Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)

Percentage Accurate: 74.4% → 98.3%

Time: 6.9s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 1.2×

• 60.2% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(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))

C

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;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (((a * a) * (1.0d0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0d0 + a))))) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

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;
}

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(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]

Initial Program: 74.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(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))

C

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;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (((a * a) * (1.0d0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0d0 + a))))) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

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;
}

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(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]

Alternative 1: 98.3% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + t_0\right) \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(4, \mathsf{fma}\left(a, a \cdot \left(1 - a\right), t_0\right), -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (* b b) (+ a 3.0))))
   (if (<=
        (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) t_0)))
        INFINITY)
     (+ (pow (hypot a b) 4.0) (fma 4.0 (fma a (* a (- 1.0 a)) t_0) -1.0))
     (pow a 4.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (b * b) * (a + 3.0);
	double tmp;
	if ((pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + t_0))) <= ((double) INFINITY)) {
		tmp = pow(hypot(a, b), 4.0) + fma(4.0, fma(a, (a * (1.0 - a)), t_0), -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(a + 3.0))
	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)) + t_0))) <= Inf)
		tmp = Float64((hypot(a, b) ^ 4.0) + fma(4.0, fma(a, Float64(a * Float64(1.0 - a)), t_0), -1.0));
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, 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] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], Infinity], N[(N[Power[N[Sqrt[a ^ 2 + b ^ 2], $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(a * N[(a * N[(1.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

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

   1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
   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. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   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. sub-neg 0.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 0.0%

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

      3. +-commutative 0.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 0.0%

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

      5. +-commutative 0.0%

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

   3. Simplified 6.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 31.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 31.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{4}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.4%

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

4. Final simplification 98.5%

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

Alternative 2: 98.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(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))))

C

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;
}

Java

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;
}

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

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

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

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

   1. Initial program 0.0%

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

      1. sub-neg 0.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 0.0%

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

      3. +-commutative 0.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 0.0%

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

      5. +-commutative 0.0%

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

   3. Simplified 6.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 31.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 31.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{4}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.4%

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

4. Final simplification 98.4%

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

Alternative 3: 81.4% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := -1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(12 + a \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -4.2 \cdot 10^{-33}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 5.6 \cdot 10^{-199}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-179}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{+24}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (+ -1.0 (* (* b b) (+ 12.0 (* a 4.0))))))
   (if (<= a -1e+46)
     (pow a 4.0)
     (if (<= a -4.2e-33)
       (pow b 4.0)
       (if (<= a 5.6e-199)
         t_0
         (if (<= a 1.35e-179)
           (pow b 4.0)
           (if (<= a 9.5e+24) t_0 (pow a 4.0))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1e+46) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= -4.2e-33) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 5.6e-199) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (a <= 1.35e-179) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 9.5e+24) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (-1.0d0) + ((b * b) * (12.0d0 + (a * 4.0d0)))
    if (a <= (-1d+46)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= (-4.2d-33)) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 5.6d-199) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (a <= 1.35d-179) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 9.5d+24) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1e+46) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= -4.2e-33) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 5.6e-199) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (a <= 1.35e-179) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 9.5e+24) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	t_0 = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)))
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1e+46:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= -4.2e-33:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	elif a <= 5.6e-199:
		tmp = t_0
	elif a <= 1.35e-179:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	elif a <= 9.5e+24:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(12.0 + Float64(a * 4.0))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1e+46)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= -4.2e-33)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 5.6e-199)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (a <= 1.35e-179)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 9.5e+24)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1e+46)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= -4.2e-33)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 5.6e-199)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (a <= 1.35e-179)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 9.5e+24)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(12.0 + N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[a, -1e+46], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, -4.2e-33], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 5.6e-199], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[a, 1.35e-179], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 9.5e+24], t$95$0, N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if a < -9.9999999999999999e45 or 9.5000000000000001e24 < a

   1. Initial program 43.8%

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

      1. sub-neg 43.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 43.8%

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

      3. +-commutative 43.8%

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

      4. sqr-neg 43.8%

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

      5. +-commutative 43.8%

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

   3. Simplified 47.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 57.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 57.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{4}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.3%

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

   if -9.9999999999999999e45 < a < -4.2e-33 or 5.60000000000000036e-199 < a < 1.34999999999999994e-179

