\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 r116499 = b;
double r116500 = -r116499;
double r116501 = r116499 * r116499;
double r116502 = 3.0;
double r116503 = a;
double r116504 = r116502 * r116503;
double r116505 = c;
double r116506 = r116504 * r116505;
double r116507 = r116501 - r116506;
double r116508 = sqrt(r116507);
double r116509 = r116500 + r116508;
double r116510 = r116509 / r116504;
return r116510;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r116511 = -0.5;
double r116512 = c;
double r116513 = b;
double r116514 = r116512 / r116513;
double r116515 = r116511 * r116514;
return r116515;
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 43.7
Taylor expanded around inf 12.1
Final simplification12.1
herbie shell --seed 2020046 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
:name "Cubic critical, medium range"
:precision binary64
:pre (and (< 1.11022e-16 a 9.0072e+15) (< 1.11022e-16 b 9.0072e+15) (< 1.11022e-16 c 9.0072e+15))
(/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3 a) c)))) (* 3 a)))