math.abs on complex

Percentage Accurate: 55.0% → 99.6%
Time: 5.7s
Alternatives: 2
Speedup: 24.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} \end{array} \]
(FPCore modulus (re im) :precision binary64 (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))))
double modulus(double re, double im) {
	return sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)));
}
real(8) function modulus(re, im)
    real(8), intent (in) :: re
    real(8), intent (in) :: im
    modulus = sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)))
end function
public static double modulus(double re, double im) {
	return Math.sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)));
}
def modulus(re, im):
	return math.sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)))
function modulus(re, im)
	return sqrt(Float64(Float64(re * re) + Float64(im * im)))
end
function tmp = modulus(re, im)
	tmp = sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)));
end
modulus[re_, im_] := N[Sqrt[N[(N[(re * re), $MachinePrecision] + N[(im * im), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 2 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 55.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} \end{array} \]
(FPCore modulus (re im) :precision binary64 (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))))
double modulus(double re, double im) {
	return sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)));
}
real(8) function modulus(re, im)
    real(8), intent (in) :: re
    real(8), intent (in) :: im
    modulus = sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)))
end function
public static double modulus(double re, double im) {
	return Math.sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)));
}
def modulus(re, im):
	return math.sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)))
function modulus(re, im)
	return sqrt(Float64(Float64(re * re) + Float64(im * im)))
end
function tmp = modulus(re, im)
	tmp = sqrt(((re * re) + (im * im)));
end
modulus[re_, im_] := N[Sqrt[N[(N[(re * re), $MachinePrecision] + N[(im * im), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} im_m = \left|im\right| \\ re_m = \left|re\right| \\ [re_m, im_m] = \mathsf{sort}([re_m, im_m])\\ \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{re\_m}{im\_m} \cdot re\_m, 0.5, im\_m\right) \end{array} \]
im_m = (fabs.f64 im)
re_m = (fabs.f64 re)
NOTE: re_m and im_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore modulus (re_m im_m)
 :precision binary64
 (fma (* (/ re_m im_m) re_m) 0.5 im_m))
im_m = fabs(im);
re_m = fabs(re);
assert(re_m < im_m);
double modulus(double re_m, double im_m) {
	return fma(((re_m / im_m) * re_m), 0.5, im_m);
}
im_m = abs(im)
re_m = abs(re)
re_m, im_m = sort([re_m, im_m])
function modulus(re_m, im_m)
	return fma(Float64(Float64(re_m / im_m) * re_m), 0.5, im_m)
end
im_m = N[Abs[im], $MachinePrecision]
re_m = N[Abs[re], $MachinePrecision]
NOTE: re_m and im_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
modulus[re$95$m_, im$95$m_] := N[(N[(N[(re$95$m / im$95$m), $MachinePrecision] * re$95$m), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + im$95$m), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
im_m = \left|im\right|
\\
re_m = \left|re\right|
\\
[re_m, im_m] = \mathsf{sort}([re_m, im_m])\\
\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{re\_m}{im\_m} \cdot re\_m, 0.5, im\_m\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 57.6%

    \[\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in re around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{im + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{re}^{2}}{im}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{re}^{2}}{im} + im} \]
    2. *-lft-identityN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot {re}^{2}}}{im} + im \]
    3. associate-*l/N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{im} \cdot {re}^{2}\right)} + im \]
    4. associate-*l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{im}\right) \cdot {re}^{2}} + im \]
    5. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{im}, {re}^{2}, im\right)} \]
    6. associate-*r/N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}{im}}, {re}^{2}, im\right) \]
    7. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{im}, {re}^{2}, im\right) \]
    8. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{im}}, {re}^{2}, im\right) \]
    9. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{im}, \color{blue}{re \cdot re}, im\right) \]
    10. lower-*.f6428.7

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im}, \color{blue}{re \cdot re}, im\right) \]
  5. Applied rewrites28.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im}, re \cdot re, im\right)} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites29.1%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{re}{im} \cdot re, \color{blue}{0.5}, im\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 2: 99.0% accurate, 24.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} im_m = \left|im\right| \\ re_m = \left|re\right| \\ [re_m, im_m] = \mathsf{sort}([re_m, im_m])\\ \\ im\_m \end{array} \]
    im_m = (fabs.f64 im)
    re_m = (fabs.f64 re)
    NOTE: re_m and im_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
    (FPCore modulus (re_m im_m) :precision binary64 im_m)
    im_m = fabs(im);
    re_m = fabs(re);
    assert(re_m < im_m);
    double modulus(double re_m, double im_m) {
    	return im_m;
    }
    
    im_m = abs(im)
    re_m = abs(re)
    NOTE: re_m and im_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
    real(8) function modulus(re_m, im_m)
        real(8), intent (in) :: re_m
        real(8), intent (in) :: im_m
        modulus = im_m
    end function
    
