Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)

Percentage Accurate: 99.9% → 100.0%
Time: 6.8s
Alternatives: 14
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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

\\
\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\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 14 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: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (pow (hypot a b) 4.0) (fma b (* b 4.0) -1.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return pow(hypot(a, b), 4.0) + fma(b, (b * 4.0), -1.0);
}
function code(a, b)
	return Float64((hypot(a, b) ^ 4.0) + fma(b, Float64(b * 4.0), -1.0))
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Power[N[Sqrt[a ^ 2 + b ^ 2], $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * N[(b * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.9%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. unpow299.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. unpow199.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    4. sqr-pow99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
  4. Final simplification100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 97.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 400000000.0)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) (* (* b b) (+ 4.0 (* (* a a) 2.0))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * (4.0 + ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (b ** 4.0d0) + ((b * b) * (4.0d0 + ((a * a) * 2.0d0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * (4.0 + ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 400000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * (4.0 + ((a * a) * 2.0)))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(4.0 + Float64(Float64(a * a) * 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + ((b * b) * (4.0 + ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 400000000.0], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(4.0 + N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4e8

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]

    if 4e8 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 97.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 400000000.0)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) (* b (* b (* (* a a) 2.0))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + (b * (b * ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (b ** 4.0d0) + (b * (b * ((a * a) * 2.0d0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0) + (b * (b * ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 400000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0) + (b * (b * ((a * a) * 2.0)))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(b * Float64(b * Float64(Float64(a * a) * 2.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + (b * (b * ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 400000000.0], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * N[(b * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4e8

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]

    if 4e8 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around inf 86.5%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
      2. unpow286.5%

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

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
      4. unpow286.5%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \]
      5. associate-*l*98.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)} \]
    9. Simplified98.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) + -1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.9%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Final simplification99.9%

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

Alternative 5: 94.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 400000000.0)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) (* b (* b 4.0)))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + (b * (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 * b) <= 400000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (b ** 4.0d0) + (b * (b * 4.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0) + (b * (b * 4.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 400000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0) + (b * (b * 4.0))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(b * Float64(b * 4.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + (b * (b * 4.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 400000000.0], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * N[(b * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4e8

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]

    if 4e8 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow293.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 94.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 400000000.0) (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0) (* b (* b (fma b b 4.0)))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = b * (b * fma(b, b, 4.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(b * fma(b, b, 4.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 400000000.0], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(b * N[(b * N[(b * b + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4e8

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]

    if 4e8 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow293.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sqr-pow93.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b \]
      2. fma-def93.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}, {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval93.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{\color{blue}{2}}, {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right) \]
      4. pow293.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval93.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right) \]
      6. pow293.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right) \]
      7. *-commutative93.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(4 \cdot b\right)}\right) \]
      8. *-commutative93.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, b \cdot b, b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot 4\right)}\right) \]
    11. Applied egg-rr93.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, b \cdot b, b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\right)} \]
    12. Taylor expanded in b around 0 93.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    13. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval93.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{\color{blue}{\left(3 + 1\right)}} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2} \]
      2. pow-plus93.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{3} \cdot b} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2} \]
      3. unpow393.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right)} \cdot b + 4 \cdot {b}^{2} \]
      4. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} + 4 \cdot {b}^{2} \]
      5. unpow293.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      6. distribute-rgt-in93.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)} \]
      7. fma-udef93.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)} \]
      8. associate-*l*93.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)\right)} \]
    14. Simplified93.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(b \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 94.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 400000000.0)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+ (* 4.0 (* b b)) (* (* b b) (* b b)))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (4.0d0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 400000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(b * b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 400000000.0], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4e8

