Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)

Percentage Accurate: 74.2% → 98.3%

Time: 5.4s

Alternatives: 4

Speedup: 1.1×

• 61.7% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (+ 3.0 a)))))
  1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(1.0 - a)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(3.0 + a))))) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(3.0 + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 74.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (+ 3.0 a)))))
  1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(1.0 - a)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(3.0 + a))))) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(3.0 + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 98.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0 + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0))));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY) {
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	t_0 = math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0))))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= math.inf:
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(1.0 - a)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(a + 3.0)))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= Inf)
		tmp = Float64(t_0 + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= Inf)
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, Infinity], N[(t$95$0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

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

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   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-define 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-define 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-define 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 9.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.8%

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

4. Final simplification 98.4%

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

Alternative 2: 92.6% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2.25 \cdot 10^{+74} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{+25}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -2.25e+74) (not (<= a 7.4e+25)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -2.25e+74) || !(a <= 7.4e+25)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + -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 <= (-2.25d+74)) .or. (.not. (a <= 7.4d+25))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = (b ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -2.25e+74) || !(a <= 7.4e+25)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -2.25e+74) or not (a <= 7.4e+25):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -2.25e+74) || !(a <= 7.4e+25))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64((b ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -2.25e+74) || ~((a <= 7.4e+25)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -2.25e+74], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 7.4e+25]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -2.25e74 or 7.3999999999999998e25 < a

   1. Initial program 42.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 42.8%

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

      2. fma-define 42.8%

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

      3. sqr-neg 42.8%

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

      4. fma-define 42.8%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 42.8%

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

      6. sqr-neg 42.8%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 42.8%

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

      8. fma-define 42.8%

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

      9. sqr-neg 42.8%

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

   3. Simplified 48.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.1%

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

   if -2.25e74 < a < 7.3999999999999998e25

   1. Initial program 97.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 97.0%

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

      2. fma-define 97.0%

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

      3. sqr-neg 97.0%

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

      4. fma-define 97.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 97.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 97.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 97.0%

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

      8. fma-define 97.0%

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

      9. sqr-neg 97.0%

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

   3. Simplified 97.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 95.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 95.4%

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

4. Final simplification 95.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2.25 \cdot 10^{+74} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{+25}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 69.7% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{+74} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{+24}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -9.2e+74) (not (<= a 1.9e+24))) (pow a 4.0) (pow b 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -9.2e+74) || !(a <= 1.9e+24)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a <= (-9.2d+74)) .or. (.not. (a <= 1.9d+24))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -9.2e+74) || !(a <= 1.9e+24)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -9.2e+74) or not (a <= 1.9e+24):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -9.2e+74) || !(a <= 1.9e+24))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -9.2e+74) || ~((a <= 1.9e+24)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -9.2e+74], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 1.9e+24]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -9.1999999999999994e74 or 1.90000000000000008e24 < a

   1. Initial program 42.8%

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

      1. associate--l+ 42.8%

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

      2. fma-define 42.8%

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

      3. sqr-neg 42.8%

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

      4. fma-define 42.8%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 42.8%

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

      6. sqr-neg 42.8%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 42.8%

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

      8. fma-define 42.8%

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

      9. sqr-neg 42.8%

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

   3. Simplified 48.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.1%

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

   if -9.1999999999999994e74 < a < 1.90000000000000008e24

   1. Initial program 97.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 97.0%

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

      2. fma-define 97.0%

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

      3. sqr-neg 97.0%

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

      4. fma-define 97.0%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 97.0%

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

      6. sqr-neg 97.0%

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

      7. distribute-rgt-in 97.0%

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

      8. fma-define 97.0%

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

      9. sqr-neg 97.0%

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

   3. Simplified 97.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 52.2%

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

4. Final simplification 72.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{+74} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{+24}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 45.2% accurate, 1.3× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (pow a 4.0))

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return a ^ 4.0
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 71.8%

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

   1. associate--l+ 71.8%

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

   2. fma-define 71.8%

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

   3. sqr-neg 71.8%

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

   4. fma-define 71.8%

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

   5. distribute-rgt-in 71.8%

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

   6. sqr-neg 71.8%

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

   7. distribute-rgt-in 71.8%

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

   8. fma-define 71.8%

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

   9. sqr-neg 71.8%

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

3. Simplified 74.5%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 47.7%

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

6. Final simplification 47.7%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024067 
(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))