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



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b
Results
Initial program 0.2
Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary640.2
Applied unpow-prod-down_binary640.2
Simplified0.2
Simplified0.0
Final simplification0.0
herbie shell --seed 2021275
(FPCore (a b)
:name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (26)"
:precision binary64
(- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (* b b))) 1.0))