Average Error: 19.5 → 6.5
Time: 56.4s
Precision: 64
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]
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\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.5484063358944337 \cdot 10^{+105}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b} - b\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.4317376248732984 \cdot 10^{+87}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right)\right))_*}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b} - b\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}^{3} + {\left(-b\right)}^{3}}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -1.5484063358944337e+105

    1. Initial program 46.0

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 9.7

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} - 2 \cdot b}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    3. Simplified3.3

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(\frac{c}{b} \cdot a - b\right) \cdot 2}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    if -1.5484063358944337e+105 < b < 2.4317376248732984e+87

    1. Initial program 8.6

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied add-cube-cbrt8.8

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    4. Applied sqrt-prod8.8

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    5. Applied add-cube-cbrt8.9

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}} - \sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    6. Applied prod-diff9.0

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(-\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right))_* + (\left(-\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right) + \left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right))_*}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    7. Simplified8.9

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(-\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right))_* + \color{blue}{0}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    if 2.4317376248732984e+87 < b

    1. Initial program 29.0

      \[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 6.7

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} - 2 \cdot b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

    3. Simplified2.8

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{b} \cdot a - b\right) \cdot 2}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]
    4. Using strategy rm

    5. Applied flip3-+2.8

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(\frac{c}{b} \cdot a - b\right) \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{{\left(-b\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}^{3}}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) + \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - \left(-b\right) \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification6.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.5484063358944337 \cdot 10^{+105}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b} - b\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.4317376248732984 \cdot 10^{+87}:\\ \;\;\;\;\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{(\left(\sqrt[3]{-b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{-b}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{-b}\right) + \left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right)\right))_*}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \ge 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{c}{b} - b\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}^{3} + {\left(-b\right)}^{3}}{\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) + b \cdot b}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019100 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "jeff quadratic root 2"
  (if (>= b 0) (/ (* 2 c) (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c))))) (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a))))