Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)

Percentage Accurate: 99.9% → 99.9%
Time: 7.4s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (b * b))) - 1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}
def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b))) - 1.0)
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 7 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: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (b * b))) - 1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
}
def code(a, b):
	return (math.pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64((Float64(Float64(a * a) + Float64(b * b)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b))) - 1.0)
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((((a * a) + (b * b)) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (b * b))) - 1.0;
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right) - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (- (+ (* 4.0 (* b b)) (pow (+ (* b b) (* a a)) 2.0)) 1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((4.0 * (b * b)) + pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0)) - 1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = ((4.0d0 * (b * b)) + (((b * b) + (a * a)) ** 2.0d0)) - 1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((4.0 * (b * b)) + Math.pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0)) - 1.0;
}
def code(a, b):
	return ((4.0 * (b * b)) + math.pow(((b * b) + (a * a)), 2.0)) - 1.0
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(b * b)) + (Float64(Float64(b * b) + Float64(a * a)) ^ 2.0)) - 1.0)
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((4.0 * (b * b)) + (((b * b) + (a * a)) ^ 2.0)) - 1.0;
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(4.0 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right) + {\left(b \cdot b + a \cdot a\right)}^{2}\right) - 1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.8%

    \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Final simplification99.8%

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

Alternative 2: 98.2% accurate, 3.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 200000:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 2, a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* a a) 200000.0)
   (fma (* b b) (fma b b 4.0) -1.0)
   (* (* (fma (* b b) 2.0 (* a a)) a) a)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * a) <= 200000.0) {
		tmp = fma((b * b), fma(b, b, 4.0), -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (fma((b * b), 2.0, (a * a)) * a) * a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(a * a) <= 200000.0)
		tmp = fma(Float64(b * b), fma(b, b, 4.0), -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(b * b), 2.0, Float64(a * a)) * a) * a);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision], 200000.0], N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b + 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 2.0 + N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 200000:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 2, a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 a a) < 2e5

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
      2. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      3. pow-sqrN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      4. distribute-rgt-outN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + {b}^{2}\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      5. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
      6. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      7. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      8. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{{b}^{2} + 4}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      9. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot b} + 4, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      10. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval99.9

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites99.9%

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

    if 2e5 < (*.f64 a a)

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + 2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. distribute-rgt-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot {a}^{4} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4}} \]
      2. *-lft-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
      3. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
      4. pow-sqrN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
      5. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {a}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot {b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}} \]
      7. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}{{a}^{2}}} \]
      8. associate-*l/N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{4}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} \]
      9. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{{a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      10. pow-sqrN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      11. associate-/l*N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      12. *-inversesN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \left({a}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      13. *-rgt-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      14. distribute-lft-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left({a}^{2} + 2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} \]
      15. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      16. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right) \]
      17. associate-*l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
      18. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a} \]
      19. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites97.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 2, a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 94.8% accurate, 4.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 200000:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* a a) 200000.0)
   (fma (* b b) (fma b b 4.0) -1.0)
   (* (* (* a a) a) a)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * a) <= 200000.0) {
		tmp = fma((b * b), fma(b, b, 4.0), -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = ((a * a) * a) * a;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(a * a) <= 200000.0)
		tmp = fma(Float64(b * b), fma(b, b, 4.0), -1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * a) * a);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision], 200000.0], N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b * b + 4.0), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 200000:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 a a) < 2e5

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
      2. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      3. pow-sqrN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      4. distribute-rgt-outN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + {b}^{2}\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      5. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
      6. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      7. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      8. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{{b}^{2} + 4}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      9. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot b} + 4, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      10. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval99.9

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites99.9%

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

    if 2e5 < (*.f64 a a)

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + 2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. distribute-rgt-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot {a}^{4} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4}} \]
      2. *-lft-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
      3. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
      4. pow-sqrN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
      5. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {a}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot {b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}} \]
      7. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}{{a}^{2}}} \]
      8. associate-*l/N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{4}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} \]
      9. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{{a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      10. pow-sqrN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      11. associate-/l*N/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      12. *-inversesN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \left({a}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      13. *-rgt-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
      14. distribute-lft-inN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left({a}^{2} + 2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} \]
      15. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)} \]
      16. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right) \]
      17. associate-*l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
      18. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a} \]
      19. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a} \]
    5. Applied rewrites97.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 2, a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

      \[\leadsto \left({a}^{2} \cdot a\right) \cdot a \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites90.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a \]
    8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    9. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 4: 83.3% accurate, 4.8× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 200000:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b)
     :precision binary64
     (if (<= (* a a) 200000.0) (fma (* b b) 4.0 -1.0) (* (* (* a a) a) a)))
    double code(double a, double b) {
    	double tmp;
    	if ((a * a) <= 200000.0) {
    		tmp = fma((b * b), 4.0, -1.0);
    	} else {
    		tmp = ((a * a) * a) * a;
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    function code(a, b)
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (Float64(a * a) <= 200000.0)
    		tmp = fma(Float64(b * b), 4.0, -1.0);
    	else
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * a) * a);
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision], 200000.0], N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 200000:\\
    \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right)\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a\\
    
    
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Split input into 2 regimes
    2. if (*.f64 a a) < 2e5

      1. Initial program 99.9%

        \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
        2. metadata-evalN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        3. pow-sqrN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        4. distribute-rgt-outN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + {b}^{2}\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        5. lower-fma.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
        6. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        7. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        8. +-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{{b}^{2} + 4}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        9. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot b} + 4, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        10. lower-fma.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
        11. metadata-eval99.9

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
      5. Applied rewrites99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)} \]
      6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right) \]
      7. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites75.1%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right) \]

        if 2e5 < (*.f64 a a)

