\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}\left(\left(-2 \cdot \frac{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot {c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} - \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{{b}^{3}}\right) - \frac{c}{b}\right) + \frac{{a}^{3} \cdot {c}^{4}}{{b}^{7}} \cdot -5(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
(FPCore (a b c)
:precision binary64
(+
(-
(-
(* -2.0 (/ (* (* a a) (pow c 3.0)) (pow b 5.0)))
(/ (* a (* c c)) (pow b 3.0)))
(/ c b))
(* (/ (* (pow a 3.0) (pow c 4.0)) (pow b 7.0)) -5.0)))double code(double a, double b, double c) {
return (-b + sqrt((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c))) / (2.0 * a);
}
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
return (((-2.0 * (((a * a) * pow(c, 3.0)) / pow(b, 5.0))) - ((a * (c * c)) / pow(b, 3.0))) - (c / b)) + (((pow(a, 3.0) * pow(c, 4.0)) / pow(b, 7.0)) * -5.0);
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 44.0
Simplified44.0
Taylor expanded around inf 2.8
Simplified2.8
Final simplification2.8
herbie shell --seed 2021044
(FPCore (a b c)
:name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
:precision binary64
:pre (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a 9007199254740992.0) (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b 9007199254740992.0) (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c 9007199254740992.0))
(/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))