Average Error: 33.8 → 13.9
Time: 34.9s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -9.952898572330902 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.16616197763327 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot c}{b + \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}{b + b}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.8
Target20.8
Herbie13.9
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < -9.952898572330902e-304

    1. Initial program 21.1

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Initial simplification21.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around inf 21.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Simplified21.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied div-inv21.2

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

    if -9.952898572330902e-304 < b < 4.16616197763327e+152

    1. Initial program 34.9

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Initial simplification34.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around inf 34.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Simplified34.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied div-inv34.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    7. Using strategy rm
    8. Applied flip--35.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\]
    9. Applied associate-*l/35.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}\]
    10. Simplified14.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}}}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}\]
    11. Taylor expanded around 0 8.2

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

    if 4.16616197763327e+152 < b

    1. Initial program 62.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Initial simplification62.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around inf 62.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Simplified62.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied div-inv62.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    7. Using strategy rm
    8. Applied flip--62.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\]
    9. Applied associate-*l/62.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}}\]
    10. Simplified38.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}}}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} + b}\]
    11. Taylor expanded around 0 7.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}}{\color{blue}{b} + b}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification13.9

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -9.952898572330902 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.16616197763327 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot c}{b + \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)\right)}{b + b}\\ \end{array}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 34.9s)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed 2018346 +o rules:numerics
(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)))