Average Error: 34.5 → 10.6
Time: 9.1s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -4.78285893492843261 \cdot 10^{-126}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 3.6627135292415903 \cdot 10^{111}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -4.78285893492843261 \cdot 10^{-126}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 3.6627135292415903 \cdot 10^{111}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        double r117582 = b_2;
        double r117583 = -r117582;
        double r117584 = r117582 * r117582;
        double r117585 = a;
        double r117586 = c;
        double r117587 = r117585 * r117586;
        double r117588 = r117584 - r117587;
        double r117589 = sqrt(r117588);
        double r117590 = r117583 - r117589;
        double r117591 = r117590 / r117585;
        return r117591;
}

double f(double a, double b_2, double c) {
        double r117592 = b_2;
        double r117593 = -4.7828589349284326e-126;
        bool r117594 = r117592 <= r117593;
        double r117595 = -0.5;
        double r117596 = c;
        double r117597 = r117596 / r117592;
        double r117598 = r117595 * r117597;
        double r117599 = 3.6627135292415903e+111;
        bool r117600 = r117592 <= r117599;
        double r117601 = -r117592;
        double r117602 = r117592 * r117592;
        double r117603 = a;
        double r117604 = r117603 * r117596;
        double r117605 = r117602 - r117604;
        double r117606 = sqrt(r117605);
        double r117607 = r117601 - r117606;
        double r117608 = 1.0;
        double r117609 = r117608 / r117603;
        double r117610 = r117607 * r117609;
        double r117611 = -2.0;
        double r117612 = r117592 / r117603;
        double r117613 = r117611 * r117612;
        double r117614 = r117600 ? r117610 : r117613;
        double r117615 = r117594 ? r117598 : r117614;
        return r117615;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b_2

Bits error versus c

Try it out

Your Program's Arguments

Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b_2 < -4.7828589349284326e-126

    1. Initial program 51.3

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 11.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}}\]

    if -4.7828589349284326e-126 < b_2 < 3.6627135292415903e+111

    1. Initial program 12.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied div-inv12.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}}\]

    if 3.6627135292415903e+111 < b_2

    1. Initial program 49.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--63.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]
    4. Simplified62.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]
    5. Simplified62.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Taylor expanded around 0 3.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification10.6

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -4.78285893492843261 \cdot 10^{-126}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 3.6627135292415903 \cdot 10^{111}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020047 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "NMSE problem 3.2.1"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))