Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.9% → 98.2%
Time: 9.5s
Alternatives: 6
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 6 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: 98.2% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq \infty:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0 + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0
         (+
          (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
          (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ a 1.0)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* a 3.0))))))))
   (if (<= t_0 INFINITY) (+ t_0 -1.0) (+ (* a (* a (* a (+ a 4.0)))) -1.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= ((double) INFINITY)) {
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (a + 4.0)))) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY) {
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (a + 4.0)))) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	t_0 = math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= math.inf:
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (a + 4.0)))) + -1.0
	return tmp
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(a + 1.0)) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(a * 3.0))))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= Inf)
		tmp = Float64(t_0 + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(a * Float64(a * Float64(a * Float64(a + 4.0)))) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (a + 1.0)) + ((b * b) * (1.0 - (a * 3.0)))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= Inf)
		tmp = t_0 + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (a + 4.0)))) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[(a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(a * 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, Infinity], N[(t$95$0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(a * N[(a * N[(a * N[(a + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]]
\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(a + 1\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - a \cdot 3\right)\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq \infty:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_0 + -1\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (+.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b)) #s(literal 2 binary64)) (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) (+.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 a a) (+.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) a)) (*.f64 (*.f64 b b) (-.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a)))))) < +inf.0

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

    if +inf.0 < (+.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b)) #s(literal 2 binary64)) (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) (+.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 a a) (+.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) a)) (*.f64 (*.f64 b b) (-.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (*.f64 #s(literal 3 binary64) a))))))

    1. Initial program 0.0%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    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. Simplified1.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 33.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
    6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 33.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{{a}^{3}} + {a}^{4}\right) + -1 \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval33.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(1 + 3\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
      2. pow-prod-up33.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + \color{blue}{{a}^{1} \cdot {a}^{3}}\right) + -1 \]
      3. pow133.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + \color{blue}{a} \cdot {a}^{3}\right) + -1 \]
      4. distribute-rgt-in91.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{3} \cdot \left(4 + a\right)} + -1 \]
      5. unpow391.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left(4 + a\right) + -1 \]
      6. unpow291.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(4 + a\right) + -1 \]
      7. associate-*r*91.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right)} + -1 \]
      8. *-commutative91.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot {a}^{2}} + -1 \]
      9. unpow291.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} + -1 \]
      10. associate-*r*91.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} + -1 \]
      11. +-commutative91.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a + 4\right)}\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a + -1 \]
    8. Applied egg-rr91.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification97.7%

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

Alternative 2: 82.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 1050.0)
   (+ -1.0 (* (pow a 2.0) (+ 4.0 (* a (+ a 4.0)))))
   (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1050.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (pow(a, 2.0) * (4.0 + (a * (a + 4.0))));
	} 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 <= 1050.0d0) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((a ** 2.0d0) * (4.0d0 + (a * (a + 4.0d0))))
    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 <= 1050.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (Math.pow(a, 2.0) * (4.0 + (a * (a + 4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1050.0:
		tmp = -1.0 + (math.pow(a, 2.0) * (4.0 + (a * (a + 4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1050.0)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64((a ^ 2.0) * Float64(4.0 + Float64(a * Float64(a + 4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1050.0)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a ^ 2.0) * (4.0 + (a * (a + 4.0))));
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1050.0], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[Power[a, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(4.0 + N[(a * N[(a + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 1050

    1. Initial program 76.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg76.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified76.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 64.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
    6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 80.1%

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

    if 1050 < b

    1. Initial program 67.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg67.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified67.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification82.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 81.4% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 880:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{4}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 880.0)
   (+ -1.0 (* (pow a 4.0) (+ 1.0 (/ 4.0 a))))
   (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 880.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (pow(a, 4.0) * (1.0 + (4.0 / a)));
	} 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 <= 880.0d0) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((a ** 4.0d0) * (1.0d0 + (4.0d0 / a)))
    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 <= 880.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + (Math.pow(a, 4.0) * (1.0 + (4.0 / a)));
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 880.0:
		tmp = -1.0 + (math.pow(a, 4.0) * (1.0 + (4.0 / a)))
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 880.0)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64((a ^ 4.0) * Float64(1.0 + Float64(4.0 / a))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 880.0)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a ^ 4.0) * (1.0 + (4.0 / a)));
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 880.0], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 + N[(4.0 / a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 880:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{4}{a}\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 880

    1. Initial program 76.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg76.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified76.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 79.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + 4 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} + -1 \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/79.9%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot 1}{a}}\right) + -1 \]
      2. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{\color{blue}{4}}{a}\right) + -1 \]
    7. Simplified79.9%

