Average Error: 29.3 → 7.5
Time: 9.9s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\sqrt{\left|\frac{a \cdot a - b \cdot b}{a \cdot a}\right|}\]
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\[\sqrt{\left|1 - \frac{b}{a} \cdot \frac{b}{a}\right|}\]

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 29.3

    \[\sqrt{\left|\frac{a \cdot a - b \cdot b}{a \cdot a}\right|}\]

  2. Initial simplification7.5

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left|1 - \frac{b}{a} \cdot \frac{b}{a}\right|}\]

  3. Final simplification7.5

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left|1 - \frac{b}{a} \cdot \frac{b}{a}\right|}\]

Runtime

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BaselineHerbieOracleSpan%
Regimes7.57.57.50.00%
herbie shell --seed 2018354 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Eccentricity of an ellipse"
  :pre (<= 0 b a 1)
  (sqrt (fabs (/ (- (* a a) (* b b)) (* a a)))))