Average Error: 0.5 → 0.5
Time: 26.0s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\]
↓
\[\frac{\pi}{2} - \sqrt[3]{\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot 5}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot 5}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot 5}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\right)}\]

Error

Bits error versus v

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.5

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied acos-asin0.5

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2} - \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)}\]
  4. Using strategy rm

  5. Applied add-cbrt-cube0.5

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)}}\]

  6. Final simplification0.5

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - \sqrt[3]{\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot 5}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot 5}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot 5}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\right)}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019068 
(FPCore (v)
  :name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 1"
  (acos (/ (- 1 (* 5 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1))))