Average Error: 34.2 → 10.4
Time: 8.9s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.12310353364421125 \cdot 10^{95}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 3.446447862996811 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -4.12310353364421125 \cdot 10^{95}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 3.446447862996811 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r116140 = b;
        double r116141 = -r116140;
        double r116142 = r116140 * r116140;
        double r116143 = 4.0;
        double r116144 = a;
        double r116145 = r116143 * r116144;
        double r116146 = c;
        double r116147 = r116145 * r116146;
        double r116148 = r116142 - r116147;
        double r116149 = sqrt(r116148);
        double r116150 = r116141 + r116149;
        double r116151 = 2.0;
        double r116152 = r116151 * r116144;
        double r116153 = r116150 / r116152;
        return r116153;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r116154 = b;
        double r116155 = -4.123103533644211e+95;
        bool r116156 = r116154 <= r116155;
        double r116157 = 1.0;
        double r116158 = c;
        double r116159 = r116158 / r116154;
        double r116160 = a;
        double r116161 = r116154 / r116160;
        double r116162 = r116159 - r116161;
        double r116163 = r116157 * r116162;
        double r116164 = 3.446447862996811e-75;
        bool r116165 = r116154 <= r116164;
        double r116166 = 1.0;
        double r116167 = 2.0;
        double r116168 = r116167 * r116160;
        double r116169 = r116154 * r116154;
        double r116170 = 4.0;
        double r116171 = r116170 * r116160;
        double r116172 = r116171 * r116158;
        double r116173 = r116169 - r116172;
        double r116174 = sqrt(r116173);
        double r116175 = r116174 - r116154;
        double r116176 = r116168 / r116175;
        double r116177 = r116166 / r116176;
        double r116178 = -1.0;
        double r116179 = r116178 * r116159;
        double r116180 = r116165 ? r116177 : r116179;
        double r116181 = r116156 ? r116163 : r116180;
        return r116181;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original34.2
Target21.1
Herbie10.4
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -4.123103533644211e+95

    1. Initial program 47.3

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.8

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

    3. Simplified3.8

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

    if -4.123103533644211e+95 < b < 3.446447862996811e-75

    1. Initial program 13.3

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

    3. Applied clear-num13.4

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

    4. Simplified13.4

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

    if 3.446447862996811e-75 < b

    1. Initial program 52.5

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 9.7

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

  4. Final simplification10.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.12310353364421125 \cdot 10^{95}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 3.446447862996811 \cdot 10^{-75}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020042 +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)))