Average Error: 0.3 → 0.1
Time: 12.1s
Precision: 64
\[\left(re \cdot re\right) - \left(im \cdot im\right)\]
\[\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(im + re\right)\]
\left(re \cdot re\right) - \left(im \cdot im\right)
\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(im + re\right)
double f(double re, double im) {
        double r800573 = re;
        double r800574 = r800573 * r800573;
        double r800575 = im;
        double r800576 = r800575 * r800575;
        double r800577 = r800574 - r800576;
        return r800577;
}

double f(double re, double im) {
        double r800578 = re;
        double r800579 = im;
        double r800580 = r800578 - r800579;
        double r800581 = r800579 + r800578;
        double r800582 = r800580 * r800581;
        return r800582;
}

Error

Bits error versus re

Bits error versus im

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.3

    \[\left(re \cdot re\right) - \left(im \cdot im\right)\]
  2. Simplified0.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(\frac{im}{re}\right)}\]
  3. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(im + re\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019128 
(FPCore (re im)
  :name "math.square on complex, real part"
  (-.p16 (*.p16 re re) (*.p16 im im)))