Data.Approximate.Numerics:blog from approximate-0.2.2.1

Average Error: 0.25% → 0.07%

Time: 8.4s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 7232

Math

\[\frac{6 \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} \]

↓

\[\frac{6}{\frac{x + \left(1 + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x + -1}} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* 6.0 (- x 1.0)) (+ (+ x 1.0) (* 4.0 (sqrt x)))))

↓

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (/ 6.0 (/ (+ x (+ 1.0 (* 4.0 (sqrt x)))) (+ x -1.0))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return (6.0 * (x - 1.0)) / ((x + 1.0) + (4.0 * sqrt(x)));
}

↓

double code(double x) {
	return 6.0 / ((x + (1.0 + (4.0 * sqrt(x)))) / (x + -1.0));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (6.0d0 * (x - 1.0d0)) / ((x + 1.0d0) + (4.0d0 * sqrt(x)))
end function

↓

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 6.0d0 / ((x + (1.0d0 + (4.0d0 * sqrt(x)))) / (x + (-1.0d0)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return (6.0 * (x - 1.0)) / ((x + 1.0) + (4.0 * Math.sqrt(x)));
}

↓

public static double code(double x) {
	return 6.0 / ((x + (1.0 + (4.0 * Math.sqrt(x)))) / (x + -1.0));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return (6.0 * (x - 1.0)) / ((x + 1.0) + (4.0 * math.sqrt(x)))

↓

def code(x):
	return 6.0 / ((x + (1.0 + (4.0 * math.sqrt(x)))) / (x + -1.0))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(6.0 * Float64(x - 1.0)) / Float64(Float64(x + 1.0) + Float64(4.0 * sqrt(x))))
end

↓

function code(x)
	return Float64(6.0 / Float64(Float64(x + Float64(1.0 + Float64(4.0 * sqrt(x)))) / Float64(x + -1.0)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (6.0 * (x - 1.0)) / ((x + 1.0) + (4.0 * sqrt(x)));
end

↓

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 6.0 / ((x + (1.0 + (4.0 * sqrt(x)))) / (x + -1.0));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[(6.0 * N[(x - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(4.0 * N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[x_] := N[(6.0 / N[(N[(x + N[(1.0 + N[(4.0 * N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Target

Original	0.25%
Target	0.07%
Herbie	0.07%

\[\frac{6}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}{x - 1}} \]

Derivation

1. Initial program 0.25

   \[\frac{6 \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} \]

2. Simplified 0.07

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{6}{\frac{x + \left(1 + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x + -1}}} \]
   Proof

   [Start] 0.25	\[ \frac{6 \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} \]
   associate-*l/ [<=] 0.14	\[ \color{blue}{\frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} \]
   sub-neg [=>] 0.14	\[ \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(-1\right)\right)} \]
   +-commutative [=>] 0.14	\[ \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1\right) + x\right)} \]
   distribute-rgt-in [=>] 0.14	\[ \color{blue}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} + x \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.14	\[ \left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} + \color{blue}{\frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} \cdot x} \]
   cancel-sign-sub [<=] 0.14	\[ \color{blue}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} - \left(-\frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right) \cdot x} \]
   mul-1-neg [<=] 0.14	\[ \left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right)} \cdot x \]
   metadata-eval [<=] 0.14	\[ \left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} - \left(\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right) \cdot x \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.14	\[ \left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} - \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right)} \]
   cancel-sign-sub-inv [=>] 0.14	\[ \color{blue}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}} + \left(-x\right) \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right)} \]
   distribute-rgt1-in [=>] 0.14	\[ \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{\left(x + 1\right) + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right)} \]

3. Final simplification 0.07

   \[\leadsto \frac{6}{\frac{x + \left(1 + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x + -1}} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.14%
Cost	7232

\[\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{1 + \left(x + 4 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)} \]

Alternative 2
Error	4.66%
Cost	576

\[\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \frac{6}{x + 1} \]

Alternative 3
Error	4.59%
Cost	576

\[\frac{6}{\frac{x + 1}{x + -1}} \]

Alternative 4
Error	4.59%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 0.5:\\ \;\;\;\;-6\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;6 + \frac{-6}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	4.6%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-6\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;6 + \frac{-12}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	4.6%
Cost	452

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot 12 + -6\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;6 + \frac{-12}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	4.59%
Cost	196

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-6\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;6\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	51.06%
Cost	64

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Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023115 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Data.Approximate.Numerics:blog from approximate-0.2.2.1"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (/ 6.0 (/ (+ (+ x 1.0) (* 4.0 (sqrt x))) (- x 1.0)))

  (/ (* 6.0 (- x 1.0)) (+ (+ x 1.0) (* 4.0 (sqrt x)))))