Average Error: 52.6 → 0.2
Time: 16.4min
Precision: binary64
\[4.93038 \cdot 10^{-32} \lt a \lt 2.02824 \cdot 10^{31} \land 4.93038 \cdot 10^{-32} \lt b \lt 2.02824 \cdot 10^{31} \land 4.93038 \cdot 10^{-32} \lt c \lt 2.02824 \cdot 10^{31}\]
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]
\[\left(-a\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}}{a}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Initial program 52.6

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}\]
  2. Simplified52.6

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}{3 \cdot a}}\]
  3. Using strategy rm
  4. Applied flip--52.6

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} \cdot \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}}}{3 \cdot a}\]
  5. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}}{3 \cdot a}\]
  6. Using strategy rm
  7. Applied *-un-lft-identity0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-\left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b\right)}}}{3 \cdot a}\]
  8. Applied distribute-lft-neg-in0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b\right)}}{3 \cdot a}\]
  9. Applied times-frac0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-3 \cdot a}{1} \cdot \frac{c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}}}{3 \cdot a}\]
  10. Applied times-frac0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-3 \cdot a}{1}}{3} \cdot \frac{\frac{c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}}{a}}\]
  11. Simplified0.2

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-a\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{c}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + b}}{a}\]
  12. Final simplification0.2

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020181 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, wide range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< 4.930380657631324e-32 a 2.028240960365167e+31) (< 4.930380657631324e-32 b 2.028240960365167e+31) (< 4.930380657631324e-32 c 2.028240960365167e+31))
  (/ (+ (neg b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))