\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 r52606 = b;
double r52607 = -r52606;
double r52608 = r52606 * r52606;
double r52609 = 3.0;
double r52610 = a;
double r52611 = r52609 * r52610;
double r52612 = c;
double r52613 = r52611 * r52612;
double r52614 = r52608 - r52613;
double r52615 = sqrt(r52614);
double r52616 = r52607 + r52615;
double r52617 = r52616 / r52611;
return r52617;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r52618 = -0.5;
double r52619 = c;
double r52620 = b;
double r52621 = r52619 / r52620;
double r52622 = r52618 * r52621;
return r52622;
}



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 +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)))