Average Error: 33.9 → 11.3
Time: 16.7s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -1.869662346631121401645595393947635525169 \cdot 10^{101}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -1.869662346631121401645595393947635525169 \cdot 10^{101}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        double r21284 = b_2;
        double r21285 = -r21284;
        double r21286 = r21284 * r21284;
        double r21287 = a;
        double r21288 = c;
        double r21289 = r21287 * r21288;
        double r21290 = r21286 - r21289;
        double r21291 = sqrt(r21290);
        double r21292 = r21285 - r21291;
        double r21293 = r21292 / r21287;
        return r21293;
}

double f(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        double r21294 = b_2;
        double r21295 = -1.8696623466311214e+101;
        bool r21296 = r21294 <= r21295;
        double r21297 = -0.5;
        double r21298 = c;
        double r21299 = r21298 / r21294;
        double r21300 = r21297 * r21299;
        double r21301 = 7.455592343308264e-170;
        bool r21302 = r21294 <= r21301;
        double r21303 = r21294 * r21294;
        double r21304 = a;
        double r21305 = r21304 * r21298;
        double r21306 = r21303 - r21305;
        double r21307 = sqrt(r21306);
        double r21308 = r21307 - r21294;
        double r21309 = r21298 / r21308;
        double r21310 = 0.5;
        double r21311 = r21310 * r21299;
        double r21312 = 2.0;
        double r21313 = r21294 / r21304;
        double r21314 = r21312 * r21313;
        double r21315 = r21311 - r21314;
        double r21316 = r21302 ? r21309 : r21315;
        double r21317 = r21296 ? r21300 : r21316;
        return r21317;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b_2

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b_2 < -1.8696623466311214e+101

    1. Initial program 59.8

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.5

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

    if -1.8696623466311214e+101 < b_2 < 7.455592343308264e-170

    1. Initial program 28.9

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--29.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]
    4. Simplified16.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]
    5. Simplified16.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{c \cdot a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Using strategy rm
    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{c \cdot a}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot a}}\]
    8. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{1 \cdot a}\]
    9. Applied times-frac16.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{\frac{c \cdot a}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a}}\]
    10. Simplified16.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\frac{c \cdot a}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a}\]
    11. Simplified11.1

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

    if 7.455592343308264e-170 < b_2

    1. Initial program 23.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 17.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification11.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -1.869662346631121401645595393947635525169 \cdot 10^{101}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019323 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))