| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.6% |
| Cost | 6784 |
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(-y.im, x.im, x.re \cdot y.re\right)
\]

(FPCore (x.re x.im y.re y.im) :precision binary64 (- (* x.re y.re) (* x.im y.im)))
(FPCore (x.re x.im y.re y.im) :precision binary64 (fma (- y.im) x.im (* x.re y.re)))
double code(double x_46_re, double x_46_im, double y_46_re, double y_46_im) {
return (x_46_re * y_46_re) - (x_46_im * y_46_im);
}
double code(double x_46_re, double x_46_im, double y_46_re, double y_46_im) {
return fma(-y_46_im, x_46_im, (x_46_re * y_46_re));
}
function code(x_46_re, x_46_im, y_46_re, y_46_im) return Float64(Float64(x_46_re * y_46_re) - Float64(x_46_im * y_46_im)) end
function code(x_46_re, x_46_im, y_46_re, y_46_im) return fma(Float64(-y_46_im), x_46_im, Float64(x_46_re * y_46_re)) end
code[x$46$re_, x$46$im_, y$46$re_, y$46$im_] := N[(N[(x$46$re * y$46$re), $MachinePrecision] - N[(x$46$im * y$46$im), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[x$46$re_, x$46$im_, y$46$re_, y$46$im_] := N[((-y$46$im) * x$46$im + N[(x$46$re * y$46$re), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
x.re \cdot y.re - x.im \cdot y.im
\mathsf{fma}\left(-y.im, x.im, x.re \cdot y.re\right)
Herbie found 4 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
Initial program 100.0%
Applied egg-rr100.0%
[Start]100.0% | \[ x.re \cdot y.re - x.im \cdot y.im
\] |
|---|---|
sub-neg [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{x.re \cdot y.re + \left(-x.im \cdot y.im\right)}
\] |
+-commutative [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\left(-x.im \cdot y.im\right) + x.re \cdot y.re}
\] |
*-commutative [=>]100.0% | \[ \left(-\color{blue}{y.im \cdot x.im}\right) + x.re \cdot y.re
\] |
distribute-lft-neg-in [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\left(-y.im\right) \cdot x.im} + x.re \cdot y.re
\] |
fma-def [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-y.im, x.im, x.re \cdot y.re\right)}
\] |
Final simplification100.0%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.6% |
| Cost | 6784 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 76.4% |
| Cost | 1297 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.1% |
| Cost | 448 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 52.1% |
| Cost | 192 |
herbie shell --seed 2023277
(FPCore (x.re x.im y.re y.im)
:name "_multiplyComplex, real part"
:precision binary64
(- (* x.re y.re) (* x.im y.im)))