Quadratic roots, narrow range

Percentage Accurate: 55.8% → 92.1%
Time: 15.4s
Alternatives: 12
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < a \land a < 94906265.62425156\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < b \land b < 94906265.62425156\right)\right) \land \left(1.0536712127723509 \cdot 10^{-8} < c \land c < 94906265.62425156\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 12 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 55.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 92.1% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\ t_1 := a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\\ t_2 := \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot -2\right)\right) \cdot t\_1\\ t_3 := b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ t_4 := \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -15:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - t\_0\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{t\_0}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{t\_3 \cdot \left(a \cdot t\_3\right)}, \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{-b \cdot b}\right) - \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, c, \frac{t\_2 \cdot t\_2}{t\_4 \cdot t\_4}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -2, \frac{c \cdot t\_1}{t\_4}, c\right)}}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fma c (* a -4.0) (* b b)))
        (t_1 (* a (* a c)))
        (t_2 (* (* c (* c -2.0)) t_1))
        (t_3 (* b (* b b)))
        (t_4 (* (* b b) (* b b))))
   (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c))) b) (* a 2.0)) -15.0)
     (/ (* (- (* b b) t_0) (/ -1.0 (+ b (sqrt t_0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (/
      (-
       (fma
        -0.25
        (/
         (* (* (* a a) (* a a)) (* (* c (* c (* c c))) 20.0))
         (* t_3 (* a t_3)))
        (/ (* a (* c c)) (- (* b b))))
       (/
        (fma c c (/ (* t_2 t_2) (* t_4 t_4)))
        (fma (* c -2.0) (/ (* c t_1) t_4) c)))
      b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fma(c, (a * -4.0), (b * b));
	double t_1 = a * (a * c);
	double t_2 = (c * (c * -2.0)) * t_1;
	double t_3 = b * (b * b);
	double t_4 = (b * b) * (b * b);
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -15.0) {
		tmp = (((b * b) - t_0) * (-1.0 / (b + sqrt(t_0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (fma(-0.25, ((((a * a) * (a * a)) * ((c * (c * (c * c))) * 20.0)) / (t_3 * (a * t_3))), ((a * (c * c)) / -(b * b))) - (fma(c, c, ((t_2 * t_2) / (t_4 * t_4))) / fma((c * -2.0), ((c * t_1) / t_4), c))) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = fma(c, Float64(a * -4.0), Float64(b * b))
	t_1 = Float64(a * Float64(a * c))
	t_2 = Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * -2.0)) * t_1)
	t_3 = Float64(b * Float64(b * b))
	t_4 = Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(b * b))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -15.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) - t_0) * Float64(-1.0 / Float64(b + sqrt(t_0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(-0.25, Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a * a)) * Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * Float64(c * c))) * 20.0)) / Float64(t_3 * Float64(a * t_3))), Float64(Float64(a * Float64(c * c)) / Float64(-Float64(b * b)))) - Float64(fma(c, c, Float64(Float64(t_2 * t_2) / Float64(t_4 * t_4))) / fma(Float64(c * -2.0), Float64(Float64(c * t_1) / t_4), c))) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(a * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[(N[(c * N[(c * -2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$3 = N[(b * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$4 = N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -15.0], N[(N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-1.0 / N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * N[(c * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 20.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(t$95$3 * N[(a * t$95$3), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / (-N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c + N[(N[(t$95$2 * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] / N[(t$95$4 * t$95$4), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(c * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision] / t$95$4), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\
t_1 := a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\\
t_2 := \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot -2\right)\right) \cdot t\_1\\
t_3 := b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\
t_4 := \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -15:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - t\_0\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{t\_0}}}{a \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{t\_3 \cdot \left(a \cdot t\_3\right)}, \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{-b \cdot b}\right) - \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, c, \frac{t\_2 \cdot t\_2}{t\_4 \cdot t\_4}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -2, \frac{c \cdot t\_1}{t\_4}, c\right)}}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a)) < -15

    1. Initial program 86.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      10. associate-*l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      11. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      12. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      13. metadata-eval86.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites86.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites89.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

    if -15 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a))

