\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 r60016 = b;
double r60017 = -r60016;
double r60018 = r60016 * r60016;
double r60019 = 3.0;
double r60020 = a;
double r60021 = r60019 * r60020;
double r60022 = c;
double r60023 = r60021 * r60022;
double r60024 = r60018 - r60023;
double r60025 = sqrt(r60024);
double r60026 = r60017 + r60025;
double r60027 = r60026 / r60021;
return r60027;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r60028 = -0.5;
double r60029 = c;
double r60030 = b;
double r60031 = r60029 / r60030;
double r60032 = r60028 * r60031;
return r60032;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 52.6
Taylor expanded around inf 6.2
Final simplification6.2
herbie shell --seed 2020042
(FPCore (a b c)
:name "Cubic critical, wide range"
:precision binary64
:pre (and (< 4.9303800000000003e-32 a 2.02824e+31) (< 4.9303800000000003e-32 b 2.02824e+31) (< 4.9303800000000003e-32 c 2.02824e+31))
(/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3 a) c)))) (* 3 a)))