\sqrt{x - 1} \cdot \sqrt{x}x - \left(0.125 \cdot \frac{1}{x} + 0.5\right)(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* (sqrt (- x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- x (+ (* 0.125 (/ 1.0 x)) 0.5)))
double code(double x) {
return sqrt(x - 1.0) * sqrt(x);
}
double code(double x) {
return x - ((0.125 * (1.0 / x)) + 0.5);
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 0.5
Taylor expanded around inf 0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2021148
(FPCore (x)
:name "sqrt times"
:precision binary64
(* (sqrt (- x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))