Average Error: 14.5 → 0.0
Time: 2.4s
Precision: binary64
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double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((double) sqrt(((double) fabs(((double) (((double) (((double) (a * a)) - ((double) (b * b)))) / ((double) (a * a))))))));
}

↓
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((double) sqrt(((double) fabs(((double) (1.0 - ((double) (b * ((double) (((double) (((double) sqrt(b)) / a)) * ((double) (((double) sqrt(b)) / a))))))))))));
}

Error
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Derivation
  1. Initial program 14.5
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  2. Simplified14.5
    \[\leadsto \]
  3. Using strategy rm
  4. Applied add-sqr-sqrt14.5
    \[\leadsto \]
  5. Applied times-frac0.0
    \[\leadsto \]
  6. Final simplification0.0
    \[\leadsto \]
Reproduce
herbie shell --seed 2020192 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Eccentricity of an ellipse"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (<= 0.0 b a 1.0)
  (sqrt (fabs (/ (- (* a a) (* b b)) (* a a)))))