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]

    if 4e8 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow293.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-cube-cbrt92.7%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b \]
      2. unpow-prod-down92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}} + \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b \]
      3. fma-def92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right)} \]
      4. pow292.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right) \]
      5. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(4 \cdot b\right)}\right) \]
      6. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot 4\right)}\right) \]
    11. Applied egg-rr92.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\right)} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right) + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}} \]
      3. associate-*r*92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4} + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      4. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      5. sqr-pow92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      6. metadata-eval92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \]
      7. pow-sqr92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
      8. unpow292.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}} \]
      9. metadata-eval92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}} \]
      10. associate-*l*92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)} \]
      11. cube-unmult92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)}^{3}} \]
    13. Simplified92.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{3}} \]
    14. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow392.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)} \]
      2. *-commutative92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot b\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r*92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot b} \]
      4. swap-sqr92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot b \]
      5. associate-*r*92.9%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right)} \cdot b \]
      6. add-cube-cbrt93.0%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{b}\right) \cdot b \]
      7. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
    15. Applied egg-rr93.0%

      \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 66.9% accurate, 5.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \cdot a \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-211}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \cdot a \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* a a) 2.5e-309)
   -1.0
   (if (<= (* a a) 3.5e-211)
     (* 4.0 (* b b))
     (if (<= (* a a) 1.0) -1.0 (* (* a a) (+ (* a a) 1.0))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * a) <= 2.5e-309) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if ((a * a) <= 3.5e-211) {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	} else if ((a * a) <= 1.0) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (a * a) * ((a * a) + 1.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a * a) <= 2.5d-309) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else if ((a * a) <= 3.5d-211) then
        tmp = 4.0d0 * (b * b)
    else if ((a * a) <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else
        tmp = (a * a) * ((a * a) + 1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * a) <= 2.5e-309) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if ((a * a) <= 3.5e-211) {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	} else if ((a * a) <= 1.0) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (a * a) * ((a * a) + 1.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a * a) <= 2.5e-309:
		tmp = -1.0
	elif (a * a) <= 3.5e-211:
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b)
	elif (a * a) <= 1.0:
		tmp = -1.0
	else:
		tmp = (a * a) * ((a * a) + 1.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(a * a) <= 2.5e-309)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (Float64(a * a) <= 3.5e-211)
		tmp = Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b));
	elseif (Float64(a * a) <= 1.0)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(Float64(a * a) + 1.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a * a) <= 2.5e-309)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif ((a * a) <= 3.5e-211)
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	elseif ((a * a) <= 1.0)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (a * a) * ((a * a) + 1.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision], 2.5e-309], -1.0, If[LessEqual[N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision], 3.5e-211], N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision], 1.0], -1.0, N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \cdot a \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-211}:\\
\;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \cdot a \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;-1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 1\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 a a) < 2.5000000000000022e-309 or 3.5e-211 < (*.f64 a a) < 1

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 52.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 51.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]

    if 2.5000000000000022e-309 < (*.f64 a a) < 3.5e-211

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 72.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative72.7%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow272.7%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow272.7%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified72.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 72.7%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow272.7%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*72.7%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified72.7%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 47.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow247.2%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
    12. Simplified47.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]

    if 1 < (*.f64 a a)

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 92.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval92.2%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} - 1 \]
      2. pow-sqr92.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. pow292.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {a}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. pow292.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
      5. difference-of-sqr-192.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr92.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around inf 91.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow291.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \]
    9. Simplified91.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification71.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-309}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \cdot a \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-211}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \cdot a \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 94.2% accurate, 6.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) + a \cdot \left(a + -1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 400000000.0)
   (* (+ (* a a) 1.0) (+ (+ a -1.0) (* a (+ a -1.0))))
   (+ (* 4.0 (* b b)) (* (* b b) (* b b)))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) + (a * (a + -1.0)));
	} else {
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0d0) then
        tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0d0) * ((a + (-1.0d0)) + (a * (a + (-1.0d0))))
    else
        tmp = (4.0d0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) + (a * (a + -1.0)));
	} else {
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 400000000.0:
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) + (a * (a + -1.0)))
	else:
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) + 1.0) * Float64(Float64(a + -1.0) + Float64(a * Float64(a + -1.0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(b * b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 400000000.0)
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) + (a * (a + -1.0)));
	else
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 400000000.0], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(a + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) + a \cdot \left(a + -1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4e8

