Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)

Percentage Accurate: 74.6% → 98.3%
Time: 7.2s
Alternatives: 6
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 6 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: 74.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(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: 98.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

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

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


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

    1. Initial program 99.9%

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

    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. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg0.0%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in0.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg0.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in0.0%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg0.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified2.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.8%

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

Alternative 2: 66.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.06 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2600000 \lor \neg \left(b \leq 8.2 \cdot 10^{+21}\right) \land b \leq 1.15 \cdot 10^{+77}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 1.06e-27)
   (* (+ 1.0 (* a 2.0)) (+ (* a 2.0) -1.0))
   (if (or (<= b 2600000.0) (and (not (<= b 8.2e+21)) (<= b 1.15e+77)))
     (pow a 4.0)
     (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.06e-27) {
		tmp = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	} else if ((b <= 2600000.0) || (!(b <= 8.2e+21) && (b <= 1.15e+77))) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = 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 <= 1.06d-27) then
        tmp = (1.0d0 + (a * 2.0d0)) * ((a * 2.0d0) + (-1.0d0))
    else if ((b <= 2600000.0d0) .or. (.not. (b <= 8.2d+21)) .and. (b <= 1.15d+77)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.06e-27) {
		tmp = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	} else if ((b <= 2600000.0) || (!(b <= 8.2e+21) && (b <= 1.15e+77))) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.06e-27:
		tmp = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0)
	elif (b <= 2600000.0) or (not (b <= 8.2e+21) and (b <= 1.15e+77)):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.06e-27)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 + Float64(a * 2.0)) * Float64(Float64(a * 2.0) + -1.0));
	elseif ((b <= 2600000.0) || (!(b <= 8.2e+21) && (b <= 1.15e+77)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.06e-27)
		tmp = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	elseif ((b <= 2600000.0) || (~((b <= 8.2e+21)) && (b <= 1.15e+77)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.06e-27], N[(N[(1.0 + N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[Or[LessEqual[b, 2600000.0], And[N[Not[LessEqual[b, 8.2e+21]], $MachinePrecision], LessEqual[b, 1.15e+77]]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.06 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2600000 \lor \neg \left(b \leq 8.2 \cdot 10^{+21}\right) \land b \leq 1.15 \cdot 10^{+77}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < 1.05999999999999998e-27

    1. Initial program 78.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Applied egg-rr17.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right)}^{3} \cdot 64 + {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{6}}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}} - 1 \]
    3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 12.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{64 \cdot \left({a}^{6} \cdot {\left(1 - a\right)}^{3}\right) + {a}^{12}}{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(\left(1 - a\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {a}^{4}\right)\right)\right) + {a}^{8}}} - 1 \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 63.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-sqr-sqrt63.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}}} - 1 \]
      2. difference-of-sqr-163.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative63.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 4}} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
      4. sqrt-prod63.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{{a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{4}} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
      5. unpow263.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{4} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqrt-prod34.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{a}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{4} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
      7. add-sqr-sqrt50.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \sqrt{4} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval50.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
      9. *-commutative50.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 4}} - 1\right) \]
      10. sqrt-prod50.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{{a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{4}} - 1\right) \]
      11. unpow250.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{4} - 1\right) \]
      12. sqrt-prod34.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{a}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{4} - 1\right) \]
      13. add-sqr-sqrt63.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \sqrt{4} - 1\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval63.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{2} - 1\right) \]
    6. Applied egg-rr63.0%

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

    if 1.05999999999999998e-27 < b < 2.6e6 or 8.2e21 < b < 1.14999999999999997e77

    1. Initial program 49.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+49.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg49.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified49.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 81.6%

