Average Error: 14.4 → 0.3
Time: 7.8s
Precision: binary64
\[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)\]
↓
\[\frac{1}{b + a} \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a}\right)\]
\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)
↓
\frac{1}{b + a} \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a}\right)
(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
 (* (/ 1.0 (+ b a)) (* (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b)) (/ (/ PI 2.0) (- 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 (1.0 / (b + a)) * (((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b)) * ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) / (b - a)));
}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 14.4

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

  2. Simplified14.4

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

  4. Applied difference-of-squares_binary64_3839.7

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

  5. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary64_4149.7

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

  6. Applied times-frac_binary64_4209.1

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

  7. Applied associate-*l*_binary64_3570.3

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

  8. Simplified0.3

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

  9. Final simplification0.3

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020303 
(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))))