Average Error: 33.9 → 6.9
Time: 4.9s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.58543573862810322 \cdot 10^{150}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.3730540219645598 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.55563303224959 \cdot 10^{106}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2}{\frac{4}{1} \cdot c} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -5.58543573862810322 \cdot 10^{150}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.3730540219645598 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.55563303224959 \cdot 10^{106}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2}{\frac{4}{1} \cdot c} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r75384 = b;
        double r75385 = -r75384;
        double r75386 = r75384 * r75384;
        double r75387 = 4.0;
        double r75388 = a;
        double r75389 = r75387 * r75388;
        double r75390 = c;
        double r75391 = r75389 * r75390;
        double r75392 = r75386 - r75391;
        double r75393 = sqrt(r75392);
        double r75394 = r75385 + r75393;
        double r75395 = 2.0;
        double r75396 = r75395 * r75388;
        double r75397 = r75394 / r75396;
        return r75397;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r75398 = b;
        double r75399 = -5.585435738628103e+150;
        bool r75400 = r75398 <= r75399;
        double r75401 = 1.0;
        double r75402 = c;
        double r75403 = r75402 / r75398;
        double r75404 = a;
        double r75405 = r75398 / r75404;
        double r75406 = r75403 - r75405;
        double r75407 = r75401 * r75406;
        double r75408 = -2.3730540219645598e-278;
        bool r75409 = r75398 <= r75408;
        double r75410 = 1.0;
        double r75411 = 2.0;
        double r75412 = r75411 * r75404;
        double r75413 = -r75398;
        double r75414 = r75398 * r75398;
        double r75415 = 4.0;
        double r75416 = r75415 * r75404;
        double r75417 = r75416 * r75402;
        double r75418 = r75414 - r75417;
        double r75419 = sqrt(r75418);
        double r75420 = r75413 + r75419;
        double r75421 = r75412 / r75420;
        double r75422 = r75410 / r75421;
        double r75423 = 1.55563303224959e+106;
        bool r75424 = r75398 <= r75423;
        double r75425 = r75415 / r75410;
        double r75426 = r75425 * r75402;
        double r75427 = r75411 / r75426;
        double r75428 = r75413 - r75419;
        double r75429 = r75427 * r75428;
        double r75430 = r75410 / r75429;
        double r75431 = -1.0;
        double r75432 = r75431 * r75403;
        double r75433 = r75424 ? r75430 : r75432;
        double r75434 = r75409 ? r75422 : r75433;
        double r75435 = r75400 ? r75407 : r75434;
        return r75435;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original33.9
Target20.7
Herbie6.9
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -5.585435738628103e+150

    1. Initial program 61.5

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.2

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

    3. Simplified2.2

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

    if -5.585435738628103e+150 < b < -2.3730540219645598e-278

    1. Initial program 8.1

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

    3. Applied clear-num8.3

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

    if -2.3730540219645598e-278 < b < 1.55563303224959e+106

    1. Initial program 31.3

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

    3. Applied flip-+31.3

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

    4. Simplified16.7

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.7

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

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.7

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

    8. Applied times-frac16.7

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

    9. Applied associate-/l*16.9

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

    10. Simplified16.2

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

    12. Applied associate-/l*16.2

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

    13. Simplified9.9

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

    if 1.55563303224959e+106 < b

    1. Initial program 60.3

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.7

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

  4. Final simplification6.9

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.58543573862810322 \cdot 10^{150}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.3730540219645598 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.55563303224959 \cdot 10^{106}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2}{\frac{4}{1} \cdot c} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020062 
(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)))