Average Error: 33.5 → 7.8
Time: 1.4m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
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\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.3418849363002146 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.472731988574446 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} + \left(-b\right)}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.6301023293334 \cdot 10^{+72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{c \cdot a}{b} \cdot 2 - b \cdot 2}\\ \end{array}\]

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Target

Original33.5
Target20.7
Herbie7.8
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -1.3418849363002146e+149

    1. Initial program 59.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.2

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

    3. Simplified2.2

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

    if -1.3418849363002146e+149 < b < 4.472731988574446e-308

    1. Initial program 8.6

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 8.6

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

    if 4.472731988574446e-308 < b < 2.6301023293334e+72

    1. Initial program 31.3

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

    3. Applied flip-+31.4

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

    4. Applied associate-/l/36.0

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

    5. Simplified21.0

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

    7. Applied associate-/r*15.6

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

    8. Taylor expanded around 0 9.2

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

    10. Applied associate-/l*9.5

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

    if 2.6301023293334e+72 < b

    1. Initial program 56.9

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

    3. Applied flip-+56.9

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

    4. Applied associate-/l/57.3

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

    5. Simplified29.4

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

    7. Applied associate-/r*27.9

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

    8. Taylor expanded around 0 27.0

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

    9. Taylor expanded around inf 7.3

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

  4. Final simplification7.8

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.3418849363002146 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.472731988574446 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} + \left(-b\right)}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.6301023293334 \cdot 10^{+72}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot 2}{\frac{c \cdot a}{b} \cdot 2 - b \cdot 2}\\ \end{array}\]

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herbie shell --seed 2018234 
(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)))