Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)

Percentage Accurate: 99.9% → 100.0%

Time: 4.9s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 1.0×

• 60.9% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 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 * (b * b))) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b))) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 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[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 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 * (b * b))) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b))) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 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[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 0.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (pow (hypot a b) 4.0) (fma b (* b 4.0) -1.0)))

C

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

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64((hypot(a, b) ^ 4.0) + fma(b, Float64(b * 4.0), -1.0))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Power[N[Sqrt[a ^ 2 + b ^ 2], $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * N[(b * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

   2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

5. Final simplification 100.0%

   \[\leadsto {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{4} + \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b \cdot 4, -1\right) \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 57.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{-111}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 2.35 \cdot 10^{-87}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 9 \cdot 10^{-31}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a 2.1e-111)
   (pow b 4.0)
   (if (<= a 2.35e-87)
     -1.0
     (if (<= a 9e-31) (pow b 4.0) (if (<= a 1.0) -1.0 (pow a 4.0))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 2.1e-111) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 2.35e-87) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= 9e-31) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 1.0) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} 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) :: tmp
    if (a <= 2.1d-111) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 2.35d-87) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else if (a <= 9d-31) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 2.1e-111) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 2.35e-87) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (a <= 9e-31) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 1.0) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 2.1e-111:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	elif a <= 2.35e-87:
		tmp = -1.0
	elif a <= 9e-31:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	elif a <= 1.0:
		tmp = -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 2.1e-111)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 2.35e-87)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= 9e-31)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.0)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 2.1e-111)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 2.35e-87)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (a <= 9e-31)
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 1.0)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, 2.1e-111], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 2.35e-87], -1.0, If[LessEqual[a, 9e-31], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 1.0], -1.0, N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if a < 2.0999999999999999e-111 or 2.35e-87 < a < 9.0000000000000008e-31

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

      2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 72.9%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 46.8%

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

   if 2.0999999999999999e-111 < a < 2.35e-87 or 9.0000000000000008e-31 < a < 1

   1. Initial program 100.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 100.0%

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

      2. sqr-pow 100.0%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 77.1%

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

   if 1 < a

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

      2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 97.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 89.5%

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

4. Final simplification 58.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{-111}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 2.35 \cdot 10^{-87}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 9 \cdot 10^{-31}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 82.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 26000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.3 \cdot 10^{+50} \lor \neg \left(b \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{+72}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 26000000000.0)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (if (or (<= b 1.3e+50) (not (<= b 1.75e+72))) (pow b 4.0) (pow a 4.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 26000000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else if ((b <= 1.3e+50) || !(b <= 1.75e+72)) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	} 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) :: tmp
    if (b <= 26000000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else if ((b <= 1.3d+50) .or. (.not. (b <= 1.75d+72))) then
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 26000000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else if ((b <= 1.3e+50) || !(b <= 1.75e+72)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 26000000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	elif (b <= 1.3e+50) or not (b <= 1.75e+72):
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 26000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	elseif ((b <= 1.3e+50) || !(b <= 1.75e+72))
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 26000000000.0)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	elseif ((b <= 1.3e+50) || ~((b <= 1.75e+72)))
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 26000000000.0], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], If[Or[LessEqual[b, 1.3e+50], N[Not[LessEqual[b, 1.75e+72]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < 2.6e10

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

      2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 91.5%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 81.0%

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

   if 2.6e10 < b < 1.3000000000000001e50 or 1.75000000000000005e72 < b

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

      2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 91.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 91.4%

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

   if 1.3000000000000001e50 < b < 1.75000000000000005e72

   1. Initial program 99.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.8%

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

      2. sqr-pow 99.8%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 78.9%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 78.2%

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

4. Final simplification 83.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 26000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.3 \cdot 10^{+50} \lor \neg \left(b \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{+72}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) -1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -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 * (b * b))) + (-1.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b))) + -1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) + -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[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 99.9%

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

3. Final simplification 99.9%

   \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) + -1 \]
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 46.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a 1.0) -1.0 (pow a 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 1.0) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} 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) :: tmp
    if (a <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 1.0)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, 1.0], -1.0, N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 1

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

      2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 74.8%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 30.8%

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

   if 1 < a

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

      2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 97.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 89.5%

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

4. Final simplification 45.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 24.7% accurate, 116.0× 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 99.9%

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

   1. associate--l+ 99.9%

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

   2. sqr-pow 99.9%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 64.8%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 23.4%

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

7. Final simplification 23.4%

   \[\leadsto -1 \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024017 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))