ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.9% → 99.2%
Time: 6.7s
Alternatives: 9
Speedup: 35.7×

Specification

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\[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]

Your Program's Arguments

Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 9 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Alternative 1: 99.2% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -9.9999999999999997e-155

    1. Initial program 98.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--98.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv97.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt97.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg97.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt97.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def97.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr97.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/97.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity97.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-99.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses99.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity99.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified99.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]

    if -9.9999999999999997e-155 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.4%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--9.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv9.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt9.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg9.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def2.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified47.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      2. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      3. rem-square-sqrt98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. associate-*r*98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. metadata-eval98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. associate-*r/98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      8. *-commutative98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      9. fma-def98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified98.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr98.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -9.9999999999999997e-155

    1. Initial program 98.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg98.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}} \]
      2. +-commutative98.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\varepsilon\right) + x \cdot x}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt98.3%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}} + x \cdot x} \]
      4. hypot-def98.3%

        \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr98.3%

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]

    if -9.9999999999999997e-155 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.4%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--9.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv9.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt9.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg9.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def2.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified47.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      2. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      3. rem-square-sqrt98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. associate-*r*98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. metadata-eval98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. associate-*r/98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      8. *-commutative98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      9. fma-def98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified98.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr98.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 98.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -9.9999999999999997e-155

    1. Initial program 98.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]

    if -9.9999999999999997e-155 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.4%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--9.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv9.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt9.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg9.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def2.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity47.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified47.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      2. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      3. rem-square-sqrt98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. associate-*r*98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. metadata-eval98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. associate-*r/98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      8. *-commutative98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      9. fma-def98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified98.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef98.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr98.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 87.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1.62 \cdot 10^{-111}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 1.62000000000000004e-111

    1. Initial program 98.8%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0 96.7%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-196.7%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    4. Simplified96.7%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]

    if 1.62000000000000004e-111 < x

    1. Initial program 28.7%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--28.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv28.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt28.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg28.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt24.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def24.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr24.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/24.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity24.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-61.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses61.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity61.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified61.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      2. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      3. rem-square-sqrt81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. associate-*r*81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. metadata-eval81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. associate-*r/81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      8. *-commutative81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      9. fma-def81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified81.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 81.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification89.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1.62 \cdot 10^{-111}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 45.2% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)} \]
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.4%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--68.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv68.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr65.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/65.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity65.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified81.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    2. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    3. rem-square-sqrt39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    5. associate-*r*39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    6. metadata-eval39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
    7. associate-*r/39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    8. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
    9. fma-def39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-udef39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}} \]
  11. Final simplification39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)} \]

Alternative 6: 45.2% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2} \]
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.4%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--68.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv68.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr65.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/65.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity65.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified81.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    2. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    3. rem-square-sqrt39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    5. associate-*r*39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    6. metadata-eval39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
    7. associate-*r/39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    8. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
    9. fma-def39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  10. Final simplification39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2} \]

Alternative 7: 44.4% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5 \]
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.4%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around inf 38.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  3. Final simplification38.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5 \]

Alternative 8: 5.3% accurate, 35.7× speedup?

\[x \cdot -2 \]
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.4%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--68.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv68.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr65.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/65.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity65.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified81.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    2. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    3. rem-square-sqrt39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    5. associate-*r*39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    6. metadata-eval39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
    7. associate-*r/39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    8. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
    9. fma-def39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 5.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative5.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  11. Simplified5.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  12. Final simplification5.5%

    \[\leadsto x \cdot -2 \]

Alternative 9: 11.4% accurate, 35.7× speedup?

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \]
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.4%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--68.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv68.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg67.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def65.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr65.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/65.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity65.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified81.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    2. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    3. rem-square-sqrt39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    5. associate-*r*39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    6. metadata-eval39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
    7. associate-*r/39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    8. *-commutative39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
    9. fma-def39.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified39.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 10.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative10.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5}} \]
    2. associate-*l/10.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot -0.5}{x}}} \]
    3. *-lft-identity10.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \frac{\varepsilon \cdot -0.5}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot x}}} \]
    4. times-frac10.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{1} \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{\varepsilon}}}{1} \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}} \]
    6. associate-*r/3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\varepsilon}}{1}\right)} \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}} \]
    7. /-rgt-identity3.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\sqrt{\varepsilon} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\varepsilon}}\right) \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}} \]
    8. rem-square-sqrt10.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}} \]
  11. Simplified10.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
  12. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 10.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  13. Final simplification10.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \]

Developer target: 99.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023167 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (<= 0.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))

  :herbie-target
  (/ eps (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))

  (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))