Average Error: 29.6 → 0.5
Time: 7.3s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{1 - \cos x}{\sin x}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0192164982803571076 \lor \neg \left(x \le 0.0203937394598384565\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{1}}{\frac{\sin x}{1 - \cos x}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(\frac{1}{240} \cdot {x}^{5} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{1 - \cos x}{\sin x}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0192164982803571076 \lor \neg \left(x \le 0.0203937394598384565\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{1}}{\frac{\sin x}{1 - \cos x}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(\frac{1}{240} \cdot {x}^{5} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot x\right)\\

\end{array}
double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 - cos(x)) / sin(x));
}
↓
double code(double x) {
	double temp;
	if (((x <= -0.019216498280357108) || !(x <= 0.020393739459838457))) {
		temp = ((sqrt(1.0) / 1.0) / (sin(x) / (1.0 - cos(x))));
	} else {
		temp = ((0.041666666666666664 * pow(x, 3.0)) + ((0.004166666666666667 * pow(x, 5.0)) + (0.5 * x)));
	}
	return temp;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original29.6
Target0.0
Herbie0.5
\[\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if x < -0.019216498280357108 or 0.020393739459838457 < x

    1. Initial program 0.9

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

    3. Applied clear-num1.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\sin x}{1 - \cos x}}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm

    5. Applied div-inv1.0

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

    6. Applied associate-/r*1.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{\sin x}}{\frac{1}{1 - \cos x}}}\]
    7. Using strategy rm

    8. Applied *-un-lft-identity1.0

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

    9. Applied add-sqr-sqrt1.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{1} \cdot \sqrt{1}}}{1 \cdot \sin x}}{\frac{1}{1 - \cos x}}\]

    10. Applied times-frac1.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{1} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sin x}}}{\frac{1}{1 - \cos x}}\]

    11. Applied associate-/l*1.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{1}}{\frac{\frac{1}{1 - \cos x}}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sin x}}}}\]

    12. Simplified1.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{1}}{\color{blue}{\frac{\sin x}{1 - \cos x}}}\]

    if -0.019216498280357108 < x < 0.020393739459838457

    1. Initial program 59.9

      \[\frac{1 - \cos x}{\sin x}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(\frac{1}{240} \cdot {x}^{5} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot x\right)}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0192164982803571076 \lor \neg \left(x \le 0.0203937394598384565\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{1}}{\frac{\sin x}{1 - \cos x}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(\frac{1}{240} \cdot {x}^{5} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020060 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "tanhf (example 3.4)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 2

  :herbie-target
  (tan (/ x 2))

  (/ (- 1 (cos x)) (sin x)))