Average Error: 28.7 → 14.7
Time: 4.3s
Precision: 64
\[1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt a \lt 94906265.6242515594 \land 1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt b \lt 94906265.6242515594 \land 1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt c \lt 94906265.6242515594\]
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \le -3.7503035693559673 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot -1.5\right) \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{3}}{a}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \le -3.7503035693559673 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot -1.5\right) \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{3}}{a}\\

\end{array}
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a));
}
↓
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double VAR;
	if ((((-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)) <= -3.7503035693559673e-06)) {
		VAR = ((fma(b, b, -((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c))) / (-b - sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c))))) / (3.0 * a));
	} else {
		VAR = ((((a * -1.5) * (c / b)) / 3.0) / a);
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)) < -3.7503035693559673e-06

    1. Initial program 17.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied flip-+17.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) \cdot \left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

    4. Simplified16.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

    if -3.7503035693559673e-06 < (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a))

    1. Initial program 41.4

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 12.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1.5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b}}}{3 \cdot a}\]
    3. Using strategy rm

    4. Applied *-un-lft-identity12.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1.5 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot b}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

    5. Applied times-frac12.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a}{1} \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)}}{3 \cdot a}\]

    6. Applied associate-*r*12.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1.5 \cdot \frac{a}{1}\right) \cdot \frac{c}{b}}}{3 \cdot a}\]

    7. Simplified12.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot -1.5\right)} \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{3 \cdot a}\]
    8. Using strategy rm

    9. Applied associate-/r*12.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot -1.5\right) \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{3}}{a}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification14.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \le -3.7503035693559673 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(a \cdot -1.5\right) \cdot \frac{c}{b}}{3}}{a}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020079 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, narrow range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 a 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 b 94906265.62425156) (< 1.0536712127723509e-08 c 94906265.62425156))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3 a) c)))) (* 3 a)))