Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.1% → 98.3%
Time: 6.4s
Alternatives: 11
Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

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

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 11 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 73.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 98.3% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

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

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

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


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

    1. Initial program 99.9%

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

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

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

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

    1. Initial program 0.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified5.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 98.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.6%

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

Alternative 2: 98.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

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

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


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

    1. Initial program 99.9%

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

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

    1. Initial program 0.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified5.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 98.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.6%

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

Alternative 3: 93.5% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4\\ \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-18}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + \left(a + 1\right) \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (* a a) 4.0)))
   (if (<= a -0.019)
     (+ (pow a 4.0) (+ -1.0 t_0))
     (if (<= a 3.6e-18)
       (+ -1.0 (+ (pow b 4.0) (* (* b b) 4.0)))
       (+ (pow a 4.0) (+ -1.0 (* (+ a 1.0) t_0)))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (a * a) * 4.0;
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -0.019) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + t_0);
	} else if (a <= 3.6e-18) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a + 1.0) * t_0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (a * a) * 4.0d0
    if (a <= (-0.019d0)) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + ((-1.0d0) + t_0)
    else if (a <= 3.6d-18) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((b ** 4.0d0) + ((b * b) * 4.0d0))
    else
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + ((-1.0d0) + ((a + 1.0d0) * t_0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (a * a) * 4.0;
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -0.019) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + t_0);
	} else if (a <= 3.6e-18) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (Math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a + 1.0) * t_0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	t_0 = (a * a) * 4.0
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -0.019:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + t_0)
	elif a <= 3.6e-18:
		tmp = -1.0 + (math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0))
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a + 1.0) * t_0))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(a * a) * 4.0)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -0.019)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + Float64(-1.0 + t_0));
	elseif (a <= 3.6e-18)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(a + 1.0) * t_0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (a * a) * 4.0;
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -0.019)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + (-1.0 + t_0);
	elseif (a <= 3.6e-18)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b ^ 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	else
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a + 1.0) * t_0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[a, -0.019], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 3.6e-18], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4\\
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + t_0\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-18}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + \left(a + 1\right) \cdot t_0\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if a < -0.0189999999999999995

    1. Initial program 27.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+27.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def27.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified33.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+23.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*23.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow223.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 94.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow294.4%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified94.4%

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

    if -0.0189999999999999995 < a < 3.6000000000000001e-18

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.8%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. unpow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval99.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef99.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    8. Applied egg-rr99.8%

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

    if 3.6000000000000001e-18 < a

    1. Initial program 68.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+68.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def68.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified68.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 92.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+92.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*92.5%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow292.5%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified92.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-18}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + \left(a + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 93.7% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 2.95 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -0.019)
   (+ -1.0 (* (* a a) (fma a a 4.0)))
   (if (<= a 2.95e+54) (+ -1.0 (+ (pow b 4.0) (* (* b b) 4.0))) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -0.019) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a * a) * fma(a, a, 4.0));
	} else if (a <= 2.95e+54) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -0.019)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(a * a) * fma(a, a, 4.0)));
	elseif (a <= 2.95e+54)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0)));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -0.019], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 2.95e+54], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 2.95 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if a < -0.0189999999999999995

    1. Initial program 27.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+27.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def27.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified33.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+23.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*23.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow223.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 94.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow294.4%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified94.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r-94.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1} \]
      2. sqr-pow94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. metadata-eval94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({a}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. pow294.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. metadata-eval94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {a}^{\color{blue}{2}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. pow294.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      7. distribute-rgt-out94.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 4\right)} - 1 \]
      8. fma-def94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)} - 1 \]
    11. Applied egg-rr94.3%

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

    if -0.0189999999999999995 < a < 2.9499999999999999e54

    1. Initial program 99.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.3%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. unpow295.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{-1} \]
    6. Simplified95.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
      2. +-commutative95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    8. Applied egg-rr95.6%

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

    if 2.9499999999999999e54 < a

    1. Initial program 61.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+61.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def61.1%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 2.95 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 93.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 4.1 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -0.019)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) (+ -1.0 (* (* a a) 4.0)))
   (if (<= a 4.1e+54) (+ -1.0 (+ (pow b 4.0) (* (* b b) 4.0))) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -0.019) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a * a) * 4.0));
	} else if (a <= 4.1e+54) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-0.019d0)) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + ((-1.0d0) + ((a * a) * 4.0d0))
    else if (a <= 4.1d+54) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((b ** 4.0d0) + ((b * b) * 4.0d0))
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -0.019) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a * a) * 4.0));
	} else if (a <= 4.1e+54) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (Math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -0.019:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a * a) * 4.0))
	elif a <= 4.1e+54:
		tmp = -1.0 + (math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0))
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -0.019)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(a * a) * 4.0)));
	elseif (a <= 4.1e+54)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0)));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -0.019)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + (-1.0 + ((a * a) * 4.0));
	elseif (a <= 4.1e+54)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b ^ 4.0) + ((b * b) * 4.0));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -0.019], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 4.1e+54], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 4.1 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if a < -0.0189999999999999995

    1. Initial program 27.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+27.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def27.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified33.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+23.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*23.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow223.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 94.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow294.4%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified94.4%

