Average Error: 14.9 → 0.2
Time: 3.5s
Precision: binary64
\[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]
↓
\[\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b \cdot a}}{b + a}\]
\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)
↓
\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b \cdot a}}{b + a}
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))
↓
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (* 0.5 (/ PI (* b a))) (+ b a)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((double) (((double) ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((double) (((double) (b * b)) - ((double) (a * a))))))) * ((double) ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b)))));
}
↓
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (((double) (0.5 * (((double) M_PI) / ((double) (b * a))))) / ((double) (b + a)));
}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 14.9

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied difference-of-squares_binary6410.0

    \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]

  4. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary6410.0

    \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]

  5. Applied times-frac_binary649.5

    \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{b + a} \cdot \frac{1}{b - a}\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]

  6. Applied associate-*r*_binary649.5

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b + a}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b - a}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]

  7. Simplified9.5

    \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a}} \cdot \frac{1}{b - a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]
  8. Using strategy rm

  9. Applied associate-*l/_binary649.5

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b - a}}{b + a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]

  10. Applied associate-*l/_binary640.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b - a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b + a}}\]

  11. Simplified0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{b - a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\right)}}{b + a}\]

  12. Taylor expanded around 0 0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}}{b + a}\]

  13. Simplified0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b \cdot a}}}{b + a}\]

  14. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b \cdot a}}{b + a}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020210 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B"
  :precision binary64
  (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))