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 r24435 = 0.5;
double r24436 = 2.0;
double r24437 = re;
double r24438 = r24437 * r24437;
double r24439 = im;
double r24440 = r24439 * r24439;
double r24441 = r24438 + r24440;
double r24442 = sqrt(r24441);
double r24443 = r24442 - r24437;
double r24444 = r24436 * r24443;
double r24445 = sqrt(r24444);
double r24446 = r24435 * r24445;
return r24446;
}
double f(double re, double im) {
double r24447 = 0.5;
double r24448 = re;
double r24449 = im;
double r24450 = hypot(r24448, r24449);
double r24451 = r24450 - r24448;
double r24452 = 2.0;
double r24453 = r24451 * r24452;
double r24454 = sqrt(r24453);
double r24455 = r24447 * r24454;
return r24455;
}



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)))))