Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)

Percentage Accurate: 74.5% → 98.1%

Time: 6.7s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 1.1×

• 61.1% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

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

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: 74.5% 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: 98.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 1e+154)
   (+
    (+ (pow (+ (* b b) (* a a)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* a a) (* (* b b) (+ a 3.0)))))
    -1.0)
   (pow b 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 1e+154) {
		tmp = (pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0))))) + -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 * b) <= 1d+154) then
        tmp = ((((b * b) + (a * a)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0d0))))) + (-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 * b) <= 1e+154) {
		tmp = (Math.pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0))))) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 1e+154:
		tmp = (math.pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0))))) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 1e+154)
		tmp = Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(a * a)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(a + 3.0))))) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 1e+154)
		tmp = ((((b * b) + (a * a)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * (a + 3.0))))) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 1e+154], N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + 3.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (*.f64 b b) < 1.00000000000000004e154

   1. Initial program 73.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.1%

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

   if 1.00000000000000004e154 < (*.f64 b b)

   1. Initial program 61.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 61.9%

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

      2. fma-define 61.9%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 61.9%

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

      4. sqr-neg 61.9%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 61.9%

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

   3. Simplified 66.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 98.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + 3\right)\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 97.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* b b) 1e+154)
   (+ (+ (pow (+ (* b b) (* a a)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* a a) (* (* b b) a)))) -1.0)
   (pow b 4.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b * b) <= 1e+154) {
		tmp = (pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * a)))) + -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 * b) <= 1d+154) then
        tmp = ((((b * b) + (a * a)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * a)))) + (-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 * b) <= 1e+154) {
		tmp = (Math.pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * a)))) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b * b) <= 1e+154:
		tmp = (math.pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * a)))) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(b * b) <= 1e+154)
		tmp = Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(a * a)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * a)))) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b * b) <= 1e+154)
		tmp = ((((b * b) + (a * a)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * ((a * a) + ((b * b) * a)))) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = b ^ 4.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision], 1e+154], N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (*.f64 b b) < 1.00000000000000004e154

   1. Initial program 73.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.1%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.4%

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

   if 1.00000000000000004e154 < (*.f64 b b)

   1. Initial program 61.9%

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

      1. associate--l+ 61.9%

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

      2. fma-define 61.9%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 61.9%

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

      4. sqr-neg 61.9%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 61.9%

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

   3. Simplified 66.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 97.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \cdot b \leq 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot a + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a\right)\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4}\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 94.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 140000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 12\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{3} \cdot \left(a - 4\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1.05e+15)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= a 140000000000.0)
     (+ (+ (pow b 4.0) (* (* b b) 12.0)) -1.0)
     (* (pow a 3.0) (- a 4.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.05e+15) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 140000000000.0) {
		tmp = (pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 12.0)) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 3.0) * (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 <= (-1.05d+15)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 140000000000.0d0) then
        tmp = ((b ** 4.0d0) + ((b * b) * 12.0d0)) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (a ** 3.0d0) * (a - 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.05e+15) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 140000000000.0) {
		tmp = (Math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 12.0)) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 3.0) * (a - 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1.05e+15:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= 140000000000.0:
		tmp = (math.pow(b, 4.0) + ((b * b) * 12.0)) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 3.0) * (a - 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1.05e+15)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 140000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64((b ^ 4.0) + Float64(Float64(b * b) * 12.0)) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 3.0) * Float64(a - 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1.05e+15)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 140000000000.0)
		tmp = ((b ^ 4.0) + ((b * b) * 12.0)) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (a ^ 3.0) * (a - 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1.05e+15], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 140000000000.0], N[(N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 12.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(a - 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if a < -1.05e15

   1. Initial program 57.7%

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

      1. associate--l+ 57.7%

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

      2. fma-define 57.7%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 57.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 57.7%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 57.7%

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

   3. Simplified 57.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 93.7%

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

      2. metadata-eval 93.7%

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

   7. Simplified 93.7%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.7%

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

   if -1.05e15 < a < 1.4e11

   1. Initial program 98.4%

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

      1. associate--l+ 98.4%

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

      2. fma-define 98.4%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 98.4%

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

      4. sqr-neg 98.4%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 98.4%

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

   3. Simplified 98.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(12 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) - 1} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. pow2 99.9%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 99.9%

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

   if 1.4e11 < a

   1. Initial program 22.3%

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

      1. associate--l+ 22.3%

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

      2. fma-define 22.3%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 22.3%

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

      4. sqr-neg 22.3%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 22.3%

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

   3. Simplified 28.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 96.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 96.4%

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

   7. Simplified 96.4%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.4%

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

4. Final simplification 97.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 140000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left({b}^{4} + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 12\right) + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{3} \cdot \left(a - 4\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 93.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3400000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{3} \cdot \left(a - 4\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1.35e+14)
   (pow a 4.0)
   (if (<= a 3400000000000.0) (+ (pow b 4.0) -1.0) (* (pow a 3.0) (- a 4.0)))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.35e+14) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 3400000000000.0) {
		tmp = pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = pow(a, 3.0) * (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 <= (-1.35d+14)) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else if (a <= 3400000000000.0d0) then
        tmp = (b ** 4.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = (a ** 3.0d0) * (a - 4.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.35e+14) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else if (a <= 3400000000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 3.0) * (a - 4.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1.35e+14:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	elif a <= 3400000000000.0:
		tmp = math.pow(b, 4.0) + -1.0
	else:
		tmp = math.pow(a, 3.0) * (a - 4.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1.35e+14)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 3400000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64((b ^ 4.0) + -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64((a ^ 3.0) * Float64(a - 4.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1.35e+14)
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	elseif (a <= 3400000000000.0)
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	else
		tmp = (a ^ 3.0) * (a - 4.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1.35e+14], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, 3400000000000.0], N[(N[Power[b, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(a - 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if a < -1.35e14

