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 r30742 = 0.5;
double r30743 = 2.0;
double r30744 = re;
double r30745 = r30744 * r30744;
double r30746 = im;
double r30747 = r30746 * r30746;
double r30748 = r30745 + r30747;
double r30749 = sqrt(r30748);
double r30750 = r30749 - r30744;
double r30751 = r30743 * r30750;
double r30752 = sqrt(r30751);
double r30753 = r30742 * r30752;
return r30753;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r30754 = 0.5;
double r30755 = re;
double r30756 = im;
double r30757 = hypot(r30755, r30756);
double r30758 = r30757 - r30755;
double r30759 = 2.0;
double r30760 = r30758 * r30759;
double r30761 = sqrt(r30760);
double r30762 = r30754 * r30761;
return r30762;
}



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)))))