Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)

Percentage Accurate: 73.0% → 99.1%

Time: 8.2s

Alternatives: 5

Speedup: 1.2×

• 61.1% 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: 73.0% 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: 99.1% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := a \cdot a + b \cdot b\\ \left({t\_0}^{2} + 4 \cdot t\_0\right) + -1 \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (+ (* a a) (* b b)))) (+ (+ (pow t_0 2.0) (* 4.0 t_0)) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (a * a) + (b * b);
	return (pow(t_0, 2.0) + (4.0 * t_0)) + -1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = (a * a) + (b * b)
    code = ((t_0 ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * t_0)) + (-1.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = (a * a) + (b * b);
	return (Math.pow(t_0, 2.0) + (4.0 * t_0)) + -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	t_0 = (a * a) + (b * b)
	return (math.pow(t_0, 2.0) + (4.0 * t_0)) + -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b))
	return Float64(Float64((t_0 ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * t_0)) + -1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	t_0 = (a * a) + (b * b);
	tmp = ((t_0 ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * t_0)) + -1.0;
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 73.3%

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

   1. add-sqr-sqrt 40.2%

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

   2. sqrt-unprod 60.5%

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

   3. swap-sqr 60.5%

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

   4. metadata-eval 60.5%

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

   5. metadata-eval 60.5%

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

   6. swap-sqr 60.5%

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

   7. sqrt-unprod 30.8%

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

   8. add-sqr-sqrt 84.7%

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

   9. *-commutative 84.7%

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

   10. cancel-sign-sub-inv 84.7%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 84.7%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 91.3%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 91.3%

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

7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.9%

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

8. Final simplification 99.9%

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

Alternative 2: 94.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+16} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 8 \cdot 10^{+20}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -4e+16) (not (<= a 8e+20)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (+ (* (* b b) 4.0) (pow b 4.0)) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -4e+16) || !(a <= 8e+20)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + 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 <= (-4d+16)) .or. (.not. (a <= 8d+20))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0d0) + (b ** 4.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -4e+16) || !(a <= 8e+20)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + Math.pow(b, 4.0)) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -4e+16) or not (a <= 8e+20):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + math.pow(b, 4.0)) + -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -4e+16) || !(a <= 8e+20))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0) + (b ^ 4.0)) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -4e+16) || ~((a <= 8e+20)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = (((b * b) * 4.0) + (b ^ 4.0)) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -4e+16], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 8e+20]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -4e16 or 8e20 < a

   1. Initial program 50.7%

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

      1. associate--l+ 50.7%

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

      2. +-commutative 50.7%

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

      3. +-commutative 50.7%

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

      4. sub-neg 50.7%

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

      5. associate-+l+ 50.7%

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

      6. +-commutative 50.7%

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

      7. fma-define 50.7%

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

   3. Simplified 59.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 92.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 92.5%

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

      2. metadata-eval 92.5%

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

   7. Simplified 92.5%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 92.5%

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

   if -4e16 < a < 8e20

   1. Initial program 96.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 96.0%

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

      2. +-commutative 96.0%

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

      3. +-commutative 96.0%

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

      4. sub-neg 96.0%

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

      5. associate-+l+ 96.0%

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

      6. +-commutative 96.0%

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

      7. fma-define 96.0%

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

   3. Simplified 96.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

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

      1. pow2 99.7%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 99.7%

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

4. Final simplification 96.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+16} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 8 \cdot 10^{+20}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + {b}^{4}\right) + -1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 82.4% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{+19} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{+20}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -2.9e+19) (not (<= a 2.3e+20)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (* (* b b) 4.0) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -2.9e+19) || !(a <= 2.3e+20)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = ((b * 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 <= (-2.9d+19)) .or. (.not. (a <= 2.3d+20))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = ((b * b) * 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -2.9e+19) || !(a <= 2.3e+20)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = ((b * b) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -2.9e+19) or not (a <= 2.3e+20):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = ((b * b) * 4.0) + -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -2.9e+19) || !(a <= 2.3e+20))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) * 4.0) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -2.9e+19) || ~((a <= 2.3e+20)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = ((b * b) * 4.0) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -2.9e+19], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 2.3e+20]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -2.9e19 or 2.3e20 < a

   1. Initial program 50.7%

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

      1. associate--l+ 50.7%

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

      2. +-commutative 50.7%

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

      3. +-commutative 50.7%

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

      4. sub-neg 50.7%

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

      5. associate-+l+ 50.7%

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

      6. +-commutative 50.7%

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

      7. fma-define 50.7%

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

   3. Simplified 59.3%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 92.5%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 92.5%

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

      2. metadata-eval 92.5%

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

   7. Simplified 92.5%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 92.5%

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

   if -2.9e19 < a < 2.3e20

   1. Initial program 96.0%

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

      1. associate--l+ 96.0%

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

      2. +-commutative 96.0%

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

      3. +-commutative 96.0%

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

      4. sub-neg 96.0%

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

      5. associate-+l+ 96.0%

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

      6. +-commutative 96.0%

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

      7. fma-define 96.0%

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

   3. Simplified 96.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 78.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2} - 1} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. pow2 99.7%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 78.4%

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

4. Final simplification 85.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{+19} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 2.3 \cdot 10^{+20}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 4 + -1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 51.8% accurate, 18.6× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

def code(a, b):
	return ((b * b) * 4.0) + -1.0

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 73.3%

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

   1. associate--l+ 73.3%

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

   2. +-commutative 73.3%

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

   3. +-commutative 73.3%

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

   4. sub-neg 73.3%

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

   5. associate-+l+ 73.3%

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

   6. +-commutative 73.3%

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

   7. fma-define 73.3%

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

3. Simplified 77.6%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 70.2%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 52.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{4 \cdot {b}^{2} - 1} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. pow2 70.2%

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

8. Applied egg-rr 52.0%

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

9. Final simplification 52.0%

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

Alternative 5: 25.1% accurate, 130.0× 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 73.3%

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

   1. associate--l+ 73.3%

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

   2. +-commutative 73.3%

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

   3. +-commutative 73.3%

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

   4. sub-neg 73.3%

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

   5. associate-+l+ 73.3%

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

   6. +-commutative 73.3%

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

   7. fma-define 73.3%

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

3. Simplified 77.6%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 70.2%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 22.8%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024136 
(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))