re \cdot re - im \cdot im
\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{re \cdot re}, \sqrt{re \cdot re}, -im \cdot im\right)double code(double re, double im) {
return ((re * re) - (im * im));
}
double code(double re, double im) {
return fma(sqrt((re * re)), sqrt((re * re)), -(im * im));
}



Bits error versus re



Bits error versus im
Results
Initial program 0.0
rmApplied add-sqr-sqrt0.0
Applied fma-neg0.0
Final simplification0.0
herbie shell --seed 2020066 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (re im)
:name "math.square on complex, real part"
:precision binary64
(- (* re re) (* im im)))