Average Error: 33.7 → 10.9
Time: 9.0s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.98276540088900058 \cdot 10^{134}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.1860189201379418 \cdot 10^{-161}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -1.98276540088900058 \cdot 10^{134}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.1860189201379418 \cdot 10^{-161}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r62014 = b;
        double r62015 = -r62014;
        double r62016 = r62014 * r62014;
        double r62017 = 4.0;
        double r62018 = a;
        double r62019 = r62017 * r62018;
        double r62020 = c;
        double r62021 = r62019 * r62020;
        double r62022 = r62016 - r62021;
        double r62023 = sqrt(r62022);
        double r62024 = r62015 + r62023;
        double r62025 = 2.0;
        double r62026 = r62025 * r62018;
        double r62027 = r62024 / r62026;
        return r62027;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r62028 = b;
        double r62029 = -1.9827654008890006e+134;
        bool r62030 = r62028 <= r62029;
        double r62031 = 1.0;
        double r62032 = c;
        double r62033 = r62032 / r62028;
        double r62034 = a;
        double r62035 = r62028 / r62034;
        double r62036 = r62033 - r62035;
        double r62037 = r62031 * r62036;
        double r62038 = 1.1860189201379418e-161;
        bool r62039 = r62028 <= r62038;
        double r62040 = r62028 * r62028;
        double r62041 = 4.0;
        double r62042 = r62041 * r62034;
        double r62043 = r62042 * r62032;
        double r62044 = r62040 - r62043;
        double r62045 = sqrt(r62044);
        double r62046 = r62045 - r62028;
        double r62047 = 1.0;
        double r62048 = 2.0;
        double r62049 = r62047 / r62048;
        double r62050 = r62049 / r62034;
        double r62051 = r62046 * r62050;
        double r62052 = -1.0;
        double r62053 = r62052 * r62033;
        double r62054 = r62039 ? r62051 : r62053;
        double r62055 = r62030 ? r62037 : r62054;
        return r62055;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original33.7
Target21.0
Herbie10.9
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -1.9827654008890006e+134

    1. Initial program 56.8

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

    2. Simplified56.8

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

    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.1

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

    4. Simplified3.1

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

    if -1.9827654008890006e+134 < b < 1.1860189201379418e-161

    1. Initial program 10.3

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

    2. Simplified10.3

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

    4. Applied *-un-lft-identity10.3

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

    5. Applied div-inv10.3

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

    6. Applied times-frac10.5

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

    7. Simplified10.5

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

    if 1.1860189201379418e-161 < b

    1. Initial program 49.7

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

    2. Simplified49.7

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

    3. Taylor expanded around inf 13.7

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

  4. Final simplification10.9

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.98276540088900058 \cdot 10^{134}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.1860189201379418 \cdot 10^{-161}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020047 
(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)))