Average Error: 14.4 → 0.1
Time: 6.9s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
↓
\[\frac{\frac{1}{x + 1}}{x - 1} \cdot \left(-2\right)\]
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}
↓
\frac{\frac{1}{x + 1}}{x - 1} \cdot \left(-2\right)
double f(double x) {
        double r137967 = 1.0;
        double r137968 = x;
        double r137969 = r137968 + r137967;
        double r137970 = r137967 / r137969;
        double r137971 = r137968 - r137967;
        double r137972 = r137967 / r137971;
        double r137973 = r137970 - r137972;
        return r137973;
}
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double f(double x) {
        double r137974 = 1.0;
        double r137975 = x;
        double r137976 = r137975 + r137974;
        double r137977 = r137974 / r137976;
        double r137978 = r137975 - r137974;
        double r137979 = r137977 / r137978;
        double r137980 = 2.0;
        double r137981 = -r137980;
        double r137982 = r137979 * r137981;
        return r137982;
}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 14.4

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

  3. Applied flip--29.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1}{x + 1}}}\]

  4. Applied associate-/r/29.2

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

  5. Applied flip-+14.4

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

  6. Applied associate-/r/14.4

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

  7. Applied distribute-lft-out--13.8

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

  8. Taylor expanded around 0 0.4

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

  10. Applied difference-of-squares0.4

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

  11. Applied associate-/r*0.1

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

  12. Final simplification0.1

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020047 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Asymptote A"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1 (+ x 1)) (/ 1 (- x 1))))