Average Error: 0.2 → 0.1
Time: 1.1s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{x \cdot x - 3}{6}\]
↓
\[\frac{x}{\frac{6}{x}} - \frac{3}{6}\]
\frac{x \cdot x - 3}{6}
↓
\frac{x}{\frac{6}{x}} - \frac{3}{6}
double code(double x) {
	return (((x * x) - 3.0) / 6.0);
}
↓
double code(double x) {
	return ((x / (6.0 / x)) - (3.0 / 6.0));
}

Error

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.2

    \[\frac{x \cdot x - 3}{6}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied div-sub0.2

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x}{6} - \frac{3}{6}}\]
  4. Using strategy rm

  5. Applied associate-/l*0.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x}{\frac{6}{x}}} - \frac{3}{6}\]

  6. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{x}{\frac{6}{x}} - \frac{3}{6}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020106 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Numeric.SpecFunctions:invIncompleteBetaWorker from math-functions-0.1.5.2, H"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- (* x x) 3) 6))