| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 96.6% |
| Cost | 6784 |
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(re, re, im \cdot \left(-im\right)\right)
\]

(FPCore re_sqr (re im) :precision binary64 (- (* re re) (* im im)))
(FPCore re_sqr (re im) :precision binary64 (fma re re (* im (- im))))
double re_sqr(double re, double im) {
return (re * re) - (im * im);
}
double re_sqr(double re, double im) {
return fma(re, re, (im * -im));
}
function re_sqr(re, im) return Float64(Float64(re * re) - Float64(im * im)) end
function re_sqr(re, im) return fma(re, re, Float64(im * Float64(-im))) end
re$95$sqr[re_, im_] := N[(N[(re * re), $MachinePrecision] - N[(im * im), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
re$95$sqr[re_, im_] := N[(re * re + N[(im * (-im)), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
re \cdot re - im \cdot im
\mathsf{fma}\left(re, re, im \cdot \left(-im\right)\right)
Herbie found 4 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
Initial program 96.1%
Simplified98.0%
[Start]96.1% | \[ re \cdot re - im \cdot im
\] |
|---|---|
fma-neg [=>]98.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(re, re, -im \cdot im\right)}
\] |
distribute-rgt-neg-in [=>]98.0% | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(re, re, \color{blue}{im \cdot \left(-im\right)}\right)
\] |
Final simplification98.0%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 96.6% |
| Cost | 6784 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 74.8% |
| Cost | 785 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 96.2% |
| Cost | 708 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 53.4% |
| Cost | 192 |
herbie shell --seed 2023165
(FPCore re_sqr (re im)
:name "math.square on complex, real part"
:precision binary64
(- (* re re) (* im im)))