\[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(3.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(3.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((3.0 * a) * c)))) / (3.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(3.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(3 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{3 \cdot a}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2022204 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Cubic critical"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 3.0 a) c)))) (* 3.0 a)))

Backtrace

nan?: contract violation expected: real? given: 0.5000000000000001+0.8660254037844386iLC
simplify-node*/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/core/reduce.rkt610
hash-ref!/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt3772
hash-ref!/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt3772
taylor-cbrt/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/core/taylor.rkt3360
hash-ref!/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt3772
taylor*/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/core/taylor.rkt980
hash-ref!/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt3772
approximate/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/core/taylor.rkt70
taylor-expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/patch.rkt780
taylor-alt/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/patch.rkt850
gen-series!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/patch.rkt1010
patch-table-run/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/patch.rkt3100
(unnamed)/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow-val-first.rkt48618
run-iter!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/mainloop.rkt2420
mutate!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/mainloop.rkt3480
run-improve!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/mainloop.rkt2960
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-inf-exact/src/sandbox.rkt556
(unnamed)/usr/share/racket/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt4010
profile-thunk/usr/share/racket/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/engine.rkt4224