\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 r66280 = b;
double r66281 = -r66280;
double r66282 = r66280 * r66280;
double r66283 = 3.0;
double r66284 = a;
double r66285 = r66283 * r66284;
double r66286 = c;
double r66287 = r66285 * r66286;
double r66288 = r66282 - r66287;
double r66289 = sqrt(r66288);
double r66290 = r66281 + r66289;
double r66291 = r66290 / r66285;
return r66291;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r66292 = -0.5;
double r66293 = c;
double r66294 = b;
double r66295 = r66293 / r66294;
double r66296 = r66292 * r66295;
return r66296;
}



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 2020047
(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)))