\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 + {v}^{4} \cdot 0.09375\right) - \left(\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot 0.625 + {v}^{6} \cdot 0.140625\right)\right)(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (* (sqrt 2.0) (- (+ 0.25 (* (pow v 4.0) 0.09375)) (+ (* (* v v) 0.625) (* (pow v 6.0) 0.140625)))))
double code(double v) {
return ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt(1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v)))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
double code(double v) {
return sqrt(2.0) * ((0.25 + (pow(v, 4.0) * 0.09375)) - (((v * v) * 0.625) + (pow(v, 6.0) * 0.140625)));
}



Bits error versus v
Results
Initial program 0.0
Taylor expanded around 0 0.2
Simplified0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2021028
(FPCore (v)
:name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 2"
:precision binary64
(* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))