\[\left(\left(x \cdot y - y \cdot z\right) - y \cdot y\right) + y \cdot y\]
\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 r8883 = x;
        double r8884 = y;
        double r8885 = r8883 * r8884;
        double r8886 = z;
        double r8887 = r8884 * r8886;
        double r8888 = r8885 - r8887;
        double r8889 = r8884 * r8884;
        double r8890 = r8888 - r8889;
        double r8891 = r8890 + r8889;
        return r8891;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019194 
(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.rkt2200
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt3420
(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