Average Error: 28.5 → 16.7
Time: 58.9s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le 146.52723485954263:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot b}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b + b \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 146.52723485954263

    1. Initial program 15.2

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Simplified15.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    3. Using strategy rm
    4. Applied flip3--15.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}\right)}^{3} - {b}^{3}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} + \left(b \cdot b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} \cdot b\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Applied associate-/l/15.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4}\right)}^{3} - {b}^{3}}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} + \left(b \cdot b + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} \cdot b\right)\right)}}\]
    6. Simplified14.6

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

    if 146.52723485954263 < b

    1. Initial program 34.6

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Simplified34.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around inf 17.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied add-sqr-sqrt17.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b} \cdot \sqrt{b}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    6. Applied times-frac17.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a}{\sqrt{b}} \cdot \frac{c}{\sqrt{b}}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    7. Taylor expanded around inf 17.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\]
    8. Simplified17.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification16.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le 146.52723485954263:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot b}{\left(2 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b + b \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019094 
(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)))