| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6720 |
\[\mathsf{fma}\left(z, y \cdot -4, x\right)
\]

(FPCore (x y z) :precision binary64 (- x (* (* y 4.0) z)))
(FPCore (x y z) :precision binary64 (fma z (* y -4.0) x))
double code(double x, double y, double z) {
return x - ((y * 4.0) * z);
}
double code(double x, double y, double z) {
return fma(z, (y * -4.0), x);
}
function code(x, y, z) return Float64(x - Float64(Float64(y * 4.0) * z)) end
function code(x, y, z) return fma(z, Float64(y * -4.0), x) end
code[x_, y_, z_] := N[(x - N[(N[(y * 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * z), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[x_, y_, z_] := N[(z * N[(y * -4.0), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]
x - \left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z
\begin{array}{l}
\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(z, y \cdot -4, x\right)
\end{array}
Herbie found 4 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
Initial program 100.0%
Simplified100.0%
[Start]100.0% | \[ x - \left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z
\] |
|---|---|
sub-neg [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{x + \left(-\left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z\right)}
\] |
+-commutative [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\left(-\left(y \cdot 4\right) \cdot z\right) + x}
\] |
*-commutative [=>]100.0% | \[ \left(-\color{blue}{z \cdot \left(y \cdot 4\right)}\right) + x
\] |
distribute-rgt-neg-in [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{z \cdot \left(-y \cdot 4\right)} + x
\] |
fma-def [=>]100.0% | \[ \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(z, -y \cdot 4, x\right)}
\] |
distribute-rgt-neg-in [=>]100.0% | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(z, \color{blue}{y \cdot \left(-4\right)}, x\right)
\] |
metadata-eval [=>]100.0% | \[ \mathsf{fma}\left(z, y \cdot \color{blue}{-4}, x\right)
\] |
Final simplification100.0%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6720 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 67.9% |
| Cost | 585 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.9% |
| Cost | 448 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 50.6% |
| Cost | 64 |
herbie shell --seed 2023167
(FPCore (x y z)
:name "Diagrams.Solve.Polynomial:quadForm from diagrams-solve-0.1, A"
:precision binary64
(- x (* (* y 4.0) z)))