Average Error: 30.9 → 9.5
Time: 13.9s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.901485601872386 \cdot 10^{-18}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4796580311829948 \cdot 10^{+128}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]
\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 -6.901485601872386 \cdot 10^{-18}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4796580311829948 \cdot 10^{+128}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + b}{a}\\


\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 -6.901485601872386e-18)
   (* -0.5 (* 2.0 (/ c b)))
   (if (<= b 2.4796580311829948e+128)
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b (sqrt (fma a (* c -4.0) (* b b)))) a))
     (* -0.5 (/ (+ b b) a)))))
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 <= -6.901485601872386e-18) {
		tmp = -0.5 * (2.0 * (c / b));
	} else if (b <= 2.4796580311829948e+128) {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + sqrt(fma(a, (c * -4.0), (b * b)))) / a);
	} else {
		tmp = -0.5 * ((b + b) / a);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Target

Original30.9
Target18.4
Herbie9.5
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{a \cdot \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\\ \end{array} \]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if b < -6.90148560187238563e-18

    1. Initial program 54.5

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

    2. Simplified54.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}} \]

    3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 6.1

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)} \]

    if -6.90148560187238563e-18 < b < 2.47965803118299478e128

    1. Initial program 14.6

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

    2. Simplified14.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}} \]

    3. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary6414.6

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot a}} \]

    4. Applied associate-/r*_binary6414.6

      \[\leadsto -0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{1}}{a}} \]

    if 2.47965803118299478e128 < b

    1. Initial program 31.9

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

    2. Simplified31.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}} \]

    3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.0

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

  4. Final simplification9.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -6.901485601872386 \cdot 10^{-18}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \left(2 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.4796580311829948 \cdot 10^{+128}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{b + b}{a}\\ \end{array} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022068 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "The quadratic formula (r2)"
  :precision binary64

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

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