Average Error: 33.7 → 9.3
Time: 1.8m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3456
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -8.158098959548989 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -1.0995908853796 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le 4.760127010700881 \cdot 10^{+19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{c}{b}}{1} - \frac{b + b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.7
Target20.8
Herbie9.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if (- b) < -8.158098959548989e+27

    1. Initial program 55.6

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 43.8

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

    3. Applied simplify4.4

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

    if -8.158098959548989e+27 < (- b) < -1.0995908853796e-144

    1. Initial program 36.4

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

    3. Applied flip-+36.5

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

    4. Applied simplify17.3

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

    if -1.0995908853796e-144 < (- b) < 4.760127010700881e+19

    1. Initial program 12.3

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

    if 4.760127010700881e+19 < (- b)

    1. Initial program 32.5

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 11.2

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

    3. Applied simplify6.9

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

  4. Applied simplify9.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -8.158098959548989 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -1.0995908853796 \cdot 10^{-144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le 4.760127010700881 \cdot 10^{+19}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{c}{b}}{1} - \frac{b + b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \end{array}}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.8m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1070864556 424010669 783715395 1203517814 4070606583 4107618214)' 
(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)))