Average Error: 28.5 → 14.9
Time: 36.7s
Precision: 64
\[1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt a \lt 94906265.6242515594 \land 1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt b \lt 94906265.6242515594 \land 1.05367121277235087 \cdot 10^{-8} \lt c \lt 94906265.6242515594\]
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \le -2.6939524726592805 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]
\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 -2.6939524726592805 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\
\;\;\;\;\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}:\\
\;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\

\end{array}
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return ((double) (((double) (((double) -(b)) + ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (((double) (3.0 * a)) * c)))))))) / ((double) (3.0 * a))));
}
↓
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	double VAR;
	if ((((double) (((double) (((double) -(b)) + ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (((double) (3.0 * a)) * c)))))))) / ((double) (3.0 * a)))) <= -2.6939524726592805e-08)) {
		VAR = ((double) (((double) (((double) fma(b, b, ((double) -(((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (((double) (3.0 * a)) * c)))))))) / ((double) (((double) -(b)) - ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (((double) (3.0 * a)) * c)))))))))) / ((double) (3.0 * a))));
	} else {
		VAR = ((double) (-0.5 * ((double) (c / b))));
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

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Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)) < -2.6939524726592805e-08

    1. Initial program 19.2

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

    3. Applied flip-+19.2

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

    4. Simplified18.4

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

    if -2.6939524726592805e-08 < (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a))

    1. Initial program 47.6

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 8.0

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

    4. Applied *-commutative8.0

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

    5. Applied add-sqr-sqrt8.1

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

    6. Applied add-sqr-sqrt8.2

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

    7. Applied associate-*l*8.2

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

    8. Applied times-frac8.2

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

    9. Applied associate-*r*8.2

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

    10. Applied times-frac8.2

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

    11. Taylor expanded around 0 7.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification14.9

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \le -2.6939524726592805 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, -\left(b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{3 \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020113 +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)))