Average Error: 34.5 → 6.7
Time: 5.6s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.52779163831840318 \cdot 10^{117}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -6.31275544544182218 \cdot 10^{-270}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.7411875700484855 \cdot 10^{112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{c \cdot 4}{1}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -1.52779163831840318 \cdot 10^{117}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le -6.31275544544182218 \cdot 10^{-270}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.7411875700484855 \cdot 10^{112}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{c \cdot 4}{1}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r89016 = b;
        double r89017 = -r89016;
        double r89018 = r89016 * r89016;
        double r89019 = 4.0;
        double r89020 = a;
        double r89021 = r89019 * r89020;
        double r89022 = c;
        double r89023 = r89021 * r89022;
        double r89024 = r89018 - r89023;
        double r89025 = sqrt(r89024);
        double r89026 = r89017 + r89025;
        double r89027 = 2.0;
        double r89028 = r89027 * r89020;
        double r89029 = r89026 / r89028;
        return r89029;
}
↓
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r89030 = b;
        double r89031 = -1.5277916383184032e+117;
        bool r89032 = r89030 <= r89031;
        double r89033 = 1.0;
        double r89034 = c;
        double r89035 = r89034 / r89030;
        double r89036 = a;
        double r89037 = r89030 / r89036;
        double r89038 = r89035 - r89037;
        double r89039 = r89033 * r89038;
        double r89040 = -6.312755445441822e-270;
        bool r89041 = r89030 <= r89040;
        double r89042 = 1.0;
        double r89043 = 2.0;
        double r89044 = r89043 * r89036;
        double r89045 = -r89030;
        double r89046 = r89030 * r89030;
        double r89047 = 4.0;
        double r89048 = r89047 * r89036;
        double r89049 = r89048 * r89034;
        double r89050 = r89046 - r89049;
        double r89051 = sqrt(r89050);
        double r89052 = r89045 + r89051;
        double r89053 = r89044 / r89052;
        double r89054 = r89042 / r89053;
        double r89055 = 6.7411875700484855e+112;
        bool r89056 = r89030 <= r89055;
        double r89057 = r89042 / r89043;
        double r89058 = r89034 * r89047;
        double r89059 = r89058 / r89042;
        double r89060 = r89045 - r89051;
        double r89061 = r89059 / r89060;
        double r89062 = r89057 * r89061;
        double r89063 = -1.0;
        double r89064 = r89063 * r89035;
        double r89065 = r89056 ? r89062 : r89064;
        double r89066 = r89041 ? r89054 : r89065;
        double r89067 = r89032 ? r89039 : r89066;
        return r89067;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Target

Original34.5
Target21.4
Herbie6.7
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -1.5277916383184032e+117

    1. Initial program 51.3

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.7

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

    3. Simplified3.7

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

    if -1.5277916383184032e+117 < b < -6.312755445441822e-270

    1. Initial program 8.4

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

    3. Applied clear-num8.6

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

    if -6.312755445441822e-270 < b < 6.7411875700484855e+112

    1. Initial program 31.9

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

    3. Applied flip-+31.9

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

    4. Simplified16.8

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.8

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

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.8

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

    8. Applied times-frac16.8

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

    9. Applied times-frac16.8

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

    10. Simplified16.8

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

    11. Simplified21.4

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

    13. Applied associate-/r*16.0

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

    14. Simplified9.5

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

    if 6.7411875700484855e+112 < 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 1.8

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

  4. Final simplification6.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -1.52779163831840318 \cdot 10^{117}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -6.31275544544182218 \cdot 10^{-270}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 6.7411875700484855 \cdot 10^{112}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{c \cdot 4}{1}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020064 +o rules:numerics
(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)))