\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}
\frac{{c}^{3} \cdot {a}^{2}}{{b}^{5}} \cdot -0.5625 - \left(1.0546875 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4} \cdot {a}^{3}}{{b}^{7}} + \left(0.375 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{c}{b}\right)\right)
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (- (* (/ (* (pow c 3.0) (pow a 2.0)) (pow b 5.0)) -0.5625) (+ (* 1.0546875 (/ (* (pow c 4.0) (pow a 3.0)) (pow b 7.0))) (+ (* 0.375 (/ (* a (pow c 2.0)) (pow b 3.0))) (* 0.5 (/ c 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 (((pow(c, 3.0) * pow(a, 2.0)) / pow(b, 5.0)) * -0.5625) - ((1.0546875 * ((pow(c, 4.0) * pow(a, 3.0)) / pow(b, 7.0))) + ((0.375 * ((a * pow(c, 2.0)) / pow(b, 3.0))) + (0.5 * (c / b))));
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b



Bits error versus c
Results
Initial program 43.9
Taylor expanded in b around inf 2.8
Final simplification2.8
herbie shell --seed 2022129
(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)))