Average Error: 2.1 → 2.1
Time: 15.1s
Precision: binary64
\[x + \left(y - x\right) \cdot \frac{z}{t} \]
↓
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(y - x, \frac{z}{t}, x\right) \]
(FPCore (x y z t) :precision binary64 (+ x (* (- y x) (/ z t))))
↓
(FPCore (x y z t) :precision binary64 (fma (- y x) (/ z t) x))
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t) {
	return x + ((y - x) * (z / t));
}
↓
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t) {
	return fma((y - x), (z / t), x);
}

function code(x, y, z, t)
	return Float64(x + Float64(Float64(y - x) * Float64(z / t)))
end
↓
function code(x, y, z, t)
	return fma(Float64(y - x), Float64(z / t), x)
end

code[x_, y_, z_, t_] := N[(x + N[(N[(y - x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(z / t), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
↓
code[x_, y_, z_, t_] := N[(N[(y - x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(z / t), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]

x + \left(y - x\right) \cdot \frac{z}{t}
↓
\mathsf{fma}\left(y - x, \frac{z}{t}, x\right)

Error

Bits error versus x

Bits error versus y

Bits error versus z

Bits error versus t

Target

Original2.1
Target2.2
Herbie2.1
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left(y - x\right) \cdot \frac{z}{t} < -1013646692435.8867:\\ \;\;\;\;x + \frac{y - x}{\frac{t}{z}}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\left(y - x\right) \cdot \frac{z}{t} < 0:\\ \;\;\;\;x + \frac{\left(y - x\right) \cdot z}{t}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x + \frac{y - x}{\frac{t}{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 2.1

    \[x + \left(y - x\right) \cdot \frac{z}{t} \]

  2. Simplified2.1

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

  3. Final simplification2.1

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022153 
(FPCore (x y z t)
  :name "Graphics.Rendering.Plot.Render.Plot.Axis:tickPosition from plot-0.2.3.4"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (* (- y x) (/ z t)) -1013646692435.8867) (+ x (/ (- y x) (/ t z))) (if (< (* (- y x) (/ z t)) 0.0) (+ x (/ (* (- y x) z) t)) (+ x (/ (- y x) (/ t z)))))

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