Average Error: 0.0 → 0.0
Time: 1.0s
Precision: 64
\[re \cdot re - im \cdot im\]
↓
\[\left(re + im\right) \cdot \left(re - im\right)\]
re \cdot re - im \cdot im
↓
\left(re + im\right) \cdot \left(re - im\right)
double code(double re, double im) {
	return ((re * re) - (im * im));
}
↓
double code(double re, double im) {
	return ((re + im) * (re - im));
}

Error

Bits error versus re

Bits error versus im

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.0

    \[re \cdot re - im \cdot im\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied difference-of-squares0.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(re + im\right) \cdot \left(re - im\right)}\]

  4. Final simplification0.0

    \[\leadsto \left(re + im\right) \cdot \left(re - im\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020091 
(FPCore (re im)
  :name "math.square on complex, real part"
  :precision binary64
  (- (* re re) (* im im)))