\frac{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + 4}}{2}\frac{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + 4}}{2}double code(double x) {
return ((double) (((double) (x + ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (x * x)) + 4.0)))))) / 2.0));
}
double code(double x) {
return ((double) (((double) (x + ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (x * x)) + 4.0)))))) / 2.0));
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 23.6
Final simplification23.6
herbie shell --seed 2020153
(FPCore (x)
:name "(/ (+ x (sqrt (+ (* x x) 4))) 2)"
:precision binary64
(/ (+ x (sqrt (+ (* x x) 4.0))) 2.0))