Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)

Percentage Accurate: 99.9% → 100.0%

Time: 9.0s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 1.0×

• 60.4% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

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]

Initial Program: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

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]

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (pow (hypot a b) 4.0) (fma b (* b 4.0) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return pow(hypot(a, b), 4.0) + fma(b, (b * 4.0), -1.0);
}

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64((hypot(a, b) ^ 4.0) + fma(b, Float64(b * 4.0), -1.0))
end

Wolfram

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]

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. unpow2 99.9%

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

   3. unpow1 99.9%

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

   4. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   5. associate-*r* 99.9%

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

   6. unpow1 99.9%

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

   7. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   8. unpow3 99.9%

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

   9. pow-plus 100.0%

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

   10. metadata-eval 100.0%

       \[\leadsto {\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.5}}\right)}^{\left(3 + 1\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]

   11. unpow1/2 100.0%

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

   12. hypot-def 100.0%

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

   13. metadata-eval 100.0%

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

   14. associate-*r* 100.0%

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

   15. *-commutative 100.0%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 98.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 4000000.0)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) (* (* b b) (+ 4.0 (* (* a a) 2.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 4000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * (4.0 + ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 4000000.0d0) 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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 4000000.0) {
		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;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 4000000.0:
		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

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 4000000.0)
		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

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 4000000.0)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + ((b * b) * (4.0 + ((a * a) * 2.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 4000000.0], 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]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (*.f64 b b) < 4e6

   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. unpow2 99.9%

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

      3. unpow1 99.9%

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

      4. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

      5. associate-*r* 99.9%

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

      6. unpow1 99.9%

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

      7. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

      8. unpow3 99.9%

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

      9. pow-plus 100.0%

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

      10. metadata-eval 100.0%

          \[\leadsto {\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.5}}\right)}^{\left(3 + 1\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]

      11. unpow1/2 100.0%

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

      12. hypot-def 100.0%

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

      13. metadata-eval 100.0%

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

      14. associate-*r* 100.0%

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

      15. *-commutative 100.0%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.7%

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

   if 4e6 < (*.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. unpow2 99.9%

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

      3. unpow1 99.9%

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

      4. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

      5. associate-*r* 99.9%

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

      6. unpow1 99.9%

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

      7. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

      8. unpow3 99.9%

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

      9. pow-plus 100.0%

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

      10. metadata-eval 100.0%

          \[\leadsto {\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.5}}\right)}^{\left(3 + 1\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]

      11. unpow1/2 100.0%

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

      12. hypot-def 100.0%

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

      13. metadata-eval 100.0%

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

      14. associate-*r* 100.0%

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

      15. *-commutative 100.0%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.5%

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

      1. unpow2 98.5%

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

      2. unpow2 98.5%

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

   6. Simplified 98.5%

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

4. Final simplification 98.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 4000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) -1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -1.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -1.0

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -1.0;
end

Wolfram

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]

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 simplification 99.9%

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

Alternative 4: 82.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{+17}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a 7.8e+17) (+ (* (* b b) (+ 4.0 (* b b))) -1.0) (pow a 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 7.8e+17) {
		tmp = ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= 7.8d+17) then
        tmp = ((b * b) * (4.0d0 + (b * b))) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 7.8e+17) {
		tmp = ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 7.8e+17:
		tmp = ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 7.8e+17)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(4.0 + Float64(b * b))) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 7.8e+17)
		tmp = ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, 7.8e+17], N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(4.0 + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 7.8e17

   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. Taylor expanded in a around 0 78.1%

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

      1. unpow2 78.1%

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

   4. Simplified 78.1%

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

      1. +-commutative 78.1%

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

      2. unpow2 78.1%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-out 78.1%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 78.1%

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

   if 7.8e17 < 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. unpow2 99.8%

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

      3. unpow1 99.8%

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

      4. sqr-pow 99.8%

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

      5. associate-*r* 100.0%

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

      6. unpow1 100.0%

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

      7. sqr-pow 100.0%

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

      8. unpow3 99.9%

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

      9. pow-plus 100.0%

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

      10. metadata-eval 100.0%

          \[\leadsto {\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.5}}\right)}^{\left(3 + 1\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) - 1\right) \]

      11. unpow1/2 100.0%

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

      12. hypot-def 100.0%

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

      13. metadata-eval 100.0%

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

      14. associate-*r* 100.0%

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

      15. *-commutative 100.0%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 98.5%

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

4. Final simplification 83.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 7.8 \cdot 10^{+17}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 70.1% accurate, 10.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(4 + b \cdot b\right) + -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ (* (* b b) (+ 4.0 (* b b))) -1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((b * b) * (4.0d0 + (b * b))) + (-1.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(4.0 + Float64(b * b))) + -1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((b * b) * (4.0 + (b * b))) + -1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(4.0 + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]

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. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.9%

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

   1. unpow2 69.9%

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

4. Simplified 69.9%

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

   1. +-commutative 69.9%

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

   2. unpow2 69.9%

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

   3. distribute-rgt-out 69.9%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 69.9%

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

7. Final simplification 69.9%

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

Alternative 6: 39.3% accurate, 16.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.0145:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 0.0145) -1.0 (* b (* b 4.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.0145) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = b * (b * 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 0.0145d0) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else
        tmp = b * (b * 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 0.0145) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = b * (b * 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 0.0145:
		tmp = -1.0
	else:
		tmp = b * (b * 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 0.0145)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(b * Float64(b * 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 0.0145)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = b * (b * 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 0.0145], -1.0, N[(b * N[(b * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 0.0145000000000000007

   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. Taylor expanded in a around 0 63.4%

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

      1. unpow2 63.4%

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

   4. Simplified 63.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 32.2%

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

   if 0.0145000000000000007 < b

   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. Taylor expanded in a around 0 87.6%

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

      1. unpow2 87.6%

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

   4. Simplified 87.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 45.5%

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

      1. unpow2 45.5%

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

      2. *-commutative 45.5%

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

      3. associate-*r* 45.5%

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

   7. Simplified 45.5%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 45.5%

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

      1. unpow2 45.5%

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

      2. associate-*r* 45.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 45.5%

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

      4. associate-*r* 45.5%

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

   10. Simplified 45.5%

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

4. Final simplification 35.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 0.0145:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 52.2% accurate, 16.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ b \cdot \left(b \cdot 4\right) + -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ (* b (* b 4.0)) -1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b * (b * 4.0)) + -1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (b * (b * 4.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b * (b * 4.0)) + -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (b * (b * 4.0)) + -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(b * Float64(b * 4.0)) + -1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (b * (b * 4.0)) + -1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(b * N[(b * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]

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. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.9%

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

   1. unpow2 69.9%

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

4. Simplified 69.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 51.0%

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

   1. unpow2 51.0%

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

   2. *-commutative 51.0%

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

   3. associate-*r* 51.0%

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

7. Simplified 51.0%

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

8. Final simplification 51.0%

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

Alternative 8: 26.2% accurate, 116.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 -1.0)

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return -1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = -1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return -1.0
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = -1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := -1.0

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. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.9%

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

   1. unpow2 69.9%

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

4. Simplified 69.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 23.7%

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

6. Final simplification 23.7%

   \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023274 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))