Average Error: 33.9 → 11.3
Time: 24.5s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.869662346631121401645595393947635525169 \cdot 10^{101}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -1.869662346631121401645595393947635525169 \cdot 10^{101}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\

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

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r120970 = b;
        double r120971 = -r120970;
        double r120972 = r120970 * r120970;
        double r120973 = 4.0;
        double r120974 = a;
        double r120975 = c;
        double r120976 = r120974 * r120975;
        double r120977 = r120973 * r120976;
        double r120978 = r120972 - r120977;
        double r120979 = sqrt(r120978);
        double r120980 = r120971 - r120979;
        double r120981 = 2.0;
        double r120982 = r120981 * r120974;
        double r120983 = r120980 / r120982;
        return r120983;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r120984 = b;
        double r120985 = -1.8696623466311214e+101;
        bool r120986 = r120984 <= r120985;
        double r120987 = -1.0;
        double r120988 = c;
        double r120989 = r120988 / r120984;
        double r120990 = r120987 * r120989;
        double r120991 = 7.455592343308264e-170;
        bool r120992 = r120984 <= r120991;
        double r120993 = 2.0;
        double r120994 = r120993 * r120988;
        double r120995 = -r120984;
        double r120996 = r120984 * r120984;
        double r120997 = 4.0;
        double r120998 = a;
        double r120999 = r120998 * r120988;
        double r121000 = r120997 * r120999;
        double r121001 = r120996 - r121000;
        double r121002 = sqrt(r121001);
        double r121003 = r120995 + r121002;
        double r121004 = r120994 / r121003;
        double r121005 = 1.0;
        double r121006 = r120984 / r120998;
        double r121007 = r120989 - r121006;
        double r121008 = r121005 * r121007;
        double r121009 = r120992 ? r121004 : r121008;
        double r121010 = r120986 ? r120990 : r121009;
        return r121010;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original33.9
Target21.1
Herbie11.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -1.8696623466311214e+101

    1. Initial program 59.8

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.5

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

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

    1. Initial program 28.9

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

    3. Applied flip--29.1

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

    4. Simplified16.7

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

    6. Applied div-inv16.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, a \cdot c, 0\right)}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    7. Using strategy rm

    8. Applied associate-*l/16.2

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

    9. Simplified16.1

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

    10. Taylor expanded around 0 11.1

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

    if 7.455592343308264e-170 < b

    1. Initial program 23.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 17.1

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

    3. Simplified17.1

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

  4. Final simplification11.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.869662346631121401645595393947635525169 \cdot 10^{101}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.455592343308264166675918758902222662503 \cdot 10^{-170}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019323 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))