\frac{x - lo}{hi - lo}\frac{lo}{hi} \cdot \left(\frac{x}{hi} + -1\right)(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 (/ (- x lo) (- hi lo)))
(FPCore (lo hi x) :precision binary64 (* (/ lo hi) (+ (/ x hi) -1.0)))
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
return (x - lo) / (hi - lo);
}
double code(double lo, double hi, double x) {
return (lo / hi) * ((x / hi) + -1.0);
}



Bits error versus lo



Bits error versus hi



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 62.0
Taylor expanded around 0 58.1
Simplified58.1
Taylor expanded around inf 52.0
Simplified52.0
rmApplied *-un-lft-identity_binary6452.0
Applied associate-*r*_binary6452.0
Final simplification52.0
herbie shell --seed 2021118
(FPCore (lo hi x)
:name "(/ (- x lo) (- hi lo))"
:precision binary64
:pre (and (< lo -1e+308) (> hi 1e+308))
(/ (- x lo) (- hi lo)))