Average Error: 34.3 → 9.1
Time: 4.9s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.6487898413435469 \cdot 10^{-64}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.9346814112434403 \cdot 10^{-92}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a \cdot c}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.64658629213931532 \cdot 10^{-101}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 9.8640672375908808 \cdot 10^{145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.6487898413435469 \cdot 10^{-64}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.9346814112434403 \cdot 10^{-92}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a \cdot c}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.64658629213931532 \cdot 10^{-101}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 9.8640672375908808 \cdot 10^{145}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r91453 = b;
        double r91454 = -r91453;
        double r91455 = r91453 * r91453;
        double r91456 = 4.0;
        double r91457 = a;
        double r91458 = c;
        double r91459 = r91457 * r91458;
        double r91460 = r91456 * r91459;
        double r91461 = r91455 - r91460;
        double r91462 = sqrt(r91461);
        double r91463 = r91454 + r91462;
        double r91464 = 2.0;
        double r91465 = r91464 * r91457;
        double r91466 = r91463 / r91465;
        return r91466;
}

double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r91467 = b;
        double r91468 = -2.648789841343547e-64;
        bool r91469 = r91467 <= r91468;
        double r91470 = 1.0;
        double r91471 = c;
        double r91472 = r91471 / r91467;
        double r91473 = a;
        double r91474 = r91467 / r91473;
        double r91475 = r91472 - r91474;
        double r91476 = r91470 * r91475;
        double r91477 = -2.9346814112434403e-92;
        bool r91478 = r91467 <= r91477;
        double r91479 = 4.0;
        double r91480 = 2.0;
        double r91481 = pow(r91467, r91480);
        double r91482 = r91481 - r91481;
        double r91483 = r91473 * r91471;
        double r91484 = r91479 * r91483;
        double r91485 = r91482 + r91484;
        double r91486 = r91485 / r91483;
        double r91487 = r91479 / r91486;
        double r91488 = -r91467;
        double r91489 = r91467 * r91467;
        double r91490 = r91489 - r91484;
        double r91491 = sqrt(r91490);
        double r91492 = r91488 + r91491;
        double r91493 = r91487 * r91492;
        double r91494 = 2.0;
        double r91495 = r91494 * r91473;
        double r91496 = r91493 / r91495;
        double r91497 = -1.6465862921393153e-101;
        bool r91498 = r91467 <= r91497;
        double r91499 = 9.864067237590881e+145;
        bool r91500 = r91467 <= r91499;
        double r91501 = 1.0;
        double r91502 = 0.5;
        double r91503 = r91501 / r91502;
        double r91504 = r91503 * r91471;
        double r91505 = r91488 - r91491;
        double r91506 = r91504 / r91505;
        double r91507 = -1.0;
        double r91508 = r91507 * r91472;
        double r91509 = r91500 ? r91506 : r91508;
        double r91510 = r91498 ? r91476 : r91509;
        double r91511 = r91478 ? r91496 : r91510;
        double r91512 = r91469 ? r91476 : r91511;
        return r91512;
}

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Target

Original34.3
Target21.1
Herbie9.1
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b < -2.648789841343547e-64 or -2.9346814112434403e-92 < b < -1.6465862921393153e-101

    1. Initial program 26.9

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 10.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - 1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]
    3. Simplified10.5

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

    if -2.648789841343547e-64 < b < -2.9346814112434403e-92

    1. Initial program 4.6

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip-+31.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Simplified32.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied flip--32.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    7. Applied associate-/r/32.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    8. Simplified16.8

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

    if -1.6465862921393153e-101 < b < 9.864067237590881e+145

    1. Initial program 29.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip-+30.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    4. Simplified16.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    8. Applied times-frac16.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    9. Applied associate-/l*16.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{1}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}}}\]
    10. Simplified15.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}}\]
    11. Taylor expanded around 0 11.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1}}{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{c}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}\]
    12. Using strategy rm
    13. Applied associate-/r*10.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{1}}{\frac{0.5}{c}}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\]
    14. Simplified10.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\]

    if 9.864067237590881e+145 < b

    1. Initial program 63.2

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 1.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification9.1

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.6487898413435469 \cdot 10^{-64}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.9346814112434403 \cdot 10^{-92}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{4}{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a \cdot c}} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right)}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.64658629213931532 \cdot 10^{-101}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 9.8640672375908808 \cdot 10^{145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{0.5} \cdot c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020049 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"
  :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)))