Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.8% → 99.7%

Time: 8.4s

Alternatives: 3

Speedup: 1.1×

• 60.7% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 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) * (1.0 - (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) * (1.0d0 - (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) * (1.0 - (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) * (1.0 - (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(1.0 - 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) * (1.0 - (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[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 73.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 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) * (1.0 - (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) * (1.0d0 - (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) * (1.0 - (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) * (1.0 - (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(1.0 - 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) * (1.0 - (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[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 99.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+104}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1e+104)
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+
    -1.0
    (+
     (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
     (* 4.0 (+ (* b b) (* (* a a) (+ a 1.0))))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1e+104) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((b * b) + ((a * a) * (a + 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 <= (-1d+104)) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * ((b * b) + ((a * a) * (a + 1.0d0)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1e+104) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((b * b) + ((a * a) * (a + 1.0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1e+104:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((b * b) + ((a * a) * (a + 1.0)))))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1e+104)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a + 1.0))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1e+104)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * ((b * b) + ((a * a) * (a + 1.0)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1e+104], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -1e104

   1. Initial program 0.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 0.0%

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

      2. +-commutative 0.0%

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

      3. +-commutative 0.0%

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

      4. sub-neg 0.0%

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

      5. associate-+l+ 0.0%

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

      6. +-commutative 0.0%

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

      7. associate-+l+ 0.0%

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

   3. Simplified 0.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

   if -1e104 < a

   1. Initial program 92.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.9%

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

4. Final simplification 99.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+104}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b + \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 93.5% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.00035 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 4.9 \cdot 10^{+26}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -0.00035) (not (<= a 4.9e+26)))
   (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0)
   (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -0.00035) || !(a <= 4.9e+26)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a <= (-0.00035d0)) .or. (.not. (a <= 4.9d+26))) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + (b ** 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -0.00035) || !(a <= 4.9e+26)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -0.00035) or not (a <= 4.9e+26):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -0.00035) || !(a <= 4.9e+26))
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -0.00035) || ~((a <= 4.9e+26)))
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -0.00035], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 4.9e+26]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -3.49999999999999996e-4 or 4.89999999999999974e26 < a

   1. Initial program 54.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 54.8%

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

      2. +-commutative 54.8%

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

      3. +-commutative 54.8%

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

      4. sub-neg 54.8%

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

      5. associate-+l+ 54.8%

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

      6. +-commutative 54.8%

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

      7. associate-+l+ 54.8%

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

   3. Simplified 59.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.1%

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

   if -3.49999999999999996e-4 < a < 4.89999999999999974e26

   1. Initial program 97.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 97.8%

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

      2. +-commutative 97.8%

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

      3. +-commutative 97.8%

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

      4. sub-neg 97.8%

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

      5. associate-+l+ 97.8%

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

      6. +-commutative 97.8%

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

      7. associate-+l+ 97.8%

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

   3. Simplified 97.8%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 93.5%

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

4. Final simplification 93.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -0.00035 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 4.9 \cdot 10^{+26}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 68.8% accurate, 1.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {a}^{4} + -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 79.2%

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

   1. associate--l+ 79.2%

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

   2. +-commutative 79.2%

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

   3. +-commutative 79.2%

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

   4. sub-neg 79.2%

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

   5. associate-+l+ 79.2%

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

   6. +-commutative 79.2%

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

   7. associate-+l+ 79.2%

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

3. Simplified 81.1%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 64.9%

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

6. Final simplification 64.9%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024046 
(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))