Average Error: 0.1 → 0.0
Time: 6.7s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{x + y}{y + y}\]
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{x}{y}, \frac{1}{2}\right)\]
\frac{x + y}{y + y}
\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{x}{y}, \frac{1}{2}\right)
double f(double x, double y) {
        double r33346564 = x;
        double r33346565 = y;
        double r33346566 = r33346564 + r33346565;
        double r33346567 = r33346565 + r33346565;
        double r33346568 = r33346566 / r33346567;
        return r33346568;
}

double f(double x, double y) {
        double r33346569 = 0.5;
        double r33346570 = x;
        double r33346571 = y;
        double r33346572 = r33346570 / r33346571;
        double r33346573 = fma(r33346569, r33346572, r33346569);
        return r33346573;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Bits error versus y

Target

Original0.1
Target0.0
Herbie0.0
\[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{x}{y} + \frac{1}{2}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.1

    \[\frac{x + y}{y + y}\]
  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{x}{y} + \frac{1}{2}}\]
  3. Simplified0.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{x}{y}, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\]
  4. Final simplification0.0

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{x}{y}, \frac{1}{2}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019158 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x y)
  :name "Data.Random.Distribution.T:$ccdf from random-fu-0.2.6.2"

  :herbie-target
  (+ (* 1/2 (/ x y)) 1/2)

  (/ (+ x y) (+ y y)))