\[\frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1\right) + \frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a2 \cdot a2\right)\]

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\[\frac{\left(a1 \cdot a1 + a2 \cdot a2\right) \cdot \cos th}{\sqrt{2}}\]

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Derivation

Initial program 0.6
\[\frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1\right) + \frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a2 \cdot a2\right)\]
Initial simplification0.6
\[\leadsto \frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1 + a2 \cdot a2\right)\]
Using strategy rm
Applied associate-*l/0.5
\[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\cos th \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1 + a2 \cdot a2\right)}{\sqrt{2}}}\]
Final simplification0.5
\[\leadsto \frac{\left(a1 \cdot a1 + a2 \cdot a2\right) \cdot \cos th}{\sqrt{2}}\]

Runtime

herbie shell --seed 2018255 
(FPCore (a1 a2 th)
  :name "Migdal et al, Equation (64)"
  (+ (* (/ (cos th) (sqrt 2)) (* a1 a1)) (* (/ (cos th) (sqrt 2)) (* a2 a2))))