\[0.0 \le b \le a \le 1\]
\[\sqrt{\left|\frac{a \cdot a - b \cdot b}{a \cdot a}\right|}\]
\sqrt{\left|\frac{a \cdot a - b \cdot b}{a \cdot a}\right|}
double f(double a, double b) {
        double r8167 = a;
        double r8168 = r8167 * r8167;
        double r8169 = b;
        double r8170 = r8169 * r8169;
        double r8171 = r8168 - r8170;
        double r8172 = r8171 / r8168;
        double r8173 = fabs(r8172);
        double r8174 = sqrt(r8173);
        return r8174;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019310 +o rules:numerics
(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

match: no matching clause for 'binary64LC
match:error/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/match/runtime.rkt240
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/core/reduce.rkt2463
make-multiplication-subnode/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/core/reduce.rkt2440
make-multiplication-node/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/core/reduce.rkt2340
map/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/map.rkt3513
f45/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/match/compiler.rkt50740
map/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/map.rkt3513
f45/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/match/compiler.rkt50740
simplify/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/core/reduce.rkt160
approximate9/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/core/taylor.rkt120
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow-higher-order.rkt36033
location-do/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/programs.rkt640
location-do/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/programs.rkt640
location-do/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/programs.rkt640
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow-higher-order.rkt36033
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/mainloop.rkt1516
taylor-alt/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/mainloop.rkt1450
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/mainloop.rkt1667
gen-series!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/mainloop.rkt1590
run-iter!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/mainloop.rkt3260
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/src/mainloop.rkt3644
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/fix-interface-bugs/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