Average Error: 52.8 → 5.9
Time: 49.9s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[-\frac{c}{b}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Initial program 52.8

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

  2. Simplified52.8

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

  3. Taylor expanded around inf 5.9

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

  4. Simplified5.9

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

  5. Final simplification5.9

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019100 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :pre (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a 2.028240960365167e+31) (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b 2.028240960365167e+31) (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c 2.028240960365167e+31))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)))