\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{h}{\sqrt{eta \cdot eta - \frac{sinTheta_O \cdot sinTheta_O}{\sqrt{1 - sinTheta_O \cdot sinTheta_O}}}}\right)
\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{h}{eta - 0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{sinTheta_O}{\sqrt[3]{eta} \cdot \sqrt[3]{eta}} \cdot \frac{sinTheta_O}{\sqrt[3]{eta}}\right)}\right)
(FPCore (sinTheta_O h eta)
:precision binary32
(asin
(/
h
(sqrt
(-
(* eta eta)
(/
(* sinTheta_O sinTheta_O)
(sqrt (- 1.0 (* sinTheta_O sinTheta_O)))))))))(FPCore (sinTheta_O h eta)
:precision binary32
(asin
(/
h
(-
eta
(*
0.5
(*
(/ sinTheta_O (* (cbrt eta) (cbrt eta)))
(/ sinTheta_O (cbrt eta))))))))float code(float sinTheta_O, float h, float eta) {
return asinf(h / sqrtf((eta * eta) - ((sinTheta_O * sinTheta_O) / sqrtf(1.0f - (sinTheta_O * sinTheta_O)))));
}
float code(float sinTheta_O, float h, float eta) {
return asinf(h / (eta - (0.5f * ((sinTheta_O / (cbrtf(eta) * cbrtf(eta))) * (sinTheta_O / cbrtf(eta))))));
}



Bits error versus sinTheta_O



Bits error versus h



Bits error versus eta
Results
Initial program 2.6
Taylor expanded in sinTheta_O around 0 0.9
Applied add-cube-cbrt_binary320.9
Applied add-sqr-sqrt_binary3215.8
Applied unpow-prod-down_binary3215.8
Applied times-frac_binary3215.7
Simplified15.7
Simplified0.7
Final simplification0.7
herbie shell --seed 2022068
(FPCore (sinTheta_O h eta)
:name "HairBSDF, gamma for a refracted ray"
:precision binary32
:pre (and (and (and (<= -1.0 sinTheta_O) (<= sinTheta_O 1.0)) (and (<= -1.0 h) (<= h 1.0))) (and (<= 0.0 eta) (<= eta 10.0)))
(asin (/ h (sqrt (- (* eta eta) (/ (* sinTheta_O sinTheta_O) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* sinTheta_O sinTheta_O)))))))))