Average Error: 14.9 → 0.1
Time: 3.7s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
↓
\[\frac{\frac{-2}{1 + x}}{x - 1}\]
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}
↓
\frac{\frac{-2}{1 + x}}{x - 1}
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))
↓
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ (/ -2.0 (+ 1.0 x)) (- x 1.0)))
double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}
↓
double code(double x) {
	return (-2.0 / (1.0 + x)) / (x - 1.0);
}

Error

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 14.9

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied flip--_binary64_209929.5

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1}{x + 1}}}\]

  4. Applied associate-/r/_binary64_207029.5

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}\]

  5. Applied flip-+_binary64_209814.9

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1}{x - 1}}} - \frac{1}{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\]

  6. Applied associate-/r/_binary64_207014.9

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \frac{1}{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\]

  7. Applied distribute-lft-out--_binary64_207614.3

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1} \cdot \left(\left(x - 1\right) - \left(x + 1\right)\right)}\]

  8. Simplified0.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1} \cdot \color{blue}{-2}\]
  9. Using strategy rm

  10. Applied difference-of-squares_binary64_20930.4

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

  11. Applied associate-/r*_binary64_20680.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x + 1}}{x - 1}} \cdot -2\]

  12. Simplified0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x}}}{x - 1} \cdot -2\]
  13. Using strategy rm

  14. Applied associate-*l/_binary64_20670.1

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} \cdot -2}{x - 1}}\]

  15. Simplified0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{1 + x}}}{x - 1}\]

  16. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-2}{1 + x}}{x - 1}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020298 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Asymptote A"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))