\[\left(\left(x \cdot y - y \cdot z\right) - y \cdot y\right) + y \cdot y\]
\left(\left(x \cdot y - y \cdot z\right) - y \cdot y\right) + y \cdot y
double f(double x, double y, double z) {
        double r8996 = x;
        double r8997 = y;
        double r8998 = r8996 * r8997;
        double r8999 = z;
        double r9000 = r8997 * r8999;
        double r9001 = r8998 - r9000;
        double r9002 = r8997 * r8997;
        double r9003 = r9001 - r9002;
        double r9004 = r9003 + r9002;
        return r9004;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019179 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x y z)
  :name "Linear.Quaternion:$c/ from linear-1.19.1.3, B"

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

  (+ (- (- (* x y) (* y z)) (* 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