\[\left(\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + y \cdot y\right) + y \cdot y\]
\left(\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + y \cdot y\right) + y \cdot y
double f(double x, double y) {
        double r8833 = x;
        double r8834 = r8833 * r8833;
        double r8835 = y;
        double r8836 = r8835 * r8835;
        double r8837 = r8834 + r8836;
        double r8838 = r8837 + r8836;
        double r8839 = r8838 + r8836;
        return r8839;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019179 
(FPCore (x y)
  :name "Linear.Quaternion:$c/ from linear-1.19.1.3, E"

  :herbie-target
  (+ (* x x) (* y (+ y (+ y y))))

  (+ (+ (+ (* x x) (* y y)) (* y y)) (* y y)))

Backtrace

result arity mismatch; expected number of values not received expected: 2 received: 1 in: local-binding form values...: 0LC
loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/extraction.rkt252
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/simplify.rkt260
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt2170
run-improve43/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt3390
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128