quadp (p42, positive)

Average Error: 33.5 → 10.6

Time: 17.3s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 7624

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.8 \cdot 10^{+78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

FPCore

(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 -4.8e+78)
   (- (/ c b) (/ b a))
   (if (<= b 9e-76)
     (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* c a)))) b) (* a 2.0))
     (/ (- c) b))))

C

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 <= -4.8e+78) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 9e-76) {
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function

↓

real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= (-4.8d+78)) then
        tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
    else if (b <= 9d-76) then
        tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0d0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = -c / b
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
}

↓

public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= -4.8e+78) {
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	} else if (b <= 9e-76) {
		tmp = (Math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -c / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a)

↓

def code(a, b, c):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= -4.8e+78:
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a)
	elif b <= 9e-76:
		tmp = (math.sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -c / b
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(a * c))))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end

↓

function code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= -4.8e+78)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(c / b) - Float64(b / a));
	elseif (b <= 9e-76)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(4.0 * Float64(c * a)))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-c) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (a * c))))) / (2.0 * a);
end

↓

function tmp_2 = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= -4.8e+78)
		tmp = (c / b) - (b / a);
	elseif (b <= 9e-76)
		tmp = (sqrt(((b * b) - (4.0 * (c * a)))) - b) / (a * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -c / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[a_, b_, c_] := If[LessEqual[b, -4.8e+78], N[(N[(c / b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 9e-76], N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]]]

Target

Original	33.5
Target	20.7
Herbie	10.6

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < -4.7999999999999997e78

   1. Initial program 41.4

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

   2. Simplified 41.6

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

      [Start] 41.4	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      /-rgt-identity [<=] 41.4	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{1}}} \]
      metadata-eval [<=] 41.4	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\color{blue}{--1}}} \]
      *-commutative [=>] 41.4	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}}{--1}} \]
      associate-/l* [=>] 41.4	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\frac{--1}{2}}}} \]
      associate-/l* [<=] 41.4	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{--1}{2}}{a}} \]
      associate-*r/ [<=] 41.5	\[ \color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a}} \]
      /-rgt-identity [<=] 41.5	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a} \]
      metadata-eval [<=] 41.5	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{\color{blue}{--1}} \cdot \frac{\frac{--1}{2}}{a} \]

   3. Taylor expanded in b around -inf 10.4

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

   4. Simplified 5.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, b \cdot -2\right)} \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]
      Proof

      [Start] 10.4	\[ \left(2 \cdot \frac{c \cdot a}{b} + -2 \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]
      fma-def [=>] 10.4	\[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{c \cdot a}{b}, -2 \cdot b\right)} \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]
      associate-/l* [=>] 5.0	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(2, \color{blue}{\frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}}, -2 \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]
      *-commutative [=>] 5.0	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{c}{\frac{b}{a}}, \color{blue}{b \cdot -2}\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a} \]

   5. Taylor expanded in c around 0 4.6

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

   6. Simplified 4.6

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

      [Start] 4.6	\[ \frac{c}{b} + -1 \cdot \frac{b}{a} \]
      mul-1-neg [=>] 4.6	\[ \frac{c}{b} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{b}{a}\right)} \]
      unsub-neg [=>] 4.6	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}} \]

   if -4.7999999999999997e78 < b < 9.0000000000000001e-76

   1. Initial program 13.6

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

   if 9.0000000000000001e-76 < b

   1. Initial program 52.7

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around inf 9.7

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

   3. Simplified 9.7

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

      [Start] 9.7	\[ -1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} \]
      associate-*r/ [=>] 9.7	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]
      neg-mul-1 [<=] 9.7	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]

3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 10.6

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -4.8 \cdot 10^{+78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)} - b}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	10.8
Cost	7624

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{+68}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	14.0
Cost	7368

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5.2 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{-77}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	14.0
Cost	7368

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -9.6 \cdot 10^{-69}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.3 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\sqrt{a \cdot \left(c \cdot -4\right)} - b}{a}}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	39.5
Cost	388

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	22.9
Cost	388

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-270}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-b}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-c}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	56.5
Cost	64

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Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023018 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadp (p42, positive)"
  :precision binary64

  :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)))