Average Error: 33.5 → 6.5
Time: 1.1m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.3418849363002146 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\left(\frac{b}{a} - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -6.4047998808879856 \cdot 10^{-288}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) + \left(-b\right))_*}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.098965163617714 \cdot 10^{+127}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{2} \cdot \left(-c\right)}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.5
Target20.7
Herbie6.5
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

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. Initial simplification58.9

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

    4. Applied flip--62.4

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

    5. Applied associate-/l/62.4

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

    6. Simplified62.5

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

    8. Applied distribute-lft-neg-out62.5

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

    9. Applied distribute-frac-neg62.5

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

    10. Simplified62.4

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

    12. Applied clear-num62.4

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

    13. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.1

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

    if -1.3418849363002146e+149 < b < -6.4047998808879856e-288

    1. Initial program 8.3

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

    2. Initial simplification8.3

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

    4. Applied add-sqr-sqrt8.6

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

    5. Applied fma-neg8.5

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

    if -6.4047998808879856e-288 < b < 4.098965163617714e+127

    1. Initial program 32.9

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

    2. Initial simplification32.9

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

    4. Applied flip--33.0

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

    5. Applied associate-/l/37.4

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

    6. Simplified19.5

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

    8. Applied distribute-lft-neg-out19.5

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

    9. Applied distribute-frac-neg19.5

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

    10. Simplified8.5

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

    if 4.098965163617714e+127 < b

    1. Initial program 60.3

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

    2. Initial simplification60.3

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

    4. Applied flip--60.3

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

    5. Applied associate-/l/60.3

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

    6. Simplified34.6

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

    8. Applied distribute-lft-neg-out34.6

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

    9. Applied distribute-frac-neg34.6

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

    10. Simplified33.6

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

    12. Applied clear-num33.7

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

    13. Taylor expanded around inf 2.3

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

  4. Final simplification6.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.3418849363002146 \cdot 10^{+149}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\left(\frac{b}{a} - \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -6.4047998808879856 \cdot 10^{-288}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) + \left(-b\right))_*}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.098965163617714 \cdot 10^{+127}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{2} \cdot \left(-c\right)}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot 4\right) \cdot \left(-c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 1.1m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed 2018234 +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)))