\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 r72115 = b;
double r72116 = -r72115;
double r72117 = r72115 * r72115;
double r72118 = 3.0;
double r72119 = a;
double r72120 = r72118 * r72119;
double r72121 = c;
double r72122 = r72120 * r72121;
double r72123 = r72117 - r72122;
double r72124 = sqrt(r72123);
double r72125 = r72116 + r72124;
double r72126 = r72125 / r72120;
return r72126;
}
double f(double __attribute__((unused)) a, double b, double c) {
double r72127 = -0.5;
double r72128 = c;
double r72129 = b;
double r72130 = r72128 / r72129;
double r72131 = r72127 * r72130;
return r72131;
}



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)))