        1. Initial program 99.8%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(1 + 2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. distribute-rgt-inN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot {a}^{4} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4}} \]
          2. *-lft-identityN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
          3. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
          4. pow-sqrN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}} + \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right) \cdot {a}^{4} \]
          5. *-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(2 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \]
          6. associate-*r/N/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + {a}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot {b}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}} \]
          7. associate-*r/N/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{4} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}{{a}^{2}}} \]
          8. associate-*l/N/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\frac{{a}^{4}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} \]
          9. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{{a}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
          10. pow-sqrN/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2}}}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
          11. associate-/l*N/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot \frac{{a}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}\right)} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
          12. *-inversesN/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \left({a}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
          13. *-rgt-identityN/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right) \]
          14. distribute-lft-inN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left({a}^{2} + 2 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)} \]
          15. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto {a}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)} \]
          16. unpow2N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right) \]
          17. associate-*l*N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
          18. *-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a} \]
          19. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(2 \cdot {b}^{2} + {a}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a} \]
        5. Applied rewrites97.9%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 2, a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \]
        6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

          \[\leadsto \left({a}^{2} \cdot a\right) \cdot a \]
        7. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites90.7%

            \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a \]
        8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
        9. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 5: 83.3% accurate, 4.8× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 140000:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b)
         :precision binary64
         (if (<= (* a a) 140000.0) (fma (* b b) 4.0 -1.0) (* (* a a) (* a a))))
        double code(double a, double b) {
        	double tmp;
        	if ((a * a) <= 140000.0) {
        		tmp = fma((b * b), 4.0, -1.0);
        	} else {
        		tmp = (a * a) * (a * a);
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }
        
        function code(a, b)
        	tmp = 0.0
        	if (Float64(a * a) <= 140000.0)
        		tmp = fma(Float64(b * b), 4.0, -1.0);
        	else
        		tmp = Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(a * a));
        	end
        	return tmp
        end
        
        code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision], 140000.0], N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \begin{array}{l}
        \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a \leq 140000:\\
        \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right)\\
        
        \mathbf{else}:\\
        \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\\
        
        
        \end{array}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Split input into 2 regimes
        2. if (*.f64 a a) < 1.4e5

          1. Initial program 99.9%

            \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
          2. Add Preprocessing
          3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
            2. metadata-evalN/A

              \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            3. pow-sqrN/A

              \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            4. distribute-rgt-outN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + {b}^{2}\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            5. lower-fma.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
            6. unpow2N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            7. lower-*.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            8. +-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{{b}^{2} + 4}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            9. unpow2N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot b} + 4, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            10. lower-fma.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
            11. metadata-eval99.9

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
          5. Applied rewrites99.9%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)} \]
          6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right) \]
          7. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites75.1%

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right) \]

            if 1.4e5 < (*.f64 a a)

            1. Initial program 99.8%

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. lower-pow.f6490.8

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
            5. Applied rewrites90.8%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{4}} \]
            6. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites90.6%

                \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \]
            7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
            8. Add Preprocessing

            Alternative 6: 50.9% accurate, 10.9× speedup?

            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right) \end{array} \]
            (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (fma (* b b) 4.0 -1.0))
            double code(double a, double b) {
            	return fma((b * b), 4.0, -1.0);
            }
            
            function code(a, b)
            	return fma(Float64(b * b), 4.0, -1.0)
            end
            
            code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * 4.0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]
            
            \begin{array}{l}
            
            \\
            \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right)
            \end{array}
            
            Derivation
            1. Initial program 99.8%

              \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
              2. metadata-evalN/A

                \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              3. pow-sqrN/A

                \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              4. distribute-rgt-outN/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + {b}^{2}\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              5. lower-fma.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
              6. unpow2N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              7. lower-*.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              8. +-commutativeN/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{{b}^{2} + 4}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              9. unpow2N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot b} + 4, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              10. lower-fma.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
              11. metadata-eval65.8

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
            5. Applied rewrites65.8%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)} \]
            6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right) \]
            7. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites47.9%

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, 4, -1\right) \]
              2. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 7: 24.6% accurate, 131.0× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 \end{array} \]
              (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 -1.0)
              double code(double a, double b) {
              	return -1.0;
              }
              
              real(8) function code(a, b)
                  real(8), intent (in) :: a
                  real(8), intent (in) :: b
                  code = -1.0d0
              end function
              
              public static double code(double a, double b) {
              	return -1.0;
              }
              
              def code(a, b):
              	return -1.0
              
              function code(a, b)
              	return -1.0
              end
              
              function tmp = code(a, b)
              	tmp = -1.0;
              end
              
              code[a_, b_] := -1.0
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              
              \\
              -1
              \end{array}
              
              Derivation
              1. Initial program 99.8%

                \[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1 \]
              2. Add Preprocessing
              3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{4}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
                2. metadata-evalN/A

                  \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + {b}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                3. pow-sqrN/A

                  \[\leadsto \left(4 \cdot {b}^{2} + \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot {b}^{2}}\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                4. distribute-rgt-outN/A

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot \left(4 + {b}^{2}\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                5. lower-fma.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({b}^{2}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
                6. unpow2N/A

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                7. lower-*.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}, 4 + {b}^{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                8. +-commutativeN/A

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{{b}^{2} + 4}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                9. unpow2N/A

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{b \cdot b} + 4, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                10. lower-fma.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right)}, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \]
                11. metadata-eval65.8

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
              5. Applied rewrites65.8%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, 4\right), -1\right)} \]
              6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

                \[\leadsto -1 \]
              7. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites24.7%

                  \[\leadsto -1 \]
                2. Add Preprocessing

                Reproduce

                ?
                herbie shell --seed 2024255 
                (FPCore (a b)
                  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)"
                  :precision binary64
                  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))