Average Error: 28.6 → 16.4
Time: 17.1s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1841.2764873993613:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot b}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b + b \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if b < 1841.2764873993613

    1. Initial program 17.7

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

    2. Simplified17.7

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

    4. Applied flip3--17.8

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

    5. Applied associate-/l/17.8

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

    6. Simplified17.1

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

    if 1841.2764873993613 < b

    1. Initial program 36.8

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

    2. Simplified36.8

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

    3. Taylor expanded around inf 15.8

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

    4. Simplified15.8

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

  4. Final simplification16.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le 1841.2764873993613:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot b}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b + b \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019050 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :pre (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 a 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 b 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 c 94906265.62425156))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)))