Average Error: 30.9 → 0.1
Time: 27.0s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}\]
↓
\[\frac{\frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x} \cdot \sin x}{x}\]
\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}
↓
\frac{\frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x} \cdot \sin x}{x}
double f(double x) {
        double r1013401 = 1.0;
        double r1013402 = x;
        double r1013403 = cos(r1013402);
        double r1013404 = r1013401 - r1013403;
        double r1013405 = r1013402 * r1013402;
        double r1013406 = r1013404 / r1013405;
        return r1013406;
}
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double f(double x) {
        double r1013407 = x;
        double r1013408 = 2.0;
        double r1013409 = r1013407 / r1013408;
        double r1013410 = tan(r1013409);
        double r1013411 = r1013410 / r1013407;
        double r1013412 = sin(r1013407);
        double r1013413 = r1013411 * r1013412;
        double r1013414 = r1013413 / r1013407;
        return r1013414;
}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 30.9

    \[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied flip--31.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1 - \cos x \cdot \cos x}{1 + \cos x}}}{x \cdot x}\]

  4. Simplified15.8

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\sin x \cdot \sin x}}{1 + \cos x}}{x \cdot x}\]
  5. Using strategy rm

  6. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.8

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\sin x \cdot \sin x}{1 + \color{blue}{1 \cdot \cos x}}}{x \cdot x}\]

  7. Applied *-un-lft-identity15.8

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\sin x \cdot \sin x}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1} + 1 \cdot \cos x}}{x \cdot x}\]

  8. Applied distribute-lft-out15.8

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\sin x \cdot \sin x}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 + \cos x\right)}}}{x \cdot x}\]

  9. Applied times-frac15.8

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sin x}{1} \cdot \frac{\sin x}{1 + \cos x}}}{x \cdot x}\]

  10. Applied times-frac0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\sin x}{1}}{x} \cdot \frac{\frac{\sin x}{1 + \cos x}}{x}}\]

  11. Simplified0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sin x}{x}} \cdot \frac{\frac{\sin x}{1 + \cos x}}{x}\]

  12. Simplified0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{\sin x}{x} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x}}\]
  13. Using strategy rm

  14. Applied associate-*l/0.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sin x \cdot \frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x}}{x}}\]

  15. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x} \cdot \sin x}{x}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019138 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "cos2 (problem 3.4.1)"
  (/ (- 1 (cos x)) (* x x)))