Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.6% → 98.5%
Time: 5.3s
Alternatives: 7
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 7 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: 73.6% 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: 98.5% 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 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    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. Simplified10.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  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: 98.4% 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 99.9%

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

    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. Simplified10.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.4%

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

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

Alternative 3: 94.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+18}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -2.2e+18)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= a 1.6e+27) (+ -1.0 (+ (pow b 4.0) (* (* b b) 4.0))) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -2.2e+18) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 1.6e+27) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	} 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 <= (-2.2d+18)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 1.6d+27) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((b ** 4.0d0) + ((b * b) * 4.0d0))
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -2.2e+18) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 1.6e+27) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (Math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -2.2e+18:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= 1.6e+27:
		tmp = -1.0 + (math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0))
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -2.2e+18)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.6e+27)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0)));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -2.2e+18)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.6e+27)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b ^ 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -2.2e+18], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 1.6e+27], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+18}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -2.2e18 or 1.60000000000000008e27 < a

    1. Initial program 47.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def47.1%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified52.7%

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

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

    if -2.2e18 < a < 1.60000000000000008e27

    1. Initial program 99.2%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(a + 1\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + a \cdot -3\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 86.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative86.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
      2. associate-+l+86.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right)} + -1 \]
      3. *-commutative86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot 4} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right) + -1 \]
      4. associate-*r*86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}}\right)\right) + -1 \]
      5. *-commutative86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(-12 \cdot a\right)}\right)\right) + -1 \]
      6. distribute-lft-out97.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      7. unpow297.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right) + -1 \]
    6. Simplified97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.8%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{4}\right) + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{+18}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{+27}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 94.1% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 7 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -8e+20)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= a 7e+21) (+ -1.0 (* (* b b) (+ (* b b) 4.0))) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -8e+20) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 7e+21) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0));
	} 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 <= (-8d+20)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 7d+21) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0d0))
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -8e+20) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 7e+21) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -8e+20:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= 7e+21:
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0))
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -8e+20)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 7e+21)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(Float64(b * b) + 4.0)));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -8e+20)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 7e+21)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -8e+20], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 7e+21], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 7 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -8e20 or 7e21 < a

    1. Initial program 47.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+47.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def47.1%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified52.7%

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

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

    if -8e20 < a < 7e21

    1. Initial program 99.2%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(a + 1\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + a \cdot -3\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 86.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative86.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
      2. associate-+l+86.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right)} + -1 \]
      3. *-commutative86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot 4} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right) + -1 \]
      4. associate-*r*86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}}\right)\right) + -1 \]
      5. *-commutative86.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(-12 \cdot a\right)}\right)\right) + -1 \]
      6. distribute-lft-out97.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      7. unpow297.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right) + -1 \]
    6. Simplified97.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.8%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{4}\right) + -1 \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative97.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
      2. sqr-pow97.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
      3. metadata-eval97.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      4. pow297.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      5. metadata-eval97.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}\right) + -1 \]
      6. pow297.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      7. distribute-lft-out97.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
    9. Applied egg-rr97.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification95.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 7 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 69.3% accurate, 11.8× speedup?

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

\\
-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.8%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg73.8%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(a + 1\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + a \cdot -3\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 54.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    2. associate-+l+54.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    3. *-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot 4} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right) + -1 \]
    4. associate-*r*54.0%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}}\right)\right) + -1 \]
    5. *-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(-12 \cdot a\right)}\right)\right) + -1 \]
    6. distribute-lft-out59.5%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    7. unpow259.5%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right) + -1 \]
  6. Simplified59.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right)} + -1 \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 67.6%

    \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{4}\right) + -1 \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative67.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
    2. sqr-pow67.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
    3. metadata-eval67.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    4. pow267.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    5. metadata-eval67.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}\right) + -1 \]
    6. pow267.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    7. distribute-lft-out67.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  9. Applied egg-rr67.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  10. Final simplification67.6%

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

Alternative 6: 50.2% accurate, 18.6× speedup?

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

\\
-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.8%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg73.8%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(a + 1\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + a \cdot -3\right)\right), {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 54.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    2. associate-+l+54.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    3. *-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot 4} + -12 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)\right) + -1 \]
    4. associate-*r*54.0%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{\left(-12 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}}\right)\right) + -1 \]
    5. *-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left({b}^{2} \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(-12 \cdot a\right)}\right)\right) + -1 \]
    6. distribute-lft-out59.5%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    7. unpow259.5%

      \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right) + -1 \]
  6. Simplified59.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + -12 \cdot a\right)\right)} + -1 \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 67.6%

    \[\leadsto \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{4}\right) + -1 \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative67.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
    2. sqr-pow67.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
    3. metadata-eval67.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    4. pow267.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    5. metadata-eval67.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}\right) + -1 \]
    6. pow267.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    7. distribute-lft-out67.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  9. Applied egg-rr67.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 53.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} + -1 \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow253.4%

      \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  12. Simplified53.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  13. Final simplification53.4%

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

Alternative 7: 24.6% 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 73.8%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+73.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def73.8%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified76.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 56.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+56.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r*56.6%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. unpow256.6%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 27.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  8. Final simplification27.4%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023254 
(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))