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} - 1 \]
      2. pow-sqr99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. pow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {a}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. pow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
      5. difference-of-sqr-199.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-sqr-199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a - 1\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a + \left(-1\right)\right)}\right) \]
      3. metadata-eval99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{-1}\right)\right) \]
    8. Applied egg-rr99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a + -1\right)\right)} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + a\right)}\right) \]
      3. distribute-lft-in99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot 1 + \left(a + -1\right) \cdot a\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(a + -1\right)} + \left(a + -1\right) \cdot a\right) \]
      5. *-un-lft-identity99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a + -1\right)} + \left(a + -1\right) \cdot a\right) \]
    10. Applied egg-rr99.8%

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

    if 4e8 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow293.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-cube-cbrt92.7%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b \]
      2. unpow-prod-down92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}} + \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b \]
      3. fma-def92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right)} \]
      4. pow292.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right) \]
      5. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(4 \cdot b\right)}\right) \]
      6. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot 4\right)}\right) \]
    11. Applied egg-rr92.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\right)} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right) + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}} \]
      3. associate-*r*92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4} + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      4. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      5. sqr-pow92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      6. metadata-eval92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \]
      7. pow-sqr92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
      8. unpow292.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}} \]
      9. metadata-eval92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}} \]
      10. associate-*l*92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)} \]
      11. cube-unmult92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)}^{3}} \]
    13. Simplified92.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{3}} \]
    14. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow392.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)} \]
      2. *-commutative92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot b\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r*92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot b} \]
      4. swap-sqr92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot b \]
      5. associate-*r*92.9%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right)} \cdot b \]
      6. add-cube-cbrt93.0%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{b}\right) \cdot b \]
      7. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
    15. Applied egg-rr93.0%

      \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 400000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) + a \cdot \left(a + -1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 84.4% accurate, 6.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+302}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 4.5e+302)
   (* (+ (* a a) 1.0) (* (+ a -1.0) (+ a 1.0)))
   (* 4.0 (* b b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 4.5e+302) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0));
	} else {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 4.5d+302) then
        tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0d0) * ((a + (-1.0d0)) * (a + 1.0d0))
    else
        tmp = 4.0d0 * (b * b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 4.5e+302) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0));
	} else {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 4.5e+302:
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0))
	else:
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 4.5e+302)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) + 1.0) * Float64(Float64(a + -1.0) * Float64(a + 1.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 4.5e+302)
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 4.5e+302], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+302}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4.5000000000000002e302

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 80.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval80.6%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} - 1 \]
      2. pow-sqr80.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. pow280.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {a}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. pow280.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
      5. difference-of-sqr-180.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr80.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-sqr-180.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a - 1\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg80.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a + \left(-1\right)\right)}\right) \]
      3. metadata-eval80.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{-1}\right)\right) \]
    8. Applied egg-rr80.5%

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

    if 4.5000000000000002e302 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow2100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 97.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow297.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
    12. Simplified97.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+302}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11: 94.2% accurate, 6.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 75000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 75000000000.0)
   (* (+ (* a a) 1.0) (* (+ a -1.0) (+ a 1.0)))
   (+ (* 4.0 (* b b)) (* (* b b) (* b b)))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 75000000000.0) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0));
	} else {
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 75000000000.0d0) then
        tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0d0) * ((a + (-1.0d0)) * (a + 1.0d0))
    else
        tmp = (4.0d0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 75000000000.0) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0));
	} else {
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 75000000000.0:
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0))
	else:
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 75000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) + 1.0) * Float64(Float64(a + -1.0) * Float64(a + 1.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(b * b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 75000000000.0)
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a + -1.0) * (a + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = (4.0 * (b * b)) + ((b * b) * (b * b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 75000000000.0], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 75000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 7.5e10