   1. Initial program 86.7%

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

      1. associate--l+ 86.7%

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

      2. sqr-pow 86.7%

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

   3. Simplified 87.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 61.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) - 1} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 61.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]

      2. associate-+r+ 61.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]

      3. associate-*r* 61.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      4. distribute-rgt-out 74.1%

         \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 \cdot a + 12\right)} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      5. metadata-eval 74.1%

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

      6. distribute-lft-in 74.1%

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

      7. +-commutative 74.1%

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

      8. metadata-eval 74.1%

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

      9. associate-+l+ 74.1%

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

      10. distribute-lft-in 74.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 74.1%

          \[\leadsto {b}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{12} + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right) \]

   6. Simplified 74.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right)} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 83.0%

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

   if -4.2e-33 < a < 5.60000000000000036e-199 or 1.34999999999999994e-179 < a < 9.5000000000000001e24

   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. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 87.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) - 1} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 87.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]

      2. associate-+r+ 87.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]

      3. associate-*r* 87.5%

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      4. distribute-rgt-out 97.9%

         \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 \cdot a + 12\right)} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      5. metadata-eval 97.9%

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

      6. distribute-lft-in 97.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 97.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 97.9%

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

      9. associate-+l+ 97.9%

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

      10. distribute-lft-in 97.9%

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

      11. metadata-eval 97.9%

          \[\leadsto {b}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{12} + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right) \]

   6. Simplified 97.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right)} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 83.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 83.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1 \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 83.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1 \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 87.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+46}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -4.2 \cdot 10^{-33}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 5.6 \cdot 10^{-199}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(12 + a \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-179}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{+24}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(12 + a \cdot 4\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 93.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{+44} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 5.3 \cdot 10^{+25}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -6.2e+44) (not (<= a 5.3e+25)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -6.2e+44) || !(a <= 5.3e+25)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a <= (-6.2d+44)) .or. (.not. (a <= 5.3d+25))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + (b ** 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -6.2e+44) || !(a <= 5.3e+25)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -6.2e+44) or not (a <= 5.3e+25):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -6.2e+44) || !(a <= 5.3e+25))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -6.2e+44) || ~((a <= 5.3e+25)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -6.2e+44], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 5.3e+25]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -6.19999999999999991e44 or 5.29999999999999986e25 < a

   1. Initial program 43.8%

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

      1. sub-neg 43.8%

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

      2. sqr-neg 43.8%

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

      3. +-commutative 43.8%

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

      4. sqr-neg 43.8%

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

      5. +-commutative 43.8%

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

   3. Simplified 47.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 57.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 57.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{4}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.3%

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

   if -6.19999999999999991e44 < a < 5.29999999999999986e25

   1. Initial program 98.0%

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

      1. sub-neg 98.0%

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

      2. sqr-neg 98.0%

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

      3. +-commutative 98.0%

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

      4. sqr-neg 98.0%

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

      5. +-commutative 98.0%

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

   3. Simplified 98.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 94.5%

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

4. Final simplification 94.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{+44} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 5.3 \cdot 10^{+25}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 93.4% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 10^{+70}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 1e+70) (+ -1.0 (pow a 4.0)) (pow b 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 1e+70) {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b * b) <= 1d+70) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + (a ** 4.0d0)
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 1e+70) {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 1e+70:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 1e+70)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (a ^ 4.0));
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 1e+70)
		tmp = -1.0 + (a ^ 4.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 1e+70], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (*.f64 b b) < 1.00000000000000007e70

   1. Initial program 86.6%

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

      1. sub-neg 86.6%

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

      2. sqr-neg 86.6%

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

      3. +-commutative 86.6%

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

      4. sqr-neg 86.6%

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

      5. +-commutative 86.6%

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

   3. Simplified 86.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 95.0%

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

   if 1.00000000000000007e70 < (*.f64 b b)

   1. Initial program 65.4%

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

      1. associate--l+ 65.4%

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

      2. sqr-pow 65.4%

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

   3. Simplified 69.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 64.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) - 1} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 64.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]

      2. associate-+r+ 64.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]

      3. associate-*r* 64.8%

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      4. distribute-rgt-out 79.9%

         \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 \cdot a + 12\right)} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      5. metadata-eval 79.9%

