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Target

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -1.2928630895189542e+22

   1. Initial program 33.8

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

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 6.9

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

   if -1.2928630895189542e+22 < b < -5.15631482418829e-230

   1. Initial program 9.3

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

   3. Applied add-cube-cbrt9.7

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

   4. Applied fma-def9.7

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

   if -5.15631482418829e-230 < b < 1.1670951067282343e+105

   1. Initial program 29.6

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

   3. Applied flip-+29.8

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

   4. Applied associate-/l/34.6

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

   5. Simplified21.6

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

   7. Applied associate-/r*15.9

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

   8. Simplified15.9

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

   9. Taylor expanded around -inf 9.8

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

   11. Applied associate-/l*10.1

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

   if 1.1670951067282343e+105 < b

   1. Initial program 59.1

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

   2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.6

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

   3. Simplified2.6

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

4. Final simplification7.6

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.2928630895189542 \cdot 10^{+22}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -5.15631482418829 \cdot 10^{-230}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right))_*}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.1670951067282343 \cdot 10^{+105}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2018365 +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)))

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