Average Error: 34.1 → 7.0
Time: 5.8s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.223763057046510327568967152287533282505 \cdot 10^{109}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.319380566438366601816459280349243307141 \cdot 10^{-186}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.02738286211209785784187544728837722875 \cdot 10^{63}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{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 -3.319380566438366601816459280349243307141 \cdot 10^{-186}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.02738286211209785784187544728837722875 \cdot 10^{63}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r93225 = b;
        double r93226 = -r93225;
        double r93227 = r93225 * r93225;
        double r93228 = 4.0;
        double r93229 = a;
        double r93230 = r93228 * r93229;
        double r93231 = c;
        double r93232 = r93230 * r93231;
        double r93233 = r93227 - r93232;
        double r93234 = sqrt(r93233);
        double r93235 = r93226 + r93234;
        double r93236 = 2.0;
        double r93237 = r93236 * r93229;
        double r93238 = r93235 / r93237;
        return r93238;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r93239 = b;
        double r93240 = -2.2237630570465103e+109;
        bool r93241 = r93239 <= r93240;
        double r93242 = 1.0;
        double r93243 = c;
        double r93244 = r93243 / r93239;
        double r93245 = a;
        double r93246 = r93239 / r93245;
        double r93247 = r93244 - r93246;
        double r93248 = r93242 * r93247;
        double r93249 = -3.3193805664383666e-186;
        bool r93250 = r93239 <= r93249;
        double r93251 = -r93239;
        double r93252 = r93239 * r93239;
        double r93253 = 4.0;
        double r93254 = r93253 * r93245;
        double r93255 = r93254 * r93243;
        double r93256 = r93252 - r93255;
        double r93257 = sqrt(r93256);
        double r93258 = r93251 + r93257;
        double r93259 = sqrt(r93258);
        double r93260 = 2.0;
        double r93261 = r93259 / r93260;
        double r93262 = r93259 / r93245;
        double r93263 = r93261 * r93262;
        double r93264 = 1.0273828621120979e+63;
        bool r93265 = r93239 <= r93264;
        double r93266 = 1.0;
        double r93267 = r93260 / r93253;
        double r93268 = r93266 / r93267;
        double r93269 = r93266 / r93243;
        double r93270 = r93268 / r93269;
        double r93271 = r93251 - r93257;
        double r93272 = r93270 / r93271;
        double r93273 = -1.0;
        double r93274 = r93273 * r93244;
        double r93275 = r93265 ? r93272 : r93274;
        double r93276 = r93250 ? r93263 : r93275;
        double r93277 = r93241 ? r93248 : r93276;
        return r93277;
}

Error

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Target

Original34.1
Target20.9
Herbie7.0
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -2.2237630570465103e+109

    1. Initial program 48.6

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

    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 < -3.3193805664383666e-186

    1. Initial program 6.9

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

    3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt7.3

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

    4. Applied times-frac7.3

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

    if -3.3193805664383666e-186 < b < 1.0273828621120979e+63

    1. Initial program 27.5

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

    3. Applied flip-+27.7

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

    4. Simplified17.0

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity17.0

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

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity17.0

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

    8. Applied times-frac17.0

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

    9. Applied associate-/l*17.1

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

    10. Simplified16.8

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

    12. Applied times-frac16.8

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

    13. Simplified11.2

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

    15. Applied associate-/r*11.0

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

    16. Simplified11.0

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

    if 1.0273828621120979e+63 < b

    1. Initial program 57.7

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 3.8

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

  4. Final simplification7.0

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.223763057046510327568967152287533282505 \cdot 10^{109}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.319380566438366601816459280349243307141 \cdot 10^{-186}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.02738286211209785784187544728837722875 \cdot 10^{63}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020001 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :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)))