Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)

Percentage Accurate: 99.9% → 99.9%

Time: 3.5s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 1.0×

• 61.2% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 99.9%

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

3. Final simplification 99.9%

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

Alternative 2: 57.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.95 \cdot 10^{-268}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 2.9 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 10^{+73}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 1.95e-268)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= b 2.9e-97) -1.0 (if (<= b 1e+73) (pow a 4.0) (pow b 4.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.95e-268) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 2.9e-97) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (b <= 1e+73) {
		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 (b <= 1.95d-268) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (b <= 2.9d-97) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else if (b <= 1d+73) 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 (b <= 1.95e-268) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (b <= 2.9e-97) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else if (b <= 1e+73) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.95e-268:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif b <= 2.9e-97:
		tmp = -1.0
	elif b <= 1e+73:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.95e-268)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 2.9e-97)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (b <= 1e+73)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.95e-268)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (b <= 2.9e-97)
		tmp = -1.0;
	elseif (b <= 1e+73)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.95e-268], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 2.9e-97], -1.0, If[LessEqual[b, 1e+73], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if b < 1.9499999999999999e-268 or 2.8999999999999999e-97 < b < 9.99999999999999983e72

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around inf 86.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 72.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 48.4%

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

   if 1.9499999999999999e-268 < b < 2.8999999999999999e-97

   1. Initial program 99.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 51.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 51.6%

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

   if 9.99999999999999983e72 < b

   1. Initial program 100.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

Alternative 3: 84.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4\\ \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 0.027:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(t\_0 + {b}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(t\_0 + {a}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (* b b) 4.0)))
   (if (<= a 0.027)
     (+ (+ t_0 (pow b 4.0)) -1.0)
     (+ (+ t_0 (pow a 4.0)) -1.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (b * b) * 4.0;
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 0.027) {
		tmp = (t_0 + pow(b, 4.0)) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (t_0 + pow(a, 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) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = (b * b) * 4.0d0
    if (a <= 0.027d0) then
        tmp = (t_0 + (b ** 4.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (t_0 + (a ** 4.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (b * b) * 4.0;
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 0.027) {
		tmp = (t_0 + Math.pow(b, 4.0)) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (t_0 + Math.pow(a, 4.0)) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	t_0 = (b * b) * 4.0
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 0.027:
		tmp = (t_0 + math.pow(b, 4.0)) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = (t_0 + math.pow(a, 4.0)) + -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 0.027)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(t_0 + (b ^ 4.0)) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(t_0 + (a ^ 4.0)) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (b * b) * 4.0;
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 0.027)
		tmp = (t_0 + (b ^ 4.0)) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (t_0 + (a ^ 4.0)) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[a, 0.027], N[(N[(t$95$0 + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(t$95$0 + N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 0.0269999999999999997

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.7%

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

   if 0.0269999999999999997 < a

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.7%

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

4. Final simplification 82.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 0.027:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {a}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 83.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 0.0152:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {a}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a 0.0152)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) -1.0)
   (+ (+ (* (* b b) 4.0) (pow a 4.0)) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 0.0152) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + pow(a, 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 <= 0.0152d0) then
        tmp = (b ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0d0) + (a ** 4.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 0.0152) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + Math.pow(a, 4.0)) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 0.0152:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + math.pow(a, 4.0)) + -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 0.0152)
		tmp = Float64((b ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0) + (a ^ 4.0)) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 0.0152)
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + (a ^ 4.0)) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, 0.0152], N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 0.0152

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 77.1%

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

   if 0.0152 < a

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around inf 94.7%

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

4. Final simplification 81.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 0.0152:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {a}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 80.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{+73}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 5.8e+73) (+ (pow a 4.0) -1.0) (pow b 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 5.8e+73) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} 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 (b <= 5.8d+73) then
        tmp = (a ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = b ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 5.8e+73) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 5.8e+73:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 5.8e+73)
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 5.8e+73)
		tmp = (a ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 5.8e+73], N[(N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 5.8000000000000005e73

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around inf 88.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 78.2%

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

   if 5.8000000000000005e73 < b

   1. Initial program 100.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 82.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{+73}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 47.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a 5.8e-5) -1.0 (pow a 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 5.8e-5) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= 5.8d-5) then
        tmp = -1.0d0
    else
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 5.8e-5) {
		tmp = -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 5.8e-5:
		tmp = -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 5.8e-5)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 5.8e-5)
		tmp = -1.0;
	else
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, 5.8e-5], -1.0, N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 5.8e-5

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.6%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 33.0%

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

   if 5.8e-5 < a

   1. Initial program 99.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 84.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 84.1%

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

Alternative 7: 24.7% accurate, 116.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 -1.0)

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return -1.0
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := -1.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 99.9%

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

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 67.9%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 24.4%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024114 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))