\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\cos^{-1} \left(4 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right) + \left(-1 + \left(4 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)\right) \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)\right)\right)double f(double v) {
double r6455991 = 1.0;
double r6455992 = 5.0;
double r6455993 = v;
double r6455994 = r6455993 * r6455993;
double r6455995 = r6455992 * r6455994;
double r6455996 = r6455991 - r6455995;
double r6455997 = r6455994 - r6455991;
double r6455998 = r6455996 / r6455997;
double r6455999 = acos(r6455998);
return r6455999;
}
double f(double v) {
double r6456000 = 4.0;
double r6456001 = v;
double r6456002 = r6456001 * r6456001;
double r6456003 = r6456000 * r6456002;
double r6456004 = -1.0;
double r6456005 = r6456003 * r6456002;
double r6456006 = r6456004 + r6456005;
double r6456007 = r6456003 + r6456006;
double r6456008 = acos(r6456007);
return r6456008;
}



Bits error versus v
Results
Initial program 0.6
Taylor expanded around 0 0.7
Simplified0.7
Final simplification0.7
herbie shell --seed 2019135
(FPCore (v)
:name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 1"
(acos (/ (- 1 (* 5 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1))))