Average Error: 33.5 → 10.1
Time: 2.4m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -3.115581314977716 \cdot 10^{+108}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le 3.039855540196114 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{a \cdot 2} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.5
Target20.2
Herbie10.1
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if (- b) < -3.115581314977716e+108

    1. Initial program 47.5

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 10.5

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

    3. Applied simplify3.8

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

    if -3.115581314977716e+108 < (- b) < 3.039855540196114e-38

    1. Initial program 13.9

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

    3. Applied div-inv14.1

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

    if 3.039855540196114e-38 < (- b)

    1. Initial program 54.1

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 45.6

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

    3. Applied simplify7.3

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

  4. Applied simplify10.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -3.115581314977716 \cdot 10^{+108}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le 3.039855540196114 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{a \cdot 2} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 2.4m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1071246582 2318319007 2683472949 3810440501 3233274817 2724848749)' +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"

  :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)))