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 r18908 = 0.5;
double r18909 = 2.0;
double r18910 = re;
double r18911 = r18910 * r18910;
double r18912 = im;
double r18913 = r18912 * r18912;
double r18914 = r18911 + r18913;
double r18915 = sqrt(r18914);
double r18916 = r18915 - r18910;
double r18917 = r18909 * r18916;
double r18918 = sqrt(r18917);
double r18919 = r18908 * r18918;
return r18919;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r18920 = 0.5;
double r18921 = re;
double r18922 = im;
double r18923 = hypot(r18921, r18922);
double r18924 = r18923 - r18921;
double r18925 = 2.0;
double r18926 = r18924 * r18925;
double r18927 = sqrt(r18926);
double r18928 = r18920 * r18927;
return r18928;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 38.8
Simplified13.3
Final simplification13.3
herbie shell --seed 2020042 +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)))))