\[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1\]
\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) - 1
double f(double a, double b) {
        double r8638 = a;
        double r8639 = r8638 * r8638;
        double r8640 = b;
        double r8641 = r8640 * r8640;
        double r8642 = r8639 + r8641;
        double r8643 = 2.0;
        double r8644 = pow(r8642, r8643);
        double r8645 = 4.0;
        double r8646 = r8645 * r8641;
        double r8647 = r8644 + r8646;
        double r8648 = 1.0;
        double r8649 = r8647 - r8648;
        return r8649;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2) (* 4 (* b b))) 1))

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h1LC
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