Average Error: 59.9 → 0.4
Time: 15.6s
Precision: 64
\[-0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446 \lt x \land x \lt 0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446\]
\[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
\[\left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right) + 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395\right) \cdot x + {x}^{5} \cdot 0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262\]
\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}
\left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right) + 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395\right) \cdot x + {x}^{5} \cdot 0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262
double f(double x) {
        double r4531808 = 1.0;
        double r4531809 = x;
        double r4531810 = r4531808 / r4531809;
        double r4531811 = tan(r4531809);
        double r4531812 = r4531808 / r4531811;
        double r4531813 = r4531810 - r4531812;
        return r4531813;
}

double f(double x) {
        double r4531814 = 0.022222222222222223;
        double r4531815 = x;
        double r4531816 = r4531815 * r4531815;
        double r4531817 = r4531814 * r4531816;
        double r4531818 = 0.3333333333333333;
        double r4531819 = r4531817 + r4531818;
        double r4531820 = r4531819 * r4531815;
        double r4531821 = 5.0;
        double r4531822 = pow(r4531815, r4531821);
        double r4531823 = 0.0021164021164021165;
        double r4531824 = r4531822 * r4531823;
        double r4531825 = r4531820 + r4531824;
        return r4531825;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original59.9
Target0.1
Herbie0.4
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|x\right| \lt 0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x}{3} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{x \cdot x}{15}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 59.9

    \[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395 \cdot x + \left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027 \cdot {x}^{3} + 0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262 \cdot {x}^{5}\right)}\]
  3. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{x}^{5} \cdot 0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262 + x \cdot \left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right) + 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395\right)}\]
  4. Final simplification0.4

    \[\leadsto \left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right) + 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395\right) \cdot x + {x}^{5} \cdot 0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019169 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "invcot (example 3.9)"
  :pre (and (< -0.026 x) (< x 0.026))

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs x) 0.026) (* (/ x 3.0) (+ 1.0 (/ (* x x) 15.0))) (- (/ 1.0 x) (/ 1.0 (tan x))))

  (- (/ 1.0 x) (/ 1.0 (tan x))))