Average Error: 35.8 → 8.8
Time: 5.2s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -22.4800336485144889:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 8.54980141829626975 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{a}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{c}}}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.2245621006229754 \cdot 10^{79}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

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 < -22.4800336485144889

    1. Initial program 55.6

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 6.9

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

    if -22.4800336485144889 < b_2 < 8.54980141829626975e-301

    1. Initial program 22.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--22.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]
    4. Simplified15.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]
    5. Simplified15.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Using strategy rm
    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot a}}\]
    8. Applied associate-/r*15.8

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

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

    if 8.54980141829626975e-301 < b_2 < 1.2245621006229754e79

    1. Initial program 9.1

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied clear-num9.3

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

    if 1.2245621006229754e79 < b_2

    1. Initial program 43.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--62.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) \cdot \left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}}{a}\]
    4. Simplified61.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0 + a \cdot c}}{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{a}\]
    5. Simplified61.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Taylor expanded around 0 4.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot b_2}}{a}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification8.8

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -22.4800336485144889:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 8.54980141829626975 \cdot 10^{-301}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{a}{\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{c}}}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 1.2245621006229754 \cdot 10^{79}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{a}{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2 \cdot b_2}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020156 
(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))