\sin \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \sin x
\cos x \cdot \sin \varepsilon + \sin x \cdot \left(\cos \varepsilon - 1\right)
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (sin (+ x eps)) (sin x)))
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (+ (* (cos x) (sin eps)) (* (sin x) (- (cos eps) 1.0))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
return sin(x + eps) - sin(x);
}
double code(double x, double eps) {
return (cos(x) * sin(eps)) + (sin(x) * (cos(eps) - 1.0));
}




Bits error versus x




Bits error versus eps
Results
| Original | 37.5 |
|---|---|
| Target | 15.8 |
| Herbie | 0.4 |
Initial program 37.5
rmApplied sin-sum_binary6421.7
rmApplied *-un-lft-identity_binary6421.7
Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary6421.7
Applied distribute-lft-out--_binary6421.7
Simplified0.4
Final simplification0.4
herbie shell --seed 2020288
(FPCore (x eps)
:name "2sin (example 3.3)"
:precision binary64
:herbie-target
(* 2.0 (* (cos (+ x (/ eps 2.0))) (sin (/ eps 2.0))))
(- (sin (+ x eps)) (sin x)))