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 r31030 = 0.5;
double r31031 = 2.0;
double r31032 = re;
double r31033 = r31032 * r31032;
double r31034 = im;
double r31035 = r31034 * r31034;
double r31036 = r31033 + r31035;
double r31037 = sqrt(r31036);
double r31038 = r31037 - r31032;
double r31039 = r31031 * r31038;
double r31040 = sqrt(r31039);
double r31041 = r31030 * r31040;
return r31041;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r31042 = 0.5;
double r31043 = re;
double r31044 = im;
double r31045 = hypot(r31043, r31044);
double r31046 = r31045 - r31043;
double r31047 = 2.0;
double r31048 = r31046 * r31047;
double r31049 = sqrt(r31048);
double r31050 = r31042 * r31049;
return r31050;
}



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)))))