\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right){e}^{\log \cos^{-1} \left(4 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right) - 1\right)}(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (acos (/ (- 1.0 (* 5.0 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1.0))))
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (pow E (log (acos (- (* 4.0 (* v v)) 1.0)))))
double code(double v) {
return acos((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0));
}
double code(double v) {
return pow(((double) M_E), log(acos((4.0 * (v * v)) - 1.0)));
}



Bits error versus v
Results
Initial program 0.5
Taylor expanded around 0 0.9
Simplified0.9
rmApplied add-exp-log_binary640.9
Simplified0.9
rmApplied pow1_binary640.9
Applied log-pow_binary640.9
Applied exp-prod_binary640.9
Simplified0.9
rmApplied pow1_binary640.9
Applied pow-pow_binary640.9
Final simplification0.9
herbie shell --seed 2021174
(FPCore (v)
:name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 1"
:precision binary64
(acos (/ (- 1.0 (* 5.0 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1.0))))