Average Error: 19.7 → 0.4
Time: 28.3s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\]
\[\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x}}}{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt[3]{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1}}\right) + \left(\sqrt{x}\right))_*}\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original19.7
Target0.7
Herbie0.4
\[\frac{1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \sqrt{x} + x \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 19.7

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\]
  2. Using strategy rm
  3. Applied frac-sub19.7

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \cdot 1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}\]
  4. Simplified19.7

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x}}}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}\]
  5. Using strategy rm
  6. Applied flip--19.5

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}}}}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}\]
  7. Applied associate-/l/19.5

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}\right)}}\]
  8. Simplified0.8

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}\right)}\]
  9. Using strategy rm
  10. Applied associate-/r*0.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}}}\]
  11. Using strategy rm
  12. Applied add-cube-cbrt0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt[3]{x + 1}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{x + 1}}} + \sqrt{x}}\]
  13. Applied sqrt-prod0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt[3]{x + 1}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1}}} + \sqrt{x}}\]
  14. Applied fma-def0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}{\color{blue}{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt[3]{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1}}\right) + \left(\sqrt{x}\right))_*}}\]
  15. Final simplification0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x}}}{(\left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt[3]{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \left(\sqrt{\sqrt[3]{x + 1}}\right) + \left(\sqrt{x}\right))_*}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019050 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "2isqrt (example 3.6)"

  :herbie-target
  (/ 1 (+ (* (+ x 1) (sqrt x)) (* x (sqrt (+ x 1)))))

  (- (/ 1 (sqrt x)) (/ 1 (sqrt (+ x 1)))))