Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.8% → 98.2%
Time: 4.7s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 3.0 a))))))
  1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (((a * a) * (1.0d0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0d0 - (3.0d0 * a)))))) - 1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0;
}
def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(1.0 + a)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0)
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0;
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 8 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 73.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 3.0 a))))))
  1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (((a * a) * (1.0d0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0d0 - (3.0d0 * a)))))) - 1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0;
}
def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(1.0 + a)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0)
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 + a)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (3.0 * a)))))) - 1.0;
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 98.2% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right) \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, a\right), b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<=
      (+
       (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
       (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ a 1.0)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* a 3.0))))))
      INFINITY)
   (+
    (fma
     4.0
     (fma a (fma a a a) (* b (* b (fma a -3.0 1.0))))
     (pow (hypot a b) 4.0))
    -1.0)
   (pow a 4.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))))) <= ((double) INFINITY)) {
		tmp = fma(4.0, fma(a, fma(a, a, a), (b * (b * fma(a, -3.0, 1.0)))), pow(hypot(a, b), 4.0)) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a + 1.0)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(a * 3.0)))))) <= Inf)
		tmp = Float64(fma(4.0, fma(a, fma(a, a, a), Float64(b * Float64(b * fma(a, -3.0, 1.0)))), (hypot(a, b) ^ 4.0)) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], Infinity], N[(N[(4.0 * N[(a * N[(a * a + a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * N[(b * N[(a * -3.0 + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[N[Sqrt[a ^ 2 + b ^ 2], $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right) \leq \infty:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, a\right), b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4}\right) + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (+.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b)) 2) (*.f64 4 (+.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 a a) (+.f64 1 a)) (*.f64 (*.f64 b b) (-.f64 1 (*.f64 3 a)))))) < +inf.0

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, a\right), b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4}\right) + -1} \]

    if +inf.0 < (+.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b)) 2) (*.f64 4 (+.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 a a) (+.f64 1 a)) (*.f64 (*.f64 b b) (-.f64 1 (*.f64 3 a))))))

    1. Initial program 0.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+0.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified7.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right) \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, a\right), b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 98.1% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0 + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0
         (+
          (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
          (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ a 1.0)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* a 3.0))))))))
   (if (<= t_0 INFINITY) (+ t_0 -1.0) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= ((double) INFINITY)) {
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY) {
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	t_0 = math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= math.inf:
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a + 1.0)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(a * 3.0))))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= Inf)
		tmp = Float64(t_0 + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= Inf)
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, Infinity], N[(t$95$0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq \infty:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0 + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (+.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b)) 2) (*.f64 4 (+.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 a a) (+.f64 1 a)) (*.f64 (*.f64 b b) (-.f64 1 (*.f64 3 a)))))) < +inf.0

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]

    if +inf.0 < (+.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b)) 2) (*.f64 4 (+.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 a a) (+.f64 1 a)) (*.f64 (*.f64 b b) (-.f64 1 (*.f64 3 a))))))

    1. Initial program 0.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+0.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified7.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right) \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 81.7% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8500000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 8500000000000.0)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) (+ (* (* a a) 4.0) -1.0))
   (pow b 4.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 8500000000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + (((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 8500000000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (((a * a) * 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0))
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 8500000000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + (((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 8500000000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + (((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 8500000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0));
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 8500000000000.0)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + (((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 8500000000000.0], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8500000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 8.5e12

    1. Initial program 80.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+80.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def80.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified82.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*66.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow266.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified66.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.2%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow277.2%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified77.2%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]

    if 8.5e12 < b

    1. Initial program 57.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+57.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def57.2%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified60.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification79.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 8500000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 81.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2400000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2400000000000.0) (+ (* (* a a) (fma a a 4.0)) -1.0) (pow b 4.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2400000000000.0) {
		tmp = ((a * a) * fma(a, a, 4.0)) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2400000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * fma(a, a, 4.0)) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2400000000000.0], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2400000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right) + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 2.4e12

