Average Error: 33.8 → 6.2
Time: 4.5s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -6.1110291598347142 \cdot 10^{117}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.79373955492108 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{c}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.3604106813735005 \cdot 10^{110}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b_2

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes
  2. if b_2 < -6.1110291598347142e117

    1. Initial program 60.5

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}}\]

    if -6.1110291598347142e117 < b_2 < 1.79373955492108e-310

    1. Initial program 32.3

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--32.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]
    4. Simplified15.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]
    5. Simplified15.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Using strategy rm
    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot a}}\]
    8. Applied associate-/r*15.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{1}}{a}}\]
    9. Simplified13.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{c}}}}{a}\]
    10. Using strategy rm
    11. Applied clear-num13.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\frac{a}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{c}}}}}\]
    12. Simplified8.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{c}}}\]

    if 1.79373955492108e-310 < b_2 < 1.3604106813735005e110

    1. Initial program 8.3

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]

    if 1.3604106813735005e110 < b_2

    1. Initial program 50.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 3.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification6.2

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -6.1110291598347142 \cdot 10^{117}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.79373955492108 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{c}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.3604106813735005 \cdot 10^{110}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020155 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- (neg b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))