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 r14941 = 0.5;
double r14942 = 2.0;
double r14943 = re;
double r14944 = r14943 * r14943;
double r14945 = im;
double r14946 = r14945 * r14945;
double r14947 = r14944 + r14946;
double r14948 = sqrt(r14947);
double r14949 = r14948 - r14943;
double r14950 = r14942 * r14949;
double r14951 = sqrt(r14950);
double r14952 = r14941 * r14951;
return r14952;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r14953 = 0.5;
double r14954 = re;
double r14955 = im;
double r14956 = hypot(r14954, r14955);
double r14957 = r14956 - r14954;
double r14958 = 2.0;
double r14959 = r14957 * r14958;
double r14960 = sqrt(r14959);
double r14961 = r14953 * r14960;
return r14961;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 38.1
Simplified13.3
Final simplification13.3
herbie shell --seed 2019350 +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)))))