Average Error: 33.8 → 6.5
Time: 41.4s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.606997037865995 \cdot 10^{+91}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -8.198166931447535 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.644998678807993 \cdot 10^{+141}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -2}{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

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Target

Original33.8
Target20.8
Herbie6.5
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b < -3.606997037865995e+91

    1. Initial program 44.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Initial simplification44.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 44.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Taylor expanded around -inf 4.0

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

    if -3.606997037865995e+91 < b < -8.198166931447535e-304

    1. Initial program 8.9

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Initial simplification8.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 8.9

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

    if -8.198166931447535e-304 < b < 6.644998678807993e+141

    1. Initial program 34.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Initial simplification34.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Using strategy rm
    4. Applied div-inv34.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied flip--34.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\]
    7. Applied associate-*l/34.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}}\]
    8. Simplified14.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right) + 0}{\frac{a}{\frac{1}{2}}}}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}\]
    9. Taylor expanded around inf 8.3

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

    if 6.644998678807993e+141 < b

    1. Initial program 61.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Initial simplification61.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 61.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Taylor expanded around inf 1.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\]
    5. Simplified1.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification6.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.606997037865995 \cdot 10^{+91}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -8.198166931447535 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{{b}^{2} - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.644998678807993 \cdot 10^{+141}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -2}{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(4 \cdot a\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 41.4s)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed 2018346 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"

  :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)))