Average Error: 13.4 → 2.1
Time: 5.1s
Precision: 64
\[wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\]
↓
\[\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)\]
wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}
↓
\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)
double code(double wj, double x) {
	return (wj - (((wj * exp(wj)) - x) / (exp(wj) + (wj * exp(wj)))));
}
↓
double code(double wj, double x) {
	return ((x + pow(wj, 2.0)) - (2.0 * (wj * x)));
}

Error

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Target

Original13.4
Target12.8
Herbie2.1
\[wj - \left(\frac{wj}{wj + 1} - \frac{x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\right)\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 13.4

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

  2. Simplified12.8

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

  3. Taylor expanded around 0 2.1

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

  4. Final simplification2.1

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020092 
(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))))))