Average Error: 34.0 → 6.5
Time: 4.9s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -1.54021464591230488 \cdot 10^{88}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 8.37931970722697612 \cdot 10^{-271}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 6.98776107046279863 \cdot 10^{139}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \frac{c}{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \end{array}\]

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 < -1.54021464591230488e88

    1. Initial program 43.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 4.2

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

    if -1.54021464591230488e88 < b_2 < 8.37931970722697612e-271

    1. Initial program 9.3

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

    3. Applied *-un-lft-identity9.3

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

    4. Applied associate-/r*9.3

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

    5. Simplified9.3

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

    if 8.37931970722697612e-271 < b_2 < 6.98776107046279863e139

    1. Initial program 35.2

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

    3. Applied flip-+35.2

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

    4. Simplified16.2

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

    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity16.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot a}}\]

    7. Applied associate-/r*16.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{0 + a \cdot c}{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}}{1}}{a}}\]

    8. Simplified13.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{c}}}}{a}\]
    9. Using strategy rm

    10. Applied clear-num13.8

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

    11. Simplified8.1

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

    13. Applied *-un-lft-identity8.1

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

    14. Applied *-un-lft-identity8.1

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

    15. Applied times-frac8.1

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

    16. Applied add-cube-cbrt8.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{1} \cdot \sqrt[3]{1}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{1}}}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{c}}\]

    17. Applied times-frac8.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt[3]{1} \cdot \sqrt[3]{1}}{\frac{1}{1}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{1}}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{c}}}\]

    18. Simplified8.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{1}}{\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{c}}\]

    19. Simplified7.7

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

    if 6.98776107046279863e139 < b_2

    1. Initial program 62.8

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 1.8

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

  4. Final simplification6.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \le -1.54021464591230488 \cdot 10^{88}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 8.37931970722697612 \cdot 10^{-271}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \le 6.98776107046279863 \cdot 10^{139}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \frac{c}{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020161 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2p (problem 3.2.1, positive)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (neg b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))