Difference of squares

Average Error: 0.0 → 0.0

Time: 1.7s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 448

Math

\[a \cdot a - b \cdot b \]

↓

\[\left(a - b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right) \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (- (* a a) (* b b)))

↓

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (- a b) (+ a b)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) - (b * b);
}

↓

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a - b) * (a + b);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (a * a) - (b * b)
end function

↓

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (a - b) * (a + b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) - (b * b);
}

↓

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a - b) * (a + b);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (a * a) - (b * b)

↓

def code(a, b):
	return (a - b) * (a + b)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(a * a) - Float64(b * b))
end

↓

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(a - b) * Float64(a + b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (a * a) - (b * b);
end

↓

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (a - b) * (a + b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(a - b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Target

Original	0.0
Target	0.0
Herbie	0.0

\[\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(a - b\right) \]

Derivation

1. Initial program 0.0

   \[a \cdot a - b \cdot b \]

2. Applied egg-rr 0.0

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a - b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]

3. Final simplification 0.0

   \[\leadsto \left(a - b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right) \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	15.8
Cost	1050

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.2 \cdot 10^{+68}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot a\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -4.6 \cdot 10^{-18} \lor \neg \left(a \leq -4.4 \cdot 10^{-35}\right) \land \left(a \leq -2.45 \cdot 10^{-144} \lor \neg \left(a \leq -2.3 \cdot 10^{-153}\right) \land a \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-24}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot \left(-b\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot a\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	28.0
Cost	192

\[a \cdot a \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023041 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Difference of squares"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (* (+ a b) (- a b))

  (- (* a a) (* b b)))