Average Error: 14.6 → 0.1
Time: 1.2m
Precision: 64
\[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x}\]
\[\frac{\frac{-1}{x + 1}}{x}\]
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x}
\frac{\frac{-1}{x + 1}}{x}
double f(double x) {
        double r6694930 = 1.0;
        double r6694931 = x;
        double r6694932 = r6694931 + r6694930;
        double r6694933 = r6694930 / r6694932;
        double r6694934 = r6694930 / r6694931;
        double r6694935 = r6694933 - r6694934;
        return r6694935;
}

double f(double x) {
        double r6694936 = -1.0;
        double r6694937 = x;
        double r6694938 = 1.0;
        double r6694939 = r6694937 + r6694938;
        double r6694940 = r6694936 / r6694939;
        double r6694941 = r6694940 / r6694937;
        return r6694941;
}

Error

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 14.6

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x}\]
  2. Using strategy rm
  3. Applied frac-sub14.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot x - \left(x + 1\right) \cdot 1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x}}\]
  4. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x}\]
  5. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + x}}\]
  6. Using strategy rm
  7. Applied distribute-lft1-in0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x}}\]
  8. Applied associate-/r*0.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{x + 1}}{x}}\]
  9. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{x + 1}}{x}\]

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herbie shell --seed 2019128 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "2frac (problem 3.3.1)"
  (- (/ 1 (+ x 1)) (/ 1 x)))