Average Error: 33.3 → 15.8
Time: 1.9m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le 2.3108589368107177 \cdot 10^{-254}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) + \left(-b\right))_*}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1.3348763628291561 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}{b + b}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.3
Target20.6
Herbie15.8
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < 2.3108589368107177e-254

    1. Initial program 21.2

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

    2. Applied simplify21.2

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

    4. Applied add-sqr-sqrt21.2

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

    5. Applied sqrt-prod21.4

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

    6. Applied fma-neg21.3

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

    if 2.3108589368107177e-254 < b < 1.3348763628291561e+154

    1. Initial program 35.6

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

    2. Applied simplify35.6

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

    4. Applied flip--35.7

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

    5. Applied simplify15.5

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

    7. Applied add-cube-cbrt16.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}{\sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}{2 \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}{\sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}{2 \cdot a}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}{\sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}{2 \cdot a}}}\]

    8. Applied simplify16.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-4\right)}{\sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}{2 \cdot a}}\]

    9. Applied simplify8.6

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}}\]
    10. Using strategy rm

    11. Applied add-sqr-sqrt8.6

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\left(4 \cdot \left(-c\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(-c\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}}}\]

    if 1.3348763628291561e+154 < b

    1. Initial program 62.9

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

    2. Applied simplify62.9

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

    4. Applied flip--62.9

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

    5. Applied simplify37.6

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

    6. Taylor expanded around 0 14.5

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.9m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1071501266 3581234924 1086666455 2685055582 1243441566 1802958749)' +o rules:numerics
(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)))