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Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -7.170102184885046e+152

   1. Initial program 62.8

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

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 1.4

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

   3. Simplified1.4

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

   if -7.170102184885046e+152 < b < 7.1019336895705e-310

   1. Initial program 33.7

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

   3. Applied flip--33.8

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

   4. Applied associate-/l/37.6

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

   5. Simplified19.4

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

   7. Applied associate-/r*14.1

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

   8. Simplified14.1

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

   9. Taylor expanded around -inf 8.4

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

   if 7.1019336895705e-310 < b < 5.212862281681239e+99

   1. Initial program 9.0

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

   if 5.212862281681239e+99 < b

   1. Initial program 45.2

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

   3. Applied flip--61.7

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

   4. Applied associate-/l/62.0

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

   5. Simplified62.1

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

   7. Applied associate-/r*61.9

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

   8. Simplified61.9

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

   9. Taylor expanded around -inf 61.8

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

   10. Taylor expanded around 0 3.3

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

   11. Simplified3.3

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

4. Final simplification6.5

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -7.170102184885046 \cdot 10^{+152}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.1019336895705 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{\left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot -4 + b \cdot b} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.212862281681239 \cdot 10^{+99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019007 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))

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