1/2(abs(p)+abs(r) - sqrt((p-r)^2 + 4q^2))

Percentage Accurate: 24.5% → 58.0%
Time: 9.2s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 83.3×

Specification

?
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (p r q)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (/ 1.0 2.0)
  (- (+ (fabs p) (fabs r)) (sqrt (+ (pow (- p r) 2.0) (* 4.0 (pow q 2.0)))))))
double code(double p, double r, double q) {
	return (1.0 / 2.0) * ((fabs(p) + fabs(r)) - sqrt((pow((p - r), 2.0) + (4.0 * pow(q, 2.0)))));
}
real(8) function code(p, r, q)
    real(8), intent (in) :: p
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: q
    code = (1.0d0 / 2.0d0) * ((abs(p) + abs(r)) - sqrt((((p - r) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (q ** 2.0d0)))))
end function
public static double code(double p, double r, double q) {
	return (1.0 / 2.0) * ((Math.abs(p) + Math.abs(r)) - Math.sqrt((Math.pow((p - r), 2.0) + (4.0 * Math.pow(q, 2.0)))));
}
def code(p, r, q):
	return (1.0 / 2.0) * ((math.fabs(p) + math.fabs(r)) - math.sqrt((math.pow((p - r), 2.0) + (4.0 * math.pow(q, 2.0)))))
function code(p, r, q)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 / 2.0) * Float64(Float64(abs(p) + abs(r)) - sqrt(Float64((Float64(p - r) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * (q ^ 2.0))))))
end
function tmp = code(p, r, q)
	tmp = (1.0 / 2.0) * ((abs(p) + abs(r)) - sqrt((((p - r) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (q ^ 2.0)))));
end
code[p_, r_, q_] := N[(N[(1.0 / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Abs[p], $MachinePrecision] + N[Abs[r], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[(p - r), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[Power[q, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right)
\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 4 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: 24.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (p r q)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (/ 1.0 2.0)
  (- (+ (fabs p) (fabs r)) (sqrt (+ (pow (- p r) 2.0) (* 4.0 (pow q 2.0)))))))
double code(double p, double r, double q) {
	return (1.0 / 2.0) * ((fabs(p) + fabs(r)) - sqrt((pow((p - r), 2.0) + (4.0 * pow(q, 2.0)))));
}
real(8) function code(p, r, q)
    real(8), intent (in) :: p
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: q
    code = (1.0d0 / 2.0d0) * ((abs(p) + abs(r)) - sqrt((((p - r) ** 2.0d0) + (4.0d0 * (q ** 2.0d0)))))
end function
public static double code(double p, double r, double q) {
	return (1.0 / 2.0) * ((Math.abs(p) + Math.abs(r)) - Math.sqrt((Math.pow((p - r), 2.0) + (4.0 * Math.pow(q, 2.0)))));
}
def code(p, r, q):
	return (1.0 / 2.0) * ((math.fabs(p) + math.fabs(r)) - math.sqrt((math.pow((p - r), 2.0) + (4.0 * math.pow(q, 2.0)))))
function code(p, r, q)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 / 2.0) * Float64(Float64(abs(p) + abs(r)) - sqrt(Float64((Float64(p - r) ^ 2.0) + Float64(4.0 * (q ^ 2.0))))))
end
function tmp = code(p, r, q)
	tmp = (1.0 / 2.0) * ((abs(p) + abs(r)) - sqrt((((p - r) ^ 2.0) + (4.0 * (q ^ 2.0)))));
end
code[p_, r_, q_] := N[(N[(1.0 / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Abs[p], $MachinePrecision] + N[Abs[r], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[(p - r), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[Power[q, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 58.0% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} q_m = \left|q\right| \\ [p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{q\_m}^{2} \leq 20000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left|r\right| - r\right) + \left|p\right|}{p}, -0.5, -0.5\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \left|r\right| + \left|p\right|, -q\_m\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
q_m = (fabs.f64 q)
NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (p r q_m)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (pow q_m 2.0) 20000000000000.0)
   (* (- p) (fma (/ (+ (- (fabs r) r) (fabs p)) p) -0.5 -0.5))
   (fma 0.5 (+ (fabs r) (fabs p)) (- q_m))))
q_m = fabs(q);
assert(p < r && r < q_m);
double code(double p, double r, double q_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (pow(q_m, 2.0) <= 20000000000000.0) {
		tmp = -p * fma((((fabs(r) - r) + fabs(p)) / p), -0.5, -0.5);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(0.5, (fabs(r) + fabs(p)), -q_m);
	}
	return tmp;
}
q_m = abs(q)
p, r, q_m = sort([p, r, q_m])
function code(p, r, q_m)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((q_m ^ 2.0) <= 20000000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-p) * fma(Float64(Float64(Float64(abs(r) - r) + abs(p)) / p), -0.5, -0.5));
	else
		tmp = fma(0.5, Float64(abs(r) + abs(p)), Float64(-q_m));
	end
	return tmp
end
q_m = N[Abs[q], $MachinePrecision]
NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[p_, r_, q$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[N[Power[q$95$m, 2.0], $MachinePrecision], 20000000000000.0], N[((-p) * N[(N[(N[(N[(N[Abs[r], $MachinePrecision] - r), $MachinePrecision] + N[Abs[p], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / p), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5 + -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * N[(N[Abs[r], $MachinePrecision] + N[Abs[p], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + (-q$95$m)), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
q_m = \left|q\right|
\\
[p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;{q\_m}^{2} \leq 20000000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left|r\right| - r\right) + \left|p\right|}{p}, -0.5, -0.5\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \left|r\right| + \left|p\right|, -q\_m\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (pow.f64 q #s(literal 2 binary64)) < 2e13

