ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4b, n=2

Percentage Accurate: 75.0% → 100.0%
Time: 4.5s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 29.6×

Specification

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\[\left(-1000000000 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return pow((x + eps), 2.0) - pow(x, 2.0);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = ((x + eps) ** 2.0d0) - (x ** 2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return Math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - Math.pow(x, 2.0);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - math.pow(x, 2.0)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64((Float64(x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = ((x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[Power[N[(x + eps), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

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 5 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.

Initial Program: 75.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return pow((x + eps), 2.0) - pow(x, 2.0);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = ((x + eps) ** 2.0d0) - (x ** 2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return Math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - Math.pow(x, 2.0);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - math.pow(x, 2.0)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64((Float64(x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = ((x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[Power[N[(x + eps), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(2 \cdot x, \varepsilon, \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (fma (* 2.0 x) eps (* eps eps)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return fma((2.0 * x), eps, (eps * eps));
}
function code(x, eps)
	return fma(Float64(2.0 * x), eps, Float64(eps * eps))
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[(2.0 * x), $MachinePrecision] * eps + N[(eps * eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(2 \cdot x, \varepsilon, \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.7%

    \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow274.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. unpow274.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
    3. difference-of-squares74.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative74.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative74.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    6. associate--l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    7. +-inverses100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    8. +-rgt-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    9. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(x + \varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
    10. associate-+r+100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
    11. count-2100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot x} + \varepsilon\right) \]
    12. fma-def100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)} \]
    2. distribute-rgt-in99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right) \cdot \varepsilon + \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
    3. fma-def100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2 \cdot x, \varepsilon, \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2 \cdot x, \varepsilon, \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \]
  6. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(2 \cdot x, \varepsilon, \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\right) \]

Alternative 2: 90.6% accurate, 22.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -6 \cdot 10^{-81} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 4.1 \cdot 10^{-98}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;2 \cdot \left(x \cdot \varepsilon\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x -6e-81) (not (<= x 4.1e-98))) (* 2.0 (* x eps)) (* eps eps)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -6e-81) || !(x <= 4.1e-98)) {
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps * eps;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= (-6d-81)) .or. (.not. (x <= 4.1d-98))) then
        tmp = 2.0d0 * (x * eps)
    else
        tmp = eps * eps
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -6e-81) || !(x <= 4.1e-98)) {
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps * eps;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= -6e-81) or not (x <= 4.1e-98):
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps)
	else:
		tmp = eps * eps
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -6e-81) || !(x <= 4.1e-98))
		tmp = Float64(2.0 * Float64(x * eps));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps * eps);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= -6e-81) || ~((x <= 4.1e-98)))
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps);
	else
		tmp = eps * eps;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, -6e-81], N[Not[LessEqual[x, 4.1e-98]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(2.0 * N[(x * eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps * eps), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -6 \cdot 10^{-81} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 4.1 \cdot 10^{-98}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;2 \cdot \left(x \cdot \varepsilon\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -5.9999999999999998e-81 or 4.0999999999999998e-98 < x

    1. Initial program 28.4%

      \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow228.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
      2. unpow228.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
      3. difference-of-squares28.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative28.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \]
      5. +-commutative28.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      6. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      7. +-inverses99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      8. +-rgt-identity99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      9. +-commutative99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(x + \varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
      10. associate-+r+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      11. count-299.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot x} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      12. fma-def99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 88.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]