    1. Initial program 51.5%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(-1 \cdot c + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites93.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, -0.25 \cdot \left(\left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{20}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites93.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot a\right)}, -\frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - \left(c - \left(-2 \cdot c\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right)}{b} \]
    6. Applied rewrites93.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot a\right)}, -\frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}\right) - \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, c, \frac{\left(\left(\left(c \cdot -2\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\left(c \cdot -2\right) \cdot c\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -2, \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, c\right)}}{b} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -15:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)}, \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{-b \cdot b}\right) - \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, c, \frac{\left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot -2\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot -2\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{\left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot -2, \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, c\right)}}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 91.8% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\ t_1 := b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -15:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - t\_0\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{t\_0}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{t\_1 \cdot \left(a \cdot t\_1\right)}, \left(c \cdot -2\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (fma c (* a -4.0) (* b b))) (t_1 (* b (* b b))))
   (if (<= (/ (- (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c))) b) (* a 2.0)) -15.0)
     (/ (* (- (* b b) t_0) (/ -1.0 (+ b (sqrt t_0)))) (* a 2.0))
     (/
      (-
       (fma
        -0.25
        (/
         (* (* (* a a) (* a a)) (* (* c (* c (* c c))) 20.0))
         (* t_1 (* a t_1)))
        (* (* c -2.0) (/ (* c (* a (* a c))) (* (* b b) (* b b)))))
       (fma (* c c) (/ a (* b b)) c))
      b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double t_0 = fma(c, (a * -4.0), (b * b));
	double t_1 = b * (b * b);
	double tmp;
	if (((sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / (a * 2.0)) <= -15.0) {
		tmp = (((b * b) - t_0) * (-1.0 / (b + sqrt(t_0)))) / (a * 2.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (fma(-0.25, ((((a * a) * (a * a)) * ((c * (c * (c * c))) * 20.0)) / (t_1 * (a * t_1))), ((c * -2.0) * ((c * (a * (a * c))) / ((b * b) * (b * b))))) - fma((c * c), (a / (b * b)), c)) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b, c)
	t_0 = fma(c, Float64(a * -4.0), Float64(b * b))
	t_1 = Float64(b * Float64(b * b))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c))) - b) / Float64(a * 2.0)) <= -15.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) - t_0) * Float64(-1.0 / Float64(b + sqrt(t_0)))) / Float64(a * 2.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(-0.25, Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a * a)) * Float64(Float64(c * Float64(c * Float64(c * c))) * 20.0)) / Float64(t_1 * Float64(a * t_1))), Float64(Float64(c * -2.0) * Float64(Float64(c * Float64(a * Float64(a * c))) / Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(b * b))))) - fma(Float64(c * c), Float64(a / Float64(b * b)), c)) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(b * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -15.0], N[(N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-1.0 / N[(b + N[Sqrt[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(-0.25 * N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * N[(c * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 20.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(t$95$1 * N[(a * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(c * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(c * N[(a * N[(a * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\\
t_1 := b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -15:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - t\_0\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{t\_0}}}{a \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{t\_1 \cdot \left(a \cdot t\_1\right)}, \left(c \cdot -2\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a)) < -15

    1. Initial program 84.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      3. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      4. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      5. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      6. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      7. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      8. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      9. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      10. associate-*l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      11. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      12. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      13. metadata-eval84.9

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. Applied rewrites84.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites86.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}}{2 \cdot a} \]

    if -15 < (/.f64 (+.f64 (neg.f64 b) (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 b b) (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 4 binary64) a) c)))) (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) a))

    1. Initial program 52.7%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \frac{{a}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{4}} + \left(-1 \cdot c + \left(-1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + 16 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites92.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}, -0.25 \cdot \left(\left({a}^{4} \cdot {c}^{4}\right) \cdot \frac{20}{a \cdot {b}^{6}}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)\right)}{b}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites92.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot a\right)}, \left(-2 \cdot c\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification91.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{a \cdot 2} \leq -15:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(c, a \cdot -4, b \cdot b\right)}}}{a \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25, \frac{\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)\right)\right) \cdot 20\right)}{\left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(b \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)\right)}, \left(c \cdot -2\right) \cdot \frac{c \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(c \cdot c, \frac{a}{b \cdot b}, c\right)}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024226 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 a) (< a 94906265.62425156)) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 b) (< b 94906265.62425156))) (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-8 c) (< c 94906265.62425156)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))