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 r33852 = 0.5;
double r33853 = 2.0;
double r33854 = re;
double r33855 = r33854 * r33854;
double r33856 = im;
double r33857 = r33856 * r33856;
double r33858 = r33855 + r33857;
double r33859 = sqrt(r33858);
double r33860 = r33859 - r33854;
double r33861 = r33853 * r33860;
double r33862 = sqrt(r33861);
double r33863 = r33852 * r33862;
return r33863;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r33864 = 0.5;
double r33865 = re;
double r33866 = im;
double r33867 = hypot(r33865, r33866);
double r33868 = r33867 - r33865;
double r33869 = 2.0;
double r33870 = r33868 * r33869;
double r33871 = sqrt(r33870);
double r33872 = r33864 * r33871;
return r33872;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 39.2
Simplified14.0
Final simplification14.0
herbie shell --seed 2019235 +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)))))