/2 \le 2.674727520834672 \cdot 10^{+36}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b/2\right) - \sqrt{b/2 \cdot b/2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b/2} \cdot \frac{1}{2} - \frac{b/2}{a} \cdot 2\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b/2

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b/2 < -1.958003386758646e+106

    1. Initial program 59.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 40.3

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

    3. Applied simplify2.5

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

    if -1.958003386758646e+106 < b/2 < -2.9453522019824976e-269

    1. Initial program 34.7

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

    3. Applied flip--34.8

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

    4. Applied simplify16.5

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

    5. Applied simplify16.5

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

    if -2.9453522019824976e-269 < b/2 < 2.674727520834672e+36

    1. Initial program 10.9

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

    3. Applied div-inv11.0

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

    if 2.674727520834672e+36 < b/2

    1. Initial program 35.7

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 11.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b/2} - 2 \cdot b/2}}{a}\]

    3. Applied simplify6.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b/2} \cdot \frac{1}{2} - \frac{b/2}{a} \cdot 2}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.5m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1070578969 3140398606 632207097 462683394 1189254563 964980650)' +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b/2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  (/ (- (- b/2) (sqrt (- (* b/2 b/2) (* a c)))) a))