Average Error: 34.4 → 9.1
Time: 5.3s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.0461303908572575 \cdot 10^{65}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.98127510036099003 \cdot 10^{-264}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2114787851.2472425:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -1.0461303908572575 \cdot 10^{65}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.98127510036099003 \cdot 10^{-264}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2114787851.2472425:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{2 \cdot a}}{\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 r87317 = b;
        double r87318 = -r87317;
        double r87319 = r87317 * r87317;
        double r87320 = 4.0;
        double r87321 = a;
        double r87322 = c;
        double r87323 = r87321 * r87322;
        double r87324 = r87320 * r87323;
        double r87325 = r87319 - r87324;
        double r87326 = sqrt(r87325);
        double r87327 = r87318 + r87326;
        double r87328 = 2.0;
        double r87329 = r87328 * r87321;
        double r87330 = r87327 / r87329;
        return r87330;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r87331 = b;
        double r87332 = -1.0461303908572575e+65;
        bool r87333 = r87331 <= r87332;
        double r87334 = 1.0;
        double r87335 = c;
        double r87336 = r87335 / r87331;
        double r87337 = a;
        double r87338 = r87331 / r87337;
        double r87339 = r87336 - r87338;
        double r87340 = r87334 * r87339;
        double r87341 = 2.98127510036099e-264;
        bool r87342 = r87331 <= r87341;
        double r87343 = 1.0;
        double r87344 = 2.0;
        double r87345 = r87344 * r87337;
        double r87346 = -r87331;
        double r87347 = r87331 * r87331;
        double r87348 = 4.0;
        double r87349 = r87337 * r87335;
        double r87350 = r87348 * r87349;
        double r87351 = r87347 - r87350;
        double r87352 = sqrt(r87351);
        double r87353 = r87346 + r87352;
        double r87354 = r87345 / r87353;
        double r87355 = r87343 / r87354;
        double r87356 = 2114787851.2472425;
        bool r87357 = r87331 <= r87356;
        double r87358 = 2.0;
        double r87359 = pow(r87331, r87358);
        double r87360 = r87359 - r87359;
        double r87361 = r87360 + r87350;
        double r87362 = r87361 / r87345;
        double r87363 = r87346 - r87352;
        double r87364 = r87362 / r87363;
        double r87365 = -1.0;
        double r87366 = r87365 * r87336;
        double r87367 = r87357 ? r87364 : r87366;
        double r87368 = r87342 ? r87355 : r87367;
        double r87369 = r87333 ? r87340 : r87368;
        return r87369;
}

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Results

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Target

Original34.4
Target21.0
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 < -1.0461303908572575e+65

    1. Initial program 41.3

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 4.6

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

    3. Simplified4.6

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

    if -1.0461303908572575e+65 < b < 2.98127510036099e-264

    1. Initial program 10.7

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

    3. Applied clear-num10.8

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

    if 2.98127510036099e-264 < b < 2114787851.2472425

    1. Initial program 27.8

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

    3. Applied clear-num27.8

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

    5. Applied flip-+27.8

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

    6. Applied associate-/r/27.9

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

    7. Applied associate-/r*27.9

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

    8. Simplified17.7

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

    if 2114787851.2472425 < b

    1. Initial program 56.3

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 4.8

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

  4. Final simplification9.1

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.0461303908572575 \cdot 10^{65}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.98127510036099003 \cdot 10^{-264}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2114787851.2472425:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020059 
(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)))