\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}
double f(double a, double b, double c) {
        double r8359 = b;
        double r8360 = -r8359;
        double r8361 = r8359 * r8359;
        double r8362 = 4.0;
        double r8363 = a;
        double r8364 = c;
        double r8365 = r8363 * r8364;
        double r8366 = r8362 * r8365;
        double r8367 = r8361 - r8366;
        double r8368 = sqrt(r8367);
        double r8369 = r8360 - r8368;
        double r8370 = 2.0;
        double r8371 = r8370 * r8363;
        double r8372 = r8369 / r8371;
        return r8372;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019194 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4.0 (* a c))))) (* 2.0 a)))

Backtrace

result arity mismatch; expected number of values not received expected: 2 received: 1 in: local-binding form values...: 0LC
loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/extraction.rkt252
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/simplify.rkt260
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt2200
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt3420
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128