\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 r62141 = b;
double r62142 = -r62141;
double r62143 = r62141 * r62141;
double r62144 = 3.0;
double r62145 = a;
double r62146 = r62144 * r62145;
double r62147 = c;
double r62148 = r62146 * r62147;
double r62149 = r62143 - r62148;
double r62150 = sqrt(r62149);
double r62151 = r62142 + r62150;
double r62152 = r62151 / r62146;
return r62152;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r62153 = -0.5;
double r62154 = c;
double r62155 = b;
double r62156 = r62154 / r62155;
double r62157 = r62153 * r62156;
return r62157;
}



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)))