Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)

Percentage Accurate: 73.9% → 98.0%

Time: 10.0s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 1.2×

• 60.8% 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: 73.9% 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: 98.0% 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 99.8%

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

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

   1. Initial program 0.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 0.0%

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

      2. fma-def 0.0%

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

      3. sqr-neg 0.0%

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

      4. fma-def 0.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 0.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 0.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 0.0%

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

      8. fma-def 0.0%

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

      9. sqr-neg 0.0%

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

   3. Simplified 16.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 97.4%

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

4. Final simplification 99.1%

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

Alternative 2: 65.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3 \cdot 10^{-211}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.8 \cdot 10^{-189}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.15 \cdot 10^{-43}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 20:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot {a}^{2} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (+ 1.0 (* a 2.0)) (+ (* a 2.0) -1.0))))
   (if (<= b 3e-211)
     t_0
     (if (<= b 4.8e-189)
       (pow a 4.0)
       (if (<= b 2.3e-60)
         t_0
         (if (<= b 1.15e-43)
           (pow a 4.0)
           (if (<= b 20.0) (+ (* 4.0 (pow a 2.0)) -1.0) (pow b 4.0))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3e-211) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 4.8e-189) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 2.3e-60) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 1.15e-43) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 20.0) {
		tmp = (4.0 * pow(a, 2.0)) + -1.0;
	} 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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (1.0d0 + (a * 2.0d0)) * ((a * 2.0d0) + (-1.0d0))
    if (b <= 3d-211) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (b <= 4.8d-189) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (b <= 2.3d-60) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (b <= 1.15d-43) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (b <= 20.0d0) then
        tmp = (4.0d0 * (a ** 2.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 3e-211) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 4.8e-189) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 2.3e-60) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 1.15e-43) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 20.0) {
		tmp = (4.0 * Math.pow(a, 2.0)) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0)
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 3e-211:
		tmp = t_0
	elif b <= 4.8e-189:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif b <= 2.3e-60:
		tmp = t_0
	elif b <= 1.15e-43:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif b <= 20.0:
		tmp = (4.0 * math.pow(a, 2.0)) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(1.0 + Float64(a * 2.0)) * Float64(Float64(a * 2.0) + -1.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 3e-211)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 4.8e-189)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 2.3e-60)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 1.15e-43)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 20.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(4.0 * (a ^ 2.0)) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 3e-211)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 4.8e-189)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 2.3e-60)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 1.15e-43)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 20.0)
		tmp = (4.0 * (a ^ 2.0)) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(1.0 + N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 3e-211], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[b, 4.8e-189], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.3e-60], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[b, 1.15e-43], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 20.0], N[(N[(4.0 * N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < 3.00000000000000005e-211 or 4.7999999999999997e-189 < b < 2.3000000000000001e-60

   1. Initial program 76.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 76.0%

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

      2. fma-def 76.0%

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

      3. sqr-neg 76.0%

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

      4. fma-def 76.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 76.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 76.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 76.0%

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

      8. fma-def 76.0%

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

      9. sqr-neg 76.0%

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

   3. Simplified 79.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in 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 53.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 53.5%

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

      2. difference-of-sqr-1 53.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 53.5%

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

      4. sqrt-prod 53.5%

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

      5. unpow2 53.5%

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

      6. sqrt-prod 26.8%

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

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 42.6%

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

      8. metadata-eval 42.6%

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

      9. *-commutative 42.6%

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

      10. sqrt-prod 42.6%

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

      11. unpow2 42.6%

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

      12. sqrt-prod 26.8%

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

      13. add-sqr-sqrt 53.5%

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

      14. metadata-eval 53.5%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 53.5%

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

   if 3.00000000000000005e-211 < b < 4.7999999999999997e-189 or 2.3000000000000001e-60 < b < 1.1499999999999999e-43

   1. Initial program 33.3%

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

      1. associate--l+ 33.3%

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

      2. fma-def 33.3%

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

      3. sqr-neg 33.3%

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

      4. fma-def 33.3%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 33.3%

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

      6. sqr-neg 33.3%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 33.3%

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

      8. fma-def 33.3%

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

      9. sqr-neg 33.3%

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

   3. Simplified 33.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

   if 1.1499999999999999e-43 < b < 20

   1. Initial program 100.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 100.0%

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

      2. fma-def 99.7%

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

      3. sqr-neg 99.7%

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

      4. fma-def 100.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 100.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 100.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 100.0%

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

      8. fma-def 99.7%

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

      9. sqr-neg 99.7%

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

   3. Simplified 99.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 91.2%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 52.7%

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

   if 20 < b

   1. Initial program 61.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 61.0%

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

      2. fma-def 61.0%

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

      3. sqr-neg 61.0%

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

      4. fma-def 61.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 61.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 61.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 61.0%

