Average Error: 33.8 → 6.2
Time: 8.8s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -6.521592839866794 \cdot 10^{+110}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 8.703437390764477 \cdot 10^{-293}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - c \cdot a} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.2768443745798854 \cdot 10^{+90}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - c \cdot a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + \frac{c}{b_2} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -6.521592839866794 \cdot 10^{+110}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 8.703437390764477 \cdot 10^{-293}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - c \cdot a} - b_2}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.2768443745798854 \cdot 10^{+90}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - c \cdot a}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + \frac{c}{b_2} \cdot 0.5\\

\end{array}
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))
↓
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b_2 -6.521592839866794e+110)
   (* -0.5 (/ c b_2))
   (if (<= b_2 8.703437390764477e-293)
     (/ c (- (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* c a))) b_2))
     (if (<= b_2 1.2768443745798854e+90)
       (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* c a)))) a)
       (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* (/ c b_2) 0.5))))))
double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 - sqrt((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) / a;
}
↓
double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -6.521592839866794e+110) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (c / b_2);
	} else if (b_2 <= 8.703437390764477e-293) {
		tmp = c / (sqrt((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a)) - b_2);
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.2768443745798854e+90) {
		tmp = (-b_2 - sqrt((b_2 * b_2) - (c * a))) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + ((c / b_2) * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b_2

Bits error versus c

Try it out

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Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

Derivation

  1. Split input into 4 regimes

  2. if b_2 < -6.5215928398667938e110

    1. Initial program 59.9

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

    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 2.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}}\]

    if -6.5215928398667938e110 < b_2 < 8.7034373907644771e-293

    1. Initial program 31.7

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

    3. Applied flip--_binary6431.7

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

    4. Simplified15.5

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

    5. Simplified15.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}}{a}\]
    6. Using strategy rm

    7. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary6415.5

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

    8. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary6415.5

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

    9. Applied times-frac_binary6415.5

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

    10. Simplified15.5

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

    11. Simplified7.9

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

    if 8.7034373907644771e-293 < b_2 < 1.2768443745798854e90

    1. Initial program 8.9

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

    if 1.2768443745798854e90 < b_2

    1. Initial program 44.5

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 3.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} - 2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}}\]

    3. Simplified3.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}}\]
  3. Recombined 4 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification6.2

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -6.521592839866794 \cdot 10^{+110}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 8.703437390764477 \cdot 10^{-293}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - c \cdot a} - b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.2768443745798854 \cdot 10^{+90}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b_2\right) - \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - c \cdot a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + \frac{c}{b_2} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2021032 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2m (problem 3.2.1, negative)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))