Average Error: 28.5 → 5.7
Time: 6.3s
Precision: binary64
\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
↓
\[-\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(5, \frac{{a}^{3} \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{c}{b} + \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
↓
-\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(5, \frac{{a}^{3} \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{c}{b} + \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
↓
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (fma
   2.0
   (/ (* (* a a) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0))
   (fma
    5.0
    (/ (* (pow a 3.0) (pow c 4.0)) (pow b 7.0))
    (+ (/ c b) (/ (* c (* a c)) (pow b 3.0)))))))
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) {
	return -fma(2.0, (((a * a) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0)), fma(5.0, ((pow(a, 3.0) * pow(c, 4.0)) / pow(b, 7.0)), ((c / b) + ((c * (a * c)) / pow(b, 3.0)))));
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Initial program 28.5

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

  2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 5.7

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\left(2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} + \left(5 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{3}}{{b}^{7}} + \left(\frac{{c}^{2} \cdot a}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)\right)} \]

  3. Simplified5.7

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(5, \frac{{a}^{3} \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{c}{b} + \frac{c \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right)} \]

  4. Final simplification5.7

    \[\leadsto -\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(5, \frac{{a}^{3} \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{7}}, \frac{c}{b} + \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right)\right) \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022121 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))