\[\frac{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - 4 \cdot \left(a \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a}\]

\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 r8957 = b;
        double r8958 = -r8957;
        double r8959 = r8957 * r8957;
        double r8960 = 4.0;
        double r8961 = a;
        double r8962 = c;
        double r8963 = r8961 * r8962;
        double r8964 = r8960 * r8963;
        double r8965 = r8959 - r8964;
        double r8966 = sqrt(r8965);
        double r8967 = r8958 - r8966;
        double r8968 = 2.0;
        double r8969 = r8968 * r8961;
        double r8970 = r8967 / r8969;
        return r8970;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "quadm (p42, negative)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< b 0.0) (/ c (* a (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))) (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))

  (/ (- (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a)))

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h2		L	C
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
for-loop	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	70	6
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
for-loop	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	70	6
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
for-loop	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	70	6
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
(unnamed)	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt	49	8
egraph-add-exprs	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	122	0
egraph-run	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	55	0
(unnamed)	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt	38	0
simplify!	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt	223	0
run-improve47	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt	345	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28
run	/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	39	2
profile-thunk16	/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	9	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28