\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 r101623 = b;
double r101624 = -r101623;
double r101625 = r101623 * r101623;
double r101626 = 3.0;
double r101627 = a;
double r101628 = r101626 * r101627;
double r101629 = c;
double r101630 = r101628 * r101629;
double r101631 = r101625 - r101630;
double r101632 = sqrt(r101631);
double r101633 = r101624 + r101632;
double r101634 = r101633 / r101628;
return r101634;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r101635 = -0.5;
double r101636 = c;
double r101637 = b;
double r101638 = r101636 / r101637;
double r101639 = r101635 * r101638;
return r101639;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 52.3
Simplified52.3
Taylor expanded around inf 6.4
Final simplification6.4
herbie shell --seed 2019323
(FPCore (a b c)
:name "Cubic critical, wide range"
:precision binary64
:pre (and (< 4.93038e-32 a 2.02824e+31) (< 4.93038e-32 b 2.02824e+31) (< 4.93038e-32 c 2.02824e+31))
(/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3 a) c)))) (* 3 a)))