Average Error: 34.5 → 6.4
Time: 12.2s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.010589257950129889712053784076648301115 \cdot 10^{115}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.051859552149432150298271086580779209751 \cdot 10^{-283}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.274921840087524160396938471478240294554 \cdot 10^{104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -3.010589257950129889712053784076648301115 \cdot 10^{115}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.051859552149432150298271086580779209751 \cdot 10^{-283}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.274921840087524160396938471478240294554 \cdot 10^{104}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r80906 = b;
        double r80907 = -r80906;
        double r80908 = r80906 * r80906;
        double r80909 = 4.0;
        double r80910 = a;
        double r80911 = r80909 * r80910;
        double r80912 = c;
        double r80913 = r80911 * r80912;
        double r80914 = r80908 - r80913;
        double r80915 = sqrt(r80914);
        double r80916 = r80907 + r80915;
        double r80917 = 2.0;
        double r80918 = r80917 * r80910;
        double r80919 = r80916 / r80918;
        return r80919;
}
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double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r80920 = b;
        double r80921 = -3.01058925795013e+115;
        bool r80922 = r80920 <= r80921;
        double r80923 = 1.0;
        double r80924 = c;
        double r80925 = r80924 / r80920;
        double r80926 = a;
        double r80927 = r80920 / r80926;
        double r80928 = r80925 - r80927;
        double r80929 = r80923 * r80928;
        double r80930 = -1.0518595521494322e-283;
        bool r80931 = r80920 <= r80930;
        double r80932 = 1.0;
        double r80933 = 2.0;
        double r80934 = r80933 * r80926;
        double r80935 = -r80920;
        double r80936 = r80920 * r80920;
        double r80937 = 4.0;
        double r80938 = r80937 * r80926;
        double r80939 = r80938 * r80924;
        double r80940 = r80936 - r80939;
        double r80941 = sqrt(r80940);
        double r80942 = r80935 + r80941;
        double r80943 = r80934 / r80942;
        double r80944 = r80932 / r80943;
        double r80945 = 1.2749218400875242e+104;
        bool r80946 = r80920 <= r80945;
        double r80947 = r80933 / r80937;
        double r80948 = r80932 / r80947;
        double r80949 = r80948 * r80924;
        double r80950 = r80935 - r80941;
        double r80951 = r80949 / r80950;
        double r80952 = -1.0;
        double r80953 = r80952 * r80925;
        double r80954 = r80946 ? r80951 : r80953;
        double r80955 = r80931 ? r80944 : r80954;
        double r80956 = r80922 ? r80929 : r80955;
        return r80956;
}

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Bits error versus b

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Results

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Target

Original34.5
Target21.1
Herbie6.4
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -3.01058925795013e+115

    1. Initial program 50.4

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.2

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

    3. Simplified3.2

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

    if -3.01058925795013e+115 < b < -1.0518595521494322e-283

    1. Initial program 8.8

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

    3. Applied clear-num9.0

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

    if -1.0518595521494322e-283 < b < 1.2749218400875242e+104

    1. Initial program 31.6

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

    3. Applied flip-+31.6

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

    4. Simplified15.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.4

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

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.4

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

    8. Applied times-frac15.4

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

    9. Applied associate-/l*15.6

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

    10. Simplified14.9

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

    12. Applied times-frac14.9

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

    13. Simplified8.7

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

    15. Applied associate-/r*8.4

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

    16. Simplified8.3

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

    if 1.2749218400875242e+104 < b

    1. Initial program 59.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification6.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.010589257950129889712053784076648301115 \cdot 10^{115}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.051859552149432150298271086580779209751 \cdot 10^{-283}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.274921840087524160396938471478240294554 \cdot 10^{104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019291 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)) (/ c (* a (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)))))

  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)))