\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 r72765 = b;
double r72766 = -r72765;
double r72767 = r72765 * r72765;
double r72768 = 3.0;
double r72769 = a;
double r72770 = r72768 * r72769;
double r72771 = c;
double r72772 = r72770 * r72771;
double r72773 = r72767 - r72772;
double r72774 = sqrt(r72773);
double r72775 = r72766 + r72774;
double r72776 = r72775 / r72770;
return r72776;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r72777 = -0.5;
double r72778 = c;
double r72779 = b;
double r72780 = r72778 / r72779;
double r72781 = r72777 * r72780;
return r72781;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 43.9
Taylor expanded around inf 12.0
Final simplification12.0
herbie shell --seed 2019199 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
:name "Cubic critical, medium range"
:pre (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a 9007199254740992.0) (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b 9007199254740992.0) (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c 9007199254740992.0))
(/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))