Average Error: 15.0 → 0.3
Time: 3.4s
Precision: binary64
\[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]
↓
\[\frac{\pi}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot 0.5}{b - a}\]
\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)
↓
\frac{\pi}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot 0.5}{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
 (* (/ PI (+ b a)) (/ (* (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b)) 0.5) (- b a))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
↓
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / (b + a)) * ((((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b)) * 0.5) / (b - a));
}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 15.0

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

  2. Simplified14.9

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

  4. Applied difference-of-squares_binary6410.1

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

  5. Applied div-inv_binary6410.1

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

  6. Applied times-frac_binary649.6

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

  7. Applied associate-*l*_binary640.3

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

  8. Simplified0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{b + a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{b - a}\right)}\]
  9. Using strategy rm

  10. Applied associate-*r/_binary640.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{b + a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot 0.5}{b - a}}\]

  11. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot 0.5}{b - a}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020231 
(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))))