\sqrt{x - 1} \cdot \sqrt{x}\left(x + \frac{\frac{-1}{8}}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{2}double f(double x) {
double r468906 = x;
double r468907 = 1.0;
double r468908 = r468906 - r468907;
double r468909 = sqrt(r468908);
double r468910 = sqrt(r468906);
double r468911 = r468909 * r468910;
return r468911;
}
double f(double x) {
double r468912 = x;
double r468913 = -0.125;
double r468914 = r468913 / r468912;
double r468915 = r468912 + r468914;
double r468916 = 0.5;
double r468917 = r468915 - r468916;
return r468917;
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 0.5
Taylor expanded around inf 0.3
Simplified0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2019141 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
:name "sqrt times"
(* (sqrt (- x 1)) (sqrt x)))