cos2 (problem 3.4.1)

Average Error: 31.4 → 0.1

Time: 11.3s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 13376

Math

\[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x} \]

↓

\[\frac{\sin x}{x} \cdot \frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ (- 1.0 (cos x)) (* x x)))

↓

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* (/ (sin x) x) (/ (tan (/ x 2.0)) x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 - cos(x)) / (x * x);
}

↓

double code(double x) {
	return (sin(x) / x) * (tan((x / 2.0)) / x);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (1.0d0 - cos(x)) / (x * x)
end function

↓

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (sin(x) / x) * (tan((x / 2.0d0)) / x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 - Math.cos(x)) / (x * x);
}

↓

public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.sin(x) / x) * (Math.tan((x / 2.0)) / x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return (1.0 - math.cos(x)) / (x * x)

↓

def code(x):
	return (math.sin(x) / x) * (math.tan((x / 2.0)) / x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 - cos(x)) / Float64(x * x))
end

↓

function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(sin(x) / x) * Float64(tan(Float64(x / 2.0)) / x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (1.0 - cos(x)) / (x * x);
end

↓

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (sin(x) / x) * (tan((x / 2.0)) / x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[(1.0 - N[Cos[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[x_] := N[(N[(N[Sin[x], $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Tan[N[(x / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 31.4

   \[\frac{1 - \cos x}{x \cdot x} \]

2. Applied egg-rr 15.7

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin x \cdot \sin x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1 + \cos x}}}{x \cdot x} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 0.1

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sin x}{x} \cdot \frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x}} \]

4. Final simplification 0.1

   \[\leadsto \frac{\sin x}{x} \cdot \frac{\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{x} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.1
Cost	13376

\[\frac{\frac{\sin x}{x}}{\frac{x}{\tan \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]

Alternative 2
Error	0.8
Cost	7112

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\frac{1 - \cos x}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -3055608.817094984:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1.5562500070052362 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	0.9
Cost	7112

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -3055608.817094984:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1}{x} - \frac{\cos x}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1.5562500070052362 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{1 - \cos x}{x}}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	14.1
Cost	832

\[\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x \cdot 0.16666666666666666 + 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}} \]

Alternative 5
Error	15.8
Cost	328

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -3.374932225162833 \cdot 10^{+77}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 4.264203499983615 \cdot 10^{+76}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	46.7
Cost	64

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Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022300 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "cos2 (problem 3.4.1)"
  :precision binary64
  (/ (- 1.0 (cos x)) (* x x)))