Average Error: 28.4 → 0.3
Time: 5.0s
Precision: 64
\[1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt a \lt 94906265.6242515594 \land 1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt b \lt 94906265.6242515594 \land 1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt c \lt 94906265.6242515594\]
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\left(\frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot 4\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\left(\frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot 4\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a));
}
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (((c / (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))))) * 4.0) * (1.0 / 2.0));
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 28.4

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\]
  2. Using strategy rm
  3. Applied flip-+28.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
  4. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
  5. Using strategy rm
  6. Applied *-un-lft-identity0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
  7. Applied *-un-lft-identity0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
  8. Applied times-frac0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{2 \cdot a}\]
  9. Applied times-frac0.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{1}}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a}}\]
  10. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{0 + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{a}\]
  11. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}\]
  12. Using strategy rm
  13. Applied associate-/r*0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\]
  14. Using strategy rm
  15. Applied *-un-lft-identity0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}\]
  16. Applied *-un-lft-identity0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a}}}{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}\]
  17. Applied times-frac0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right)}\]
  18. Simplified0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\frac{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\right)\]
  19. Simplified0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}} \cdot 4\right)}\right)\]
  20. Final simplification0.3

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020078 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 a 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 b 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 c 94906265.62425156))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)))