    1. Initial program 23.2%

      \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in q around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{q \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
      3. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right)} \cdot q \]
      4. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right) \cdot q \]
      5. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot q \]
      6. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right)} \cdot q \]
      7. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      8. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      9. lower-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      10. lower-fabs.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right|} + \left|p\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      11. lower-fabs.f646.9

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \color{blue}{\left|p\right|}}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q \]
    5. Applied rewrites6.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in p around -inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(p \cdot \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} - \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot p\right) \cdot \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} - \frac{1}{2}\right)} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot p\right) \cdot \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} - \frac{1}{2}\right)} \]
      3. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(p\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \]
      4. lower-neg.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-p\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \]
      5. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\right)} \]
      6. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\right) \]
      7. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p} \cdot \frac{-1}{2} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2}}\right) \]
      8. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p}, \frac{-1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2}\right)} \]
      9. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - r}{p}}, \frac{-1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2}\right) \]
      10. associate--l+N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|p\right| + \left(\left|r\right| - r\right)}}{p}, \frac{-1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2}\right) \]
      11. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left|r\right| - r\right) + \left|p\right|}}{p}, \frac{-1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2}\right) \]
      12. lower-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left|r\right| - r\right) + \left|p\right|}}{p}, \frac{-1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2}\right) \]
      13. lower--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left|r\right| - r\right)} + \left|p\right|}{p}, \frac{-1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2}\right) \]
      14. lower-fabs.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left|r\right|} - r\right) + \left|p\right|}{p}, \frac{-1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2}\right) \]
      15. lower-fabs.f6428.8

        \[\leadsto \left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left|r\right| - r\right) + \color{blue}{\left|p\right|}}{p}, -0.5, -0.5\right) \]
    8. Applied rewrites28.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-p\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left|r\right| - r\right) + \left|p\right|}{p}, -0.5, -0.5\right)} \]

    if 2e13 < (pow.f64 q #s(literal 2 binary64))

    1. Initial program 27.7%

      \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in q around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{q \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
      3. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right)} \cdot q \]
      4. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right) \cdot q \]
      5. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot q \]
      6. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right)} \cdot q \]
      7. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      8. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      9. lower-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      10. lower-fabs.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right|} + \left|p\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
      11. lower-fabs.f6441.7

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \color{blue}{\left|p\right|}}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q \]
    5. Applied rewrites41.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in q around 0

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot q + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right)} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites41.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}, -q\right) \]
    8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    9. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 2: 49.0% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} q_m = \left|q\right| \\ [p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{q\_m}^{2} \leq 20000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-q\_m\right) \cdot q\_m}{r}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \left|r\right| + \left|p\right|, -q\_m\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    q_m = (fabs.f64 q)
    NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
    (FPCore (p r q_m)
     :precision binary64
     (if (<= (pow q_m 2.0) 20000000000000.0)
       (/ (* (- q_m) q_m) r)
       (fma 0.5 (+ (fabs r) (fabs p)) (- q_m))))
    q_m = fabs(q);
    assert(p < r && r < q_m);
    double code(double p, double r, double q_m) {
    	double tmp;
    	if (pow(q_m, 2.0) <= 20000000000000.0) {
    		tmp = (-q_m * q_m) / r;
    	} else {
    		tmp = fma(0.5, (fabs(r) + fabs(p)), -q_m);
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    q_m = abs(q)
    p, r, q_m = sort([p, r, q_m])
    function code(p, r, q_m)
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if ((q_m ^ 2.0) <= 20000000000000.0)
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(-q_m) * q_m) / r);
    	else
    		tmp = fma(0.5, Float64(abs(r) + abs(p)), Float64(-q_m));
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    q_m = N[Abs[q], $MachinePrecision]
    NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
    code[p_, r_, q$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[N[Power[q$95$m, 2.0], $MachinePrecision], 20000000000000.0], N[(N[((-q$95$m) * q$95$m), $MachinePrecision] / r), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * N[(N[Abs[r], $MachinePrecision] + N[Abs[p], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + (-q$95$m)), $MachinePrecision]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    q_m = \left|q\right|
    \\
    [p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    \mathbf{if}\;{q\_m}^{2} \leq 20000000000000:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-q\_m\right) \cdot q\_m}{r}\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \left|r\right| + \left|p\right|, -q\_m\right)\\
    
