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Average Error: 14.4 → 0.0
Time: 2.8s
Precision: binary64
Cost: 448

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\[\frac{x - y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} \]
\[\frac{0.5}{y} + \frac{-0.5}{x} \]
(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (/ (- x y) (* (* x 2.0) y)))
(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (+ (/ 0.5 y) (/ -0.5 x)))
double code(double x, double y) {
	return (x - y) / ((x * 2.0) * y);
}
double code(double x, double y) {
	return (0.5 / y) + (-0.5 / x);
}
real(8) function code(x, y)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: y
    code = (x - y) / ((x * 2.0d0) * y)
end function
real(8) function code(x, y)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: y
    code = (0.5d0 / y) + ((-0.5d0) / x)
end function
public static double code(double x, double y) {
	return (x - y) / ((x * 2.0) * y);
}
public static double code(double x, double y) {
	return (0.5 / y) + (-0.5 / x);
}
def code(x, y):
	return (x - y) / ((x * 2.0) * y)
def code(x, y):
	return (0.5 / y) + (-0.5 / x)
function code(x, y)
	return Float64(Float64(x - y) / Float64(Float64(x * 2.0) * y))
end
function code(x, y)
	return Float64(Float64(0.5 / y) + Float64(-0.5 / x))
end
function tmp = code(x, y)
	tmp = (x - y) / ((x * 2.0) * y);
end
function tmp = code(x, y)
	tmp = (0.5 / y) + (-0.5 / x);
end
code[x_, y_] := N[(N[(x - y), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * y), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[x_, y_] := N[(N[(0.5 / y), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\frac{x - y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y}
\frac{0.5}{y} + \frac{-0.5}{x}

Error?

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Results

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Target

Original14.4
Target0.0
Herbie0.0
\[\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{x} \]

Derivation?

  1. Initial program 14.4

    \[\frac{x - y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} \]
  2. Simplified0.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{x}} \]
    Proof

    [Start]14.4

    \[ \frac{x - y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} \]

    div-sub [=>]14.4

    \[ \color{blue}{\frac{x}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} - \frac{y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y}} \]

    associate-/r* [=>]11.0

    \[ \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x}{x \cdot 2}}{y}} - \frac{y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} \]

    associate-/r* [=>]10.9

    \[ \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x}{x}}{2}}}{y} - \frac{y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} \]

    *-inverses [=>]10.9

    \[ \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{y} - \frac{y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} \]

    metadata-eval [=>]10.9

    \[ \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{y} - \frac{y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y} \]

    associate-/l/ [<=]0.0

    \[ \frac{0.5}{y} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{y}{y}}{x \cdot 2}} \]

    *-commutative [=>]0.0

    \[ \frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{\frac{y}{y}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x}} \]

    associate-/r* [=>]0.0

    \[ \frac{0.5}{y} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{y}{y}}{2}}{x}} \]

    *-inverses [=>]0.0

    \[ \frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{2}}{x} \]

    metadata-eval [=>]0.0

    \[ \frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{x} \]
  3. Final simplification0.0

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{y} + \frac{-0.5}{x} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error15.9
Cost722
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -6.4 \cdot 10^{+31} \lor \neg \left(x \leq -4.2 \cdot 10^{-79}\right) \land \left(x \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-90} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{+14}\right)\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{y}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-0.5}{x}\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 2
Error31.3
Cost192
\[\frac{-0.5}{x} \]

Error

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herbie shell --seed 2023054 
(FPCore (x y)
  :name "Linear.Projection:inversePerspective from linear-1.19.1.3, B"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (- (/ 0.5 y) (/ 0.5 x))

  (/ (- x y) (* (* x 2.0) y)))