\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 r70117 = b;
double r70118 = -r70117;
double r70119 = r70117 * r70117;
double r70120 = 3.0;
double r70121 = a;
double r70122 = r70120 * r70121;
double r70123 = c;
double r70124 = r70122 * r70123;
double r70125 = r70119 - r70124;
double r70126 = sqrt(r70125);
double r70127 = r70118 + r70126;
double r70128 = r70127 / r70122;
return r70128;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r70129 = -0.5;
double r70130 = c;
double r70131 = b;
double r70132 = r70130 / r70131;
double r70133 = r70129 * r70132;
return r70133;
}



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
(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)))