Average Error: 39.1 → 0.0
Time: 1.7s
Precision: 64
\[\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1\]
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, {x}^{2}\right)\]
\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1
\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, {x}^{2}\right)
double code(double x) {
	return (((x + 1.0) * (x + 1.0)) - 1.0);
}
double code(double x) {
	return fma(x, 2.0, pow(x, 2.0));
}

Error

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 39.1

    \[\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1\]
  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{x}^{2} + 2 \cdot x}\]
  3. Simplified0.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, {x}^{2}\right)}\]
  4. Final simplification0.0

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, {x}^{2}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020106 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Expanding a square"
  :precision binary64
  (- (* (+ x 1) (+ x 1)) 1))