Average Error: 31.4 → 0.3
Time: 3.2s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}\]
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\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0332328864535681931:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(1 - \cos x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.03010910821075468:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{4}, \frac{1}{720}, \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{x}{1 - \cos x}}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}
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\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0332328864535681931:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(1 - \cos x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{x}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.03010910821075468:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{4}, \frac{1}{720}, \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{x}{1 - \cos x}}\\

\end{array}
double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 - cos(x)) / (x * x));
}
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double code(double x) {
	double VAR;
	if ((x <= -0.03323288645356819)) {
		VAR = (((1.0 - cos(x)) * (1.0 / x)) / x);
	} else {
		double VAR_1;
		if ((x <= 0.03010910821075468)) {
			VAR_1 = fma(pow(x, 4.0), 0.001388888888888889, (0.5 - (0.041666666666666664 * pow(x, 2.0))));
		} else {
			VAR_1 = ((1.0 / x) / (x / (1.0 - cos(x))));
		}
		VAR = VAR_1;
	}
	return VAR;
}

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if x < -0.03323288645356819

    1. Initial program 1.1

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

    3. Applied associate-/r*0.4

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

    5. Applied div-inv0.5

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

    if -0.03323288645356819 < x < 0.03010910821075468

    1. Initial program 62.2

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{720} \cdot {x}^{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}}\]

    3. Simplified0.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{4}, \frac{1}{720}, \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)}\]

    if 0.03010910821075468 < x

    1. Initial program 1.1

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

    3. Applied associate-/r*0.5

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

    5. Applied div-inv0.5

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

    7. Applied *-commutative0.5

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

    8. Applied associate-/l*0.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{x}{1 - \cos x}}}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0332328864535681931:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(1 - \cos x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.03010910821075468:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{4}, \frac{1}{720}, \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{x}{1 - \cos x}}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020078 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "cos2 (problem 3.4.1)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- 1 (cos x)) (* x x)))