Average Error: 0.2 → 0.2
Time: 49.3s
Precision: 64
\[\sqrt{\left(\left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - c\right)}\]
↓
\[\sqrt{\frac{\left(\left(\left(a + b\right) + c\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - b\right)}{\frac{2}{\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - c}}}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.2

    \[\sqrt{\left(\left(\left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - c\right)\right)}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied associate-*l/0.2

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - a\right)\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - c\right)\right)}\]

  4. Applied associate-*l/0.2

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\left(\left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - b\right)\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - c\right)\right)}\]

  5. Applied associate-*l/0.2

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\left(\left(\left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - c\right)\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right)}}\]
  6. Using strategy rm

  7. Applied associate-/l*0.2

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\left(\left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - b\right)\right)}{\left(\frac{\left(2\right)}{\left(\left(\frac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}{c}\right)}{\left(2\right)}\right) - c\right)}\right)}\right)}}\]

  8. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\left(\left(\left(a + b\right) + c\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - a\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - b\right)}{\frac{2}{\frac{\left(a + b\right) + c}{2} - c}}}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019100 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Area of a triangle"
  :pre (and (<.p16 (real->posit16 0) a) (<.p16 (real->posit16 0) b) (<.p16 (real->posit16 0) c))
  (sqrt.p16 (*.p16 (*.p16 (*.p16 (/.p16 (+.p16 (+.p16 a b) c) (real->posit16 2)) (-.p16 (/.p16 (+.p16 (+.p16 a b) c) (real->posit16 2)) a)) (-.p16 (/.p16 (+.p16 (+.p16 a b) c) (real->posit16 2)) b)) (-.p16 (/.p16 (+.p16 (+.p16 a b) c) (real->posit16 2)) c))))