The quadratic formula (r2)

Average Error: 34.1 → 6.8

Time: 5.2s

Precision: 64

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -9.64658559646691492 \cdot 10^{117}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.65822807508998801 \cdot 10^{-307}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.6015260252764486 \cdot 10^{45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

C

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((double) (((double) (((double) -(b)) - ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (4.0 * ((double) (a * c)))))))))) / ((double) (2.0 * a))));
}

↓

double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double VAR;
	if ((b <= -9.646585596466915e+117)) {
		VAR = ((double) (-1.0 * ((double) (c / b))));
	} else {
		double VAR_1;
		if ((b <= 5.658228075089988e-307)) {
			VAR_1 = ((double) (((double) (1.0 / 2.0)) * ((double) (((double) (4.0 * c)) / ((double) (((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (4.0 * ((double) (a * c)))))))) - b))))));
		} else {
			double VAR_2;
			if ((b <= 5.6015260252764486e+45)) {
				VAR_2 = ((double) (((double) (((double) -(b)) - ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (4.0 * ((double) (a * c)))))))))) * ((double) (1.0 / ((double) (2.0 * a))))));
			} else {
				VAR_2 = ((double) (1.0 * ((double) (((double) (c / b)) - ((double) (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	34.1
Target	21.1
Herbie	6.8

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -9.646585596466915e+117

   1. Initial program 60.5

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

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 1.9

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

   if -9.646585596466915e+117 < b < 5.658228075089988e-307

   1. Initial program 33.4

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

   3. Applied flip-- 33.4

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

   4. Simplified 16.7

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

   5. Simplified 16.7

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

   7. Applied *-un-lft-identity 16.7

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

   8. Applied *-un-lft-identity 16.7

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

   9. Applied times-frac 16.7

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

   10. Applied times-frac 16.7

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

   11. Simplified 16.7

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

   12. Simplified 15.8

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

   14. Applied *-un-lft-identity 15.8

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

   15. Applied times-frac 15.8

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

   16. Simplified 15.8

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

   17. Simplified 8.4

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

   if 5.658228075089988e-307 < b < 5.6015260252764486e+45

   1. Initial program 10.1

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

   3. Applied div-inv 10.2

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

   if 5.6015260252764486e+45 < b

   1. Initial program 36.8

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

   2. Taylor expanded around inf 5.2

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

   3. Simplified 5.2

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

4. Final simplification 6.8

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -9.64658559646691492 \cdot 10^{117}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.65822807508998801 \cdot 10^{-307}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.6015260252764486 \cdot 10^{45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020122 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :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)))