Average Error: 0.5 → 0.4
Time: 6.3s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1\right) + \frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a2 \cdot a2\right)\]
↓
\[\frac{\cos th \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}}\]
\frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1\right) + \frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a2 \cdot a2\right)
↓
\frac{\cos th \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}}
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) * hypot(a1, a2)) / (sqrt(2.0) / hypot(a1, a2)));
}

Error

Bits error versus a1

Bits error versus a2

Bits error versus th

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.5

    \[\frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a1 \cdot a1\right) + \frac{\cos th}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \left(a2 \cdot a2\right)\]

  2. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\cos th \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)}{\sqrt{2}}}\]
  3. Using strategy rm

  4. Applied add-sqr-sqrt0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\cos th \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)}\right)}}{\sqrt{2}}\]

  5. Applied associate-*r*0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\cos th \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)}}}{\sqrt{2}}\]

  6. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\cos th \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)}}{\sqrt{2}}\]
  7. Using strategy rm

  8. Applied associate-/l*0.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\cos th \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(a1, a1, a2 \cdot a2\right)}}}}\]

  9. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\cos th \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}}}\]

  10. Final simplification0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\cos th \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(a1, a2\right)}}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020091 +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))))