Average Error: 7.0 → 0.2
Time: 4.0s
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 r247105 = x_re;
        double r247106 = r247105 * r247105;
        double r247107 = x_im;
        double r247108 = r247107 * r247107;
        double r247109 = r247106 - r247108;
        double r247110 = r247109 * r247105;
        double r247111 = r247105 * r247107;
        double r247112 = r247107 * r247105;
        double r247113 = r247111 + r247112;
        double r247114 = r247113 * r247107;
        double r247115 = r247110 - r247114;
        return r247115;
}
↓
double f(double x_re, double x_im) {
        double r247116 = 3.0;
        double r247117 = x_re;
        double r247118 = x_im;
        double r247119 = r247117 * r247118;
        double r247120 = -r247118;
        double r247121 = r247119 * r247120;
        double r247122 = pow(r247117, r247116);
        double r247123 = fma(r247116, r247121, r247122);
        return r247123;
}

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 2020018 +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)))