Average Error: 33.4 → 8.7
Time: 2.1m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.293631216657223 \cdot 10^{+79}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.3708155279979287 \cdot 10^{-134}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)} - b}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 7.033368134814679 \cdot 10^{+135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\frac{b}{c}} - \left(b + b\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.4
Target20.7
Herbie8.7
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -3.293631216657223e+79

    1. Initial program 58.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 41.9

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

    3. Applied simplify3.5

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

    if -3.293631216657223e+79 < b < -1.3708155279979287e-134

    1. Initial program 38.6

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

    3. Applied flip--38.7

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

    4. Applied simplify15.1

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

    5. Applied simplify15.1

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

    if -1.3708155279979287e-134 < b < 7.033368134814679e+135

    1. Initial program 10.9

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

    3. Applied clear-num11.0

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

    if 7.033368134814679e+135 < b

    1. Initial program 54.2

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

    3. Applied clear-num54.3

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

    4. Taylor expanded around inf 9.8

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

    5. Applied simplify2.3

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

  4. Applied simplify8.7

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.293631216657223 \cdot 10^{+79}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.3708155279979287 \cdot 10^{-134}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)} - b}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \le 7.033368134814679 \cdot 10^{+135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\frac{b}{c}} - \left(b + b\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 2.1m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1071979731 1496239409 439705970 2863295848 982327776 189749553)' 
(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)))