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Quadratic solver reflects a negative discriminant · case 04

Quadratic solver reflects a negative discriminant.

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Case contract

Real roots of a*x*x+b*x+c=0 for finite coefficients with bounded discriminant products. Use sign-aware q to avoid subtractive cancellation and c/q for the complementary root. Return sorted rendered roots, repeated root once, or explicit degenerate/no-real markers. Finite results are rendered to eleven significant decimal digits; modeled domain violations and arithmetic errors are explicit strings.

Why this case matters

An offline floating representation model isolates a reproducible arithmetic fault.

One recorded failure

Sample boundary fixture

This sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
no real	`["-2", "-2"]`	`"no-real"`	Failed

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