Average Error: 33.3 → 6.7
Time: 52.3s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.0086797704978404 \cdot 10^{+164}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -7.561492702273163 \cdot 10^{-267}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b} \cdot \left(2 \cdot c\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.033828240489858 \cdot 10^{+86}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original33.3
Target20.5
Herbie6.7
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -1.0086797704978404e+164

    1. Initial program 62.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 1.0

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

    3. Simplified1.0

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

    if -1.0086797704978404e+164 < b < -7.561492702273163e-267

    1. Initial program 36.0

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

    3. Applied clear-num36.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm

    5. Applied flip--36.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}}\]

    6. Applied associate-/r/36.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}\]

    7. Applied add-cube-cbrt36.2

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

    8. Applied times-frac36.2

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

    9. Simplified15.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(0 + a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{1}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\]

    10. Simplified15.1

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(0 + a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(c \cdot a\right) \cdot 4} - b}}\]

    11. Taylor expanded around -inf 8.6

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

    if -7.561492702273163e-267 < b < 6.033828240489858e+86

    1. Initial program 9.2

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

    3. Applied clear-num9.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm

    5. Applied *-un-lft-identity9.4

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

    6. Applied times-frac9.3

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

    7. Applied add-sqr-sqrt9.3

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

    8. Applied times-frac9.3

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

    9. Simplified9.3

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

    10. Simplified9.1

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

    if 6.033828240489858e+86 < b

    1. Initial program 41.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 41.0

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

    3. Simplified41.0

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

    4. Taylor expanded around inf 4.1

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

  4. Final simplification6.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.0086797704978404 \cdot 10^{+164}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -7.561492702273163 \cdot 10^{-267}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b} \cdot \left(2 \cdot c\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.033828240489858 \cdot 10^{+86}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - a \cdot \left(4 \cdot c\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019100 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"

  :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)))