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

      6. distribute-lft-in 79.9%

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

      7. +-commutative 79.9%

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

      8. metadata-eval 79.9%

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

      9. associate-+l+ 79.9%

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

      10. distribute-lft-in 79.9%

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

      11. metadata-eval 79.9%

          \[\leadsto {b}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{12} + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right) \]

   6. Simplified 79.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right)} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 92.8%

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

4. Final simplification 94.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 10^{+70}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 82.2% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{+24}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(12 + a \cdot 4\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -3.0) (not (<= a 9.5e+24)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ -1.0 (* (* b b) (+ 12.0 (* a 4.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -3.0) || !(a <= 9.5e+24)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a <= (-3.0d0)) .or. (.not. (a <= 9.5d+24))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((b * b) * (12.0d0 + (a * 4.0d0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -3.0) || !(a <= 9.5e+24)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -3.0) or not (a <= 9.5e+24):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -3.0) || !(a <= 9.5e+24))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(12.0 + Float64(a * 4.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -3.0) || ~((a <= 9.5e+24)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -3.0], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 9.5e+24]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(12.0 + N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -3 or 9.5000000000000001e24 < a

   1. Initial program 46.2%

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

      1. sub-neg 46.2%

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

      2. sqr-neg 46.2%

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

      3. +-commutative 46.2%

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

      4. sqr-neg 46.2%

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

      5. +-commutative 46.2%

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

   3. Simplified 49.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 55.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 55.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{4}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 88.1%

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

   if -3 < a < 9.5000000000000001e24

   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. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 86.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) - 1} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 86.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]

      2. associate-+r+ 86.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]

      3. associate-*r* 86.6%

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      4. distribute-rgt-out 98.0%

         \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 \cdot a + 12\right)} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

      5. metadata-eval 98.0%

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

      6. distribute-lft-in 98.0%

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

      7. +-commutative 98.0%

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

      8. metadata-eval 98.0%

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

      9. associate-+l+ 98.1%

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

      10. distribute-lft-in 98.1%

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

      11. metadata-eval 98.1%

          \[\leadsto {b}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{12} + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right) \]

   6. Simplified 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right)} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 80.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 80.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1 \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 80.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1 \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 83.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{+24}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(12 + a \cdot 4\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 48.0% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(12 + a \cdot 4\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ -1.0 (* (* b b) (+ 12.0 (* a 4.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (-1.0d0) + ((b * b) * (12.0d0 + (a * 4.0d0)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(12.0 + Float64(a * 4.0))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = -1.0 + ((b * b) * (12.0 + (a * 4.0)));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(12.0 + N[(a * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 77.3%

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

   1. associate--l+ 77.3%

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

   2. sqr-pow 77.3%

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

3. Simplified 78.9%

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

4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 62.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) - 1} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg 62.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + \left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]

   2. associate-+r+ 62.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(4 \cdot \left(a \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right)} + \left(-1\right) \]

   3. associate-*r* 62.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot {b}^{2}} + 12 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

   4. distribute-rgt-out 68.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 \cdot a + 12\right)} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(-1\right) \]

   5. metadata-eval 68.8%

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

   6. distribute-lft-in 68.8%

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

   7. +-commutative 68.8%

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

   8. metadata-eval 68.8%

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

   9. associate-+l+ 68.8%

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

   10. distribute-lft-in 68.8%

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

   11. metadata-eval 68.8%

       \[\leadsto {b}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{12} + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right) \]

6. Simplified 68.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) + \left({b}^{4} + -1\right)} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 55.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow2 55.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1 \]

9. Applied egg-rr 55.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \left(12 + 4 \cdot a\right) - 1 \]

10. Final simplification 55.7%

    \[\leadsto -1 + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(12 + a \cdot 4\right) \]

Alternative 8: 25.3% accurate, 128.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

def code(a, b):
	return -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return -1.0
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := -1.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 77.3%

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

   1. sub-neg 77.3%

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

   2. sqr-neg 77.3%

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

   3. +-commutative 77.3%

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

   4. sqr-neg 77.3%

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

   5. +-commutative 77.3%

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

3. Simplified 78.8%

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

4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 55.5%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 31.5%

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

6. Final simplification 31.5%

   \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023333 
(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))