Average Error: 9.6 → 0.1
Time: 3.6s
Precision: 64
\[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
↓
\[\frac{1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x} \cdot \frac{2}{x - 1}\]
\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}
↓
\frac{1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x} \cdot \frac{2}{x - 1}
double f(double x) {
        double r112859 = 1.0;
        double r112860 = x;
        double r112861 = r112860 + r112859;
        double r112862 = r112859 / r112861;
        double r112863 = 2.0;
        double r112864 = r112863 / r112860;
        double r112865 = r112862 - r112864;
        double r112866 = r112860 - r112859;
        double r112867 = r112859 / r112866;
        double r112868 = r112865 + r112867;
        return r112868;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r112869 = 1.0;
        double r112870 = x;
        double r112871 = 1.0;
        double r112872 = r112870 + r112871;
        double r112873 = r112872 * r112870;
        double r112874 = r112869 / r112873;
        double r112875 = 2.0;
        double r112876 = r112870 - r112871;
        double r112877 = r112875 / r112876;
        double r112878 = r112874 * r112877;
        return r112878;
}

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Target

Original9.6
Target0.2
Herbie0.1
\[\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot x - 1\right)}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 9.6

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied frac-sub26.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot x - \left(x + 1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\]

  4. Applied frac-add25.6

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 \cdot x - \left(x + 1\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right) + \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\]

  5. Taylor expanded around 0 0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\]
  6. Using strategy rm

  7. Applied *-un-lft-identity0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 2}}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\]

  8. Applied times-frac0.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x} \cdot \frac{2}{x - 1}}\]

  9. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x} \cdot \frac{2}{x - 1}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020039 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (/ 2 (* x (- (* x x) 1)))

  (+ (- (/ 1 (+ x 1)) (/ 2 x)) (/ 1 (- x 1))))