The quadratic formula (r1)

Average Error: 34.3 → 6.7

Time: 5.3s

Precision: binary64

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.4530366155131072 \cdot 10^{80}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.57507927592513038 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 8.17884787902325312 \cdot 10^{109}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original	34.3
Target	21.0
Herbie	6.7

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -3.4530366155131072e80

   1. Initial program 42.4

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

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 4.4

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

   3. Simplified 4.4

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

   if -3.4530366155131072e80 < b < 7.57507927592513038e-301

   1. Initial program 9.7

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

   if 7.57507927592513038e-301 < b < 8.17884787902325312e109

   1. Initial program 33.2

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

   3. Applied flip-+ 33.2

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

   4. Simplified 15.6

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

   6. Applied *-un-lft-identity 15.6

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

   7. Applied *-un-lft-identity 15.6

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

   8. Applied times-frac 15.6

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

   9. Applied times-frac 15.6

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

   10. Simplified 15.6

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

   11. Simplified 20.6

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

   13. Applied associate-/l* 20.8

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

   14. Simplified 8.3

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

   if 8.17884787902325312e109 < b

   1. Initial program 60.2

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

   2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.6

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

4. Final simplification 6.7

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -3.4530366155131072 \cdot 10^{80}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 7.57507927592513038 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 8.17884787902325312 \cdot 10^{109}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{4}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020153 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r1)"
  :precision binary64

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

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