Average Error: 7.3 → 7.3
Time: 5.6s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{x \cdot y - z \cdot t}{a} \]
↓
\[\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, y, -z \cdot t\right)}{a} \]
\frac{x \cdot y - z \cdot t}{a}
↓
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, y, -z \cdot t\right)}{a}

(FPCore (x y z t a) :precision binary64 (/ (- (* x y) (* z t)) a))
↓
(FPCore (x y z t a) :precision binary64 (/ (fma x y (- (* z t))) a))
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t, double a) {
	return ((x * y) - (z * t)) / a;
}
↓
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t, double a) {
	return fma(x, y, -(z * t)) / a;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Bits error versus y

Bits error versus z

Bits error versus t

Bits error versus a

Target

Original7.3
Target6.0
Herbie7.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;z < -2.468684968699548 \cdot 10^{+170}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{y}{a} \cdot x - \frac{t}{a} \cdot z\\ \mathbf{elif}\;z < 6.309831121978371 \cdot 10^{-71}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x \cdot y - z \cdot t}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{y}{a} \cdot x - \frac{t}{a} \cdot z\\ \end{array} \]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 7.3

    \[\frac{x \cdot y - z \cdot t}{a} \]

  2. Applied fma-neg_binary647.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, y, -z \cdot t\right)}}{a} \]

  3. Final simplification7.3

    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, y, -z \cdot t\right)}{a} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022088 
(FPCore (x y z t a)
  :name "Data.Colour.Matrix:inverse from colour-2.3.3, B"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< z -2.468684968699548e+170) (- (* (/ y a) x) (* (/ t a) z)) (if (< z 6.309831121978371e-71) (/ (- (* x y) (* z t)) a) (- (* (/ y a) x) (* (/ t a) z))))

  (/ (- (* x y) (* z t)) a))