Average Error: 13.3 → 1.5
Time: 6.5s
Precision: binary64
\[wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;wj \le -4.2417129327520033 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\ \;\;\;\;wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array}\]
wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;wj \le -4.2417129327520033 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\
\;\;\;\;wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)\\

\end{array}
double code(double wj, double x) {
	return ((double) (wj - ((double) (((double) (((double) (wj * ((double) exp(wj)))) - x)) / ((double) (((double) exp(wj)) + ((double) (wj * ((double) exp(wj))))))))));
}
↓
double code(double wj, double x) {
	double VAR;
	if ((wj <= -4.241712932752003e-09)) {
		VAR = ((double) (wj - ((double) (((double) (((double) (wj * ((double) exp(wj)))) - x)) / ((double) (((double) exp(wj)) + ((double) (wj * ((double) exp(wj))))))))));
	} else {
		VAR = ((double) (((double) (x + ((double) pow(wj, 2.0)))) - ((double) (2.0 * ((double) (wj * x))))));
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

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Target

Original13.3
Target12.6
Herbie1.5
\[wj - \left(\frac{wj}{wj + 1} - \frac{x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\right)\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if wj < -4.2417129327520033e-9

    1. Initial program 6.1

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

    if -4.2417129327520033e-9 < wj

    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 1.4

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

  4. Final simplification1.5

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;wj \le -4.2417129327520033 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\ \;\;\;\;wj - \frac{wj \cdot e^{wj} - x}{e^{wj} + wj \cdot e^{wj}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(x + {wj}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(wj \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020147 
(FPCore (wj x)
  :name "Jmat.Real.lambertw, newton loop step"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (- wj (- (/ wj (+ wj 1.0)) (/ x (+ (exp wj) (* wj (exp wj))))))

  (- wj (/ (- (* wj (exp wj)) x) (+ (exp wj) (* wj (exp wj))))))