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 r30951 = 0.5;
double r30952 = 2.0;
double r30953 = re;
double r30954 = r30953 * r30953;
double r30955 = im;
double r30956 = r30955 * r30955;
double r30957 = r30954 + r30956;
double r30958 = sqrt(r30957);
double r30959 = r30958 - r30953;
double r30960 = r30952 * r30959;
double r30961 = sqrt(r30960);
double r30962 = r30951 * r30961;
return r30962;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r30963 = 0.5;
double r30964 = re;
double r30965 = im;
double r30966 = hypot(r30964, r30965);
double r30967 = r30966 - r30964;
double r30968 = 2.0;
double r30969 = r30967 * r30968;
double r30970 = sqrt(r30969);
double r30971 = r30963 * r30970;
return r30971;
}



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)))))