Average Error: 34.3 → 6.5
Time: 7.5s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -7.6038168240882645 \cdot 10^{144}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.2731438419880699 \cdot 10^{-203}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.1125387673008883 \cdot 10^{122}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -7.6038168240882645 \cdot 10^{144}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.2731438419880699 \cdot 10^{-203}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.1125387673008883 \cdot 10^{122}:\\
\;\;\;\;\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 r132109 = b;
        double r132110 = -r132109;
        double r132111 = r132109 * r132109;
        double r132112 = 4.0;
        double r132113 = a;
        double r132114 = r132112 * r132113;
        double r132115 = c;
        double r132116 = r132114 * r132115;
        double r132117 = r132111 - r132116;
        double r132118 = sqrt(r132117);
        double r132119 = r132110 + r132118;
        double r132120 = 2.0;
        double r132121 = r132120 * r132113;
        double r132122 = r132119 / r132121;
        return r132122;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r132123 = b;
        double r132124 = -7.603816824088264e+144;
        bool r132125 = r132123 <= r132124;
        double r132126 = 1.0;
        double r132127 = c;
        double r132128 = r132127 / r132123;
        double r132129 = a;
        double r132130 = r132123 / r132129;
        double r132131 = r132128 - r132130;
        double r132132 = r132126 * r132131;
        double r132133 = -3.27314384198807e-203;
        bool r132134 = r132123 <= r132133;
        double r132135 = -r132123;
        double r132136 = r132123 * r132123;
        double r132137 = 4.0;
        double r132138 = r132137 * r132129;
        double r132139 = r132138 * r132127;
        double r132140 = r132136 - r132139;
        double r132141 = sqrt(r132140);
        double r132142 = sqrt(r132141);
        double r132143 = r132142 * r132142;
        double r132144 = r132135 + r132143;
        double r132145 = 2.0;
        double r132146 = r132145 * r132129;
        double r132147 = r132144 / r132146;
        double r132148 = 2.1125387673008883e+122;
        bool r132149 = r132123 <= r132148;
        double r132150 = 1.0;
        double r132151 = r132145 / r132137;
        double r132152 = r132150 / r132151;
        double r132153 = r132150 / r132127;
        double r132154 = r132152 / r132153;
        double r132155 = r132135 - r132141;
        double r132156 = r132154 / r132155;
        double r132157 = -1.0;
        double r132158 = r132157 * r132128;
        double r132159 = r132149 ? r132156 : r132158;
        double r132160 = r132134 ? r132147 : r132159;
        double r132161 = r132125 ? r132132 : r132160;
        return r132161;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original34.3
Target21.2
Herbie6.5
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -7.603816824088264e+144

    1. Initial program 61.2

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.8

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

    3. Simplified2.8

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

    if -7.603816824088264e+144 < b < -3.27314384198807e-203

    1. Initial program 7.1

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

    3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt7.1

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

    4. Applied sqrt-prod7.4

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

    if -3.27314384198807e-203 < b < 2.1125387673008883e+122

    1. Initial program 29.8

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

    3. Applied flip-+29.9

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

    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*16.3

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

    10. Simplified15.5

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

    12. Applied associate-/r*15.3

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

    13. Simplified9.5

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

    if 2.1125387673008883e+122 < b

    1. Initial program 61.1

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.1

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

  4. Final simplification6.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -7.6038168240882645 \cdot 10^{144}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.2731438419880699 \cdot 10^{-203}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.1125387673008883 \cdot 10^{122}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}}}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020036 
(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)))