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








Bits error versus x








Bits error versus eps
Results
| Original | 37.1 |
|---|---|
| Target | 15.1 |
| Herbie | 0.4 |
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 1.6 |
| Cost | 123968 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 1.6 |
| Cost | 136768 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 1.9 |
| Cost | 182336 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 21.6 |
| Cost | 182592 |

Initial program 37.1
rmApplied sin-sum_binary64_225721.8
Taylor expanded around inf 21.8
Simplified0.4
Simplified0.4
Final simplification0.4
herbie shell --seed 2021043
(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)))