Average Error: 33.6 → 6.8
Time: 5.9s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9.653953438506672 \cdot 10^{+122}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.329496704353122 \cdot 10^{-273}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.6022400513499554 \cdot 10^{+42}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{c}{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9.653953438506672 \cdot 10^{+122}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.329496704353122 \cdot 10^{-273}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.6022400513499554 \cdot 10^{+42}:\\
\;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{c}{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\

\end{array}
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))
↓
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b -9.653953438506672e+122)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 9.329496704353122e-273)
     (/ (- (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* a (* c -4.0)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (if (<= b 2.6022400513499554e+42)
       (* -2.0 (/ c (+ b (sqrt (+ (* b b) (* a (* c -4.0)))))))
       (- (/ c b))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
↓
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -9.653953438506672e+122) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 9.329496704353122e-273) {
		tmp = (sqrt((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else if (b <= 2.6022400513499554e+42) {
		tmp = -2.0 * (c / (b + sqrt((b * b) + (a * (c * -4.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = -(c / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

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Results

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Target

Original33.6
Target20.7
Herbie6.8
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b < -9.65395343850667215e122

    1. Initial program 53.2

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

    2. Simplified53.2

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

    3. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.0

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

    if -9.65395343850667215e122 < b < 9.3294967043531217e-273

    1. Initial program 8.9

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

    2. Simplified8.9

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

    4. Applied sub-neg_binary648.9

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

    5. Simplified8.9

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

    if 9.3294967043531217e-273 < b < 2.60224005134995544e42

    1. Initial program 29.2

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

    2. Simplified29.2

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

    4. Applied sub-neg_binary6429.2

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

    5. Simplified29.2

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

    7. Applied flip--_binary6429.2

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

    8. Simplified16.9

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

    9. Simplified16.9

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

    11. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary6416.9

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

    12. Applied times-frac_binary6414.1

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

    13. Applied times-frac_binary649.2

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

    14. Simplified9.2

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

    15. Simplified9.2

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

    if 2.60224005134995544e42 < b

    1. Initial program 56.8

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

    2. Simplified56.8

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

    3. Taylor expanded around inf 4.3

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

    4. Simplified4.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c}{b}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification6.8

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9.653953438506672 \cdot 10^{+122}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.329496704353122 \cdot 10^{-273}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.6022400513499554 \cdot 10^{+42}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{c}{b + \sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020260 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected #f

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)) (/ c (* a (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))))

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