Cubic critical

Average Error: 34.3 → 8.1

Time: 5.6s

Precision: 64

Math

\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.9551520595513616 \cdot 10^{118}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - 0.66666666666666663 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.53142763806062239 \cdot 10^{-259}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3}}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.3300268467023164 \cdot 10^{29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1 \cdot \frac{3}{\frac{1}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{c}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a));
}

↓

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double temp;
	if ((b <= -5.955152059551362e+118)) {
		temp = ((0.5 * (c / b)) - (0.6666666666666666 * (b / a)));
	} else {
		double temp_1;
		if ((b <= -1.5314276380606224e-259)) {
			temp_1 = (((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / 3.0) / a);
		} else {
			double temp_2;
			if ((b <= 5.3300268467023164e+29)) {
				temp_2 = ((1.0 * (3.0 / ((1.0 / a) * ((-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / c)))) / (3.0 * a));
			} else {
				temp_2 = (-0.5 * (c / b));
			}
			temp_1 = temp_2;
		}
		temp = temp_1;
	}
	return temp;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -5.955152059551362e+118

   1. Initial program 52.2

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - 0.66666666666666663 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]

   if -5.955152059551362e+118 < b < -1.5314276380606224e-259

   1. Initial program 7.9

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

   3. Applied associate-/r* 7.9

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

   if -1.5314276380606224e-259 < b < 5.3300268467023164e+29

   1. Initial program 26.5

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

   3. Applied flip-+ 26.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   4. Simplified 16.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\]
   5. Using strategy rm

   6. Applied *-un-lft-identity 16.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   7. Applied *-un-lft-identity 16.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(0 + 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   8. Applied times-frac 16.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0 + 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   9. Simplified 16.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{0 + 3 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   10. Simplified 16.9

       \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{3}{\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{a \cdot c}}}}{3 \cdot a}\]
   11. Using strategy rm

   12. Applied *-un-lft-identity 16.9

       \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \frac{3}{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{a \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   13. Applied times-frac 14.7

       \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \frac{3}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{c}}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   if 5.3300268467023164e+29 < b

   1. Initial program 56.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   2. Taylor expanded around inf 4.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\]
3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 8.1

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.9551520595513616 \cdot 10^{118}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b} - 0.66666666666666663 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -1.53142763806062239 \cdot 10^{-259}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3}}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.3300268467023164 \cdot 10^{29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1 \cdot \frac{3}{\frac{1}{a} \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{c}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020049 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3 a) c)))) (* 3 a)))