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 r24799 = 0.5;
double r24800 = 2.0;
double r24801 = re;
double r24802 = r24801 * r24801;
double r24803 = im;
double r24804 = r24803 * r24803;
double r24805 = r24802 + r24804;
double r24806 = sqrt(r24805);
double r24807 = r24806 - r24801;
double r24808 = r24800 * r24807;
double r24809 = sqrt(r24808);
double r24810 = r24799 * r24809;
return r24810;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r24811 = 0.5;
double r24812 = re;
double r24813 = im;
double r24814 = hypot(r24812, r24813);
double r24815 = r24814 - r24812;
double r24816 = 2.0;
double r24817 = r24815 * r24816;
double r24818 = sqrt(r24817);
double r24819 = r24811 * r24818;
return r24819;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 39.0
Simplified13.7
Final simplification13.7
herbie shell --seed 2019304 +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)))))