\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 r69999 = b;
double r70000 = -r69999;
double r70001 = r69999 * r69999;
double r70002 = 3.0;
double r70003 = a;
double r70004 = r70002 * r70003;
double r70005 = c;
double r70006 = r70004 * r70005;
double r70007 = r70001 - r70006;
double r70008 = sqrt(r70007);
double r70009 = r70000 + r70008;
double r70010 = r70009 / r70004;
return r70010;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r70011 = -0.5;
double r70012 = c;
double r70013 = b;
double r70014 = r70012 / r70013;
double r70015 = r70011 * r70014;
return r70015;
}



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
(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)))