Average Error: 60.0 → 0.3
Time: 30.2s
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 r107444 = 1.0;
        double r107445 = x;
        double r107446 = r107444 / r107445;
        double r107447 = tan(r107445);
        double r107448 = r107444 / r107447;
        double r107449 = r107446 - r107448;
        return r107449;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r107450 = 0.022222222222222223;
        double r107451 = x;
        double r107452 = 3.0;
        double r107453 = pow(r107451, r107452);
        double r107454 = r107450 * r107453;
        double r107455 = 0.0021164021164021165;
        double r107456 = 5.0;
        double r107457 = pow(r107451, r107456);
        double r107458 = r107455 * r107457;
        double r107459 = 0.3333333333333333;
        double r107460 = r107459 * r107451;
        double r107461 = r107458 + r107460;
        double r107462 = r107454 + r107461;
        return r107462;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original60.0
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 60.0

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

  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 2019347 
(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))))