\[wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\]
wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}
double f(double wj, double x) {
        double r9049 = wj;
        double r9050 = exp(r9049);
        double r9051 = r9049 * r9050;
        double r9052 = x;
        double r9053 = r9051 - r9052;
        double r9054 = r9050 + r9051;
        double r9055 = r9053 / r9054;
        double r9056 = r9049 - r9055;
        return r9056;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019173 
(FPCore (wj x)
  :name "Jmat.Real.lambertw, newton loop step"

  :herbie-target
  (- wj (- (/ wj (+ wj 1.0)) (/ x (+ (exp wj) (* wj (exp wj))))))

  (- wj (/ (- (* wj (exp wj)) x) (+ (exp wj) (* wj (exp wj))))))

Backtrace

atab-pick-alt: contract violation expected: alt? given: '(#<alt (λ (wj x) (+ wj (/ (- (/ x (exp wj)) (/ wj 1)) (+ 1 wj))))>) 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