Average Error: 33.8 → 6.7
Time: 9.2s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -8.301687926884188663878043402578250574713 \cdot 10^{98}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le \frac{-1077853067741081}{1.365609355853794155331553646739713596855 \cdot 10^{244}}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.208057797080499790536355473922963434123 \cdot 10^{104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -8.301687926884188663878043402578250574713 \cdot 10^{98}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le \frac{-1077853067741081}{1.365609355853794155331553646739713596855 \cdot 10^{244}}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.208057797080499790536355473922963434123 \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 r65233 = b;
        double r65234 = -r65233;
        double r65235 = r65233 * r65233;
        double r65236 = 4.0;
        double r65237 = a;
        double r65238 = r65236 * r65237;
        double r65239 = c;
        double r65240 = r65238 * r65239;
        double r65241 = r65235 - r65240;
        double r65242 = sqrt(r65241);
        double r65243 = r65234 + r65242;
        double r65244 = 2.0;
        double r65245 = r65244 * r65237;
        double r65246 = r65243 / r65245;
        return r65246;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r65247 = b;
        double r65248 = -8.301687926884189e+98;
        bool r65249 = r65247 <= r65248;
        double r65250 = 1.0;
        double r65251 = c;
        double r65252 = r65251 / r65247;
        double r65253 = a;
        double r65254 = r65247 / r65253;
        double r65255 = r65252 - r65254;
        double r65256 = r65250 * r65255;
        double r65257 = -1077853067741081.0;
        double r65258 = 1.3656093558537942e+244;
        double r65259 = r65257 / r65258;
        bool r65260 = r65247 <= r65259;
        double r65261 = -r65247;
        double r65262 = r65247 * r65247;
        double r65263 = 4.0;
        double r65264 = r65263 * r65253;
        double r65265 = r65264 * r65251;
        double r65266 = r65262 - r65265;
        double r65267 = sqrt(r65266);
        double r65268 = r65261 + r65267;
        double r65269 = 2.0;
        double r65270 = r65269 * r65253;
        double r65271 = r65268 / r65270;
        double r65272 = 6.2080577970805e+104;
        bool r65273 = r65247 <= r65272;
        double r65274 = 1.0;
        double r65275 = r65269 / r65263;
        double r65276 = r65274 / r65275;
        double r65277 = r65276 * r65251;
        double r65278 = r65261 - r65267;
        double r65279 = r65277 / r65278;
        double r65280 = -1.0;
        double r65281 = r65280 * r65252;
        double r65282 = r65273 ? r65279 : r65281;
        double r65283 = r65260 ? r65271 : r65282;
        double r65284 = r65249 ? r65256 : r65283;
        return r65284;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original33.8
Target20.8
Herbie6.7
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -8.301687926884189e+98

    1. Initial program 46.2

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.6

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

    3. Simplified3.6

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

    if -8.301687926884189e+98 < b < -7.892835993842436e-230

    1. Initial program 8.1

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

    if -7.892835993842436e-230 < b < 6.2080577970805e+104

    1. Initial program 29.9

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

    3. Applied flip-+30.0

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

    4. Simplified15.8

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.8

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

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.8

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

    8. Applied times-frac15.8

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

    9. Applied associate-/l*15.9

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

    10. Simplified15.3

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

    12. Applied times-frac15.3

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

    13. Simplified9.8

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

    15. Applied associate-/r*9.5

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

    16. Simplified9.4

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

    if 6.2080577970805e+104 < b

    1. Initial program 59.4

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.8

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

  4. Final simplification6.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -8.301687926884188663878043402578250574713 \cdot 10^{98}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le \frac{-1077853067741081}{1.365609355853794155331553646739713596855 \cdot 10^{244}}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.208057797080499790536355473922963434123 \cdot 10^{104}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019304 
(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)))