Average Error: 33.9 → 6.6
Time: 19.0s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -5.674469085146396739103610609439188639717 \cdot 10^{110}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 7.061692521831335565675525372535211636164 \cdot 10^{-266}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.715181108188238274259588142060201574853 \cdot 10^{78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a} - \frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -5.674469085146396739103610609439188639717 \cdot 10^{110}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 7.061692521831335565675525372535211636164 \cdot 10^{-266}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.715181108188238274259588142060201574853 \cdot 10^{78}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a} - \frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        double r28170 = b_2;
        double r28171 = -r28170;
        double r28172 = r28170 * r28170;
        double r28173 = a;
        double r28174 = c;
        double r28175 = r28173 * r28174;
        double r28176 = r28172 - r28175;
        double r28177 = sqrt(r28176);
        double r28178 = r28171 - r28177;
        double r28179 = r28178 / r28173;
        return r28179;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        double r28180 = b_2;
        double r28181 = -5.674469085146397e+110;
        bool r28182 = r28180 <= r28181;
        double r28183 = -0.5;
        double r28184 = c;
        double r28185 = r28184 / r28180;
        double r28186 = r28183 * r28185;
        double r28187 = 7.061692521831336e-266;
        bool r28188 = r28180 <= r28187;
        double r28189 = a;
        double r28190 = r28184 * r28189;
        double r28191 = -r28190;
        double r28192 = fma(r28180, r28180, r28191);
        double r28193 = sqrt(r28192);
        double r28194 = r28193 - r28180;
        double r28195 = r28184 / r28194;
        double r28196 = 1.7151811081882383e+78;
        bool r28197 = r28180 <= r28196;
        double r28198 = -r28180;
        double r28199 = r28198 / r28189;
        double r28200 = r28180 * r28180;
        double r28201 = r28189 * r28184;
        double r28202 = r28200 - r28201;
        double r28203 = sqrt(r28202);
        double r28204 = r28203 / r28189;
        double r28205 = r28199 - r28204;
        double r28206 = -2.0;
        double r28207 = r28180 / r28189;
        double r28208 = r28206 * r28207;
        double r28209 = r28197 ? r28205 : r28208;
        double r28210 = r28188 ? r28195 : r28209;
        double r28211 = r28182 ? r28186 : r28210;
        return r28211;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b_2

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b_2 < -5.674469085146397e+110

    1. Initial program 59.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}}\]

    if -5.674469085146397e+110 < b_2 < 7.061692521831336e-266

    1. Initial program 31.8

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied flip--31.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]

    4. Simplified16.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]

    5. Simplified16.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Using strategy rm

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot a}}\]

    8. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2\right)}}}{1 \cdot a}\]

    9. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(0 + a \cdot c\right)}}{1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2\right)}}{1 \cdot a}\]

    10. Applied times-frac16.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}}}{1 \cdot a}\]

    11. Applied times-frac16.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{1}}{1} \cdot \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}}{a}}\]

    12. Simplified16.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}}{a}\]

    13. Simplified8.7

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2} \cdot 1\right)}\]

    if 7.061692521831336e-266 < b_2 < 1.7151811081882383e+78

    1. Initial program 8.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied div-sub8.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-b_2}{a} - \frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}}\]

    if 1.7151811081882383e+78 < b_2

    1. Initial program 43.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied flip--62.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]

    4. Simplified61.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]

    5. Simplified61.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}}}{a}\]

    6. Taylor expanded around 0 4.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification6.6

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -5.674469085146396739103610609439188639717 \cdot 10^{110}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 7.061692521831335565675525372535211636164 \cdot 10^{-266}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b_2, b_2, -c \cdot a\right)} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.715181108188238274259588142060201574853 \cdot 10^{78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b_2}{a} - \frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019303 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))