The quadratic formula (r2)

Average Error: 34.8 → 7.1

Time: 8.5s

Precision: binary64

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -6.34798320957221672 \cdot 10^{90}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.5660628491540048 \cdot 10^{-255}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{4}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.2859986424752965 \cdot 10^{67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original	34.8
Target	21.3
Herbie	7.1

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -6.34798320957221672e90

   1. Initial program 58.7

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

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.9

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

   if -6.34798320957221672e90 < b < 5.5660628491540048e-255

   1. Initial program 31.7

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

   3. Applied flip-- 31.8

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

   4. Simplified 17.5

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

   5. Simplified 17.5

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

   7. Applied *-un-lft-identity 17.5

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

   8. Applied *-un-lft-identity 17.5

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

   9. Applied times-frac 17.5

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

   10. Applied times-frac 17.5

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

   11. Simplified 17.5

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

   12. Simplified 16.9

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

   14. Applied associate-/l* 16.9

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

   15. Simplified 9.9

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

   if 5.5660628491540048e-255 < b < 5.2859986424752965e67

   1. Initial program 8.8

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

   3. Applied clear-num 8.9

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

   if 5.2859986424752965e67 < b

   1. Initial program 40.6

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

   2. Taylor expanded around inf 5.4

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

   3. Simplified 5.4

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

4. Final simplification 7.1

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -6.34798320957221672 \cdot 10^{90}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.5660628491540048 \cdot 10^{-255}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{4}{\frac{1}{c}}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)} - b}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 5.2859986424752965 \cdot 10^{67}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 \cdot \left(\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020162 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ 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)))

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