Average Error: 60.0 → 0.3
Time: 57.4s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 2368
\[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
↓
\[(\left((\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{45} + \frac{1}{3})_*\right) \cdot x + \left(\frac{2}{945} \cdot {x}^{5}\right))_*\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original60.0
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 60.0

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

  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. Applied simplify0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{(\left((\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{45} + \frac{1}{3})_*\right) \cdot x + \left(\frac{2}{945} \cdot {x}^{5}\right))_*}\]

Runtime

Time bar (total: 57.4s)Debug logProfile

herbie shell --seed '#(1072840222 1305617769 1692503039 1353360431 4178980589 1488672652)' +o rules:numerics
(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))))