Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)

Percentage Accurate: 73.5% → 98.1%
Time: 8.6s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (+ 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) * (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) * (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) * (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) * (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(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) * (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[(3.0 + a), $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(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 7 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 73.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (+ 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) * (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) * (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) * (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) * (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(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) * (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[(3.0 + a), $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(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 98.1% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{+50}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} - {a}^{3}\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{t_0}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{t_0}\right)}^{2}, -1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* a (- 2.0 a))))
   (if (<= a 5.4e+50)
     (+
      (+ (pow (fma a a (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (- (pow a 2.0) (pow a 3.0))))
      -1.0)
     (fma (cbrt (pow t_0 4.0)) (pow (cbrt t_0) 2.0) -1.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = a * (2.0 - a);
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 5.4e+50) {
		tmp = (pow(fma(a, a, (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (pow(a, 2.0) - pow(a, 3.0)))) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = fma(cbrt(pow(t_0, 4.0)), pow(cbrt(t_0), 2.0), -1.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(a * Float64(2.0 - a))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 5.4e+50)
		tmp = Float64(Float64((fma(a, a, Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64((a ^ 2.0) - (a ^ 3.0)))) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = fma(cbrt((t_0 ^ 4.0)), (cbrt(t_0) ^ 2.0), -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(a * N[(2.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[a, 5.4e+50], N[(N[(N[Power[N[(a * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[N[Power[t$95$0, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], 1/3], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Power[t$95$0, 1/3], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{+50}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} - {a}^{3}\right)\right) + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{t_0}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{t_0}\right)}^{2}, -1\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < 5.4e50

    1. Initial program 86.6%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg86.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-neg86.6%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. +-commutative86.6%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg86.6%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      5. +-commutative86.6%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. Simplified86.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 99.1%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative99.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} + -1 \cdot {a}^{3}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      2. mul-1-neg99.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)}\right)\right) + -1 \]
      3. unsub-neg99.1%

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

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

    if 5.4e50 < a

    1. Initial program 18.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+18.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-pow18.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified23.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(1 - a\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right), -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 12.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-sqr-sqrt12.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}} \cdot \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}}} - 1 \]
      2. pow212.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}}\right)}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. +-commutative12.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. metadata-eval12.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{{a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 + 2\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      5. pow-prod-up12.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt0.0%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      8. sqrt-prod68.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \color{blue}{\sqrt{4} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)}}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      9. metadata-eval68.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \color{blue}{2} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      10. sqrt-prod68.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{{a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      11. unpow268.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      12. sqrt-prod68.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{a}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      13. add-sqr-sqrt68.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
    6. Applied egg-rr68.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2}} - 1 \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.8%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{2} + 2 \cdot a\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative93.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot a + -1 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      2. *-commutative93.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 2} + -1 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      3. mul-1-neg93.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. unsub-neg93.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    9. Simplified93.8%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-cube-cbrt93.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}} - 1 \]
      2. fma-neg93.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}, \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}, -1\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval93.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}, \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}, \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
      4. cbrt-unprod100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}}, \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}, -1\right) \]
      5. pow-prod-up100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{\left(2 + 2\right)}}}, \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}, -1\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{\color{blue}{4}}}, \sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{2}}, -1\right) \]
      7. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{4}}, \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}, -1\right) \]
      8. cbrt-prod100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{4}}, \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}}}, -1\right) \]
      9. pow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{4}}, \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}}\right)}^{2}}, -1\right) \]
    11. Applied egg-rr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}}\right)}^{2}, -1\right)} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot 2 - \color{blue}{a \cdot a}\right)}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}}\right)}^{2}, -1\right) \]
      2. distribute-lft-out--100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}}\right)}^{2}, -1\right) \]
      3. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{a \cdot 2 - \color{blue}{a \cdot a}}\right)}^{2}, -1\right) \]
      4. distribute-lft-out--100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)}}\right)}^{2}, -1\right) \]
    13. Simplified100.0%

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

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{+50}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} - {a}^{3}\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}^{4}}, {\left(\sqrt[3]{a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)}\right)}^{2}, -1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 99.3% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} - {a}^{3}\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a 2e+76)
   (+ (+ (pow (fma a a (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (- (pow a 2.0) (pow a 3.0)))) -1.0)
   (+ -1.0 (pow a 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 2e+76) {
		tmp = (pow(fma(a, a, (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (pow(a, 2.0) - pow(a, 3.0)))) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 2e+76)
		tmp = Float64(Float64((fma(a, a, Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64((a ^ 2.0) - (a ^ 3.0)))) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (a ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, 2e+76], N[(N[(N[Power[N[(a * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} - {a}^{3}\right)\right) + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < 2.0000000000000001e76

    1. Initial program 86.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg86.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-neg86.8%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. +-commutative86.8%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg86.8%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      5. +-commutative86.8%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. Simplified86.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 99.1%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{2}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative99.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} + -1 \cdot {a}^{3}\right)}\right) + -1 \]
      2. mul-1-neg99.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)}\right)\right) + -1 \]
      3. unsub-neg99.1%

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

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

    if 2.0000000000000001e76 < a

    1. Initial program 12.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg12.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-neg12.5%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. +-commutative12.5%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg12.5%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      5. +-commutative12.5%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. Simplified17.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} - {a}^{3}\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 98.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

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

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}^{2}\\


\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 3 a))))) < +inf.0

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

    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 3 a)))))

