Average Error: 33.1 → 17.5
Time: 17.3s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le 4.107445960089145 \cdot 10^{-23}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) + \left(-b\right))_*}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{-\frac{b}{c}}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.1
Target20.7
Herbie17.5
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 4.107445960089145e-23

    1. Initial program 22.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Simplified22.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    3. Using strategy rm
    4. Applied add-sqr-sqrt22.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Applied sqrt-prod22.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}} - b}{2 \cdot a}\]
    6. Applied fma-neg22.6

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

    if 4.107445960089145e-23 < b

    1. Initial program 54.3

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Simplified54.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    3. Using strategy rm
    4. Applied *-un-lft-identity54.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Applied associate-/l*54.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*} - b}}}\]
    6. Taylor expanded around -inf 54.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} - b}}\]
    7. Simplified54.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{(\left(a \cdot -4\right) \cdot c + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}} - b}}\]
    8. Taylor expanded around 0 7.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{c}}}\]
    9. Simplified7.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{-b}{c}}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification17.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le 4.107445960089145 \cdot 10^{-23}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt{(\left(a \cdot c\right) \cdot -4 + \left(b \cdot b\right))_*}}\right) + \left(-b\right))_*}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{-\frac{b}{c}}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019005 +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)))

Details

Time bar (total: 15.3s)Debug log

sample165.0ms

Algorithm
intervals

simplify117.0ms

Counts
1 → 1
Calls

1 calls. Slowest were:

117.0ms
(/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a))

prune21.0ms

Pruning

1 alts after pruning (1 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 32.2b

localize34.0ms

Local error

Found 4 expressions with local error:

23.2b
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))
1.1b
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
0.4b
(fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))
0.1b
(/ (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b) (* 2 a))

rewrite24.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
4 → 67
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

12.0ms
(/ (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b) (* 2 a))
10.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
1.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))

series226.0ms

Counts
4 → 12
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

87.0ms
(/ (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b) (* 2 a))
65.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))
45.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
29.0ms
(fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))

simplify1.5s

Counts
34 → 79
Calls

34 calls. Slowest were:

719.0ms
(- (* (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))) (* b b))
118.0ms
(/ (* (* (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b) (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)) (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)) (* (* (* 2 a) (* 2 a)) (* 2 a)))
97.0ms
(- (pow (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) 3) (pow b 3))

prune961.0ms

Pruning

12 alts after pruning (12 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 22.9b

localize11.0ms

Local error

Found 4 expressions with local error:

23.2b
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))
1.1b
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
0.4b
(fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))
0.2b
(/ 1 (/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)))

rewrite25.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
4 → 69
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

12.0ms
(/ 1 (/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)))
9.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
2.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))

series235.0ms

Counts
4 → 12
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

71.0ms
(/ 1 (/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)))
67.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))
60.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
37.0ms
(fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))

simplify500.0ms

Counts
32 → 81
Calls

32 calls. Slowest were:

71.0ms
(+ (* (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))) (+ (* b b) (* (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)))
41.0ms
(sqrt (/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)))
39.0ms
(- (pow b 2) (* 4 (* a c)))

prune979.0ms

Pruning

13 alts after pruning (13 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 22.9b

localize34.0ms

Local error

Found 4 expressions with local error:

23.2b
(sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b)))
1.1b
(- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)
0.2b
(/ 1 (/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)))
0.1b
(/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b))

rewrite35.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
4 → 82
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

14.0ms
(/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b))
10.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)
7.0ms
(/ 1 (/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)))

series370.0ms

Counts
4 → 12
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

123.0ms
(/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b))
104.0ms
(/ 1 (/ (* 2 a) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)))
73.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)
70.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b)))

simplify1.4s

Counts
45 → 94
Calls

45 calls. Slowest were:

636.0ms
(/ (* (* (* 2 a) (* 2 a)) (* 2 a)) (* (* (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)) (- (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)))
113.0ms
(+ (* (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b)))) (+ (* b b) (* (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)))
84.0ms
(+ (* (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b)))) (+ (* b b) (* (sqrt (fma (* a -4) c (* b b))) b)))

prune1.2s

Pruning

13 alts after pruning (13 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 13.7b

localize12.0ms

Local error

Found 4 expressions with local error:

23.2b
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))
23.2b
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))
1.1b
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
1.1b
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)

rewrite14.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
4 → 66
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

6.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
5.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
1.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))

series223.0ms

Counts
4 → 12
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

63.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
61.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))
51.0ms
(- (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) b)
47.0ms
(sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))

simplify277.0ms

Counts
30 → 78
Calls

30 calls. Slowest were:

28.0ms
(sqrt (* (cbrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))) (cbrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b)))))
26.0ms
(sqrt (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))))
26.0ms
(sqrt (sqrt (fma (* a c) -4 (* b b))))

prune1.2s

Pruning

13 alts after pruning (12 fresh and 1 done)

Merged error: 13.7b

regimes519.0ms

Accuracy

78% (4.5b remaining)

Error of 17.5b against oracle of 13.1b and baseline of 33.4b

bsearch188.0ms

end0.0ms

sample5.1s

Algorithm
intervals