quad2p (problem 3.2.1, positive)

Average Error: 33.8 → 10.3

Time: 13.3s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 7368

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+109}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

FPCore

(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 -2e+109)
   (+ (* -2.0 (/ b_2 a)) (* 0.5 (/ c b_2)))
   (if (<= b_2 1.6e-77)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c))) b_2) a)
     (/ (* c -0.5) b_2))))

C

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 <= -2e+109) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.6e-77) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a
end function

↓

real(8) function code(a, b_2, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b_2
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b_2 <= (-2d+109)) then
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5d0 * (c / b_2))
    else if (b_2 <= 1.6d-77) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a
    else
        tmp = (c * (-0.5d0)) / b_2
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	return (-b_2 + Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
}

↓

public static double code(double a, double b_2, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b_2 <= -2e+109) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	} else if (b_2 <= 1.6e-77) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b_2, c):
	return (-b_2 + math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a

↓

def code(a, b_2, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b_2 <= -2e+109:
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2))
	elif b_2 <= 1.6e-77:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a
	else:
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b_2, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b_2) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c)))) / a)
end

↓

function code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b_2 <= -2e+109)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * Float64(b_2 / a)) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(c / b_2)));
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.6e-77)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b_2 * b_2) - Float64(a * c))) - b_2) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c * -0.5) / b_2);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = (-b_2 + sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c)))) / a;
end

↓

function tmp_2 = code(a, b_2, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b_2 <= -2e+109)
		tmp = (-2.0 * (b_2 / a)) + (0.5 * (c / b_2));
	elseif (b_2 <= 1.6e-77)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b_2 * b_2) - (a * c))) - b_2) / a;
	else
		tmp = (c * -0.5) / b_2;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := N[(N[((-b$95$2) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[a_, b$95$2_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b$95$2, -2e+109], N[(N[(-2.0 * N[(b$95$2 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(c / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b$95$2, 1.6e-77], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b$95$2 * b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(c * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b$95$2), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b_2 < -1.99999999999999996e109

   1. Initial program 49.9

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

   2. Simplified 49.9

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

      [Start] 49.9	\[ \frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      +-commutative [=>] 49.9	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]
      unsub-neg [=>] 49.9	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around -inf 3.4

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

   if -1.99999999999999996e109 < b_2 < 1.6e-77

   1. Initial program 12.8

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

   2. Simplified 12.8

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

      [Start] 12.8	\[ \frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      +-commutative [=>] 12.8	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]
      unsub-neg [=>] 12.8	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   if 1.6e-77 < b_2

   1. Initial program 52.4

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

   2. Simplified 52.4

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

      [Start] 52.4	\[ \frac{\left(-b_2\right) + \sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c}}{a} \]
      +-commutative [=>] 52.4	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} + \left(-b_2\right)}}{a} \]
      unsub-neg [=>] 52.4	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}}{a} \]

   3. Taylor expanded in b_2 around inf 9.7

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

   4. Simplified 9.7

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

      [Start] 9.7	\[ -0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2} \]
      associate-*r/ [=>] 9.7	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot c}{b_2}} \]
      *-commutative [=>] 9.7	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot -0.5}}{b_2} \]

3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 10.3

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+109}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b_2 \cdot b_2 - a \cdot c} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	13.7
Cost	7176

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq -3.45 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b_2 \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-80}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(-c\right)} - b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	22.9
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 6.6 \cdot 10^{-266}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;c \cdot \frac{-0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	22.8
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b_2 \leq 1.45 \cdot 10^{-263}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c \cdot -0.5}{b_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	45.8
Cost	320

\[-2 \cdot \frac{b_2}{a} \]

Alternative 5
Error	59.3
Cost	256

\[\frac{-b_2}{a} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023017 
(FPCore (a b_2 c)
  :name "quad2p (problem 3.2.1, positive)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b_2) (sqrt (- (* b_2 b_2) (* a c)))) a))