Average Error: 59.8 → 0.3
Time: 31.4s
Precision: 64
\[-0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446 \lt x \land x \lt 0.0259999999999999988065102485279567190446\]
\[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
↓
\[0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027 \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262 \cdot {x}^{5} + 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395 \cdot x\right)\]
\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}
↓
0.02222222222222222307030925492199457949027 \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(0.002116402116402116544841005563171165704262 \cdot {x}^{5} + 0.3333333333333333148296162562473909929395 \cdot x\right)
double f(double x) {
        double r97957 = 1.0;
        double r97958 = x;
        double r97959 = r97957 / r97958;
        double r97960 = tan(r97958);
        double r97961 = r97957 / r97960;
        double r97962 = r97959 - r97961;
        return r97962;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r97963 = 0.022222222222222223;
        double r97964 = x;
        double r97965 = 3.0;
        double r97966 = pow(r97964, r97965);
        double r97967 = r97963 * r97966;
        double r97968 = 0.0021164021164021165;
        double r97969 = 5.0;
        double r97970 = pow(r97964, r97969);
        double r97971 = r97968 * r97970;
        double r97972 = 0.3333333333333333;
        double r97973 = r97972 * r97964;
        double r97974 = r97971 + r97973;
        double r97975 = r97967 + r97974;
        return r97975;
}

Error

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Results

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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. Final simplification0.3

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019326 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "invcot (example 3.9)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< -0.026 x) (< x 0.026))

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs x) 0.026) (* (/ x 3) (+ 1 (/ (* x x) 15))) (- (/ 1 x) (/ 1 (tan x))))

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