Average Error: 34.0 → 6.4
Time: 4.2s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -8.76489248842270709 \cdot 10^{153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 6.3411928596588654 \cdot 10^{-251}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.70350465332629402 \cdot 10^{111}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -8.76489248842270709 \cdot 10^{153}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 6.3411928596588654 \cdot 10^{-251}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.70350465332629402 \cdot 10^{111}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\

\end{array}
double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return ((-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a);
}
↓
double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double VAR;
	if ((b_2 <= -8.764892488422707e+153)) {
		VAR = (-0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else {
		double VAR_1;
		if ((b_2 <= 6.3411928596588654e-251)) {
			VAR_1 = (c / (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2));
		} else {
			double VAR_2;
			if ((b_2 <= 1.703504653326294e+111)) {
				VAR_2 = ((-b_2 - sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) * (1.0 / a));
			} else {
				VAR_2 = ((0.5 * (c / b_2)) - (2.0 * (b_2 / a)));
			}
			VAR_1 = VAR_2;
		}
		VAR = VAR_1;
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b_2

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b_2 < -8.764892488422707e+153

    1. Initial program 64.0

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 1.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}}\]

    if -8.764892488422707e+153 < b_2 < 6.3411928596588654e-251

    1. Initial program 32.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied flip--32.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]

    4. Simplified15.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a, 0\right)}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]

    5. Simplified15.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a, 0\right)}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Using strategy rm

    7. Applied div-inv15.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a, 0\right)}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2} \cdot \frac{1}{a}}\]
    8. Using strategy rm

    9. Applied associate-*l/14.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a, 0\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}\]

    10. Simplified13.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a, 0\right)}{a}}}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\]

    11. Taylor expanded around 0 8.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c}}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\]

    if 6.3411928596588654e-251 < b_2 < 1.703504653326294e+111

    1. Initial program 8.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied div-inv8.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}}\]

    if 1.703504653326294e+111 < b_2

    1. Initial program 49.6

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 3.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification6.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -8.76489248842270709 \cdot 10^{153}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 6.3411928596588654 \cdot 10^{-251}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.70350465332629402 \cdot 10^{111}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020071 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))