\frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1\right) + \frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a2 \cdot a2\right)\frac{\frac{\cos th \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)}{\left|\sqrt[3]{\sqrt{2}}\right| \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{2}}}}{\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{\sqrt{2}}}}double code(double a1, double a2, double th) {
return (((cos(th) / sqrt(2.0)) * (a1 * a1)) + ((cos(th) / sqrt(2.0)) * (a2 * a2)));
}
double code(double a1, double a2, double th) {
return (((cos(th) * fma(a1, a1, (a2 * a2))) / (fabs(cbrt(sqrt(2.0))) * sqrt(sqrt(2.0)))) / sqrt(cbrt(sqrt(2.0))));
}



Bits error versus a1



Bits error versus a2



Bits error versus th
Results
Initial program 0.5
Simplified0.5
rmApplied add-sqr-sqrt0.5
Applied sqrt-prod0.5
Applied associate-/r*0.5
rmApplied add-cube-cbrt0.5
Applied sqrt-prod0.7
Applied associate-/r*0.5
Simplified0.4
Final simplification0.4
herbie shell --seed 2020065 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a1 a2 th)
:name "Migdal et al, Equation (64)"
:precision binary64
(+ (* (/ (cos th) (sqrt 2)) (* a1 a1)) (* (/ (cos th) (sqrt 2)) (* a2 a2))))