Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.1% → 98.1%
Time: 5.2s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 0.5×

Specification

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

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 5 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 73.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 98.1% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right) \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(a + 1\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + a \cdot -3\right)\right), -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<=
      (+
       (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
       (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ a 1.0)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* a 3.0))))))
      INFINITY)
   (+
    (pow (fma a a (* b b)) 2.0)
    (fma 4.0 (fma a (* a (+ a 1.0)) (* (* b b) (+ 1.0 (* 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) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))))) <= ((double) INFINITY)) {
		tmp = pow(fma(a, a, (b * b)), 2.0) + fma(4.0, fma(a, (a * (a + 1.0)), ((b * b) * (1.0 + (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(a + 1.0)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(a * 3.0)))))) <= Inf)
		tmp = Float64((fma(a, a, Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + fma(4.0, fma(a, Float64(a * Float64(a + 1.0)), Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(1.0 + 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[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], Infinity], N[(N[Power[N[(a * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(a * N[(a * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 + N[(a * -3.0), $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(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right) \leq \infty:\\
\;\;\;\;{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(a + 1\right), \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + a \cdot -3\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 1 (*.f64 3 a)))))) < +inf.0

    1. Initial program 99.9%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative99.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)} \cdot {\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{2}} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. +-commutative99.9%

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

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

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

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

    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 1 (*.f64 3 a))))))

    1. Initial program 0.0%

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified6.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.1%

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

Alternative 2: 98.1% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

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

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

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


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

    1. Initial program 99.9%

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

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

    1. Initial program 0.0%

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified6.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.1%

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

Alternative 3: 65.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := 4 \cdot {a}^{2} + -1\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-240}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-213}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.42 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.8 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (+ (* 4.0 (pow a 2.0)) -1.0)))
   (if (<= b 6e-240)
     t_0
     (if (<= b 5e-213)
       (pow a 4.0)
       (if (<= b 1.42e-46) t_0 (if (<= b 8.8e+20) (pow a 4.0) (pow b 4.0)))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (4.0 * pow(a, 2.0)) + -1.0;
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6e-240) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 5e-213) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 1.42e-46) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 8.8e+20) {
		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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (4.0d0 * (a ** 2.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    if (b <= 6d-240) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (b <= 5d-213) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (b <= 1.42d-46) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (b <= 8.8d+20) 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 t_0 = (4.0 * Math.pow(a, 2.0)) + -1.0;
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 6e-240) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 5e-213) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 1.42e-46) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 8.8e+20) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	t_0 = (4.0 * math.pow(a, 2.0)) + -1.0
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 6e-240:
		tmp = t_0
	elif b <= 5e-213:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif b <= 1.42e-46:
		tmp = t_0
	elif b <= 8.8e+20:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(4.0 * (a ^ 2.0)) + -1.0)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 6e-240)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 5e-213)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 1.42e-46)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 8.8e+20)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (4.0 * (a ^ 2.0)) + -1.0;
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 6e-240)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 5e-213)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 1.42e-46)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 8.8e+20)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(4.0 * N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 6e-240], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[b, 5e-213], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.42e-46], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[b, 8.8e+20], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := 4 \cdot {a}^{2} + -1\\
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-240}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-213}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.42 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.8 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < 5.99999999999999982e-240 or 4.99999999999999977e-213 < b < 1.42e-46

    1. Initial program 72.4%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+72.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def72.4%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. distribute-rgt-in72.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg72.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in72.4%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 62.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 57.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]

    if 5.99999999999999982e-240 < b < 4.99999999999999977e-213 or 1.42e-46 < b < 8.8e20

    1. Initial program 64.4%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+64.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def64.4%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. distribute-rgt-in64.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg64.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in64.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified64.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 82.9%

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

    if 8.8e20 < b

    1. Initial program 65.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+65.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. distribute-rgt-in65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified68.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification69.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-240}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot {a}^{2} + -1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-213}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.42 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot {a}^{2} + -1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8.8 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 58.7% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5.9 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= b 5.9e+20) (pow a 4.0) (pow b 4.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 5.9e+20) {
		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 <= 5.9d+20) 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 <= 5.9e+20) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 5.9e+20:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 5.9e+20)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 5.9e+20)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 5.9e+20], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5.9 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 5.9e20

    1. Initial program 71.7%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+71.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. distribute-rgt-in71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in71.7%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified73.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 53.5%

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

    if 5.9e20 < b

    1. Initial program 65.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate--l+65.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. fma-def65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
      3. distribute-rgt-in65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right)} - 1\right) \]
      4. sqr-neg65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
      5. distribute-rgt-in65.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
    3. Simplified68.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification64.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5.9 \cdot 10^{+20}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 45.8% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

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

\\
{a}^{4}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 70.2%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate--l+70.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. fma-def70.2%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right) \]
    3. distribute-rgt-in70.2%

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

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) \cdot 4 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot 4\right) - 1\right) \]
    5. distribute-rgt-in70.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)} - 1\right) \]
  3. Simplified72.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right) - 1\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 50.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
  5. Final simplification50.1%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023326 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 3.0 a)))))) 1.0))