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

      8. fma-def 61.0%

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

      9. sqr-neg 61.0%

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

   3. Simplified 69.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.4%

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

4. Final simplification 65.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 3 \cdot 10^{-211}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 4.8 \cdot 10^{-189}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.15 \cdot 10^{-43}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 20:\\ \;\;\;\;4 \cdot {a}^{2} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 65.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-210}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{-189}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{-56}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 125:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (+ 1.0 (* a 2.0)) (+ (* a 2.0) -1.0))))
   (if (<= b 1.5e-210)
     t_0
     (if (<= b 5.4e-189)
       (pow a 4.0)
       (if (<= b 1.6e-56)
         t_0
         (if (<= b 8e-38) (pow a 4.0) (if (<= b 125.0) t_0 (pow b 4.0))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.5e-210) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 5.4e-189) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 1.6e-56) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 8e-38) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 125.0) {
		tmp = t_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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (1.0d0 + (a * 2.0d0)) * ((a * 2.0d0) + (-1.0d0))
    if (b <= 1.5d-210) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (b <= 5.4d-189) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (b <= 1.6d-56) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (b <= 8d-38) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (b <= 125.0d0) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.5e-210) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 5.4e-189) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 1.6e-56) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (b <= 8e-38) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 125.0) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0)
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.5e-210:
		tmp = t_0
	elif b <= 5.4e-189:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif b <= 1.6e-56:
		tmp = t_0
	elif b <= 8e-38:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif b <= 125.0:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(1.0 + Float64(a * 2.0)) * Float64(Float64(a * 2.0) + -1.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.5e-210)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 5.4e-189)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 1.6e-56)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 8e-38)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 125.0)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.5e-210)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 5.4e-189)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 1.6e-56)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (b <= 8e-38)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 125.0)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(1.0 + N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 1.5e-210], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[b, 5.4e-189], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.6e-56], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[b, 8e-38], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 125.0], t$95$0, N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < 1.5000000000000001e-210 or 5.3999999999999999e-189 < b < 1.59999999999999993e-56 or 7.9999999999999997e-38 < b < 125

   1. Initial program 76.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 76.8%

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

      2. fma-def 76.8%

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

      3. sqr-neg 76.8%

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

      4. fma-def 76.8%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 76.8%

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

      6. sqr-neg 76.8%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 76.8%

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

      8. fma-def 76.8%

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

      9. sqr-neg 76.8%

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

   3. Simplified 80.2%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 53.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. add-sqr-sqrt 53.5%

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

      2. difference-of-sqr-1 53.5%

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

      3. *-commutative 53.5%

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

      4. sqrt-prod 53.5%

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

      5. unpow2 53.5%

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

      6. sqrt-prod 26.4%

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

      7. add-sqr-sqrt 42.3%

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

      8. metadata-eval 42.3%

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

      9. *-commutative 42.3%

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

      10. sqrt-prod 42.3%

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

      11. unpow2 42.3%

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

      12. sqrt-prod 26.4%

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

      13. add-sqr-sqrt 53.5%

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

      14. metadata-eval 53.5%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 53.5%

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

   if 1.5000000000000001e-210 < b < 5.3999999999999999e-189 or 1.59999999999999993e-56 < b < 7.9999999999999997e-38

   1. Initial program 33.3%

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

      1. associate--l+ 33.3%

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

      2. fma-def 33.3%

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

      3. sqr-neg 33.3%

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

      4. fma-def 33.3%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 33.3%

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

      6. sqr-neg 33.3%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 33.3%

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

      8. fma-def 33.3%

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

      9. sqr-neg 33.3%

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

   3. Simplified 33.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

   if 125 < b

   1. Initial program 61.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 61.0%

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

      2. fma-def 61.0%

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

      3. sqr-neg 61.0%

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

      4. fma-def 61.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 61.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 61.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 61.0%

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

      8. fma-def 61.0%

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

      9. sqr-neg 61.0%

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

   3. Simplified 69.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.4%

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

4. Final simplification 65.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-210}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{-189}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.6 \cdot 10^{-56}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 125:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 + a \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 2 + -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 81.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1800\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{2} \cdot 12 + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -3.0) (not (<= a 1800.0)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (* (pow b 2.0) 12.0) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -3.0) || !(a <= 1800.0)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (pow(b, 2.0) * 12.0) + -1.0;
	}
	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 <= 1800.0d0))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = ((b ** 2.0d0) * 12.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -3.0) || !(a <= 1800.0)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (Math.pow(b, 2.0) * 12.0) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -3.0) or not (a <= 1800.0):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = (math.pow(b, 2.0) * 12.0) + -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -3.0) || !(a <= 1800.0))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64((b ^ 2.0) * 12.0) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -3.0) || ~((a <= 1800.0)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = ((b ^ 2.0) * 12.0) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -3.0], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 1800.0]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[Power[b, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * 12.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -3 or 1800 < a

