Average Error: 52.5 → 0.1
Time: 6.2s
Precision: 64
\[4.93038 \cdot 10^{-32} \lt a \lt 2.02824 \cdot 10^{31} \land 4.93038 \cdot 10^{-32} \lt b \lt 2.02824 \cdot 10^{31} \land 4.93038 \cdot 10^{-32} \lt c \lt 2.02824 \cdot 10^{31}\]
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}} \cdot \frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
↓
\frac{1}{\frac{2}{4}} \cdot \frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a));
}
↓
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((1.0 / (2.0 / 4.0)) * (c / (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))))));
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 52.5

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

  3. Applied flip-+52.5

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

  4. Simplified0.4

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

  6. Applied div-inv0.4

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

  7. Applied associate-/l*0.4

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

  8. Simplified0.4

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

  10. Applied clear-num0.4

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

  11. Simplified0.4

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

  13. Applied add-sqr-sqrt0.4

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

  14. Applied times-frac0.4

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

  15. Simplified0.4

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

  16. Simplified0.1

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

  17. Final simplification0.1

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020056 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< 4.9303800000000003e-32 a 2.02824e+31) (< 4.9303800000000003e-32 b 2.02824e+31) (< 4.9303800000000003e-32 c 2.02824e+31))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)))