Average Error: 26.3 → 25.4
Time: 3.8s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{c \cdot c + d \cdot d} \le 7.96129592871018587 \cdot 10^{304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(a \cdot c + b \cdot d\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-a}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus c

Bits error versus d

Target

Original26.3
Target0.5
Herbie25.4
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|d\right| \lt \left|c\right|:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{a + b \cdot \frac{d}{c}}{c + d \cdot \frac{d}{c}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b + a \cdot \frac{c}{d}}{d + c \cdot \frac{c}{d}}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if (/ (+ (* a c) (* b d)) (+ (* c c) (* d d))) < 7.96129592871018587e304

    1. Initial program 14.2

      \[\frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt14.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d} \cdot \sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}\]

    4. Applied associate-/r*14.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}\]
    5. Using strategy rm

    6. Applied div-inv14.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot c + b \cdot d\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}\]

    if 7.96129592871018587e304 < (/ (+ (* a c) (* b d)) (+ (* c c) (* d d)))

    1. Initial program 63.8

      \[\frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt63.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d} \cdot \sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}\]

    4. Applied associate-/r*63.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}\]

    5. Taylor expanded around -inf 60.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot a}}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}\]

    6. Simplified60.3

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-a}}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification25.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{a \cdot c + b \cdot d}{c \cdot c + d \cdot d} \le 7.96129592871018587 \cdot 10^{304}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(a \cdot c + b \cdot d\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-a}{\sqrt{c \cdot c + d \cdot d}}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020185 
(FPCore (a b c d)
  :name "Complex division, real part"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs d) (fabs c)) (/ (+ a (* b (/ d c))) (+ c (* d (/ d c)))) (/ (+ b (* a (/ c d))) (+ d (* c (/ c d)))))

  (/ (+ (* a c) (* b d)) (+ (* c c) (* d d))))