\[0.0 \le b \le a \le 1\]
\[\sqrt{\left|\frac{a \cdot a - b \cdot b}{a \cdot a}\right|}\]
\sqrt{\left|\frac{a \cdot a - b \cdot b}{a \cdot a}\right|}
double f(double a, double b) {
        double r8386 = a;
        double r8387 = r8386 * r8386;
        double r8388 = b;
        double r8389 = r8388 * r8388;
        double r8390 = r8387 - r8389;
        double r8391 = r8390 / r8387;
        double r8392 = fabs(r8391);
        double r8393 = sqrt(r8392);
        return r8393;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Eccentricity of an ellipse"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (<= 0.0 b a 1)
  (sqrt (fabs (/ (- (* a a) (* b b)) (* a a)))))

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h0LC
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt498
egraph-add-exprs/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt1220
egraph-run/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt550
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt380
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt2230
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt3450
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128