Average Error: 36.1 → 0.3
Time: 21.2s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\sin \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \sin x\]
\[\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot \cos x - \sin x \cdot \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 2\right)\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Bits error versus eps

Target

Original36.1
Target14.5
Herbie0.3
\[2 \cdot \left(\cos \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)\right)\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 36.1

    \[\sin \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \sin x\]
  2. Using strategy rm
  3. Applied diff-sin36.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x}{2}\right)\right)}\]
  4. Simplified14.5

    \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(\frac{x + \left(\varepsilon + x\right)}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)\right)}\]
  5. Taylor expanded around -inf 14.5

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)\right)}\]
  6. Simplified14.5

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon + x\right)}\]
  7. Using strategy rm
  8. Applied cos-sum0.3

    \[\leadsto \left(\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot \cos x - \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot \sin x\right)}\]
  9. Taylor expanded around inf 0.3

    \[\leadsto \left(\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot \cos x - \color{blue}{\sin x \cdot \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}\right)\]
  10. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot \cos x - \sin x \cdot \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 2\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019091 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "2sin (example 3.3)"

  :herbie-target
  (* 2 (* (cos (+ x (/ eps 2))) (sin (/ eps 2))))

  (- (sin (+ x eps)) (sin x)))