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Derivation

1. Split input into 4 regimes

2. if b < -9.168413458660043e+117

   1. Initial program 49.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   2. Taylor expanded around -inf 3.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{2}{3} \cdot \frac{b}{a}}\]

   if -9.168413458660043e+117 < b < -3.0889823782972e-310

   1. Initial program 8.7

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   if -3.0889823782972e-310 < b < 4.624902210069567e+105

   1. Initial program 32.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]
   2. Using strategy rm

   3. Applied flip-+32.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   4. Applied associate-/l/36.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}}\]

   5. Simplified20.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}}{\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)}\]
   6. Using strategy rm

   7. Applied associate-/r*15.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{3 \cdot \left(c \cdot a\right)}{3 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}\]

   8. Taylor expanded around inf 8.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}\]

   if 4.624902210069567e+105 < b

   1. Initial program 58.9

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]

   2. Taylor expanded around inf 2.3

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

4. Final simplification6.3

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \le -9.168413458660043 \cdot 10^{+117}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b} - \frac{b}{a} \cdot \frac{2}{3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le -3.0889823782972 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}}{a \cdot 3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \le 4.624902210069567 \cdot 10^{+105}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{c}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - c \cdot \left(a \cdot 3\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2018360 
(FPCore (a b c d)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3 a) c)))) (* 3 a)))

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