\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 r54046 = b;
double r54047 = -r54046;
double r54048 = r54046 * r54046;
double r54049 = 3.0;
double r54050 = a;
double r54051 = r54049 * r54050;
double r54052 = c;
double r54053 = r54051 * r54052;
double r54054 = r54048 - r54053;
double r54055 = sqrt(r54054);
double r54056 = r54047 + r54055;
double r54057 = r54056 / r54051;
return r54057;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r54058 = -0.5;
double r54059 = c;
double r54060 = b;
double r54061 = r54059 / r54060;
double r54062 = r54058 * r54061;
return r54062;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 52.6
Simplified52.6
Taylor expanded around inf 6.2
Final simplification6.2
herbie shell --seed 2020042 +o rules:numerics
(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)))