Average Error: 13.6 → 0.8
Time: 6.9s
Precision: 64
\[wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;wj \le 4.79459576332410398 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + wj\right) - \frac{1}{\frac{wj + 1}{wj}}\\ \end{array}\]
wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;wj \le 4.79459576332410398 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + wj\right) - \frac{1}{\frac{wj + 1}{wj}}\\

\end{array}
double code(double wj, double x) {
	return (wj - (((wj * exp(wj)) - x) / (exp(wj) + (wj * exp(wj)))));
}
↓
double code(double wj, double x) {
	double VAR;
	if ((wj <= 4.794595763324104e-09)) {
		VAR = ((x + pow(wj, 2.0)) - (2.0 * (wj * x)));
	} else {
		VAR = ((((x / (wj + 1.0)) / exp(wj)) + wj) - (1.0 / ((wj + 1.0) / wj)));
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

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Target

Original13.6
Target12.9
Herbie0.8
\[wj - \left(\frac{wj}{wj + 1} - \frac{x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\right)\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if wj < 4.794595763324104e-09

    1. Initial program 13.2

      \[wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\]

    2. Simplified13.2

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

    3. Taylor expanded around 0 0.8

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

    if 4.794595763324104e-09 < wj

    1. Initial program 26.7

      \[wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\]

    2. Simplified2.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + wj\right) - \frac{wj}{wj + 1}}\]
    3. Using strategy rm

    4. Applied clear-num2.8

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + wj\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{wj + 1}{wj}}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.8

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;wj \le 4.79459576332410398 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + wj\right) - \frac{1}{\frac{wj + 1}{wj}}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020079 
(FPCore (wj x)
  :name "Jmat.Real.lambertw, newton loop step"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (- wj (- (/ wj (+ wj 1)) (/ x (+ (exp wj) (* wj (exp wj))))))

  (- wj (/ (- (* wj (exp wj)) x) (+ (exp wj) (* wj (exp wj))))))