Average Error: 14.1 → 1.0
Time: 4.9s
Precision: 64
\[wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\]
↓
\[\frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + \left(\left({wj}^{4} + {wj}^{2}\right) - {wj}^{3}\right)\]
wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}
↓
\frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + \left(\left({wj}^{4} + {wj}^{2}\right) - {wj}^{3}\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 / (wj + 1.0)) / exp(wj)) + ((pow(wj, 4.0) + pow(wj, 2.0)) - pow(wj, 3.0)));
}

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Target

Original14.1
Target13.5
Herbie1.0
\[wj - \left(\frac{wj}{wj + 1} - \frac{x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\right)\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 14.1

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

  2. Simplified13.5

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

  4. Applied associate--l+7.4

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

  5. Taylor expanded around 0 1.0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + \color{blue}{\left(\left({wj}^{4} + {wj}^{2}\right) - {wj}^{3}\right)}\]

  6. Final simplification1.0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x}{wj + 1}}{e^{wj}} + \left(\left({wj}^{4} + {wj}^{2}\right) - {wj}^{3}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020100 
(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))))))