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Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -7.0744040414122835e+130

   1. Initial program 53.0

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

   2. Simplified53.0

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

   3. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.7

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

   if -7.0744040414122835e+130 < b < 4.270340906482378e-114

   1. Initial program 11.4

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

   2. Simplified11.4

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

   3. Taylor expanded around -inf 11.4

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

   if 4.270340906482378e-114 < b < 2.205823585814744e+105

   1. Initial program 39.9

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

   2. Simplified39.9

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

   4. Applied flip--39.9

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

   5. Applied associate-/l/42.6

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

   6. Simplified16.4

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

   8. Applied associate-/l*10.8

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

   if 2.205823585814744e+105 < b

   1. Initial program 58.9

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

   2. Simplified58.9

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

   3. Taylor expanded around inf 2.5

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

   4. Simplified2.5

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

4. Final simplification8.2

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -7.0744040414122835 \cdot 10^{+130}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.270340906482378 \cdot 10^{-114}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.205823585814744 \cdot 10^{+105}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -4}{\frac{\left(b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2\right)}{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019002 
(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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