Average Error: 33.9 → 6.9
Time: 4.8s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.58543573862810322 \cdot 10^{150}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.3730540219645598 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.55563303224959 \cdot 10^{106}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{c} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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{0.5}{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 r97798 = b;
        double r97799 = -r97798;
        double r97800 = r97798 * r97798;
        double r97801 = 4.0;
        double r97802 = a;
        double r97803 = r97801 * r97802;
        double r97804 = c;
        double r97805 = r97803 * r97804;
        double r97806 = r97800 - r97805;
        double r97807 = sqrt(r97806);
        double r97808 = r97799 + r97807;
        double r97809 = 2.0;
        double r97810 = r97809 * r97802;
        double r97811 = r97808 / r97810;
        return r97811;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r97812 = b;
        double r97813 = -5.585435738628103e+150;
        bool r97814 = r97812 <= r97813;
        double r97815 = 1.0;
        double r97816 = c;
        double r97817 = r97816 / r97812;
        double r97818 = a;
        double r97819 = r97812 / r97818;
        double r97820 = r97817 - r97819;
        double r97821 = r97815 * r97820;
        double r97822 = -2.3730540219645598e-278;
        bool r97823 = r97812 <= r97822;
        double r97824 = 1.0;
        double r97825 = 2.0;
        double r97826 = r97825 * r97818;
        double r97827 = -r97812;
        double r97828 = r97812 * r97812;
        double r97829 = 4.0;
        double r97830 = r97829 * r97818;
        double r97831 = r97830 * r97816;
        double r97832 = r97828 - r97831;
        double r97833 = sqrt(r97832);
        double r97834 = r97827 + r97833;
        double r97835 = r97826 / r97834;
        double r97836 = r97824 / r97835;
        double r97837 = 1.55563303224959e+106;
        bool r97838 = r97812 <= r97837;
        double r97839 = 0.5;
        double r97840 = r97839 / r97816;
        double r97841 = r97827 - r97833;
        double r97842 = r97840 * r97841;
        double r97843 = r97824 / r97842;
        double r97844 = -1.0;
        double r97845 = r97844 * r97817;
        double r97846 = r97838 ? r97843 : r97845;
        double r97847 = r97823 ? r97836 : r97846;
        double r97848 = r97814 ? r97821 : r97847;
        return r97848;
}

Error

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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 clear-num16.9

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

    7. Simplified16.2

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

    8. Taylor expanded around 0 9.9

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

    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

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -5.58543573862810322 \cdot 10^{150}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.3730540219645598 \cdot 10^{-278}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.55563303224959 \cdot 10^{106}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{c} \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

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)))