Average Error: 34.1 → 6.7
Time: 5.3s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.223763057046510327568967152287533282505 \cdot 10^{109}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.351742539702864616278805005197483152899 \cdot 10^{-186}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.458057835821772074616178333218437979276 \cdot 10^{144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -2.223763057046510327568967152287533282505 \cdot 10^{109}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.351742539702864616278805005197483152899 \cdot 10^{-186}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.458057835821772074616178333218437979276 \cdot 10^{144}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot 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 r71393 = b;
        double r71394 = -r71393;
        double r71395 = r71393 * r71393;
        double r71396 = 4.0;
        double r71397 = a;
        double r71398 = c;
        double r71399 = r71397 * r71398;
        double r71400 = r71396 * r71399;
        double r71401 = r71395 - r71400;
        double r71402 = sqrt(r71401);
        double r71403 = r71394 + r71402;
        double r71404 = 2.0;
        double r71405 = r71404 * r71397;
        double r71406 = r71403 / r71405;
        return r71406;
}
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double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r71407 = b;
        double r71408 = -2.2237630570465103e+109;
        bool r71409 = r71407 <= r71408;
        double r71410 = 1.0;
        double r71411 = c;
        double r71412 = r71411 / r71407;
        double r71413 = a;
        double r71414 = r71407 / r71413;
        double r71415 = r71412 - r71414;
        double r71416 = r71410 * r71415;
        double r71417 = -2.3517425397028646e-186;
        bool r71418 = r71407 <= r71417;
        double r71419 = -r71407;
        double r71420 = r71407 * r71407;
        double r71421 = 4.0;
        double r71422 = r71413 * r71411;
        double r71423 = r71421 * r71422;
        double r71424 = r71420 - r71423;
        double r71425 = sqrt(r71424);
        double r71426 = r71419 + r71425;
        double r71427 = sqrt(r71426);
        double r71428 = 2.0;
        double r71429 = r71428 * r71413;
        double r71430 = r71429 / r71427;
        double r71431 = r71427 / r71430;
        double r71432 = 1.458057835821772e+144;
        bool r71433 = r71407 <= r71432;
        double r71434 = 1.0;
        double r71435 = 0.5;
        double r71436 = r71434 / r71435;
        double r71437 = r71436 * r71411;
        double r71438 = r71419 - r71425;
        double r71439 = r71437 / r71438;
        double r71440 = -1.0;
        double r71441 = r71440 * r71412;
        double r71442 = r71433 ? r71439 : r71441;
        double r71443 = r71418 ? r71431 : r71442;
        double r71444 = r71409 ? r71416 : r71443;
        return r71444;
}

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Target

Original34.1
Target20.9
Herbie6.7
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -2.2237630570465103e+109

    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 3.3

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

    3. Simplified3.3

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

    if -2.2237630570465103e+109 < b < -2.3517425397028646e-186

    1. Initial program 6.9

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

    3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt7.3

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

    4. Applied associate-/l*7.3

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

    if -2.3517425397028646e-186 < b < 1.458057835821772e+144

    1. Initial program 31.3

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

    3. Applied flip-+31.5

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

    4. Simplified16.1

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.1

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

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.1

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

    8. Applied times-frac16.1

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

    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. Simplified15.3

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

    11. Taylor expanded around 0 10.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1}}{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{c}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}\]
    12. Using strategy rm

    13. Applied associate-/r*9.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{1}}{\frac{0.5}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\]

    14. Simplified9.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\]

    if 1.458057835821772e+144 < b

    1. Initial program 62.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 1.5

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

  4. Final simplification6.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.223763057046510327568967152287533282505 \cdot 10^{109}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.351742539702864616278805005197483152899 \cdot 10^{-186}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.458057835821772074616178333218437979276 \cdot 10^{144}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020001 
(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)))