\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 r100447 = b;
double r100448 = -r100447;
double r100449 = r100447 * r100447;
double r100450 = 3.0;
double r100451 = a;
double r100452 = r100450 * r100451;
double r100453 = c;
double r100454 = r100452 * r100453;
double r100455 = r100449 - r100454;
double r100456 = sqrt(r100455);
double r100457 = r100448 + r100456;
double r100458 = r100457 / r100452;
return r100458;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r100459 = -0.5;
double r100460 = c;
double r100461 = b;
double r100462 = r100460 / r100461;
double r100463 = r100459 * r100462;
return r100463;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



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