Quadratic roots, narrow range

Average Error: 28.2 → 0.4

Time: 4.4s

Precision: binary64

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Math

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Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

1. Initial program 28.2

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2. Using strategy rm

3. Applied flip-+ 28.2

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4. Simplified 0.4

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5. Simplified 0.4

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6. Using strategy rm

7. Applied *-un-lft-identity 0.4

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8. Applied times-frac 0.4

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9. Applied times-frac 0.4

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10. Simplified 0.4

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11. Simplified 0.3

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12. Using strategy rm

13. Applied clear-num 0.4

    \[\leadsto \]

14. Final simplification 0.4

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Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020180 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 a 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 b 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 c 94906265.62425156))
  (/ (+ (neg b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))