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 r30750 = 0.5;
double r30751 = 2.0;
double r30752 = re;
double r30753 = r30752 * r30752;
double r30754 = im;
double r30755 = r30754 * r30754;
double r30756 = r30753 + r30755;
double r30757 = sqrt(r30756);
double r30758 = r30757 - r30752;
double r30759 = r30751 * r30758;
double r30760 = sqrt(r30759);
double r30761 = r30750 * r30760;
return r30761;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r30762 = 0.5;
double r30763 = re;
double r30764 = im;
double r30765 = hypot(r30763, r30764);
double r30766 = r30765 - r30763;
double r30767 = 2.0;
double r30768 = r30766 * r30767;
double r30769 = sqrt(r30768);
double r30770 = r30762 * r30769;
return r30770;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 38.5
Simplified13.0
Final simplification13.0
herbie shell --seed 2019325 +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)))))