Average Error: 11.7 → 1.4
Time: 3.2s
Precision: binary64
\[x - \frac{\left(y \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(y \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t} \le +inf.0:\\ \;\;\;\;x - y \cdot \frac{2}{2 \cdot z - \frac{t \cdot y}{z}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{z \cdot 2 - \frac{t}{\frac{z}{y}}}\\ \end{array}\]
x - \frac{\left(y \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(y \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t} \le +inf.0:\\
\;\;\;\;x - y \cdot \frac{2}{2 \cdot z - \frac{t \cdot y}{z}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{z \cdot 2 - \frac{t}{\frac{z}{y}}}\\

\end{array}
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t) {
	return ((double) (x - ((double) (((double) (((double) (y * 2.0)) * z)) / ((double) (((double) (((double) (z * 2.0)) * z)) - ((double) (y * t))))))));
}
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t) {
	double VAR;
	if ((((double) (((double) (((double) (y * 2.0)) * z)) / ((double) (((double) (((double) (z * 2.0)) * z)) - ((double) (y * t)))))) <= +inf.0)) {
		VAR = ((double) (x - ((double) (y * ((double) (2.0 / ((double) (((double) (2.0 * z)) - ((double) (((double) (t * y)) / z))))))))));
	} else {
		VAR = ((double) (x - ((double) (((double) (y * 2.0)) / ((double) (((double) (z * 2.0)) - ((double) (t / ((double) (z / y))))))))));
	}
	return VAR;
}

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Target

Original11.7
Target0.1
Herbie1.4
\[x - \frac{1}{\frac{z}{y} - \frac{\frac{t}{2}}{z}}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/ (* (* y 2.0) z) (- (* (* z 2.0) z) (* y t))) < +inf.0

    1. Initial program 3.8

      \[x - \frac{\left(y \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied associate-/l*2.3

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\frac{y \cdot 2}{\frac{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}{z}}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied *-un-lft-identity2.3

      \[\leadsto x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{\frac{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot z}}}\]
    6. Applied *-un-lft-identity2.3

      \[\leadsto x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t\right)}}{1 \cdot z}}\]
    7. Applied times-frac2.3

      \[\leadsto x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}{z}}}\]
    8. Applied times-frac2.3

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\frac{y}{\frac{1}{1}} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}{z}}}\]
    9. Simplified2.3

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{y} \cdot \frac{2}{\frac{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}{z}}\]
    10. Simplified1.4

      \[\leadsto x - y \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{2}{2 \cdot z - \frac{t \cdot y}{z}}}\]

    if +inf.0 < (/ (* (* y 2.0) z) (- (* (* z 2.0) z) (* y t)))

    1. Initial program 64.0

      \[x - \frac{\left(y \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied associate-/l*37.7

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\frac{y \cdot 2}{\frac{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t}{z}}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied div-sub37.7

      \[\leadsto x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{z} - \frac{y \cdot t}{z}}}\]
    6. Simplified13.0

      \[\leadsto x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{z \cdot 2} - \frac{y \cdot t}{z}}\]
    7. Simplified13.0

      \[\leadsto x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{z \cdot 2 - \color{blue}{\frac{t \cdot y}{z}}}\]
    8. Using strategy rm
    9. Applied associate-/l*1.3

      \[\leadsto x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{z \cdot 2 - \color{blue}{\frac{t}{\frac{z}{y}}}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification1.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{\left(y \cdot 2\right) \cdot z}{\left(z \cdot 2\right) \cdot z - y \cdot t} \le +inf.0:\\ \;\;\;\;x - y \cdot \frac{2}{2 \cdot z - \frac{t \cdot y}{z}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \frac{y \cdot 2}{z \cdot 2 - \frac{t}{\frac{z}{y}}}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020155 
(FPCore (x y z t)
  :name "Numeric.AD.Rank1.Halley:findZero from ad-4.2.4"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (- x (/ 1.0 (- (/ z y) (/ (/ t 2.0) z))))

  (- x (/ (* (* y 2.0) z) (- (* (* z 2.0) z) (* y t)))))