Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)

Percentage Accurate: 73.8% → 98.4%
Time: 6.0s
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}

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\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: 73.8% 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: 98.4% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

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

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

\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 99.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      2. expm1-log1p-u98.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2}\right)\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. expm1-udef98.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2}\right)} - 1\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. add-sqr-sqrt98.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left({\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a \cdot a + b \cdot b} \cdot \sqrt{a \cdot a + b \cdot b}\right)}}^{2}\right)} - 1\right) + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. pow298.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left({\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{a \cdot a + b \cdot b}\right)}^{2}\right)}}^{2}\right)} - 1\right) + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      6. hypot-def98.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left({\left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} - 1\right) + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    5. Applied egg-rr98.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left({\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} - 1\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-def98.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left({\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}^{2}\right)\right)} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      2. expm1-log1p99.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2}} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. pow-sqr100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

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

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

    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. Simplified9.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.5%

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

Alternative 2: 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 99.8%

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

    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. 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. Simplified9.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.4%

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

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

Alternative 3: 70.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.15 \cdot 10^{+49}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-64}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{-202}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.26 \cdot 10^{-281}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-246}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.65 \cdot 10^{-200}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-119}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3 \cdot 10^{+30}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1.15e+49)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= a -1.1e-64)
     (pow b 4.0)
     (if (<= a -1.7e-202)
       -1.0
       (if (<= a -1.26e-281)
         (pow b 4.0)
         (if (<= a 3.7e-246)
           -1.0
           (if (<= a 1.65e-200)
             (pow b 4.0)
             (if (<= a 6e-119)
               -1.0
               (if (<= a 3e+30) (pow b 4.0) (pow a 4.0))))))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.15e+49) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= -1.1e-64) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= -1.7e-202) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= -1.26e-281) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 3.7e-246) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= 1.65e-200) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 6e-119) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= 3e+30) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-1.15d+49)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= (-1.1d-64)) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= (-1.7d-202)) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else if (a <= (-1.26d-281)) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 3.7d-246) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else if (a <= 1.65d-200) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 6d-119) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else if (a <= 3d+30) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.15e+49) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= -1.1e-64) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= -1.7e-202) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= -1.26e-281) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 3.7e-246) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= 1.65e-200) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 6e-119) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= 3e+30) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1.15e+49:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= -1.1e-64:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	elif a <= -1.7e-202:
		tmp = -1.0
	elif a <= -1.26e-281:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	elif a <= 3.7e-246:
		tmp = -1.0
	elif a <= 1.65e-200:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	elif a <= 6e-119:
		tmp = -1.0
	elif a <= 3e+30:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1.15e+49)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= -1.1e-64)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= -1.7e-202)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= -1.26e-281)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 3.7e-246)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.65e-200)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 6e-119)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= 3e+30)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1.15e+49)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= -1.1e-64)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= -1.7e-202)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= -1.26e-281)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 3.7e-246)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.65e-200)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 6e-119)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= 3e+30)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1.15e+49], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, -1.1e-64], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, -1.7e-202], -1.0, If[LessEqual[a, -1.26e-281], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 3.7e-246], -1.0, If[LessEqual[a, 1.65e-200], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 6e-119], -1.0, If[LessEqual[a, 3e+30], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]]]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.15 \cdot 10^{+49}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-64}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{-202}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.26 \cdot 10^{-281}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-246}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.65 \cdot 10^{-200}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-119}:\\
\;\;\;\;-1\\

\mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3 \cdot 10^{+30}:\\
\;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if a < -1.15000000000000001e49 or 2.99999999999999978e30 < a

    1. Initial program 44.4%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+44.4%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg44.4%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in44.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg44.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in44.4%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg44.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified49.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.8%

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

    if -1.15000000000000001e49 < a < -1.1e-64 or -1.70000000000000006e-202 < a < -1.26e-281 or 3.7e-246 < a < 1.6499999999999999e-200 or 6.0000000000000004e-119 < a < 2.99999999999999978e30

    1. Initial program 97.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+97.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg97.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified97.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 69.0%

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

    if -1.1e-64 < a < -1.70000000000000006e-202 or -1.26e-281 < a < 3.7e-246 or 1.6499999999999999e-200 < a < 6.0000000000000004e-119

    1. Initial program 99.9%

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

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg99.9%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in99.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg99.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in99.9%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.1%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg96.1%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified96.1%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} - 1} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification82.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.15 \cdot 10^{+49}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-64}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{-202}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -1.26 \cdot 10^{-281}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{-246}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.65 \cdot 10^{-200}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-119}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3 \cdot 10^{+30}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 93.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{+48} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1.18 \cdot 10^{+27}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -9.2e+48) (not (<= a 1.18e+27)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) -1.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -9.2e+48) || !(a <= 1.18e+27)) {
		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 <= (-9.2d+48)) .or. (.not. (a <= 1.18d+27))) 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 <= -9.2e+48) || !(a <= 1.18e+27)) {
		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 <= -9.2e+48) or not (a <= 1.18e+27):
		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 <= -9.2e+48) || !(a <= 1.18e+27))
		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 <= -9.2e+48) || ~((a <= 1.18e+27)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -9.2e+48], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 1.18e+27]], $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 -9.2 \cdot 10^{+48} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1.18 \cdot 10^{+27}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -9.2000000000000001e48 or 1.18000000000000006e27 < a

    1. Initial program 44.4%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+44.4%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg44.4%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in44.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg44.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in44.4%

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

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg44.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified49.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.8%

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

    if -9.2000000000000001e48 < a < 1.18000000000000006e27

    1. Initial program 98.4%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+98.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg98.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg96.2%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified96.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 93.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} - 1} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification95.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{+48} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1.18 \cdot 10^{+27}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 67.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.42 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-32}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -0.42) (not (<= a 1.9e-32))) (pow a 4.0) -1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -0.42) || !(a <= 1.9e-32)) {
		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 <= 1.9d-32))) 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 <= 1.9e-32)) {
		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 <= 1.9e-32):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -0.42) || !(a <= 1.9e-32))
		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 <= 1.9e-32)))
		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, 1.9e-32]], $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 1.9 \cdot 10^{-32}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -0.419999999999999984 or 1.90000000000000004e-32 < a

    1. Initial program 49.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+49.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def49.9%

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

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def49.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in49.9%

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

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in49.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def49.9%

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

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified54.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 87.2%

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

    if -0.419999999999999984 < a < 1.90000000000000004e-32

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      6. sqr-neg99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
      8. fma-def99.8%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      9. sqr-neg99.8%

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

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

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg96.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    6. Simplified96.0%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} - 1} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 51.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification70.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.42 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-32}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 24.5% 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 73.7%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+73.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. sqr-neg73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    4. fma-def73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    5. distribute-rgt-in73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
    6. sqr-neg73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
    7. distribute-rgt-in73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot a + \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    8. fma-def73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    9. sqr-neg73.7%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified76.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, 1 - a, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 80.7%

    \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot {a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
  6. Simplified80.7%

    \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-{a}^{3}\right)} - 1\right) \]
  7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4} - 1} \]
  8. Taylor expanded in b around 0 24.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  9. Final simplification24.9%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023322 
(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))