\frac{x + \frac{4}{x}}{2}\frac{x + \frac{4}{x}}{2}double code(double x) {
return ((double) (((double) (x + ((double) (4.0 / x)))) / 2.0));
}
double code(double x) {
return ((double) (((double) (x + ((double) (4.0 / x)))) / 2.0));
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 0.1
Final simplification0.1
herbie shell --seed 2020152
(FPCore (x)
:name "(/ (+ x (/ 4 x)) 2)"
:precision binary64
(/ (+ x (/ 4.0 x)) 2.0))