Average Error: 0.6 → 0.2
Time: 3.9s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{1}{x \cdot x}\]
↓
\[\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}\]
\frac{1}{x \cdot x}
↓
\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}
double f(double x) {
        double r452072 = 1.0;
        double r452073 = x;
        double r452074 = r452073 * r452073;
        double r452075 = r452072 / r452074;
        return r452075;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r452076 = 1.0;
        double r452077 = x;
        double r452078 = r452076 / r452077;
        double r452079 = r452078 / r452077;
        return r452079;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Try it out

Your Program's Arguments

Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

Target

Original0.6
Target0.2
Herbie0.2
\[\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.6

    \[\frac{1}{x \cdot x}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied associate-/r*0.2

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}}\]

  4. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019353 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Numeric.SpecFunctions:$slogFactorial from math-functions-0.1.5.2, A"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (/ (/ 1 x) x)

  (/ 1 (* x x)))