Average Error: 59.8 → 0.3
Time: 12.3s
Precision: 64
\[-0.0259999999999999988 \lt x \land x \lt 0.0259999999999999988\]
\[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
\[0.0222222222222222231 \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(0.00211640211640211654 \cdot {x}^{5} + 0.333333333333333315 \cdot x\right)\]
\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}
0.0222222222222222231 \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(0.00211640211640211654 \cdot {x}^{5} + 0.333333333333333315 \cdot x\right)
double f(double x) {
        double r116433 = 1.0;
        double r116434 = x;
        double r116435 = r116433 / r116434;
        double r116436 = tan(r116434);
        double r116437 = r116433 / r116436;
        double r116438 = r116435 - r116437;
        return r116438;
}

double f(double x) {
        double r116439 = 0.022222222222222223;
        double r116440 = x;
        double r116441 = 3.0;
        double r116442 = pow(r116440, r116441);
        double r116443 = r116439 * r116442;
        double r116444 = 0.0021164021164021165;
        double r116445 = 5.0;
        double r116446 = pow(r116440, r116445);
        double r116447 = r116444 * r116446;
        double r116448 = 0.3333333333333333;
        double r116449 = r116448 * r116440;
        double r116450 = r116447 + r116449;
        double r116451 = r116443 + r116450;
        return r116451;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

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Results

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Target

Original59.8
Target0.1
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|x\right| \lt 0.0259999999999999988:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x}{3} \cdot \left(1 + \frac{x \cdot x}{15}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 59.8

    \[\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\tan x}\]
  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. Final simplification0.3

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020027 
(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))))