    1. Initial program 80.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+80.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def80.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified82.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*66.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow266.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified66.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.2%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow277.2%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified77.2%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r-77.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.2%

        \[\leadsto \left({a}^{\color{blue}{\left(3 + 1\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. pow-plus77.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{3} \cdot a} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. unpow377.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot a + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. associate-*r*77.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. distribute-rgt-out77.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 4\right)} - 1 \]
      7. fma-def77.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)} - 1 \]
    11. Applied egg-rr77.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right) - 1} \]

    if 2.4e12 < b

    1. Initial program 57.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+57.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def57.2%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified60.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification79.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2400000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 69.1% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.92:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -5.0)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= a 1.92) (+ (* (* a a) 4.0) -1.0) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -5.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 1.92) {
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-5.0d0)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 1.92d0) then
        tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -5.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 1.92) {
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -5.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= 1.92:
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -5.0)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.92)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -5.0)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.92)
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -5.0], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 1.92], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.92:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -5 or 1.9199999999999999 < a

    1. Initial program 50.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+50.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def50.3%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified54.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 86.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]

    if -5 < a < 1.9199999999999999

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 55.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+55.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*55.4%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow255.4%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified55.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 54.7%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow254.7%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified54.7%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r-54.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1} \]
      2. metadata-eval54.7%

        \[\leadsto \left({a}^{\color{blue}{\left(3 + 1\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. pow-plus54.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{3} \cdot a} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. unpow354.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot a + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. associate-*r*54.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. distribute-rgt-out54.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 4\right)} - 1 \]
      7. fma-def54.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)} - 1 \]
    11. Applied egg-rr54.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right) - 1} \]
    12. Taylor expanded in a around 0 54.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
    13. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow254.7%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
    14. Simplified54.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification70.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.92:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 68.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2900000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2900000000000.0) (+ (* (* a a) 4.0) -1.0) (pow b 4.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2900000000000.0) {
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2900000000000.0d0) then
        tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2900000000000.0) {
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2900000000000.0:
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2900000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2900000000000.0)
		tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2900000000000.0], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2900000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 2.9e12

    1. Initial program 80.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+80.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def80.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified82.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+66.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*66.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow266.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified66.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.2%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow277.2%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified77.2%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r-77.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1} \]
      2. metadata-eval77.2%

        \[\leadsto \left({a}^{\color{blue}{\left(3 + 1\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. pow-plus77.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{3} \cdot a} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. unpow377.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot a + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. associate-*r*77.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. distribute-rgt-out77.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 4\right)} - 1 \]
      7. fma-def77.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)} - 1 \]
    11. Applied egg-rr77.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right) - 1} \]
    12. Taylor expanded in a around 0 58.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
    13. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow258.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
    14. Simplified58.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]

    if 2.9e12 < b

    1. Initial program 57.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+57.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def57.2%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified60.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 86.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification65.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2900000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 52.3% accurate, 18.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ (* (* a a) 4.0) -1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((a * a) * 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
}
def code(a, b):
	return ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0)
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((a * a) * 4.0) + -1.0;
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.2%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def75.2%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified77.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 56.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+56.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r*56.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. unpow256.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
  6. Simplified56.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 70.4%

    \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow270.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
  9. Simplified70.4%

    \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-+r-70.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1} \]
    2. metadata-eval70.4%

      \[\leadsto \left({a}^{\color{blue}{\left(3 + 1\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
    3. pow-plus70.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{3} \cdot a} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
    4. unpow370.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot a + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
    5. associate-*r*70.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
    6. distribute-rgt-out70.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 4\right)} - 1 \]
    7. fma-def70.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)} - 1 \]
  11. Applied egg-rr70.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right) - 1} \]
  12. Taylor expanded in a around 0 52.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
  13. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow252.9%

      \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
  14. Simplified52.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
  15. Final simplification52.9%

    \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4 + -1 \]

Alternative 8: 25.3% accurate, 130.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 -1.0)
double code(double a, double b) {
	return -1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = -1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return -1.0;
}
def code(a, b):
	return -1.0
function code(a, b)
	return -1.0
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = -1.0;
end
code[a_, b_] := -1.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.2%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def75.2%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified77.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 56.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+56.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r*56.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. unpow256.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
  6. Simplified56.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 27.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  8. Final simplification27.8%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023243 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 3.0 a)))))) 1.0))