Average Error: 43.8 → 0.2
Time: 9.5s
Precision: binary64
\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
↓
\[\frac{-c}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}} \]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}
↓
\frac{-c}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)}}

(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
↓
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- c) (+ b (sqrt (fma a (* c -3.0) (* b b))))))
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) {
	return -c / (b + sqrt(fma(a, (c * -3.0), (b * b))));
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Initial program 43.8

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

  2. Simplified43.8

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}} \]

  3. Applied flip--_binary6443.8

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - b \cdot b}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + b}} \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a} \]

  4. Applied associate-*l/_binary6443.8

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} - b \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + b}} \]

  5. Simplified0.5

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, 0\right) \cdot \frac{0.3333333333333333}{a}}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \]

  6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, c \cdot -3, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \]

  7. Simplified0.2

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

  8. Final simplification0.2

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2021329 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical, medium range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))