Quadratic roots, full range

Average Error: 34.7 → 7.2

Time: 6.0s

Precision: 64

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.11134778664368488 \cdot 10^{95}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.8254292841125695 \cdot 10^{-206}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 3.78411745991350346 \cdot 10^{30}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

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 <= -4.111347786643685e+95)) {
		VAR = (1.0 * ((c / b) - (b / a)));
	} else {
		double VAR_1;
		if ((b <= -2.8254292841125695e-206)) {
			VAR_1 = (1.0 / ((2.0 * a) / (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))))));
		} else {
			double VAR_2;
			if ((b <= 3.7841174599135035e+30)) {
				VAR_2 = ((1.0 / 2.0) * (4.0 / ((1.0 * (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))))) / c)));
			} else {
				VAR_2 = (-1.0 * (c / b));
			}
			VAR_1 = VAR_2;
		}
		VAR = VAR_1;
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -4.111347786643685e+95

   1. Initial program 45.3

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

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.3

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

   3. Simplified 3.3

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

   if -4.111347786643685e+95 < b < -2.8254292841125695e-206

   1. Initial program 8.3

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

   3. Applied clear-num 8.4

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

   if -2.8254292841125695e-206 < b < 3.7841174599135035e+30

   1. Initial program 25.6

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

   3. Applied flip-+ 25.8

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

   4. Simplified 17.1

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

   6. Applied *-un-lft-identity 17.1

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

   7. Applied *-un-lft-identity 17.1

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

   8. Applied times-frac 17.1

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

   9. Applied times-frac 17.1

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

   10. Simplified 17.1

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

   11. Simplified 23.4

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

   13. Applied associate-/l* 23.5

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

   14. Simplified 11.2

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

   if 3.7841174599135035e+30 < b

   1. Initial program 57.0

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

   2. Taylor expanded around inf 4.4

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

4. Final simplification 7.2

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -4.11134778664368488 \cdot 10^{95}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -2.8254292841125695 \cdot 10^{-206}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 3.78411745991350346 \cdot 10^{30}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020102 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, full range"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4 a) c)))) (* 2 a)))