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

    if 2.6e6 < b < 8.2e21 or 1.14999999999999997e77 < b

    1. Initial program 56.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+56.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg56.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified58.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification70.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.06 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2600000 \lor \neg \left(b \leq 8.2 \cdot 10^{+21}\right) \land b \leq 1.15 \cdot 10^{+77}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 93.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8000000000000 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{+48}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -8000000000000.0) (not (<= a 2.7e+48)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) -1.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -8000000000000.0) || !(a <= 2.7e+48)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a <= (-8000000000000.0d0)) .or. (.not. (a <= 2.7d+48))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = (b ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -8000000000000.0) || !(a <= 2.7e+48)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -8000000000000.0) or not (a <= 2.7e+48):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -8000000000000.0) || !(a <= 2.7e+48))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64((b ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -8000000000000.0) || ~((a <= 2.7e+48)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -8000000000000.0], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 2.7e+48]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8000000000000 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{+48}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -8e12 or 2.70000000000000004e48 < a

    1. Initial program 43.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+43.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg43.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified45.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.0%

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

    if -8e12 < a < 2.70000000000000004e48

    1. Initial program 99.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Applied egg-rr27.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right)}^{3} \cdot 64 + {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{6}}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}} - 1 \]
    3. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} - 1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification96.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8000000000000 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 2.7 \cdot 10^{+48}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 68.1% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.42 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 0.48\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -0.42) (not (<= a 0.48))) (pow a 4.0) -1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -0.42) || !(a <= 0.48)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a <= (-0.42d0)) .or. (.not. (a <= 0.48d0))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = -1.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -0.42) || !(a <= 0.48)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -0.42) or not (a <= 0.48):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -0.42) || !(a <= 0.48))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -0.42) || ~((a <= 0.48)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -0.42], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 0.48]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], -1.0]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.42 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 0.48\right):\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -0.419999999999999984 or 0.47999999999999998 < a

    1. Initial program 47.3%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+47.3%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg47.3%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in47.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg47.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in47.3%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg47.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified48.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 91.9%

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

    if -0.419999999999999984 < a < 0.47999999999999998

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Applied egg-rr27.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right)}^{3} \cdot 64 + {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{6}}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}} - 1 \]
    3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 14.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{64 \cdot \left({a}^{6} \cdot {\left(1 - a\right)}^{3}\right) + {a}^{12}}{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(\left(1 - a\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {a}^{4}\right)\right)\right) + {a}^{8}}} - 1 \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 53.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 53.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification73.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.42 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 0.48\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 51.1% accurate, 11.6× speedup?

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

\\
\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 72.2%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Applied egg-rr15.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right)}^{3} \cdot 64 + {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{6}}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}} - 1 \]
  3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 10.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{64 \cdot \left({a}^{6} \cdot {\left(1 - a\right)}^{3}\right) + {a}^{12}}{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(\left(1 - a\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {a}^{4}\right)\right)\right) + {a}^{8}}} - 1 \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 57.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt57.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}}} - 1 \]
    2. difference-of-sqr-157.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right)} \]
    3. *-commutative57.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 4}} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    4. sqrt-prod57.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{{a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{4}} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    5. unpow257.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{4} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    6. sqrt-prod30.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{a}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{4} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    7. add-sqr-sqrt42.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \sqrt{4} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    8. metadata-eval42.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    9. *-commutative42.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 4}} - 1\right) \]
    10. sqrt-prod42.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{{a}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{4}} - 1\right) \]
    11. unpow242.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{4} - 1\right) \]
    12. sqrt-prod30.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a} \cdot \sqrt{a}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{4} - 1\right) \]
    13. add-sqr-sqrt57.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \sqrt{4} - 1\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval57.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{2} - 1\right) \]
  6. Applied egg-rr57.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot 2 + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 - 1\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification57.6%

    \[\leadsto \left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right) \]

Alternative 6: 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 72.2%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Applied egg-rr15.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right)}^{3} \cdot 64 + {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{6}}{{\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{4} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, a + 3, {a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}} - 1 \]
  3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 10.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{64 \cdot \left({a}^{6} \cdot {\left(1 - a\right)}^{3}\right) + {a}^{12}}{4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(\left(1 - a\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) - {a}^{4}\right)\right)\right) + {a}^{8}}} - 1 \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 57.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
  5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 25.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  6. Final simplification25.8%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023318 
(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))