\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}double f(double a, double b, double c) {
double r81257 = b;
double r81258 = -r81257;
double r81259 = r81257 * r81257;
double r81260 = 3.0;
double r81261 = a;
double r81262 = r81260 * r81261;
double r81263 = c;
double r81264 = r81262 * r81263;
double r81265 = r81259 - r81264;
double r81266 = sqrt(r81265);
double r81267 = r81258 + r81266;
double r81268 = r81267 / r81262;
return r81268;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r81269 = -0.5;
double r81270 = c;
double r81271 = b;
double r81272 = r81270 / r81271;
double r81273 = r81269 * r81272;
return r81273;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 52.6
Simplified52.6
Taylor expanded around inf 6.2
Final simplification6.2
herbie shell --seed 2019195 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
:name "Cubic critical, wide range"
:pre (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a 2.028240960365167e+31) (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b 2.028240960365167e+31) (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c 2.028240960365167e+31))
(/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))