Average Error: 33.9 → 10.0
Time: 2.1m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -4.026169491051445 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(\frac{4}{a} \cdot \frac{a}{2}\right) \cdot c}{(\left(\frac{a}{\frac{b}{c}}\right) \cdot 2 + \left(\left(-b\right) - b\right))_*}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le -1.0297562862484582 \cdot 10^{-101}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{a}\\ \mathbf{if}\;-b \le 7.692206877124985 \cdot 10^{+115}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.9
Target21.2
Herbie10.0
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if (- b) < -4.026169491051445e-21

    1. Initial program 55.0

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

    3. Applied flip-+55.1

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

    4. Applied simplify26.5

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

    5. Taylor expanded around inf 16.7

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

    6. Applied simplify6.1

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

    if -4.026169491051445e-21 < (- b) < -1.0297562862484582e-101

    1. Initial program 33.3

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

    3. Applied flip-+33.4

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

    4. Applied simplify17.7

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

    6. Applied add-sqr-sqrt27.2

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

    7. Applied times-frac27.2

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

    if -1.0297562862484582e-101 < (- b) < 7.692206877124985e+115

    1. Initial program 12.5

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

    2. Applied simplify12.5

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

    if 7.692206877124985e+115 < (- b)

    1. Initial program 48.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 4.6

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

    3. Applied simplify4.6

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 2.1m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed 2018206 +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)))