Average Error: 39.7 → 0.7
Time: 10.7s
Precision: binary64
\[\cos \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \cos x\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \le -2.8649836030802749 \cdot 10^{-4} \lor \neg \left(\varepsilon \le 0.00107128139587754829\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\cos x \cdot \cos \varepsilon - \sin x \cdot \sin \varepsilon\right) - \cos x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\cos \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \cos x
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \le -2.8649836030802749 \cdot 10^{-4} \lor \neg \left(\varepsilon \le 0.00107128139587754829\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\cos x \cdot \cos \varepsilon - \sin x \cdot \sin \varepsilon\right) - \cos x\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)\right)\\

\end{array}
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return ((double) (((double) cos(((double) (x + eps)))) - ((double) cos(x))));
}
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double VAR;
	if (((eps <= -0.0002864983603080275) || !(eps <= 0.0010712813958775483))) {
		VAR = ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) cos(x)) * ((double) cos(eps)))) - ((double) (((double) sin(x)) * ((double) sin(eps)))))) - ((double) cos(x))));
	} else {
		VAR = ((double) (-2.0 * ((double) (((double) sin((((double) (((double) (x + eps)) + x)) / 2.0))) * ((double) sin((eps / 2.0)))))));
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Bits error versus eps

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if eps < -2.8649836030802749e-4 or 0.00107128139587754829 < eps

    1. Initial program 29.8

      \[\cos \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \cos x\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied cos-sum0.9

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

    if -2.8649836030802749e-4 < eps < 0.00107128139587754829

    1. Initial program 49.8

      \[\cos \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \cos x\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied diff-cos37.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x}{2}\right)\right)}\]
    4. Simplified0.6

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)\right)}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification0.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \le -2.8649836030802749 \cdot 10^{-4} \lor \neg \left(\varepsilon \le 0.00107128139587754829\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\cos x \cdot \cos \varepsilon - \sin x \cdot \sin \varepsilon\right) - \cos x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020182 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "2cos (problem 3.3.5)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (cos (+ x eps)) (cos x)))