Average Error: 33.7 → 7.3
Time: 2.3m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 3392
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.6001092638597084 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(c \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b}\right) + \left(-b\right))_* \cdot 2}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.0014546382685045 \cdot 10^{-305}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right))_*}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.3266141689492332 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{(c \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b}\right) + \left(-b\right))_* \cdot 2}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.7
Target21.1
Herbie7.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -3.6001092638597084e+47

    1. Initial program 35.4

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 10.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} - 2 \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a}\]

    3. Simplified5.8

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

    if -3.6001092638597084e+47 < b < -2.0014546382685045e-305

    1. Initial program 10.2

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

    3. Applied add-cube-cbrt10.4

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

    4. Applied fma-def10.4

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

    if -2.0014546382685045e-305 < b < 1.3266141689492332e+85

    1. Initial program 31.7

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

    3. Applied flip-+31.8

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

    4. Applied associate-/l/36.6

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

    5. Simplified21.9

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

    7. Applied associate-/r*16.5

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

    8. Taylor expanded around 0 9.2

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

    if 1.3266141689492332e+85 < b

    1. Initial program 57.6

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

    3. Applied flip-+57.7

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

    4. Applied associate-/l/57.8

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

    5. Simplified32.0

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

    7. Applied associate-/r*30.5

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

    8. Taylor expanded around 0 29.4

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

    9. Taylor expanded around inf 7.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{2 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} - 2 \cdot b}}\]

    10. Simplified3.1

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

  4. Final simplification7.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.6001092638597084 \cdot 10^{+47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(c \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b}\right) + \left(-b\right))_* \cdot 2}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.0014546382685045 \cdot 10^{-305}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}\right))_*}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.3266141689492332 \cdot 10^{+85}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 4\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{(c \cdot \left(\frac{a}{b}\right) + \left(-b\right))_* \cdot 2}\\ \end{array}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 2.3m)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed 2018242 +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)))