Average Error: 7.1 → 0.2
Time: 6.6s
Precision: 64
\[\left(x.re \cdot x.re - x.im \cdot x.im\right) \cdot x.re - \left(x.re \cdot x.im + x.im \cdot x.re\right) \cdot x.im\]
↓
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(3, \left(x.re \cdot \left(-x.im\right)\right) \cdot x.im, {x.re}^{3}\right)\]
\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 \left(-x.im\right)\right) \cdot x.im, {x.re}^{3}\right)
double f(double x_re, double x_im) {
        double r727 = x_re;
        double r728 = r727 * r727;
        double r729 = x_im;
        double r730 = r729 * r729;
        double r731 = r728 - r730;
        double r732 = r731 * r727;
        double r733 = r727 * r729;
        double r734 = r729 * r727;
        double r735 = r733 + r734;
        double r736 = r735 * r729;
        double r737 = r732 - r736;
        return r737;
}
↓
double f(double x_re, double x_im) {
        double r738 = 3.0;
        double r739 = x_re;
        double r740 = x_im;
        double r741 = -r740;
        double r742 = r739 * r741;
        double r743 = r742 * r740;
        double r744 = pow(r739, r738);
        double r745 = fma(r738, r743, r744);
        return r745;
}

Error

Bits error versus x.re

Bits error versus x.im

Target

Original7.1
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 7.1

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

  2. Simplified7.1

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

  4. Applied distribute-lft-neg-in7.1

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

  5. Applied associate-*r*0.2

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

  6. Final simplification0.2

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020025 +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)))