Average Error: 31.7 → 0.2
Time: 4.7s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0320220307439451138:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1 - \cos x}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.027140316278725395:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{1}{720} \cdot {x}^{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1 - \cos x}{x}\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0320220307439451138:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1 - \cos x}{x}}{x}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.027140316278725395:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\frac{1}{720} \cdot {x}^{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1 - \cos x}{x}\\

\end{array}
double code(double x) {
	return ((double) (((double) (1.0 - ((double) cos(x)))) / ((double) (x * x))));
}
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double code(double x) {
	double VAR;
	if ((x <= -0.032022030743945114)) {
		VAR = ((double) (((double) (((double) (1.0 - ((double) cos(x)))) / x)) / x));
	} else {
		double VAR_1;
		if ((x <= 0.027140316278725395)) {
			VAR_1 = ((double) (((double) (((double) (0.001388888888888889 * ((double) pow(x, 4.0)))) + 0.5)) - ((double) (0.041666666666666664 * ((double) pow(x, 2.0))))));
		} else {
			VAR_1 = ((double) (((double) (1.0 / x)) * ((double) (((double) (1.0 - ((double) cos(x)))) / x))));
		}
		VAR = VAR_1;
	}
	return VAR;
}

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if x < -0.0320220307439451138

    1. Initial program 0.9

      \[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied associate-/r*0.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 - \cos x}{x}}{x}}\]

    if -0.0320220307439451138 < x < 0.027140316278725395

    1. Initial program 62.3

      \[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}\]

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{720} \cdot {x}^{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}}\]

    if 0.027140316278725395 < x

    1. Initial program 1.1

      \[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied *-un-lft-identity1.1

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

    4. Applied times-frac0.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1 - \cos x}{x}}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0320220307439451138:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1 - \cos x}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.027140316278725395:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{1}{720} \cdot {x}^{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) - \frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1 - \cos x}{x}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020171 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "cos2 (problem 3.4.1)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- 1.0 (cos x)) (* x x)))