Quadratic roots, wide range

Average Error: 52.5 → 0.4

Time: 13.5s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 14016

\[\left(\left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < a \land a < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < b \land b < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\right) \land \left(4.930380657631324 \cdot 10^{-32} < c \land c < 2.028240960365167 \cdot 10^{+31}\right)\]

Math

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

↓

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))

↓

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* a (/ -4.0 (/ (+ b (sqrt (fma c (* -4.0 a) (* b b)))) c))) (* a 2.0)))

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) {
	return (a * (-4.0 / ((b + sqrt(fma(c, (-4.0 * a), (b * b)))) / c))) / (a * 2.0);
}

Julia

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

↓

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

Wolfram

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

↓

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.5

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

2. Simplified 52.5

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

   [Start] 52.5	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 52.5	\[ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\color{blue}{a \cdot 2}} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 52.3

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

4. Simplified 52.2

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

   [Start] 52.3	\[ \frac{\frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}{\sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}}{-\sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   associate-/l/ [=>] 52.3	\[ \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}{\left(-\sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot \sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   fma-def [<=] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b + c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}{\left(-\sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot \sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   +-commutative [=>] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b\right)}}{\left(-\sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot \sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   fma-def [=>] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}{\left(-\sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}\right) \cdot \sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   distribute-lft-neg-in [<=] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}{\color{blue}{-\sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \cdot \sqrt{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   rem-square-sqrt [=>] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}{-\color{blue}{\left(b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}\right)}}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   fma-def [<=] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}{-\left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)}}\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   +-commutative [=>] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}{-\left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right) + b \cdot b}}\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \]
   fma-def [=>] 52.2	\[ \frac{\frac{b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}{-\left(b + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}\right)}}{a \cdot 2} \]

5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 0.4

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

6. Applied egg-rr 0.4

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

7. Final simplification 0.4

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.4
Cost	7808

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

Alternative 2
Error	3.0
Cost	7104

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

Alternative 3
Error	3.0
Cost	1024

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

Alternative 4
Error	6.2
Cost	256

\[\frac{-c}{b} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023237 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a) (< a 2.028240960365167e+31)) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b) (< b 2.028240960365167e+31))) (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c) (< c 2.028240960365167e+31)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))