Average Error: 60.0 → 0.3
Time: 36.9s
Precision: 64
\[-0.0259999999999999988 \lt x \land x \lt 0.0259999999999999988\]
\[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
↓
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0222222222222222231, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.00211640211640211654, {x}^{5}, 0.333333333333333315 \cdot x\right)\right)\]
\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}
↓
\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0222222222222222231, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.00211640211640211654, {x}^{5}, 0.333333333333333315 \cdot x\right)\right)
double f(double x) {
        double r142303 = 1.0;
        double r142304 = x;
        double r142305 = r142303 / r142304;
        double r142306 = tan(r142304);
        double r142307 = r142303 / r142306;
        double r142308 = r142305 - r142307;
        return r142308;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r142309 = 0.022222222222222223;
        double r142310 = x;
        double r142311 = 3.0;
        double r142312 = pow(r142310, r142311);
        double r142313 = 0.0021164021164021165;
        double r142314 = 5.0;
        double r142315 = pow(r142310, r142314);
        double r142316 = 0.3333333333333333;
        double r142317 = r142316 * r142310;
        double r142318 = fma(r142313, r142315, r142317);
        double r142319 = fma(r142309, r142312, r142318);
        return r142319;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original60.0
Target0.1
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|x\right| \lt 0.0259999999999999988:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x}{3} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{x \cdot x}{15}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 60.0

    \[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]

  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.0222222222222222231 \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(0.00211640211640211654 \cdot {x}^{5} + 0.333333333333333315 \cdot x\right)}\]

  3. Simplified0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0222222222222222231, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.00211640211640211654, {x}^{5}, 0.333333333333333315 \cdot x\right)\right)}\]

  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.0222222222222222231, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.00211640211640211654, {x}^{5}, 0.333333333333333315 \cdot x\right)\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019198 +o rules:numerics
(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))))