Average Error: 25.3 → 25.2
Time: 18.7s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{b \cdot c - a \cdot d}{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}\]
↓
\[\frac{\frac{b \cdot c - a \cdot d}{\sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}}{\sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Bits error versus d

Target

Original25.3
Target0.4
Herbie25.2
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|d\right| \lt \left|c\right|:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b - a \cdot \frac{d}{c}}{c + d \cdot \frac{d}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(-a\right) + b \cdot \frac{c}{d}}{d + c \cdot \frac{c}{d}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 25.3

    \[\frac{b \cdot c - a \cdot d}{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}\]

  2. Simplified25.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot c - a \cdot d}{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}\]
  3. Using strategy rm

  4. Applied add-sqr-sqrt25.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{b \cdot c - a \cdot d}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*} \cdot \sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}}\]

  5. Applied associate-/r*25.2

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{b \cdot c - a \cdot d}{\sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}}{\sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}}\]

  6. Final simplification25.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{b \cdot c - a \cdot d}{\sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}}{\sqrt{(d \cdot d + \left(c \cdot c\right))_*}}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019090 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b c d)
  :name "Complex division, imag part"

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs d) (fabs c)) (/ (- b (* a (/ d c))) (+ c (* d (/ d c)))) (/ (+ (- a) (* b (/ c d))) (+ d (* c (/ c d)))))

  (/ (- (* b c) (* a d)) (+ (* c c) (* d d))))