Average Error: 59.8 → 0.3
Time: 30.0s
Precision: 64
\[-0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446 \lt x \land x \lt 0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446\]
\[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
↓
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262, {x}^{5}, 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395 \cdot x\right)\right)\]
\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}
↓
\mathsf{fma}\left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262, {x}^{5}, 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395 \cdot x\right)\right)
double f(double x) {
        double r68946 = 1.0;
        double r68947 = x;
        double r68948 = r68946 / r68947;
        double r68949 = tan(r68947);
        double r68950 = r68946 / r68949;
        double r68951 = r68948 - r68950;
        return r68951;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r68952 = 0.022222222222222223;
        double r68953 = x;
        double r68954 = 3.0;
        double r68955 = pow(r68953, r68954);
        double r68956 = 0.0021164021164021165;
        double r68957 = 5.0;
        double r68958 = pow(r68953, r68957);
        double r68959 = 0.3333333333333333;
        double r68960 = r68959 * r68953;
        double r68961 = fma(r68956, r68958, r68960);
        double r68962 = fma(r68952, r68955, r68961);
        return r68962;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original59.8
Target0.1
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|x\right| \lt 0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x}{3} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{x \cdot x}{15}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 59.8

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

  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.3

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

  3. Simplified0.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262, {x}^{5}, 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395 \cdot x\right)\right)}\]

  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262, {x}^{5}, 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395 \cdot x\right)\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019304 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "invcot (example 3.9)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< -0.0259999999999999988 x) (< x 0.0259999999999999988))

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs x) 0.0259999999999999988) (* (/ x 3) (+ 1 (/ (* x x) 15))) (- (/ 1 x) (/ 1 (tan x))))

  (- (/ 1 x) (/ 1 (tan x))))