Average Error: 34.3 → 8.6
Time: 5.0s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -6.40845202432000542 \cdot 10^{119}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -6.2681041832722544 \cdot 10^{-203}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.87579380375089399 \cdot 10^{92}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original34.3
Target21.7
Herbie8.6
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b < -6.4084520243200054e+119

    1. Initial program 61.1

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.0

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

    if -6.4084520243200054e+119 < b < -6.268104183272254e-203

    1. Initial program 36.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied div-inv36.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied flip--36.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\]
    6. Applied associate-*l/36.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\]
    7. Simplified14.3

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

    if -6.268104183272254e-203 < b < 2.875793803750894e+92

    1. Initial program 10.2

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied div-inv10.4

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

    if 2.875793803750894e+92 < b

    1. Initial program 46.6

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied div-inv46.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied flip--63.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\]
    6. Applied frac-times63.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot a\right)}}\]
    7. Simplified62.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0 + 1 \cdot \left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot a\right)}\]
    8. Taylor expanded around 0 4.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification8.6

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -6.40845202432000542 \cdot 10^{119}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -6.2681041832722544 \cdot 10^{-203}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\left({b}^{2} - {b}^{2}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 2.87579380375089399 \cdot 10^{92}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{b}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020124 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))