    im_m = Math.abs(im);
    re_m = Math.abs(re);
    assert re_m < im_m;
    public static double modulus(double re_m, double im_m) {
    	return im_m;
    }
    
    im_m = math.fabs(im)
    re_m = math.fabs(re)
    [re_m, im_m] = sort([re_m, im_m])
    def modulus(re_m, im_m):
    	return im_m
    
    im_m = abs(im)
    re_m = abs(re)
    re_m, im_m = sort([re_m, im_m])
    function modulus(re_m, im_m)
    	return im_m
    end
    
    im_m = abs(im);
    re_m = abs(re);
    re_m, im_m = num2cell(sort([re_m, im_m])){:}
    function tmp = modulus(re_m, im_m)
    	tmp = im_m;
    end
    
    im_m = N[Abs[im], $MachinePrecision]
    re_m = N[Abs[re], $MachinePrecision]
    NOTE: re_m and im_m should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
    modulus[re$95$m_, im$95$m_] := im$95$m
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    im_m = \left|im\right|
    \\
    re_m = \left|re\right|
    \\
    [re_m, im_m] = \mathsf{sort}([re_m, im_m])\\
    \\
    im\_m
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 57.6%

      \[\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{re \cdot re + im \cdot im}} \]
      2. flip-+N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(re \cdot re\right) \cdot \left(re \cdot re\right) - \left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}}} \]
      3. div-subN/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(re \cdot re\right) \cdot \left(re \cdot re\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im} - \frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}}} \]
      4. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(re \cdot re\right) \cdot \left(re \cdot re\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)}} \]
      5. associate-/l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(re \cdot re\right) \cdot \frac{re \cdot re}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      6. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)}} \]
      7. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \color{blue}{\frac{re \cdot re}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      8. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\color{blue}{re \cdot re} - im \cdot im}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      9. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{re \cdot re - \color{blue}{im \cdot im}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      10. difference-of-squaresN/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\color{blue}{\left(re + im\right) \cdot \left(re - im\right)}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      11. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\color{blue}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(re + im\right)}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      12. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\color{blue}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(re + im\right)}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      13. lower--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\color{blue}{\left(re - im\right)} \cdot \left(re + im\right)}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      14. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(im + re\right)}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      15. lower-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(im + re\right)}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}\right)\right)} \]
      16. lower-neg.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(im + re\right)}, \color{blue}{-\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}}\right)} \]
      17. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(im + re\right)}, -\color{blue}{\frac{\left(im \cdot im\right) \cdot \left(im \cdot im\right)}{re \cdot re - im \cdot im}}\right)} \]
    4. Applied rewrites41.3%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(re \cdot re, \frac{re \cdot re}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(im + re\right)}, -\frac{{im}^{4}}{\left(re - im\right) \cdot \left(im + re\right)}\right)}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in re around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{im + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{re \cdot \left(im + -1 \cdot im\right)}{im}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot im} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{re \cdot \left(im + -1 \cdot im\right)}{im} \]
      2. associate-/l*N/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(re \cdot \frac{im + -1 \cdot im}{im}\right)} \]
      3. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{im + -1 \cdot im}{im} \cdot re\right)} \]
      4. associate-*l*N/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{im + -1 \cdot im}{im}\right) \cdot re} \]
      5. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \color{blue}{re \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{im + -1 \cdot im}{im}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + re \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(im + -1 \cdot im\right)}{im}} \]
      7. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \color{blue}{\frac{re \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(im + -1 \cdot im\right)\right)}{im}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt1-inN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{re \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot im\right)}\right)}{im} \]
      9. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{re \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} \cdot im\right)\right)}{im} \]
      10. mul0-lftN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{re \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{0}\right)}{im} \]
      11. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{re \cdot \color{blue}{0}}{im} \]
      12. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{\color{blue}{0 \cdot re}}{im} \]
      13. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \color{blue}{0 \cdot \frac{re}{im}} \]
      14. mul0-lftN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \color{blue}{0} \]
      15. mul0-lftN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \color{blue}{0 \cdot \frac{re}{im}} \]
      16. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \color{blue}{\frac{0 \cdot re}{im}} \]
      17. mul0-lftN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{im} \]
      18. mul0-lftN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{\color{blue}{0 \cdot im}}{im} \]
      19. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot 0\right)} \cdot im}{im} \]
      20. mul0-lftN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0 \cdot re\right)}\right) \cdot im}{im} \]
      21. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-1 + 1\right)} \cdot re\right)\right) \cdot im}{im} \]
      22. distribute-rgt1-inN/A

        \[\leadsto 1 \cdot im + \frac{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(re + -1 \cdot re\right)}\right) \cdot im}{im} \]
    7. Applied rewrites28.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{im} \]
    8. Add Preprocessing

    Reproduce

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    herbie shell --seed 2024249 
    (FPCore modulus (re im)
      :name "math.abs on complex"
      :precision binary64
      (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))))