Average Error: 14.4 → 0.1
Time: 2.5s
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 code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (1.0 / (x - 1.0)));
}
↓
double code(double x) {
	return (((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) / (x - 1.0)) * -2.0);
}

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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--29.1

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

  4. Applied associate-/r/29.1

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

  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--13.7

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

  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 2020057 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Asymptote A"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1 (+ x 1)) (/ 1 (- x 1))))