    1. Initial program 0.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-pow0.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified4.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(1 - a\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right), -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 27.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-sqr-sqrt27.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}} \cdot \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}}} - 1 \]
      2. pow227.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}}\right)}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. +-commutative27.1%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. metadata-eval27.1%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{{a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 + 2\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      5. pow-prod-up27.1%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt27.1%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}}}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      7. hypot-def81.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      8. sqrt-prod81.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \color{blue}{\sqrt{4} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)}}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      9. metadata-eval81.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \color{blue}{2} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      10. sqrt-prod81.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{{a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      11. unpow281.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      12. sqrt-prod72.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{a}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      13. add-sqr-sqrt81.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
    6. Applied egg-rr81.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2}} - 1 \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 92.5%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{2} + 2 \cdot a\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative92.5%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot a + -1 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      2. *-commutative92.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 2} + -1 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      3. mul-1-neg92.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. unsub-neg92.5%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    9. Simplified92.5%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    10. Taylor expanded in a around 0 92.5%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{2} + 2 \cdot a\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-192.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{2}\right)} + 2 \cdot a\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      2. *-commutative92.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\left(-{a}^{2}\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot 2}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      3. +-commutative92.5%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 + \left(-{a}^{2}\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. sub-neg92.5%

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

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot 2 - \color{blue}{a \cdot a}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      6. distribute-lft-out--92.5%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    12. Simplified92.5%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification97.7%

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

Alternative 4: 82.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2350000000:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}^{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2350000000.0)
   (+ -1.0 (pow (* a (- 2.0 a)) 2.0))
   (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2350000000.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow((a * (2.0 - a)), 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2350000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((a * (2.0d0 - a)) ** 2.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + (b ** 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2350000000.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow((a * (2.0 - a)), 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2350000000.0:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow((a * (2.0 - a)), 2.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2350000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (Float64(a * Float64(2.0 - a)) ^ 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2350000000.0)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a * (2.0 - a)) ^ 2.0);
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2350000000.0], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[N[(a * N[(2.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2350000000:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}^{2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 2.35e9

    1. Initial program 73.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+73.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-pow73.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified74.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(1 - a\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right), -1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 61.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-sqr-sqrt61.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}} \cdot \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}}} - 1 \]
      2. pow261.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}}\right)}^{2}} - 1 \]
      3. +-commutative61.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. metadata-eval61.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{{a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 + 2\right)}} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      5. pow-prod-up61.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} + 4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt54.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}}}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      7. hypot-def71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \sqrt{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      8. sqrt-prod71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \color{blue}{\sqrt{4} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)}}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      9. metadata-eval71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, \color{blue}{2} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      10. sqrt-prod71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{{a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      11. unpow271.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      12. sqrt-prod45.6%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{a}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      13. add-sqr-sqrt71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
    6. Applied egg-rr71.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left({a}^{2}, 2 \cdot \left(a \cdot \sqrt{1 - a}\right)\right)\right)}^{2}} - 1 \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 82.0%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{2} + 2 \cdot a\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot a + -1 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      2. *-commutative82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 2} + -1 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      3. mul-1-neg82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. unsub-neg82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    9. Simplified82.0%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    10. Taylor expanded in a around 0 82.0%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{2} + 2 \cdot a\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-182.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{2}\right)} + 2 \cdot a\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      2. *-commutative82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\left(-{a}^{2}\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot 2}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      3. +-commutative82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 + \left(-{a}^{2}\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      4. sub-neg82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 - {a}^{2}\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
      5. unpow282.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot 2 - \color{blue}{a \cdot a}\right)}^{2} - 1 \]
      6. distribute-lft-out--82.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}}^{2} - 1 \]
    12. Simplified82.0%

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

    if 2.35e9 < b

    1. Initial program 62.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. +-commutative62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      5. +-commutative62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. Simplified63.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification84.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2350000000:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {\left(a \cdot \left(2 - a\right)\right)}^{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 81.8% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 6000000000.0) (+ -1.0 (pow a 4.0)) (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6000000000.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 6000000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + (a ** 4.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + (b ** 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6000000000.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 6000000000.0:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 6000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (a ^ 4.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 6000000000.0)
		tmp = -1.0 + (a ^ 4.0);
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 6000000000.0], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 6e9

    1. Initial program 73.2%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-neg73.2%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. +-commutative73.2%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg73.2%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      5. +-commutative73.2%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. Simplified74.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 79.7%

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

    if 6e9 < b

    1. Initial program 62.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
      2. sqr-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      3. +-commutative62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
      5. +-commutative62.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. Simplified63.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification83.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 69.4% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

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

\\
-1 + {a}^{4}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 70.6%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg70.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    2. sqr-neg70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. +-commutative70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    4. sqr-neg70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    5. +-commutative70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
  3. Simplified71.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 70.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} + -1 \]
  5. Final simplification70.0%

    \[\leadsto -1 + {a}^{4} \]

Alternative 7: 25.2% accurate, 128.0× 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 70.6%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg70.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    2. sqr-neg70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    3. +-commutative70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    4. sqr-neg70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right) + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
    5. +-commutative70.6%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]
  3. Simplified71.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 70.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} + -1 \]
  5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 23.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  6. Final simplification23.1%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023314 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (+ 3.0 a))))) 1.0))