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Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -2.835340391058544e+148

   1. Initial program 58.7

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

   2. Simplified58.7

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

   3. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.1

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

   if -2.835340391058544e+148 < b < 3.587545867948427e-80

   1. Initial program 12.5

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

   2. Simplified12.5

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

   if 3.587545867948427e-80 < b

   1. Initial program 52.6

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

   2. Simplified52.6

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

   3. Taylor expanded around inf 8.5

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

   4. Simplified8.5

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

4. Final simplification9.7

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.835340391058544 \cdot 10^{+148}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 3.587545867948427 \cdot 10^{-80}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019004 
(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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