Average Error: 33.4 → 8.9
Time: 48.0s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -8.687420785654022 \cdot 10^{+64}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.455494926740124 \cdot 10^{-121}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}{2 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4} + \left(-b\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.391490838818595 \cdot 10^{+114}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.4
Target20.8
Herbie8.9
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -8.687420785654022e+64

    1. Initial program 56.4

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

    3. Applied div-inv56.4

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

    4. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.7

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

    5. Simplified3.7

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

    if -8.687420785654022e+64 < b < -1.455494926740124e-121

    1. Initial program 40.8

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

    3. Applied div-inv40.9

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

    5. Applied flip--41.0

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

    6. Applied associate-*l/41.0

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

    7. Simplified15.2

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

    if -1.455494926740124e-121 < b < 5.391490838818595e+114

    1. Initial program 11.7

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

    3. Applied add-cube-cbrt12.5

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

    4. Applied add-cube-cbrt12.6

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

    5. Applied prod-diff12.7

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

    6. Simplified11.8

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

    7. Simplified11.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}\right) + \color{blue}{0}}{2 \cdot a}\]

    if 5.391490838818595e+114 < b

    1. Initial program 49.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 3.1

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

    3. Simplified3.1

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

  4. Final simplification8.9

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -8.687420785654022 \cdot 10^{+64}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.455494926740124 \cdot 10^{-121}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4}{2 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot 4} + \left(-b\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.391490838818595 \cdot 10^{+114}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 48.0s)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed 2018220 +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)))