Average Error: 38.3 → 26.0
Time: 4.2s
Precision: binary64
\[\sqrt{\frac{\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + z \cdot z}{3}}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -9.72585923751592876 \cdot 10^{142}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-x}{\sqrt{3}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 5.2200474481706602 \cdot 10^{101}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \left(y \cdot y + z \cdot z\right)}}{\sqrt{3}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \sqrt{0.333333333333333315}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Bits error versus y

Bits error versus z

Target

Original38.3
Target25.6
Herbie26.0
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;z \lt -6.3964793941097758 \cdot 10^{136}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-z}{\sqrt{3}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;z \lt 7.3202936944041821 \cdot 10^{117}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(z \cdot z + x \cdot x\right) + y \cdot y}}{\sqrt{3}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{0.333333333333333315} \cdot z\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if x < -9.72585923751592876e142

    1. Initial program 61.0

      \[\sqrt{\frac{\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + z \cdot z}{3}}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied sqrt-div61.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + z \cdot z}}{\sqrt{3}}}\]
    4. Simplified61.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \left(y \cdot y + z \cdot z\right)}}}{\sqrt{3}}\]
    5. Taylor expanded around -inf 15.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}}{\sqrt{3}}\]
    6. Simplified15.4

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-x}}{\sqrt{3}}\]

    if -9.72585923751592876e142 < x < 5.2200474481706602e101

    1. Initial program 29.8

      \[\sqrt{\frac{\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + z \cdot z}{3}}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied sqrt-div29.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + z \cdot z}}{\sqrt{3}}}\]
    4. Simplified29.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \left(y \cdot y + z \cdot z\right)}}}{\sqrt{3}}\]

    if 5.2200474481706602e101 < x

    1. Initial program 55.2

      \[\sqrt{\frac{\left(x \cdot x + y \cdot y\right) + z \cdot z}{3}}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 18.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \sqrt{0.333333333333333315}}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification26.0

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -9.72585923751592876 \cdot 10^{142}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-x}{\sqrt{3}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 5.2200474481706602 \cdot 10^{101}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \left(y \cdot y + z \cdot z\right)}}{\sqrt{3}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \sqrt{0.333333333333333315}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020184 
(FPCore (x y z)
  :name "Data.Array.Repa.Algorithms.Pixel:doubleRmsOfRGB8 from repa-algorithms-3.4.0.1"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< z -6.396479394109776e+136) (/ (neg z) (sqrt 3.0)) (if (< z 7.320293694404182e+117) (/ (sqrt (+ (+ (* z z) (* x x)) (* y y))) (sqrt 3.0)) (* (sqrt 0.3333333333333333) z)))

  (sqrt (/ (+ (+ (* x x) (* y y)) (* z z)) 3.0)))