    if -5.9999999999999998e-81 < x < 4.0999999999999998e-98

    1. Initial program 94.9%

      \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow294.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
      2. unpow294.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
      3. difference-of-squares95.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative95.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \]
      5. +-commutative95.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      6. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      7. +-inverses100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      8. +-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      9. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(x + \varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
      10. associate-+r+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      11. count-2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot x} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      12. fma-def100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 93.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow293.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
    6. Simplified93.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -6 \cdot 10^{-81} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 4.1 \cdot 10^{-98}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;2 \cdot \left(x \cdot \varepsilon\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 90.5% accurate, 22.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1.16 \cdot 10^{-79}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1.4 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;2 \cdot \left(x \cdot \varepsilon\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -1.16e-79)
   (* x (+ eps eps))
   (if (<= x 1.4e-97) (* eps eps) (* 2.0 (* x eps)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -1.16e-79) {
		tmp = x * (eps + eps);
	} else if (x <= 1.4e-97) {
		tmp = eps * eps;
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= (-1.16d-79)) then
        tmp = x * (eps + eps)
    else if (x <= 1.4d-97) then
        tmp = eps * eps
    else
        tmp = 2.0d0 * (x * eps)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -1.16e-79) {
		tmp = x * (eps + eps);
	} else if (x <= 1.4e-97) {
		tmp = eps * eps;
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -1.16e-79:
		tmp = x * (eps + eps)
	elif x <= 1.4e-97:
		tmp = eps * eps
	else:
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps)
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -1.16e-79)
		tmp = Float64(x * Float64(eps + eps));
	elseif (x <= 1.4e-97)
		tmp = Float64(eps * eps);
	else
		tmp = Float64(2.0 * Float64(x * eps));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -1.16e-79)
		tmp = x * (eps + eps);
	elseif (x <= 1.4e-97)
		tmp = eps * eps;
	else
		tmp = 2.0 * (x * eps);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[x, -1.16e-79], N[(x * N[(eps + eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[x, 1.4e-97], N[(eps * eps), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 * N[(x * eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1.16 \cdot 10^{-79}:\\
\;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1.4 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\
\;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;2 \cdot \left(x \cdot \varepsilon\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if x < -1.15999999999999999e-79

    1. Initial program 32.8%

      \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow232.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
      2. unpow232.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
      3. difference-of-squares32.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative32.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \]
      5. +-commutative32.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      6. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      7. +-inverses100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      8. +-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      9. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(x + \varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
      10. associate-+r+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      11. count-2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot x} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      12. fma-def100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      2. distribute-rgt-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right) \cdot \varepsilon + \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
      3. fma-def100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2 \cdot x, \varepsilon, \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2 \cdot x, \varepsilon, \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 91.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative91.1%

        \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \]
      2. count-291.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \varepsilon + x \cdot \varepsilon} \]
      3. distribute-lft-out91.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right)} \]
    8. Simplified91.1%

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

    if -1.15999999999999999e-79 < x < 1.4000000000000001e-97

    1. Initial program 94.9%

      \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow294.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
      2. unpow294.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
      3. difference-of-squares95.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative95.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \]
      5. +-commutative95.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      6. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      7. +-inverses100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      8. +-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      9. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(x + \varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
      10. associate-+r+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      11. count-2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot x} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      12. fma-def100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 93.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow293.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
    6. Simplified93.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]

    if 1.4000000000000001e-97 < x

    1. Initial program 25.3%

      \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow225.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
      2. unpow225.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
      3. difference-of-squares25.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative25.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \]
      5. +-commutative25.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      6. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      7. +-inverses99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      8. +-rgt-identity99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
      9. +-commutative99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(x + \varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
      10. associate-+r+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      11. count-299.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot x} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      12. fma-def99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 87.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1.16 \cdot 10^{-79}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1.4 \cdot 10^{-97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;2 \cdot \left(x \cdot \varepsilon\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 100.0% accurate, 29.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \varepsilon \cdot \left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* eps (+ (* 2.0 x) eps)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps * ((2.0 * x) + eps);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps * ((2.0d0 * x) + eps)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps * ((2.0 * x) + eps);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps * ((2.0 * x) + eps)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps * Float64(Float64(2.0 * x) + eps))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps * ((2.0 * x) + eps);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps * N[(N[(2.0 * x), $MachinePrecision] + eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\varepsilon \cdot \left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.7%

    \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow274.7%

      \[\leadsto {\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
  3. Simplified74.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - x \cdot x} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow274.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - x \cdot x \]
    2. difference-of-squares74.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
    3. +-commutative74.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \]
    4. +-commutative74.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr74.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right)} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 100.0%

    \[\leadsto \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
  8. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right) \]

Alternative 5: 72.6% accurate, 69.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* eps eps))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps * eps;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps * eps
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps * eps;
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps * eps
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps * eps)
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps * eps;
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps * eps), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.7%

    \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow274.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. unpow274.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(x + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(x + \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
    3. difference-of-squares74.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative74.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative74.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    6. associate--l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    7. +-inverses100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    8. +-rgt-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(x + \varepsilon\right) + x\right) \]
    9. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(x + \varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
    10. associate-+r+100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
    11. count-2100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot x} + \varepsilon\right) \]
    12. fma-def100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow271.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  6. Simplified71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  7. Final simplification71.8%

    \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023178 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4b, n=2"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (<= -1000000000.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))
  (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))