\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 r73533 = b;
double r73534 = -r73533;
double r73535 = r73533 * r73533;
double r73536 = 3.0;
double r73537 = a;
double r73538 = r73536 * r73537;
double r73539 = c;
double r73540 = r73538 * r73539;
double r73541 = r73535 - r73540;
double r73542 = sqrt(r73541);
double r73543 = r73534 + r73542;
double r73544 = r73543 / r73538;
return r73544;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r73545 = -0.5;
double r73546 = c;
double r73547 = b;
double r73548 = r73546 / r73547;
double r73549 = r73545 * r73548;
return r73549;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 52.4
Simplified52.4
Taylor expanded around inf 6.3
Final simplification6.3
herbie shell --seed 2020046
(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)))