   1. Initial program 44.6%

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

      1. associate--l+ 44.6%

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

      2. fma-def 44.6%

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

      3. sqr-neg 44.6%

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

      4. fma-def 44.6%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 44.6%

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

      6. sqr-neg 44.6%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 44.6%

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

      8. fma-def 44.6%

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

      9. sqr-neg 44.6%

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

   3. Simplified 53.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 91.9%

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

   if -3 < a < 1800

   1. Initial program 99.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.8%

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

      2. fma-def 99.8%

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

      3. sqr-neg 99.8%

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

      4. fma-def 99.8%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 99.8%

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

      6. sqr-neg 99.8%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 99.8%

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

      8. fma-def 99.8%

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

      9. sqr-neg 99.8%

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

   3. Simplified 99.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 76.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{12 \cdot {b}^{2}} - 1 \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 76.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot 12} - 1 \]

   7. Simplified 76.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot 12} - 1 \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 84.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1800\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{2} \cdot 12 + -1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 68.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{-19} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 2.5\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -9.2e-19) (not (<= a 2.5))) (pow a 4.0) -1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -9.2e-19) || !(a <= 2.5)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a <= (-9.2d-19)) .or. (.not. (a <= 2.5d0))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = -1.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -9.2e-19) || !(a <= 2.5)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -9.2e-19) or not (a <= 2.5):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -9.2e-19) || !(a <= 2.5))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -9.2e-19) || ~((a <= 2.5)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -9.2e-19], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 2.5]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], -1.0]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -9.19999999999999919e-19 or 2.5 < a

   1. Initial program 45.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 45.0%

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

      2. fma-def 45.0%

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

      3. sqr-neg 45.0%

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

      4. fma-def 45.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 45.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 45.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 45.0%

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

      8. fma-def 45.0%

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

      9. sqr-neg 45.0%

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

   3. Simplified 54.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 91.2%

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

   if -9.19999999999999919e-19 < a < 2.5

   1. Initial program 99.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.8%

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

      2. fma-def 99.8%

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

      3. sqr-neg 99.8%

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

      4. fma-def 99.8%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 99.8%

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

      6. sqr-neg 99.8%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 99.8%

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

      8. fma-def 99.8%

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

      9. sqr-neg 99.8%

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

   3. Simplified 99.8%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 45.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 45.1%

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

4. Final simplification 69.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{-19} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 2.5\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 51.6% accurate, 11.6× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (+ 1.0 (* a 2.0)) (+ (* a 2.0) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 + Float64(a * 2.0)) * Float64(Float64(a * 2.0) + -1.0))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (1.0 + (a * 2.0)) * ((a * 2.0) + -1.0);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(1.0 + N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 71.4%

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

   1. associate--l+ 71.3%

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

   2. fma-def 71.3%

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

   3. sqr-neg 71.3%

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

   4. fma-def 71.3%

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

   5. distribute-rgt-in 71.3%

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

   6. sqr-neg 71.3%

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

   7. distribute-rgt-in 71.3%

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

   8. fma-def 71.3%

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

   9. sqr-neg 71.3%

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

3. Simplified 76.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 50.7%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 45.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {a}^{2}} - 1 \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. add-sqr-sqrt 45.6%

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

   2. difference-of-sqr-1 45.6%

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

   3. *-commutative 45.6%

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

   4. sqrt-prod 45.6%

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

   5. unpow2 45.6%

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

   6. sqrt-prod 22.6%

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

   7. add-sqr-sqrt 33.7%

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

   8. metadata-eval 33.7%

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

   9. *-commutative 33.7%

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

   10. sqrt-prod 33.7%

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

   11. unpow2 33.7%

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

   12. sqrt-prod 22.6%

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

   13. add-sqr-sqrt 45.6%

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

   14. metadata-eval 45.6%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 45.6%

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

8. Final simplification 45.6%

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

Alternative 7: 25.0% 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 71.4%

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

   1. associate--l+ 71.3%

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

   2. fma-def 71.3%

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

   3. sqr-neg 71.3%

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

   4. fma-def 71.3%

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

   5. distribute-rgt-in 71.3%

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

   6. sqr-neg 71.3%

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

   7. distribute-rgt-in 71.3%

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

   8. fma-def 71.3%

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

   9. sqr-neg 71.3%

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

3. Simplified 76.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 50.7%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 22.1%

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

6. Final simplification 22.1%

   \[\leadsto -1 \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023335 
(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))