Average Error: 38.5 → 13.5
Time: 22.1s
Precision: 64
\[0.5 \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} + re\right)}\]
\[0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\left(re + \mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right)\right) \cdot 2}\]
0.5 \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} + re\right)}
0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\left(re + \mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right)\right) \cdot 2}
double f(double re, double im) {
        double r129632 = 0.5;
        double r129633 = 2.0;
        double r129634 = re;
        double r129635 = r129634 * r129634;
        double r129636 = im;
        double r129637 = r129636 * r129636;
        double r129638 = r129635 + r129637;
        double r129639 = sqrt(r129638);
        double r129640 = r129639 + r129634;
        double r129641 = r129633 * r129640;
        double r129642 = sqrt(r129641);
        double r129643 = r129632 * r129642;
        return r129643;
}

double f(double re, double im) {
        double r129644 = 0.5;
        double r129645 = re;
        double r129646 = im;
        double r129647 = hypot(r129645, r129646);
        double r129648 = r129645 + r129647;
        double r129649 = 2.0;
        double r129650 = r129648 * r129649;
        double r129651 = sqrt(r129650);
        double r129652 = r129644 * r129651;
        return r129652;
}

Error

Bits error versus re

Bits error versus im

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Results

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Target

Original38.5
Target33.3
Herbie13.5
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;re \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \left(\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{im \cdot im}{\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} - re}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} + re\right)}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 38.5

    \[0.5 \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \left(\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} + re\right)}\]
  2. Simplified13.5

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\left(re + \mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right)\right) \cdot 2}}\]
  3. Final simplification13.5

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\left(re + \mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right)\right) \cdot 2}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019325 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (re im)
  :name "math.sqrt on complex, real part"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< re 0.0) (* 0.5 (* (sqrt 2) (sqrt (/ (* im im) (- (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))) re))))) (* 0.5 (sqrt (* 2 (+ (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))) re)))))

  (* 0.5 (sqrt (* 2 (+ (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))) re)))))