\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 r150215 = b;
double r150216 = -r150215;
double r150217 = r150215 * r150215;
double r150218 = 3.0;
double r150219 = a;
double r150220 = r150218 * r150219;
double r150221 = c;
double r150222 = r150220 * r150221;
double r150223 = r150217 - r150222;
double r150224 = sqrt(r150223);
double r150225 = r150216 + r150224;
double r150226 = r150225 / r150220;
return r150226;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r150227 = -0.5;
double r150228 = c;
double r150229 = b;
double r150230 = r150228 / r150229;
double r150231 = r150227 * r150230;
return r150231;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 52.6
Taylor expanded around inf 6.1
Final simplification6.1
herbie shell --seed 2020045
(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)))