Average Error: 7.0 → 0.2
Time: 4.5s
Precision: 64
\[\left(x.re \cdot x.re - x.im \cdot x.im\right) \cdot x.re - \left(x.re \cdot x.im + x.im \cdot x.re\right) \cdot x.im\]
↓
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(3, \left(x.re \cdot x.im\right) \cdot \left(-x.im\right), {x.re}^{3}\right)\]
\left(x.re \cdot x.re - x.im \cdot x.im\right) \cdot x.re - \left(x.re \cdot x.im + x.im \cdot x.re\right) \cdot x.im
↓
\mathsf{fma}\left(3, \left(x.re \cdot x.im\right) \cdot \left(-x.im\right), {x.re}^{3}\right)
double f(double x_re, double x_im) {
        double r238437 = x_re;
        double r238438 = r238437 * r238437;
        double r238439 = x_im;
        double r238440 = r238439 * r238439;
        double r238441 = r238438 - r238440;
        double r238442 = r238441 * r238437;
        double r238443 = r238437 * r238439;
        double r238444 = r238439 * r238437;
        double r238445 = r238443 + r238444;
        double r238446 = r238445 * r238439;
        double r238447 = r238442 - r238446;
        return r238447;
}
↓
double f(double x_re, double x_im) {
        double r238448 = 3.0;
        double r238449 = x_re;
        double r238450 = x_im;
        double r238451 = r238449 * r238450;
        double r238452 = -r238450;
        double r238453 = r238451 * r238452;
        double r238454 = pow(r238449, r238448);
        double r238455 = fma(r238448, r238453, r238454);
        return r238455;
}

Error

Bits error versus x.re

Bits error versus x.im

Target

Original7.0
Target0.2
Herbie0.2
\[\left(x.re \cdot x.re\right) \cdot \left(x.re - x.im\right) + \left(x.re \cdot x.im\right) \cdot \left(x.re - 3 \cdot x.im\right)\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 7.0

    \[\left(x.re \cdot x.re - x.im \cdot x.im\right) \cdot x.re - \left(x.re \cdot x.im + x.im \cdot x.re\right) \cdot x.im\]

  2. Simplified6.9

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(3, x.re \cdot \left(-x.im \cdot x.im\right), {x.re}^{3}\right)}\]
  3. Using strategy rm

  4. Applied distribute-rgt-neg-in6.9

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(3, x.re \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x.im \cdot \left(-x.im\right)\right)}, {x.re}^{3}\right)\]

  5. Applied associate-*r*0.2

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(3, \color{blue}{\left(x.re \cdot x.im\right) \cdot \left(-x.im\right)}, {x.re}^{3}\right)\]

  6. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(3, \left(x.re \cdot x.im\right) \cdot \left(-x.im\right), {x.re}^{3}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019344 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x.re x.im)
  :name "math.cube on complex, real part"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (+ (* (* x.re x.re) (- x.re x.im)) (* (* x.re x.im) (- x.re (* 3 x.im))))

  (- (* (- (* x.re x.re) (* x.im x.im)) x.re) (* (+ (* x.re x.im) (* x.im x.re)) x.im)))