\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 r107244 = b;
double r107245 = -r107244;
double r107246 = r107244 * r107244;
double r107247 = 3.0;
double r107248 = a;
double r107249 = r107247 * r107248;
double r107250 = c;
double r107251 = r107249 * r107250;
double r107252 = r107246 - r107251;
double r107253 = sqrt(r107252);
double r107254 = r107245 + r107253;
double r107255 = r107254 / r107249;
return r107255;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r107256 = -0.5;
double r107257 = c;
double r107258 = b;
double r107259 = r107257 / r107258;
double r107260 = r107256 * r107259;
return r107260;
}



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)))