Average Error: 33.5 → 6.4
Time: 40.1s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
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\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -7.242115556927405 \cdot 10^{+130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.1033450795891733 \cdot 10^{-268}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4 + b \cdot b} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.618607821152797 \cdot 10^{+96}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

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

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -7.242115556927405e+130

    1. Initial program 60.8

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.0

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

    3. Simplified2.0

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

    if -7.242115556927405e+130 < b < -1.1033450795891733e-268

    1. Initial program 35.7

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

    3. Applied flip--35.8

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

    4. Applied associate-/l/39.4

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

    5. Simplified19.9

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

    7. Applied associate-/r*14.9

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

    8. Simplified14.9

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

    9. Taylor expanded around inf 7.8

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

    if -1.1033450795891733e-268 < b < 5.618607821152797e+96

    1. Initial program 9.0

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

    3. Applied *-un-lft-identity9.0

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

    4. Applied associate-/l*9.1

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

    if 5.618607821152797e+96 < b

    1. Initial program 45.6

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

    3. Applied flip--61.3

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

    4. Applied associate-/l/61.8

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

    5. Simplified61.9

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

    6. Taylor expanded around 0 3.9

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

    7. Simplified3.9

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

  4. Final simplification6.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -7.242115556927405 \cdot 10^{+130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.1033450795891733 \cdot 10^{-268}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4 + b \cdot b} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.618607821152797 \cdot 10^{+96}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot 2}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Runtime

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herbie shell --seed 2018277 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"

  :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)))