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 r30973 = 0.5;
double r30974 = 2.0;
double r30975 = re;
double r30976 = r30975 * r30975;
double r30977 = im;
double r30978 = r30977 * r30977;
double r30979 = r30976 + r30978;
double r30980 = sqrt(r30979);
double r30981 = r30980 - r30975;
double r30982 = r30974 * r30981;
double r30983 = sqrt(r30982);
double r30984 = r30973 * r30983;
return r30984;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r30985 = 0.5;
double r30986 = re;
double r30987 = im;
double r30988 = hypot(r30986, r30987);
double r30989 = r30988 - r30986;
double r30990 = 2.0;
double r30991 = r30989 * r30990;
double r30992 = sqrt(r30991);
double r30993 = r30985 * r30992;
return r30993;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 38.6
Simplified13.2
Final simplification13.2
herbie shell --seed 2019323 +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)))))