Average Error: 33.9 → 6.8
Time: 25.7s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.361733299857302083043096878302889042354 \cdot 10^{105}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.320360656741600748358420677927629618815 \cdot 10^{-289}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.326287366549382745037046972324082366467 \cdot 10^{74}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -1.361733299857302083043096878302889042354 \cdot 10^{105}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.320360656741600748358420677927629618815 \cdot 10^{-289}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.326287366549382745037046972324082366467 \cdot 10^{74}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r222510 = b;
        double r222511 = -r222510;
        double r222512 = r222510 * r222510;
        double r222513 = 4.0;
        double r222514 = a;
        double r222515 = c;
        double r222516 = r222514 * r222515;
        double r222517 = r222513 * r222516;
        double r222518 = r222512 - r222517;
        double r222519 = sqrt(r222518);
        double r222520 = r222511 + r222519;
        double r222521 = 2.0;
        double r222522 = r222521 * r222514;
        double r222523 = r222520 / r222522;
        return r222523;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r222524 = b;
        double r222525 = -1.361733299857302e+105;
        bool r222526 = r222524 <= r222525;
        double r222527 = 1.0;
        double r222528 = c;
        double r222529 = r222528 / r222524;
        double r222530 = a;
        double r222531 = r222524 / r222530;
        double r222532 = r222529 - r222531;
        double r222533 = r222527 * r222532;
        double r222534 = -3.3203606567416007e-289;
        bool r222535 = r222524 <= r222534;
        double r222536 = -r222524;
        double r222537 = r222524 * r222524;
        double r222538 = 4.0;
        double r222539 = r222538 * r222530;
        double r222540 = r222539 * r222528;
        double r222541 = r222537 - r222540;
        double r222542 = sqrt(r222541);
        double r222543 = r222536 + r222542;
        double r222544 = 2.0;
        double r222545 = r222544 * r222530;
        double r222546 = r222543 / r222545;
        double r222547 = 6.326287366549383e+74;
        bool r222548 = r222524 <= r222547;
        double r222549 = 1.0;
        double r222550 = r222544 / r222538;
        double r222551 = r222549 / r222550;
        double r222552 = r222549 / r222528;
        double r222553 = r222551 / r222552;
        double r222554 = r222530 * r222528;
        double r222555 = r222538 * r222554;
        double r222556 = r222537 - r222555;
        double r222557 = sqrt(r222556);
        double r222558 = r222536 - r222557;
        double r222559 = r222553 / r222558;
        double r222560 = -1.0;
        double r222561 = r222560 * r222529;
        double r222562 = r222548 ? r222559 : r222561;
        double r222563 = r222535 ? r222546 : r222562;
        double r222564 = r222526 ? r222533 : r222563;
        return r222564;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original33.9
Target21.1
Herbie6.8
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -1.361733299857302e+105

    1. Initial program 48.6

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

    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 -1.361733299857302e+105 < b < -3.3203606567416007e-289

    1. Initial program 8.5

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

    3. Applied associate-*r*8.5

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

    if -3.3203606567416007e-289 < b < 6.326287366549383e+74

    1. Initial program 29.9

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

    3. Applied flip-+29.9

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

    4. Simplified16.2

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.2

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

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.2

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

    8. Applied times-frac16.2

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

    9. Applied associate-/l*16.3

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

    10. Simplified15.8

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

    12. Applied associate-/r*15.6

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

    13. Simplified9.4

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

    if 6.326287366549383e+74 < b

    1. Initial program 58.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 3.7

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

  4. Final simplification6.8

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.361733299857302083043096878302889042354 \cdot 10^{105}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.320360656741600748358420677927629618815 \cdot 10^{-289}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.326287366549382745037046972324082366467 \cdot 10^{74}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019322 
(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)))