quadm (p42, negative)

Average Error: 33.6 → 7.1

Time: 4.3s

Precision: 64

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.21751057489784995 \cdot 10^{59}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.58493670104825606 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot c\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.53222666392243104 \cdot 10^{66}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

C

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) {
	double VAR;
	if ((b <= -2.21751057489785e+59)) {
		VAR = (-1.0 * (c / b));
	} else {
		double VAR_1;
		if ((b <= 5.584936701048256e-297)) {
			VAR_1 = ((1.0 / (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))))) * (2.0 * c));
		} else {
			double VAR_2;
			if ((b <= 1.532226663922431e+66)) {
				VAR_2 = ((-b - sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) * (1.0 / (2.0 * a)));
			} else {
				VAR_2 = (-1.0 * (b / a));
			}
			VAR_1 = VAR_2;
		}
		VAR = VAR_1;
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original	33.6
Target	20.6
Herbie	7.1

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -2.21751057489785e+59

   1. Initial program 57.5

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

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.8

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

   if -2.21751057489785e+59 < b < 5.584936701048256e-297

   1. Initial program 30.1

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

   3. Applied div-inv 30.2

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

   5. Applied flip-- 30.2

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

   6. Applied frac-times 35.0

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

   7. Simplified 21.8

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

   9. Applied *-un-lft-identity 21.8

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

   10. Applied times-frac 16.3

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

   11. Simplified 16.3

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

   12. Taylor expanded around 0 9.4

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

   if 5.584936701048256e-297 < b < 1.532226663922431e+66

   1. Initial program 9.2

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

   3. Applied div-inv 9.3

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

   if 1.532226663922431e+66 < b

   1. Initial program 39.7

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

   3. Applied div-inv 39.8

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

   5. Applied flip-- 61.8

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

   6. Applied frac-times 62.6

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

   7. Simplified 61.9

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

   8. Taylor expanded around 0 5.3

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

4. Final simplification 7.1

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -2.21751057489784995 \cdot 10^{59}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.58493670104825606 \cdot 10^{-297}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot c\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 1.53222666392243104 \cdot 10^{66}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020092 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))