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 r24860 = 0.5;
double r24861 = 2.0;
double r24862 = re;
double r24863 = r24862 * r24862;
double r24864 = im;
double r24865 = r24864 * r24864;
double r24866 = r24863 + r24865;
double r24867 = sqrt(r24866);
double r24868 = r24867 - r24862;
double r24869 = r24861 * r24868;
double r24870 = sqrt(r24869);
double r24871 = r24860 * r24870;
return r24871;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r24872 = 0.5;
double r24873 = re;
double r24874 = im;
double r24875 = hypot(r24873, r24874);
double r24876 = r24875 - r24873;
double r24877 = 2.0;
double r24878 = r24876 * r24877;
double r24879 = sqrt(r24878);
double r24880 = r24872 * r24879;
return r24880;
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 39.0
Simplified13.3
Final simplification13.3
herbie shell --seed 2020047 +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)))))