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} - 1 \]
      2. pow-sqr99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. pow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {a}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. pow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
      5. difference-of-sqr-199.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-sqr-199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a - 1\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a + \left(-1\right)\right)}\right) \]
      3. metadata-eval99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{-1}\right)\right) \]
    8. Applied egg-rr99.8%

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

    if 7.5e10 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow298.1%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow293.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified93.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-cube-cbrt92.7%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b \]
      2. unpow-prod-down92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}} + \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b \]
      3. fma-def92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right)} \]
      4. pow292.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b\right) \]
      5. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(4 \cdot b\right)}\right) \]
      6. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot 4\right)}\right) \]
    11. Applied egg-rr92.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}, b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\right)} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right) + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4}} \]
      3. associate-*r*92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4} + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      4. *-commutative92.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} + {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      5. sqr-pow92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{4} \]
      6. metadata-eval92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \]
      7. pow-sqr92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
      8. unpow292.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}} \]
      9. metadata-eval92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}} \]
      10. associate-*l*92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot \left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)} \]
      11. cube-unmult92.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{\left({\left({\left(\sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{2}\right)}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right)}^{3}} \]
    13. Simplified92.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)}^{3}} \]
    14. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow392.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)} \]
      2. *-commutative92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot b\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r*92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot b} \]
      4. swap-sqr92.8%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot b \]
      5. associate-*r*92.9%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(\sqrt[3]{b} \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{b}\right)\right)} \cdot b \]
      6. add-cube-cbrt93.0%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{b}\right) \cdot b \]
      7. associate-*r*93.0%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
    15. Applied egg-rr93.0%

      \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 75000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + -1\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12: 84.5% accurate, 7.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+302}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 4.5e+302)
   (* (+ (* a a) 1.0) (+ (* a a) -1.0))
   (* 4.0 (* b b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 4.5e+302) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a * a) + -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 4.5d+302) then
        tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0d0) * ((a * a) + (-1.0d0))
    else
        tmp = 4.0d0 * (b * b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 4.5e+302) {
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a * a) + -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 4.5e+302:
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a * a) + -1.0)
	else:
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 4.5e+302)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) + 1.0) * Float64(Float64(a * a) + -1.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 4.5e+302)
		tmp = ((a * a) + 1.0) * ((a * a) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 4.5e+302], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+302}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + -1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4.5000000000000002e302

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 80.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval80.6%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} - 1 \]
      2. pow-sqr80.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. pow280.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {a}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. pow280.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1 \]
      5. difference-of-sqr-180.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a - 1\right)} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr80.5%

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

    if 4.5000000000000002e302 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      2. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow2100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 97.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow297.6%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
    12. Simplified97.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+302}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13: 50.2% accurate, 12.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 7.5e-28) -1.0 (* 4.0 (* b b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 7.5e-28) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 7.5d-28) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else
        tmp = 4.0d0 * (b * b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 7.5e-28) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 7.5e-28:
		tmp = -1.0
	else:
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 7.5e-28)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 7.5e-28)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = 4.0 * (b * b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 7.5e-28], -1.0, N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 b b) < 7.5000000000000003e-28

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 44.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]

    if 7.5000000000000003e-28 < (*.f64 b b)

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow199.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. associate-*r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative97.4%

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

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \]
      3. unpow297.4%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified97.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 90.9%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow290.9%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*90.9%

        \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Simplified90.9%

      \[\leadsto {b}^{4} + \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    10. Taylor expanded in b around 0 56.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow256.0%

        \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
    12. Simplified56.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification49.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14: 25.3% accurate, 116.0× 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 99.9%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. unpow299.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. unpow199.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    4. sqr-pow99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]
    5. associate-*r*99.9%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} - 1} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 22.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  6. Final simplification22.9%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023256 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))