\[\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1\]
\left({\left(a \cdot a + b \cdot b\right)}^{2} + 4 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(1 - a\right) + \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(3 + a\right)\right)\right) - 1
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0)
   (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (+ 3.0 a)))))
  1.0))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (pow(((a * a) + (b * b)), 2.0) + (4.0 * (((a * a) * (1.0 - a)) + ((b * b) * (3.0 + a))))) - 1.0;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2021060 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (24)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (- 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (+ 3.0 a))))) 1.0))

Backtrace

Failed to produce proof for (*.f64 (*.f64 (neg.f64 (*.f64 (cbrt.f64 a) (cbrt.f64 a))) (cbrt.f64 a)) (*.f64 a a)) to (neg.f64 (pow.f64 a 3))LC
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/src/core/simplify.rkt1678
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/src/core/simplify.rkt1496
egraph-add-exprs/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/egg-herbie/main.rkt1540
with-egraph/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/egg-herbie/main.rkt740
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/src/core/simplify.rkt790
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/src/mainloop.rkt2360
run-iter!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/src/mainloop.rkt3600
run-improve/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/src/mainloop.rkt3770
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/egg-generate-proof/src/sandbox.rkt546
run/opt/racket-7.9/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk/opt/racket-7.9/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.9/collects/racket/engine.rkt4224