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 r21502 = 0.5;
double r21503 = 2.0;
double r21504 = re;
double r21505 = r21504 * r21504;
double r21506 = im;
double r21507 = r21506 * r21506;
double r21508 = r21505 + r21507;
double r21509 = sqrt(r21508);
double r21510 = r21509 - r21504;
double r21511 = r21503 * r21510;
double r21512 = sqrt(r21511);
double r21513 = r21502 * r21512;
return r21513;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r21514 = 0.5;
double r21515 = re;
double r21516 = im;
double r21517 = hypot(r21515, r21516);
double r21518 = r21517 - r21515;
double r21519 = 2.0;
double r21520 = r21518 * r21519;
double r21521 = sqrt(r21520);
double r21522 = r21514 * r21521;
return r21522;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 38.2
Simplified13.2
Final simplification13.2
herbie shell --seed 2020045 +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)))))