Average Error: 32.6 → 24.4
Time: 16.1s
Precision: 64
\[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{n} \le -9.51774583569345643 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right) + \left(\sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\frac{1}{n} \le 5.045648612344176 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{n} - \frac{\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}{{n}^{2}}\right) + \frac{-0.5}{{x}^{2} \cdot n}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(2 \cdot \frac{1}{n}\right)} + \left(-{x}^{\left(2 \cdot \frac{1}{n}\right)}\right)}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} + {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Bits error versus n

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if (/ 1.0 n) < -9.517745835693456e-06

    1. Initial program 0.7

      \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied add-log-exp1.1

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

    4. Applied add-log-exp1.0

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

    5. Applied diff-log1.0

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

    6. Simplified1.0

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

    8. Applied add-sqr-sqrt1.0

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}} \cdot \sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}\]

    9. Applied log-prod1.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right) + \log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}\]
    10. Using strategy rm

    11. Applied add-cube-cbrt1.0

      \[\leadsto \log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}}\]

    if -9.517745835693456e-06 < (/ 1.0 n) < 5.045648612344176e-38

    1. Initial program 44.8

      \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 33.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot n} - \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2} \cdot n} + 1 \cdot \frac{\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}{x \cdot {n}^{2}}\right)}\]

    3. Simplified32.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{n} - \frac{\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}{{n}^{2}}\right) + \frac{-0.5}{{x}^{2} \cdot n}}\]

    if 5.045648612344176e-38 < (/ 1.0 n)

    1. Initial program 17.7

      \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied flip--17.7

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

    4. Simplified17.6

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

  4. Final simplification24.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{n} \le -9.51774583569345643 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right) + \left(\sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\log \left(\sqrt{e^{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\frac{1}{n} \le 5.045648612344176 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{n} - \frac{\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}{{n}^{2}}\right) + \frac{-0.5}{{x}^{2} \cdot n}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(2 \cdot \frac{1}{n}\right)} + \left(-{x}^{\left(2 \cdot \frac{1}{n}\right)}\right)}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} + {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020128 
(FPCore (x n)
  :name "2nthrt (problem 3.4.6)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (pow (+ x 1.0) (/ 1.0 n)) (pow x (/ 1.0 n))))