   1. Initial program 57.7%

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

      1. associate--l+ 57.7%

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

      2. fma-define 57.7%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 57.7%

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

      4. sqr-neg 57.7%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 57.7%

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

   3. Simplified 57.7%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.7%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 93.7%

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

      2. metadata-eval 93.7%

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

   7. Simplified 93.7%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 93.7%

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

   if -1.35e14 < a < 3.4e12

   1. Initial program 98.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 98.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 82.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.1%

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

   if 3.4e12 < a

   1. Initial program 22.3%

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

      1. associate--l+ 22.3%

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

      2. fma-define 22.3%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 22.3%

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

      4. sqr-neg 22.3%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 22.3%

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

   3. Simplified 28.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 96.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 96.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 96.4%

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

   7. Simplified 96.4%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around 0 96.4%

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

4. Final simplification 97.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 3400000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{3} \cdot \left(a - 4\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 93.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -24500000000000 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 340000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -24500000000000.0) (not (<= a 340000000000.0)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (pow b 4.0) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -24500000000000.0) || !(a <= 340000000000.0)) {
		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 <= (-24500000000000.0d0)) .or. (.not. (a <= 340000000000.0d0))) 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 <= -24500000000000.0) || !(a <= 340000000000.0)) {
		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 <= -24500000000000.0) or not (a <= 340000000000.0):
		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 <= -24500000000000.0) || !(a <= 340000000000.0))
		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 <= -24500000000000.0) || ~((a <= 340000000000.0)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = (b ^ 4.0) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -24500000000000.0], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 340000000000.0]], $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 < -2.45e13 or 3.4e11 < a

   1. Initial program 35.5%

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

      1. associate--l+ 35.5%

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

      2. fma-define 35.5%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 35.5%

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

      4. sqr-neg 35.5%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 35.5%

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

   3. Simplified 39.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 95.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 95.4%

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

   7. Simplified 95.4%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 95.3%

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

   if -2.45e13 < a < 3.4e11

   1. Initial program 98.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 98.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 82.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.1%

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

4. Final simplification 97.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -24500000000000 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 340000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;{b}^{4} + -1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 82.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -75000000000000 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1250000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 12 + -1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -75000000000000.0) (not (<= a 1250000000000.0)))
   (pow a 4.0)
   (+ (* (* b b) 12.0) -1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -75000000000000.0) || !(a <= 1250000000000.0)) {
		tmp = pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = ((b * b) * 12.0) + -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 <= (-75000000000000.0d0)) .or. (.not. (a <= 1250000000000.0d0))) then
        tmp = a ** 4.0d0
    else
        tmp = ((b * b) * 12.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a <= -75000000000000.0) || !(a <= 1250000000000.0)) {
		tmp = Math.pow(a, 4.0);
	} else {
		tmp = ((b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (a <= -75000000000000.0) or not (a <= 1250000000000.0):
		tmp = math.pow(a, 4.0)
	else:
		tmp = ((b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((a <= -75000000000000.0) || !(a <= 1250000000000.0))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a <= -75000000000000.0) || ~((a <= 1250000000000.0)))
		tmp = a ^ 4.0;
	else
		tmp = ((b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[a, -75000000000000.0], N[Not[LessEqual[a, 1250000000000.0]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Power[a, 4.0], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 12.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -7.5e13 or 1.25e12 < a

   1. Initial program 35.5%

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

      1. associate--l+ 35.5%

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

      2. fma-define 35.5%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 35.5%

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

      4. sqr-neg 35.5%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 35.5%

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

   3. Simplified 39.6%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around inf 95.4%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 95.4%

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

      2. metadata-eval 95.4%

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

   7. Simplified 95.4%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 95.3%

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

   if -7.5e13 < a < 1.25e12

   1. Initial program 98.4%

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

      1. associate--l+ 98.4%

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

      2. fma-define 98.4%

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

      3. distribute-rgt-in 98.4%

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

      4. sqr-neg 98.4%

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

      5. distribute-rgt-in 98.4%

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

   3. Simplified 98.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.9%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{12 \cdot {b}^{2} - 1} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. pow2 99.9%

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

   8. Applied egg-rr 73.0%

      \[\leadsto 12 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} - 1 \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 83.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -75000000000000 \lor \neg \left(a \leq 1250000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;{a}^{4}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 12 + -1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 51.5% accurate, 18.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 12 + -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ (* (* b b) 12.0) -1.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((b * b) * 12.0d0) + (-1.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return ((b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((b * b) * 12.0) + -1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 12.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 68.7%

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

   1. associate--l+ 68.7%

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

   2. fma-define 68.7%

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

   3. distribute-rgt-in 68.7%

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

   4. sqr-neg 68.7%

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

   5. distribute-rgt-in 68.7%

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

3. Simplified 70.6%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 70.5%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{12 \cdot {b}^{2} - 1} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. pow2 70.5%

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

8. Applied egg-rr 52.5%

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

9. Final simplification 52.5%

   \[\leadsto \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 12 + -1 \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 25.0% accurate, 128.0× 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 68.7%

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

   1. associate--l+ 68.7%

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

   2. fma-define 68.7%

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

   3. distribute-rgt-in 68.7%

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

   4. sqr-neg 68.7%

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

   5. distribute-rgt-in 68.7%

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

3. Simplified 70.6%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 70.5%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 21.6%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024182 
(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))