math.abs on complex

Percentage Accurate: 52.9% → 100.0%
Time: 4.0s
Alternatives: 3
Speedup: 0.2×

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 3 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: 52.9% 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: 100.0% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore modulus (re im) :precision binary64 (hypot re im))
double modulus(double re, double im) {
	return hypot(re, im);
}
public static double modulus(double re, double im) {
	return Math.hypot(re, im);
}
def modulus(re, im):
	return math.hypot(re, im)
function modulus(re, im)
	return hypot(re, im)
end
function tmp = modulus(re, im)
	tmp = hypot(re, im);
end
modulus[re_, im_] := N[Sqrt[re ^ 2 + im ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 53.7%

    \[\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(re, im\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 26.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im} \cdot re, re, im\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore modulus (re im) :precision binary64 (fma (* (/ 0.5 im) re) re im))
double modulus(double re, double im) {
	return fma(((0.5 / im) * re), re, im);
}
function modulus(re, im)
	return fma(Float64(Float64(0.5 / im) * re), re, im)
end
modulus[re_, im_] := N[(N[(N[(0.5 / im), $MachinePrecision] * re), $MachinePrecision] * re + im), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im} \cdot re, re, im\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 53.7%

    \[\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} \]
  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-*.f6424.4

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im}, \color{blue}{re \cdot re}, im\right) \]
  5. Applied rewrites24.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im}, re \cdot re, im\right)} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites25.0%

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

    Alternative 3: 25.7% accurate, 24.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ im \end{array} \]
    (FPCore modulus (re im) :precision binary64 im)
    double modulus(double re, double im) {
    	return im;
    }
    
    real(8) function modulus(re, im)
        real(8), intent (in) :: re
        real(8), intent (in) :: im
        modulus = im
    end function
    
    public static double modulus(double re, double im) {
    	return im;
    }
    
    def modulus(re, im):
    	return im
    
    function modulus(re, im)
    	return im
    end
    
    function tmp = modulus(re, im)
    	tmp = im;
    end
    
    modulus[re_, im_] := im
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    im
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 53.7%

      \[\sqrt{re \cdot re + im \cdot im} \]
    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-*.f6424.4

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im}, \color{blue}{re \cdot re}, im\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites24.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{im}, re \cdot re, im\right)} \]
    6. Applied rewrites24.3%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{im}, \color{blue}{\sqrt{im}}, \left(\frac{0.5}{im} \cdot re\right) \cdot re\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in im around -inf

      \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(im \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites24.7%

        \[\leadsto im \]
      2. Add Preprocessing

      Reproduce

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      herbie shell --seed 2024343 
      (FPCore modulus (re im)
        :name "math.abs on complex"
        :precision binary64
        (sqrt (+ (* re re) (* im im))))