\frac{\frac{\frac{\left(\left(a + b\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + b\right) - 1\right)}{a}}{b}}{2} - 1\frac{\frac{\frac{\left(\left(a + b\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + b\right) - 1\right)}{a}}{b}}{2} - 1double code(double a, double b) {
return ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (a + b)) + 1.0)) * ((double) (((double) (a + b)) - 1.0)))) / a)) / b)) / 2.0)) - 1.0));
}
double code(double a, double b) {
return ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) (a + b)) + 1.0)) * ((double) (((double) (a + b)) - 1.0)))) / a)) / b)) / 2.0)) - 1.0));
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b
Results
Initial program 28.8
Final simplification28.8
herbie shell --seed 2020152
(FPCore (a b)
:name "(- (/ (/ (/ (* (+ (+ a b) 1) (- (+ a b) 1)) a) b) 2) 1)"
:precision binary64
(- (/ (/ (/ (* (+ (+ a b) 1.0) (- (+ a b) 1.0)) a) b) 2.0) 1.0))