2sin (example 3.3)

Average Error: 37.2 → 0.4

Time: 14.1s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 32576

Math

\[\sin \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \sin x \]

↓

\[\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \frac{\sin x}{\frac{1}{\cos \varepsilon + -1}}\right) \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (sin (+ x eps)) (sin x)))

↓

(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (fma (sin eps) (cos x) (/ (sin x) (/ 1.0 (+ (cos eps) -1.0)))))

C

double code(double x, double eps) {
	return sin((x + eps)) - sin(x);
}

↓

double code(double x, double eps) {
	return fma(sin(eps), cos(x), (sin(x) / (1.0 / (cos(eps) + -1.0))));
}

Julia

function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(sin(Float64(x + eps)) - sin(x))
end

↓

function code(x, eps)
	return fma(sin(eps), cos(x), Float64(sin(x) / Float64(1.0 / Float64(cos(eps) + -1.0))))
end

Wolfram

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

↓

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

Target

Original	37.2
Target	15.1
Herbie	0.4

\[2 \cdot \left(\cos \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)\right) \]

Derivation

1. Initial program 37.2

   \[\sin \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \sin x \]

2. Applied egg-rr 22.0

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

3. Simplified 0.4

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \sin x \cdot \left(\cos \varepsilon + -1\right)\right)} \]
   Proof

   [Start] 22.0	\[ \sin x \cdot \cos \varepsilon + \left(\left(-\sin x\right) + \cos x \cdot \sin \varepsilon\right) \]
   associate-+r+ [=>] 0.4	\[ \color{blue}{\left(\sin x \cdot \cos \varepsilon + \left(-\sin x\right)\right) + \cos x \cdot \sin \varepsilon} \]
   +-commutative [<=] 0.4	\[ \color{blue}{\cos x \cdot \sin \varepsilon + \left(\sin x \cdot \cos \varepsilon + \left(-\sin x\right)\right)} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.4	\[ \color{blue}{\sin \varepsilon \cdot \cos x} + \left(\sin x \cdot \cos \varepsilon + \left(-\sin x\right)\right) \]
   fma-def [=>] 0.4	\[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \sin x \cdot \cos \varepsilon + \left(-\sin x\right)\right)} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.4	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \color{blue}{\cos \varepsilon \cdot \sin x} + \left(-\sin x\right)\right) \]
   neg-mul-1 [=>] 0.4	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \cos \varepsilon \cdot \sin x + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \sin x}\right) \]
   distribute-rgt-out [=>] 0.4	\[ \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \color{blue}{\sin x \cdot \left(\cos \varepsilon + -1\right)}\right) \]

4. Applied egg-rr 0.4

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \color{blue}{\frac{\sin x}{\frac{1}{\cos \varepsilon + -1}}}\right) \]

5. Final simplification 0.4

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \frac{\sin x}{\frac{1}{\cos \varepsilon + -1}}\right) \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.4
Cost	32576

\[\left(\sin x \cdot \cos \varepsilon - \sin x\right) + \sin \varepsilon \cdot \cos x \]

Alternative 2
Error	0.4
Cost	32448

\[\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \sin x \cdot \left(\cos \varepsilon + -1\right)\right) \]

Alternative 3
Error	0.4
Cost	26176

\[\sin x \cdot \left(\cos \varepsilon + -1\right) + \sin \varepsilon \cdot \cos x \]

Alternative 4
Error	14.3
Cost	25920

\[\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \varepsilon, \cos x, \sin x \cdot 0\right) \]

Alternative 5
Error	14.8
Cost	13896

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \leq -0.00029:\\ \;\;\;\;\sin \varepsilon - \sin x\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\varepsilon \leq 0.0007:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \cos x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x\right)\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	15.1
Cost	13888

\[\sin \left(\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon + \left(x + x\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

Alternative 7
Error	14.6
Cost	13257

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \leq -0.000215 \lor \neg \left(\varepsilon \leq 0.0014\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\sin \varepsilon - \sin x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \cos x\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	15.1
Cost	6856

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \leq -4.2 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sin \varepsilon\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\varepsilon \leq 0.00065:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \cos x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sin \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	28.8
Cost	6464

\[\sin \varepsilon \]

Alternative 10
Error	45.2
Cost	64

\[\varepsilon \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023083 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "2sin (example 3.3)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (* 2.0 (* (cos (+ x (/ eps 2.0))) (sin (/ eps 2.0))))

  (- (sin (+ x eps)) (sin x)))