Average Error: 34.3 → 10.1
Time: 16.5s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.569310777886352095486911207889814773134 \cdot 10^{111}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.202443222624254327680309207854310362882 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -1.569310777886352095486911207889814773134 \cdot 10^{111}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.202443222624254327680309207854310362882 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r72186 = b;
        double r72187 = -r72186;
        double r72188 = r72186 * r72186;
        double r72189 = 4.0;
        double r72190 = a;
        double r72191 = r72189 * r72190;
        double r72192 = c;
        double r72193 = r72191 * r72192;
        double r72194 = r72188 - r72193;
        double r72195 = sqrt(r72194);
        double r72196 = r72187 + r72195;
        double r72197 = 2.0;
        double r72198 = r72197 * r72190;
        double r72199 = r72196 / r72198;
        return r72199;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r72200 = b;
        double r72201 = -1.569310777886352e+111;
        bool r72202 = r72200 <= r72201;
        double r72203 = 1.0;
        double r72204 = c;
        double r72205 = r72204 / r72200;
        double r72206 = a;
        double r72207 = r72200 / r72206;
        double r72208 = r72205 - r72207;
        double r72209 = r72203 * r72208;
        double r72210 = 5.2024432226242543e-45;
        bool r72211 = r72200 <= r72210;
        double r72212 = r72200 * r72200;
        double r72213 = 4.0;
        double r72214 = r72213 * r72206;
        double r72215 = r72214 * r72204;
        double r72216 = r72212 - r72215;
        double r72217 = sqrt(r72216);
        double r72218 = r72217 - r72200;
        double r72219 = 2.0;
        double r72220 = r72206 * r72219;
        double r72221 = r72218 / r72220;
        double r72222 = -1.0;
        double r72223 = r72222 * r72205;
        double r72224 = r72211 ? r72221 : r72223;
        double r72225 = r72202 ? r72209 : r72224;
        return r72225;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original34.3
Target21.1
Herbie10.1
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -1.569310777886352e+111

    1. Initial program 50.4

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

    2. Simplified50.4

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

    4. Applied clear-num50.4

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity50.4

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

    7. Applied add-cube-cbrt50.4

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

    8. Applied times-frac50.4

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

    9. Simplified50.4

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

    10. Simplified50.4

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

    11. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.9

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

    12. Simplified3.9

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

    if -1.569310777886352e+111 < b < 5.2024432226242543e-45

    1. Initial program 14.0

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

    2. Simplified14.0

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

    4. Applied clear-num14.1

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity14.1

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

    7. Applied add-cube-cbrt14.1

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

    8. Applied times-frac14.1

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

    9. Simplified14.1

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

    10. Simplified14.0

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

    if 5.2024432226242543e-45 < b

    1. Initial program 54.5

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

    2. Simplified54.5

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

    3. Taylor expanded around inf 7.4

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

  4. Final simplification10.1

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.569310777886352095486911207889814773134 \cdot 10^{111}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.202443222624254327680309207854310362882 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019303 +o rules:numerics
(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)))