Average Error: 34.4 → 6.8
Time: 7.0s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.30101840923646093 \cdot 10^{98}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.37577225186574925 \cdot 10^{-260}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.66645678090455348 \cdot 10^{68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -4.30101840923646093 \cdot 10^{98}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.37577225186574925 \cdot 10^{-260}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.66645678090455348 \cdot 10^{68}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot 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 r92705 = b;
        double r92706 = -r92705;
        double r92707 = r92705 * r92705;
        double r92708 = 4.0;
        double r92709 = a;
        double r92710 = r92708 * r92709;
        double r92711 = c;
        double r92712 = r92710 * r92711;
        double r92713 = r92707 - r92712;
        double r92714 = sqrt(r92713);
        double r92715 = r92706 + r92714;
        double r92716 = 2.0;
        double r92717 = r92716 * r92709;
        double r92718 = r92715 / r92717;
        return r92718;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r92719 = b;
        double r92720 = -4.301018409236461e+98;
        bool r92721 = r92719 <= r92720;
        double r92722 = 1.0;
        double r92723 = c;
        double r92724 = r92723 / r92719;
        double r92725 = a;
        double r92726 = r92719 / r92725;
        double r92727 = r92724 - r92726;
        double r92728 = r92722 * r92727;
        double r92729 = -2.3757722518657493e-260;
        bool r92730 = r92719 <= r92729;
        double r92731 = -r92719;
        double r92732 = r92719 * r92719;
        double r92733 = 4.0;
        double r92734 = r92733 * r92725;
        double r92735 = r92734 * r92723;
        double r92736 = r92732 - r92735;
        double r92737 = sqrt(r92736);
        double r92738 = r92731 + r92737;
        double r92739 = 1.0;
        double r92740 = 2.0;
        double r92741 = r92740 * r92725;
        double r92742 = r92739 / r92741;
        double r92743 = r92738 * r92742;
        double r92744 = 6.6664567809045535e+68;
        bool r92745 = r92719 <= r92744;
        double r92746 = r92740 * r92723;
        double r92747 = r92731 - r92737;
        double r92748 = r92746 / r92747;
        double r92749 = -1.0;
        double r92750 = r92749 * r92724;
        double r92751 = r92745 ? r92748 : r92750;
        double r92752 = r92730 ? r92743 : r92751;
        double r92753 = r92721 ? r92728 : r92752;
        return r92753;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original34.4
Target21.5
Herbie6.8
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -4.301018409236461e+98

    1. Initial program 47.2

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.9

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

    3. Simplified3.9

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

    if -4.301018409236461e+98 < b < -2.3757722518657493e-260

    1. Initial program 8.5

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

    3. Applied div-inv8.7

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

    if -2.3757722518657493e-260 < b < 6.6664567809045535e+68

    1. Initial program 29.1

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

    3. Applied flip-+29.1

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

    4. Simplified16.2

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

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

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

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

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

    8. Applied times-frac16.2

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

    9. Applied associate-/l*16.4

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

    10. Simplified16.0

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

    12. Applied associate-/r*15.8

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

    13. Simplified9.6

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

    14. Taylor expanded around 0 9.5

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

    if 6.6664567809045535e+68 < b

    1. Initial program 58.7

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 3.5

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

  4. Final simplification6.8

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.30101840923646093 \cdot 10^{98}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.37577225186574925 \cdot 10^{-260}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.66645678090455348 \cdot 10^{68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020020 +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)))