ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Average Error: 24.0 → 0.3

Time: 6.2s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 7488

\[\left(0 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]

Math

\[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]

↓

\[\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))

↓

(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- (* x x) (* x x)) eps) (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))

C

double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}

↓

double code(double x, double eps) {
	return (((x * x) - (x * x)) + eps) / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
end function

↓

real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = (((x * x) - (x * x)) + eps) / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}

↓

public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return (((x * x) - (x * x)) + eps) / (x + Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
}

Python

def code(x, eps):
	return x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))

↓

def code(x, eps):
	return (((x * x) - (x * x)) + eps) / (x + math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)))

Julia

function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
end

↓

function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(x * x) - Float64(x * x)) + eps) / Float64(x + sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
end

↓

function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = (((x * x) - (x * x)) + eps) / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
end

Wolfram

code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + eps), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Target

Original	24.0
Target	0.3
Herbie	0.3

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]

Derivation

1. Initial program 24.0

   \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]

2. Applied egg-rr 0.3

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]

3. Final simplification 0.3

   \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.7
Cost	13764

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}{x + \left(x + -0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	8.0
Cost	6788

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.35 \cdot 10^{-98}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}{x + \left(x + -0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	35.5
Cost	1216

\[\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}{x + \left(x + -0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\right)} \]

Alternative 4
Error	35.6
Cost	704

\[\frac{1}{2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon} + \frac{-0.5}{x}} \]

Alternative 5
Error	36.1
Cost	320

\[\varepsilon \cdot \frac{0.5}{x} \]

Alternative 6
Error	36.0
Cost	320

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5 \]

Alternative 7
Error	56.8
Cost	192

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \]

Alternative 8
Error	61.7
Cost	64

\[x \]

Alternative 9
Error	61.3
Cost	64

\[0 \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022228 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (<= 0.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))

  :herbie-target
  (/ eps (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))

  (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))