Average Error: 9.9 → 0.2
Time: 15.5s
Precision: 64
\[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
↓
\[\frac{2}{\left(\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot x}\]
\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}
↓
\frac{2}{\left(\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot x}
double f(double x) {
        double r6590360 = 1.0;
        double r6590361 = x;
        double r6590362 = r6590361 + r6590360;
        double r6590363 = r6590360 / r6590362;
        double r6590364 = 2.0;
        double r6590365 = r6590364 / r6590361;
        double r6590366 = r6590363 - r6590365;
        double r6590367 = r6590361 - r6590360;
        double r6590368 = r6590360 / r6590367;
        double r6590369 = r6590366 + r6590368;
        return r6590369;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r6590370 = 2.0;
        double r6590371 = x;
        double r6590372 = 1.0;
        double r6590373 = r6590371 - r6590372;
        double r6590374 = r6590371 + r6590372;
        double r6590375 = r6590373 * r6590374;
        double r6590376 = r6590375 * r6590371;
        double r6590377 = r6590370 / r6590376;
        return r6590377;
}

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Target

Original9.9
Target0.2
Herbie0.2
\[\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot x - 1\right)}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 9.9

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied +-commutative9.9

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)}\]
  4. Using strategy rm

  5. Applied associate-+r-10.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}}\]
  6. Using strategy rm

  7. Applied frac-add26.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} - \frac{2}{x}\]

  8. Applied frac-sub26.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1\right) \cdot x - \left(\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot 2}{\left(\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot x}}\]

  9. Taylor expanded around 0 0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\left(\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot x}\]

  10. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\left(\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot x}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019170 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"

  :herbie-target
  (/ 2.0 (* x (- (* x x) 1.0)))

  (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))