| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.4% |
| Cost | 6848 |
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(y, z \cdot -4, x \cdot x\right)
\]

(FPCore (x y z) :precision binary64 (- (* x x) (* (* y 4.0) z)))
(FPCore (x y z) :precision binary64 (fma y (* z -4.0) (* x x)))
double code(double x, double y, double z) {
return (x * x) - ((y * 4.0) * z);
}
double code(double x, double y, double z) {
return fma(y, (z * -4.0), (x * x));
}
function code(x, y, z) return Float64(Float64(x * x) - Float64(Float64(y * 4.0) * z)) end
function code(x, y, z) return fma(y, Float64(z * -4.0), Float64(x * x)) end
code[x_, y_, z_] := N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(y * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * z), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[x_, y_, z_] := N[(y * N[(z * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
x \cdot x - \left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z
\begin{array}{l}
\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(y, z \cdot -4, x \cdot x\right)
\end{array}
Herbie found 6 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
Initial program 98.8%
Simplified99.6%
[Start]98.8% | \[ x \cdot x - \left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z
\] |
|---|---|
sub-neg [=>]98.8% | \[ \color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z\right)}
\] |
+-commutative [=>]98.8% | \[ \color{blue}{\left(-\left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z\right) + x \cdot x}
\] |
associate-*l* [=>]98.8% | \[ \left(-\color{blue}{y \cdot \left(4 \cdot z\right)}\right) + x \cdot x
\] |
distribute-rgt-neg-in [=>]98.8% | \[ \color{blue}{y \cdot \left(-4 \cdot z\right)} + x \cdot x
\] |
fma-def [=>]99.6% | \[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(y, -4 \cdot z, x \cdot x\right)}
\] |
*-commutative [=>]99.6% | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(y, -\color{blue}{z \cdot 4}, x \cdot x\right)
\] |
distribute-rgt-neg-in [=>]99.6% | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(y, \color{blue}{z \cdot \left(-4\right)}, x \cdot x\right)
\] |
metadata-eval [=>]99.6% | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(y, z \cdot \color{blue}{-4}, x \cdot x\right)
\] |
Final simplification99.6%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.4% |
| Cost | 6848 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.0% |
| Cost | 6848 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 84.9% |
| Cost | 584 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 84.9% |
| Cost | 584 |
| Alternative 5 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 98.4% |
| Cost | 576 |
| Alternative 6 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 53.4% |
| Cost | 192 |
herbie shell --seed 2023167
(FPCore (x y z)
:name "Graphics.Rasterific.QuadraticFormula:discriminant from Rasterific-0.6.1"
:precision binary64
(- (* x x) (* (* y 4.0) z)))