\frac{x - \sin x}{\tan x}
\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x \cdot x, \mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{6}, -0.0007275132275132275, {x}^{4} \cdot -0.06388888888888888\right)\right)
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ (- x (sin x)) (tan x)))
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (fma 0.16666666666666666 (* x x) (fma (pow x 6.0) -0.0007275132275132275 (* (pow x 4.0) -0.06388888888888888))))
double code(double x) {
return (x - sin(x)) / tan(x);
}
double code(double x) {
return fma(0.16666666666666666, (x * x), fma(pow(x, 6.0), -0.0007275132275132275, (pow(x, 4.0) * -0.06388888888888888)));
}




Bits error versus x
| Original | 30.6 |
|---|---|
| Target | 0.8 |
| Herbie | 0.3 |
Initial program 30.6
Taylor expanded in x around 0 0.3
Simplified0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2022125
(FPCore (x)
:name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4a"
:precision binary64
:pre (and (<= -1.0 x) (<= x 1.0))
:herbie-target
(* 0.16666666666666666 (* x x))
(/ (- x (sin x)) (tan x)))