\[i \gt 0.0\]
\[\frac{\frac{\left(i \cdot i\right) \cdot \left(i \cdot i\right)}{\left(2 \cdot i\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot i\right)}}{\left(2 \cdot i\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot i\right) - 1}\]
\frac{\frac{\left(i \cdot i\right) \cdot \left(i \cdot i\right)}{\left(2 \cdot i\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot i\right)}}{\left(2 \cdot i\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot i\right) - 1}
double f(double i) {
        double r8261 = i;
        double r8262 = r8261 * r8261;
        double r8263 = r8262 * r8262;
        double r8264 = 2.0;
        double r8265 = r8264 * r8261;
        double r8266 = r8265 * r8265;
        double r8267 = r8263 / r8266;
        double r8268 = 1.0;
        double r8269 = r8266 - r8268;
        double r8270 = r8267 / r8269;
        return r8270;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019173 
(FPCore (i)
  :name "Octave 3.8, jcobi/4, as called"
  :pre (and (> i 0.0))
  (/ (/ (* (* i i) (* i i)) (* (* 2.0 i) (* 2.0 i))) (- (* (* 2.0 i) (* 2.0 i)) 1.0)))

Backtrace

atab-pick-alt: contract violation expected: alt? given: '(#<alt (λ (i) (/ (/ i (* 2.0 2.0)) (- (* 2.0 (* 2.0 i)) (/ 1.0 i))))>) in: the range of the #:picking-func argument of (-> alt-table? #:only-fresh boolean? #:picking-func (-> (listof alt?) alt?) (values alt? alt-table?)) contract from: /data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/core/alt-table.rkt blaming: /data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/mainloop.rkt (assuming the contract is correct) at: /data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/core/alt-table.rkt:13.3LC
raise-blame-error16/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/contract/private/blame.rkt3470
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/core/alt-table.rkt590
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow-val-first.rkt38818
choose-best-alt!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/mainloop.rkt1100
run-iter!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/mainloop.rkt3190
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/mainloop.rkt3534
run-improve43/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/no-costs-2/src/mainloop.rkt3380
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128