Average Error: 33.5 → 6.4
Time: 40.3s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -7.242115556927405 \cdot 10^{+130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.1033450795891733 \cdot 10^{-268}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{(-4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.618607821152797 \cdot 10^{+96}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

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. Initial simplification60.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\]
    4. 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. Initial simplification35.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Using strategy rm
    4. Applied flip--35.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Applied associate-/l/39.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}\right)}}\]
    6. Simplified19.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}\right)}\]
    7. Using strategy rm
    8. Applied associate-/r*15.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}}\]
    9. Simplified14.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{2 \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}}\]
    10. Taylor expanded around inf 7.8

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

    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. Initial simplification9.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 9.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Simplified9.0

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

    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. Initial simplification45.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Using strategy rm
    4. Applied flip--61.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Applied associate-/l/61.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}\right)}}\]
    6. Simplified61.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}\right)}\]
    7. Using strategy rm
    8. Applied associate-/r*61.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{(\left(-4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}}\]
    9. Simplified61.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}{2 \cdot a}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}}\]
    10. Taylor expanded around inf 61.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{(-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}\]
    11. Taylor expanded around 0 3.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]
    12. Simplified3.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification6.4

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

Runtime

Time bar (total: 40.3s)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed 2018277 +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)))