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



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b
Initial program 0.2
Simplified0.0
Taylor expanded in a around 0 0.0
Taylor expanded in a around 0 0.1
Final simplification0.1
herbie shell --seed 2021332
(FPCore (a b)
:name "Bouland and Aaronson, Equation (25)"
:precision binary64
(- (+ (pow (+ (* a a) (* b b)) 2.0) (* 4.0 (+ (* (* a a) (+ 1.0 a)) (* (* b b) (- 1.0 (* 3.0 a)))))) 1.0))