    
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Split input into 2 regimes
    2. if (pow.f64 q #s(literal 2 binary64)) < 2e13

      1. Initial program 23.2%

        \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in r around inf

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{r \cdot \left(\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{q}^{2}}{{r}^{2}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - -1 \cdot p}{r}\right) - \frac{1}{2}\right)} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{q}^{2}}{{r}^{2}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - -1 \cdot p}{r}\right) - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot r} \]
        2. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 \cdot \frac{{q}^{2}}{{r}^{2}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - -1 \cdot p}{r}\right) - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot r} \]
      5. Applied rewrites14.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-q, \frac{q}{r \cdot r}, \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left|r\right| + p\right) + \left|p\right|}{r}, 0.5, -0.5\right)\right) \cdot r} \]
      6. Taylor expanded in r around 0

        \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{q}^{2}}{r}} \]
      7. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites37.1%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-q\right) \cdot q}{\color{blue}{r}} \]

        if 2e13 < (pow.f64 q #s(literal 2 binary64))

        1. Initial program 27.7%

          \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in q around inf

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{q \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right)} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. *-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
          2. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
          3. sub-negN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right)} \cdot q \]
          4. *-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right) \cdot q \]
          5. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot q \]
          6. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right)} \cdot q \]
          7. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
          8. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
          9. lower-+.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
          10. lower-fabs.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right|} + \left|p\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
          11. lower-fabs.f6441.7

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \color{blue}{\left|p\right|}}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q \]
        5. Applied rewrites41.7%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q} \]
        6. Taylor expanded in q around 0

          \[\leadsto -1 \cdot q + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right)} \]
        7. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites41.7%

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}, -q\right) \]
        8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
        9. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 3: 40.7% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} q_m = \left|q\right| \\ [p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{q\_m}^{2} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-232}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(p + \left|r\right|\right) + \left|p\right|\right) \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \left|r\right| + \left|p\right|, -q\_m\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
        q_m = (fabs.f64 q)
        NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
        (FPCore (p r q_m)
         :precision binary64
         (if (<= (pow q_m 2.0) 2e-232)
           (* (+ (+ p (fabs r)) (fabs p)) 0.5)
           (fma 0.5 (+ (fabs r) (fabs p)) (- q_m))))
        q_m = fabs(q);
        assert(p < r && r < q_m);
        double code(double p, double r, double q_m) {
        	double tmp;
        	if (pow(q_m, 2.0) <= 2e-232) {
        		tmp = ((p + fabs(r)) + fabs(p)) * 0.5;
        	} else {
        		tmp = fma(0.5, (fabs(r) + fabs(p)), -q_m);
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }
        
        q_m = abs(q)
        p, r, q_m = sort([p, r, q_m])
        function code(p, r, q_m)
        	tmp = 0.0
        	if ((q_m ^ 2.0) <= 2e-232)
        		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(p + abs(r)) + abs(p)) * 0.5);
        	else
        		tmp = fma(0.5, Float64(abs(r) + abs(p)), Float64(-q_m));
        	end
        	return tmp
        end
        
        q_m = N[Abs[q], $MachinePrecision]
        NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
        code[p_, r_, q$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[N[Power[q$95$m, 2.0], $MachinePrecision], 2e-232], N[(N[(N[(p + N[Abs[r], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Abs[p], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * N[(N[Abs[r], $MachinePrecision] + N[Abs[p], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + (-q$95$m)), $MachinePrecision]]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        q_m = \left|q\right|
        \\
        [p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\
        \\
        \begin{array}{l}
        \mathbf{if}\;{q\_m}^{2} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-232}:\\
        \;\;\;\;\left(\left(p + \left|r\right|\right) + \left|p\right|\right) \cdot 0.5\\
        
        \mathbf{else}:\\
        \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \left|r\right| + \left|p\right|, -q\_m\right)\\
        
