Average Error: 34.2 → 11.9
Time: 15.8s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.547666603636537260513437138645901028344 \cdot 10^{50}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.547666603636537260513437138645901028344 \cdot 10^{50}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r59897 = b;
        double r59898 = -r59897;
        double r59899 = r59897 * r59897;
        double r59900 = 4.0;
        double r59901 = a;
        double r59902 = c;
        double r59903 = r59901 * r59902;
        double r59904 = r59900 * r59903;
        double r59905 = r59899 - r59904;
        double r59906 = sqrt(r59905);
        double r59907 = r59898 + r59906;
        double r59908 = 2.0;
        double r59909 = r59908 * r59901;
        double r59910 = r59907 / r59909;
        return r59910;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r59911 = b;
        double r59912 = -1.5476666036365373e+50;
        bool r59913 = r59911 <= r59912;
        double r59914 = 1.0;
        double r59915 = c;
        double r59916 = r59915 / r59911;
        double r59917 = a;
        double r59918 = r59911 / r59917;
        double r59919 = r59916 - r59918;
        double r59920 = r59914 * r59919;
        double r59921 = 7.455592343308264e-170;
        bool r59922 = r59911 <= r59921;
        double r59923 = 1.0;
        double r59924 = 2.0;
        double r59925 = r59924 * r59917;
        double r59926 = r59911 * r59911;
        double r59927 = 4.0;
        double r59928 = r59917 * r59915;
        double r59929 = r59927 * r59928;
        double r59930 = r59926 - r59929;
        double r59931 = sqrt(r59930);
        double r59932 = r59931 - r59911;
        double r59933 = r59925 / r59932;
        double r59934 = r59923 / r59933;
        double r59935 = -1.0;
        double r59936 = r59935 * r59916;
        double r59937 = r59922 ? r59934 : r59936;
        double r59938 = r59913 ? r59920 : r59937;
        return r59938;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original34.2
Target20.8
Herbie11.9
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -1.5476666036365373e+50

    1. Initial program 37.8

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

    2. Simplified37.8

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

    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 5.8

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

    4. Simplified5.8

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

    if -1.5476666036365373e+50 < b < 7.455592343308264e-170

    1. Initial program 12.4

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

    2. Simplified12.4

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

    4. Applied clear-num12.5

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

    if 7.455592343308264e-170 < b

    1. Initial program 48.9

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

    2. Simplified48.9

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

    3. Taylor expanded around inf 14.1

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

  4. Final simplification11.9

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.547666603636537260513437138645901028344 \cdot 10^{50}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019323 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"
  :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)))