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

    if -0.0189999999999999995 < a < 4.09999999999999967e54

    1. Initial program 99.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.3%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. unpow295.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{-1} \]
    6. Simplified95.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
      2. +-commutative95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({b}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    8. Applied egg-rr95.6%

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

    if 4.09999999999999967e54 < a

    1. Initial program 61.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+61.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def61.1%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + \left(-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 4.1 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 93.7% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -0.019)
   (+ -1.0 (* (* a a) (fma a a 4.0)))
   (if (<= a 1.8e+54) (+ -1.0 (* (* b b) (+ (* b b) 4.0))) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -0.019) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a * a) * fma(a, a, 4.0));
	} else if (a <= 1.8e+54) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -0.019)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(a * a) * fma(a, a, 4.0)));
	elseif (a <= 1.8e+54)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(Float64(b * b) + 4.0)));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -0.019], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 1.8e+54], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if a < -0.0189999999999999995

    1. Initial program 27.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+27.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def27.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified33.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+23.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*23.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
      3. unpow223.1%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified23.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 94.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow294.4%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    9. Simplified94.4%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r-94.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1} \]
      2. sqr-pow94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. metadata-eval94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left({a}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. pow294.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {a}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. metadata-eval94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {a}^{\color{blue}{2}} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. pow294.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) - 1 \]
      7. distribute-rgt-out94.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + 4\right)} - 1 \]
      8. fma-def94.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)} - 1 \]
    11. Applied egg-rr94.3%

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

    if -0.0189999999999999995 < a < 1.8000000000000001e54

    1. Initial program 99.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.3%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. unpow295.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval95.6%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{-1} \]
    6. Simplified95.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef95.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
      2. sqr-pow95.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
      3. metadata-eval95.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      4. pow295.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      5. metadata-eval95.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}\right) + -1 \]
      6. pow295.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      7. distribute-rgt-out95.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
    8. Applied egg-rr95.5%

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

    if 1.8000000000000001e54 < a

    1. Initial program 61.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+61.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def61.1%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.019:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 94.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -460000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{+59}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -460000000.0)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= a 6.8e+59) (+ -1.0 (* (* b b) (+ (* b b) 4.0))) (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -460000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 6.8e+59) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-460000000.0d0)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 6.8d+59) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0d0))
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -460000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 6.8e+59) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -460000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= 6.8e+59:
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0))
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -460000000.0)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 6.8e+59)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(Float64(b * b) + 4.0)));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -460000000.0)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 6.8e+59)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * ((b * b) + 4.0));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -460000000.0], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 6.8e+59], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -460000000:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{+59}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -4.6e8 or 6.80000000000000012e59 < a

    1. Initial program 44.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+44.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def44.5%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified47.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 97.9%

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

    if -4.6e8 < a < 6.80000000000000012e59

    1. Initial program 99.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.3%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg95.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def95.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. unpow295.2%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval95.2%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{-1} \]
    6. Simplified95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef95.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
      2. sqr-pow95.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
      3. metadata-eval95.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      4. pow295.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      5. metadata-eval95.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}\right) + -1 \]
      6. pow295.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      7. distribute-rgt-out95.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
    8. Applied egg-rr95.1%

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

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -460000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{+59}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 69.5% accurate, 11.8× speedup?

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

\\
-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b + 4\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 77.7%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def77.7%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified78.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. unpow272.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    4. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{-1} \]
  6. Simplified72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-udef72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
    2. sqr-pow72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
    3. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    4. pow272.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    5. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}\right) + -1 \]
    6. pow272.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    7. distribute-rgt-out72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  8. Applied egg-rr72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  9. Final simplification72.9%

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

Alternative 9: 68.9% accurate, 14.4× speedup?

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

\\
-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 77.7%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def77.7%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified78.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. unpow272.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    4. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{-1} \]
  6. Simplified72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-udef72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
    2. sqr-pow72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{{b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
    3. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {b}^{\color{blue}{2}} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    4. pow272.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot {b}^{\left(\frac{4}{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    5. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{2}}\right) + -1 \]
    6. pow272.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    7. distribute-rgt-out72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  8. Applied egg-rr72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  9. Taylor expanded in b around inf 71.2%

    \[\leadsto \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{{b}^{2}} + -1 \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow271.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  11. Simplified71.2%

    \[\leadsto \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  12. Final simplification71.2%

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

Alternative 10: 50.7% accurate, 18.6× speedup?

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

\\
-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 77.7%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def77.7%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified78.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {b}^{2}, {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. unpow272.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}, {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    4. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + \color{blue}{-1} \]
  6. Simplified72.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, b \cdot b, {b}^{4}\right) + -1} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 49.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2}} + -1 \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow249.9%

      \[\leadsto 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  9. Simplified49.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)} + -1 \]
  10. Final simplification49.9%

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

Alternative 11: 24.8% accurate, 130.0× speedup?

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

\\
-1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 77.7%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+77.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def77.7%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified78.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 55.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+55.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r*55.0%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. unpow255.0%

      \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right) \]
  6. Simplified55.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} + \left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) - 1\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 27.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  8. Final simplification27.3%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023261 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 3.0 a)))))) 1.0))