Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.9% → 99.9%
Time: 8.9s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

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

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 4 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 73.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+103}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, a\right)\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1e+103)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+
    (+ (pow (hypot b a) 4.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ a 1.0)) (* b b))))
    -1.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1e+103) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (pow(hypot(b, a), 4.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b)))) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1e+103) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (Math.pow(Math.hypot(b, a), 4.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b)))) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1e+103:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = (math.pow(math.hypot(b, a), 4.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b)))) + -1.0
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1e+103)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64((hypot(b, a) ^ 4.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a + 1.0)) + Float64(b * b)))) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1e+103)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = ((hypot(b, a) ^ 4.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b)))) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1e+103], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[Power[N[Sqrt[b ^ 2 + a ^ 2], $MachinePrecision], 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+103}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, a\right)\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) + -1\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -1e103

    1. Initial program 0.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg0.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified7.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

    if -1e103 < a

    1. Initial program 88.1%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*88.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      2. cancel-sign-sub-inv88.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot \left(b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-3\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. metadata-eval88.1%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. add-exp-log69.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. metadata-eval69.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)} \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. cancel-sign-sub-inv69.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)}\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      7. associate-*r*73.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      8. cancel-sign-sub-inv73.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-3\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      9. metadata-eval73.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      10. +-commutative73.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3 \cdot a + 1\right)}\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      11. pow273.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2}} \cdot \left(-3 \cdot a + 1\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      12. *-commutative73.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left({b}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot -3} + 1\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      13. fma-undefine73.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left({b}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)}\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    4. Applied egg-rr73.9%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{e^{\log \left({b}^{2} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{\log \left({b}^{2}\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. log-pow49.4%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \log b}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    7. Simplified49.4%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \log b}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. log-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{\log \left({b}^{2}\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      2. pow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. add-exp-log99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    9. Applied egg-rr99.9%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      2. add-exp-log99.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(b \cdot b\right)}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. pow299.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left({b}^{2}\right)}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. log-pow49.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a + e^{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \log b}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. distribute-lft-in45.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right) + \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. pow145.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right) + \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      7. metadata-eval45.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)}} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right) + \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      8. sqrt-pow245.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{a \cdot a + b \cdot b}\right)}^{2}} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right) + \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      9. hypot-define45.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}}^{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right) + \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      10. pow245.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{{a}^{2}} + \left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right) \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      11. pow145.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{1}} \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      12. metadata-eval45.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)}} \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      13. sqrt-pow245.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{a \cdot a + b \cdot b}\right)}^{2}} \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      14. hypot-define45.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}}^{2} \cdot e^{2 \cdot \log b}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      15. log-pow88.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot e^{\color{blue}{\log \left({b}^{2}\right)}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      16. add-exp-log88.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    11. Applied egg-rr88.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. distribute-lft-out99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left({a}^{2} + {b}^{2}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      2. rem-square-sqrt99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{{a}^{2} + {b}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} + {b}^{2}}\right)} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a} + {b}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} + {b}^{2}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\sqrt{a \cdot a + \color{blue}{b \cdot b}} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} + {b}^{2}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. hypot-undefine99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)} \cdot \sqrt{{a}^{2} + {b}^{2}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{a \cdot a} + {b}^{2}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      7. unpow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right) \cdot \sqrt{a \cdot a + \color{blue}{b \cdot b}}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      8. hypot-undefine99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)}\right) + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      9. unpow299.9%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(a, b\right)\right)}^{\color{blue}{4}} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      12. hypot-undefine100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{a \cdot a + b \cdot b}\right)}}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      13. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{a}^{2}} + b \cdot b}\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      14. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\sqrt{{a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2}}}\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      15. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} + {a}^{2}}}\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      16. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + {a}^{2}}\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      17. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(\sqrt{b \cdot b + \color{blue}{a \cdot a}}\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      18. hypot-define100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, a\right)\right)}^{4}} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+103}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(b, a\right)\right)}^{4} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + b \cdot b\right)\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 99.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+68}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + b \cdot b\right) + {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -3.5e+68)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+
    (+ (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ a 1.0)) (* b b))) (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0))
    -1.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3.5e+68) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = ((4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b))) + pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0)) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-3.5d+68)) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = ((4.0d0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0d0)) + (b * b))) + (((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3.5e+68) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = ((4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b))) + Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0)) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -3.5e+68:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = ((4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b))) + math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0)) + -1.0
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -3.5e+68)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a + 1.0)) + Float64(b * b))) + (Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0)) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -3.5e+68)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = ((4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + (b * b))) + (((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0)) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -3.5e+68], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+68}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + b \cdot b\right) + {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2}\right) + -1\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -3.49999999999999977e68

    1. Initial program 11.8%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg11.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified18.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

    if -3.49999999999999977e68 < a

    1. Initial program 87.7%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*87.7%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      2. cancel-sign-sub-inv87.7%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot \left(b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-3\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. metadata-eval87.7%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right)\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
      4. add-exp-log67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      5. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(-3\right)} \cdot a\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      6. cancel-sign-sub-inv67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)}\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      7. associate-*r*73.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      8. cancel-sign-sub-inv73.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-3\right) \cdot a\right)}\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      9. metadata-eval73.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{-3} \cdot a\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      10. +-commutative73.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3 \cdot a + 1\right)}\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      11. pow273.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left(\color{blue}{{b}^{2}} \cdot \left(-3 \cdot a + 1\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      12. *-commutative73.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left({b}^{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot -3} + 1\right)\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      13. fma-undefine73.0%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \left({b}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)}\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    4. Applied egg-rr73.0%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{e^{\log \left({b}^{2} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a, -3, 1\right)\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{\log \left({b}^{2}\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. log-pow49.2%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \log b}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    7. Simplified49.2%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \log b}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. log-pow99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\color{blue}{\log \left({b}^{2}\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      2. pow299.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      3. add-exp-log99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right) - 1 \]
    9. Applied egg-rr99.9%

      \[\leadsto \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right)\right) - 1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+68}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + b \cdot b\right) + {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 80.3% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+30}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.5e+30) (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0) (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.5e+30) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2.5d+30) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + (b ** 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.5e+30) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.5e+30:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.5e+30)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.5e+30)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.5e+30], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+30}:\\
\;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 2.4999999999999999e30

    1. Initial program 73.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg73.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified73.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 77.7%

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

    if 2.4999999999999999e30 < b

    1. Initial program 58.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg58.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified62.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification81.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+30}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 68.3% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

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

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

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg70.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
  3. Simplified71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} + -1 \]
  6. Final simplification71.8%

    \[\leadsto {a}^{4} + -1 \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024034 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 3.0 a)))))) 1.0))