\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 r161084 = b;
double r161085 = -r161084;
double r161086 = r161084 * r161084;
double r161087 = 3.0;
double r161088 = a;
double r161089 = r161087 * r161088;
double r161090 = c;
double r161091 = r161089 * r161090;
double r161092 = r161086 - r161091;
double r161093 = sqrt(r161092);
double r161094 = r161085 + r161093;
double r161095 = r161094 / r161089;
return r161095;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r161096 = -0.5;
double r161097 = c;
double r161098 = b;
double r161099 = r161097 / r161098;
double r161100 = r161096 * r161099;
return r161100;
}



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)))