Average Error: 59.9 → 0.3
Time: 20.5s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 2432
\[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
↓
\[\frac{1}{45} \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(\frac{2}{945} \cdot {x}^{5} + \frac{1}{3} \cdot x\right)\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original59.9
Target0.1
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|x\right| \lt 0.026:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x}{3} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{x \cdot x}{15}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 59.9

    \[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]

  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{45} \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(\frac{2}{945} \cdot {x}^{5} + \frac{1}{3} \cdot x\right)}\]
  3. Removed slow pow expressions.

Runtime

Time bar (total: 20.5s)Debug log

herbie shell --seed '#(633950927 2092594946 1442981 2827247922 2812758452 390991499)' 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "invcot (example 3.9)"
  :pre (and (< -0.026 x) (< x 0.026))

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs x) 0.026) (* (/ x 3) (+ 1 (/ (* x x) 15))) (- (/ 1 x) (/ 1 (tan x))))

  (- (/ 1 x) (/ 1 (tan x))))