0.5 \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} - re\right)}0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right) - re\right) \cdot 2}double f(double re, double im) {
double r31926 = 0.5;
double r31927 = 2.0;
double r31928 = re;
double r31929 = r31928 * r31928;
double r31930 = im;
double r31931 = r31930 * r31930;
double r31932 = r31929 + r31931;
double r31933 = sqrt(r31932);
double r31934 = r31933 - r31928;
double r31935 = r31927 * r31934;
double r31936 = sqrt(r31935);
double r31937 = r31926 * r31936;
return r31937;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r31938 = 0.5;
double r31939 = re;
double r31940 = im;
double r31941 = hypot(r31939, r31940);
double r31942 = r31941 - r31939;
double r31943 = 2.0;
double r31944 = r31942 * r31943;
double r31945 = sqrt(r31944);
double r31946 = r31938 * r31945;
return r31946;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 38.8
Simplified13.4
Final simplification13.4
herbie shell --seed 2019212 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (re im)
:name "math.sqrt on complex, imaginary part, im greater than 0 branch"
:precision binary64
(* 0.5 (sqrt (* 2 (- (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))) re)))))