        
        \end{array}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Split input into 2 regimes
        2. if (pow.f64 q #s(literal 2 binary64)) < 2.00000000000000005e-232

          1. Initial program 28.9%

            \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \]
          2. Add Preprocessing
          3. Taylor expanded in r around inf

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{r \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - -1 \cdot p}{r} - \frac{1}{2}\right)} \]
          4. Step-by-step derivation
            1. *-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - -1 \cdot p}{r} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot r} \]
            2. lower-*.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - -1 \cdot p}{r} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot r} \]
          5. Applied rewrites17.6%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left(\left|r\right| + p\right) + \left|p\right|}{r}, 0.5, -0.5\right) \cdot r} \]
          6. Taylor expanded in r around 0

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(p + \left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right)\right)} \]
          7. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites11.7%

              \[\leadsto \left(\left(p + \left|r\right|\right) + \left|p\right|\right) \cdot \color{blue}{0.5} \]

            if 2.00000000000000005e-232 < (pow.f64 q #s(literal 2 binary64))

            1. Initial program 23.9%

              \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in q around inf

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{q \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right)} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. *-commutativeN/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
              2. lower-*.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} - 1\right) \cdot q} \]
              3. sub-negN/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right)} \cdot q \]
              4. *-commutativeN/A

                \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right) \cdot q \]
              5. metadata-evalN/A

                \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot q \]
              6. lower-fma.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right)} \cdot q \]
              7. lower-/.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|}{q}}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
              8. +-commutativeN/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
              9. lower-+.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
              10. lower-fabs.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left|r\right|} + \left|p\right|}{q}, \frac{1}{2}, -1\right) \cdot q \]
              11. lower-fabs.f6433.2

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \color{blue}{\left|p\right|}}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q \]
            5. Applied rewrites33.2%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}{q}, 0.5, -1\right) \cdot q} \]
            6. Taylor expanded in q around 0

              \[\leadsto -1 \cdot q + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right)} \]
            7. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites33.2%

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \color{blue}{\left|r\right| + \left|p\right|}, -q\right) \]
            8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
            9. Add Preprocessing

            Alternative 4: 36.2% accurate, 83.3× speedup?

            \[\begin{array}{l} q_m = \left|q\right| \\ [p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\ \\ -q\_m \end{array} \]
            q_m = (fabs.f64 q)
            NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
            (FPCore (p r q_m) :precision binary64 (- q_m))
            q_m = fabs(q);
            assert(p < r && r < q_m);
            double code(double p, double r, double q_m) {
            	return -q_m;
            }
            
            q_m = abs(q)
            NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
            real(8) function code(p, r, q_m)
                real(8), intent (in) :: p
                real(8), intent (in) :: r
                real(8), intent (in) :: q_m
                code = -q_m
            end function
            
            q_m = Math.abs(q);
            assert p < r && r < q_m;
            public static double code(double p, double r, double q_m) {
            	return -q_m;
            }
            
            q_m = math.fabs(q)
            [p, r, q_m] = sort([p, r, q_m])
            def code(p, r, q_m):
            	return -q_m
            
            q_m = abs(q)
            p, r, q_m = sort([p, r, q_m])
            function code(p, r, q_m)
            	return Float64(-q_m)
            end
            
            q_m = abs(q);
            p, r, q_m = num2cell(sort([p, r, q_m])){:}
            function tmp = code(p, r, q_m)
            	tmp = -q_m;
            end
            
            q_m = N[Abs[q], $MachinePrecision]
            NOTE: p, r, and q_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
            code[p_, r_, q$95$m_] := (-q$95$m)
            
            \begin{array}{l}
            q_m = \left|q\right|
            \\
            [p, r, q_m] = \mathsf{sort}([p, r, q_m])\\
            \\
            -q\_m
            \end{array}
            
            Derivation
            1. Initial program 25.4%

              \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left|p\right| + \left|r\right|\right) - \sqrt{{\left(p - r\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot {q}^{2}}\right) \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in q around inf

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot q} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. mul-1-negN/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(q\right)} \]
              2. lower-neg.f6424.5

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-q} \]
            5. Applied rewrites24.5%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-q} \]
            6. Add Preprocessing

            Reproduce

            ?
            herbie shell --seed 2024319 
            (FPCore (p r q)
              :name "1/2(abs(p)+abs(r) - sqrt((p-r)^2 + 4q^2))"
              :precision binary64
              (* (/ 1.0 2.0) (- (+ (fabs p) (fabs r)) (sqrt (+ (pow (- p r) 2.0) (* 4.0 (pow q 2.0)))))))