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

    if 880 < b

    1. Initial program 67.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg67.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified67.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification82.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 880:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{4}{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 81.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a + 4\right) \cdot {a}^{3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 1050.0) (+ -1.0 (* (+ a 4.0) (pow a 3.0))) (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1050.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a + 4.0) * pow(a, 3.0));
	} 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 <= 1050.0d0) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) + ((a + 4.0d0) * (a ** 3.0d0))
    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 <= 1050.0) {
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a + 4.0) * Math.pow(a, 3.0));
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1050.0:
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a + 4.0) * math.pow(a, 3.0))
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1050.0)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + Float64(Float64(a + 4.0) * (a ^ 3.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 + (b ^ 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1050.0)
		tmp = -1.0 + ((a + 4.0) * (a ^ 3.0));
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1050.0], N[(-1.0 + N[(N[(a + 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\
\;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a + 4\right) \cdot {a}^{3}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 1050

    1. Initial program 76.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg76.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified76.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 79.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + 4 \cdot \frac{1}{a}\right)} + -1 \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/79.9%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot 1}{a}}\right) + -1 \]
      2. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto {a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{\color{blue}{4}}{a}\right) + -1 \]
    7. Simplified79.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{4}{a}\right)} + -1 \]
    8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 79.9%

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

    if 1050 < b

    1. Initial program 67.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg67.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified67.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification82.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + \left(a + 4\right) \cdot {a}^{3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 81.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 1050.0) (+ (* a (* a (* a (+ a 4.0)))) -1.0) (+ -1.0 (pow b 4.0))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1050.0) {
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (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 <= 1050.0d0) then
        tmp = (a * (a * (a * (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 <= 1050.0) {
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (a + 4.0)))) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1050.0:
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (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 <= 1050.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(a * Float64(a * Float64(a * 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 <= 1050.0)
		tmp = (a * (a * (a * (a + 4.0)))) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 + (b ^ 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1050.0], N[(N[(a * N[(a * N[(a * N[(a + 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(-1.0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\
\;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\right) + -1\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 1050

    1. Initial program 76.2%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg76.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified76.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 64.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
    6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 64.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{{a}^{3}} + {a}^{4}\right) + -1 \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval64.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(1 + 3\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
      2. pow-prod-up64.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + \color{blue}{{a}^{1} \cdot {a}^{3}}\right) + -1 \]
      3. pow164.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + \color{blue}{a} \cdot {a}^{3}\right) + -1 \]
      4. distribute-rgt-in79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{3} \cdot \left(4 + a\right)} + -1 \]
      5. unpow379.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left(4 + a\right) + -1 \]
      6. unpow279.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(4 + a\right) + -1 \]
      7. associate-*r*79.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right)} + -1 \]
      8. *-commutative79.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot {a}^{2}} + -1 \]
      9. unpow279.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} + -1 \]
      10. associate-*r*79.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} + -1 \]
      11. +-commutative79.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a + 4\right)}\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a + -1 \]
    8. Applied egg-rr79.8%

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

    if 1050 < b

    1. Initial program 67.5%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg67.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
    3. Simplified67.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 90.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{4}} + -1 \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification82.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1050:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1 + {b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 68.7% accurate, 11.8× speedup?

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

\\
a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\right) + -1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.1%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg74.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 + a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(1 - 3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + \left(-1\right)} \]
  3. Simplified74.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, a + 1, b \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(1 + -3 \cdot a\right)\right)\right) + {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a, a, b \cdot b\right)\right)}^{2}\right) + -1} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 53.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot \left(1 + a\right)\right) + {a}^{4}\right)} + -1 \]
  6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 53.4%

    \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{{a}^{3}} + {a}^{4}\right) + -1 \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval53.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(1 + 3\right)}}\right) + -1 \]
    2. pow-prod-up53.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + \color{blue}{{a}^{1} \cdot {a}^{3}}\right) + -1 \]
    3. pow153.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {a}^{3} + \color{blue}{a} \cdot {a}^{3}\right) + -1 \]
    4. distribute-rgt-in68.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{3} \cdot \left(4 + a\right)} + -1 \]
    5. unpow368.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left(4 + a\right) + -1 \]
    6. unpow268.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(4 + a\right) + -1 \]
    7. associate-*r*68.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right)} + -1 \]
    8. *-commutative68.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot {a}^{2}} + -1 \]
    9. unpow268.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} + -1 \]
    10. associate-*r*68.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(4 + a\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} + -1 \]
    11. +-commutative68.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a + 4\right)}\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a + -1 \]
  8. Applied egg-rr68.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} + -1 \]
  9. Final simplification68.2%

    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a + 4\right)\right)\right) + -1 \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024112 
(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))