Ian Simplification

Percentage Accurate: 6.8% → 8.3%
Time: 24.4s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
\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 6 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: 6.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 8.3% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\\ \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {\pi}^{4}, -16 \cdot {t_0}^{4}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {t_0}^{2}, 0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right)}}{\pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- (* PI 0.5) (acos (sqrt (fma -0.5 x 0.5))))))
   (/
    (/
     (fma 0.0625 (pow PI 4.0) (* -16.0 (pow t_0 4.0)))
     (fma 4.0 (pow t_0 2.0) (* 0.25 (pow PI 2.0))))
    (+ (* PI 0.5) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (- 0.5 (* 0.5 x)))))))))
double code(double x) {
	double t_0 = (((double) M_PI) * 0.5) - acos(sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5)));
	return (fma(0.0625, pow(((double) M_PI), 4.0), (-16.0 * pow(t_0, 4.0))) / fma(4.0, pow(t_0, 2.0), (0.25 * pow(((double) M_PI), 2.0)))) / ((((double) M_PI) * 0.5) + (2.0 * asin(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x))))));
}
function code(x)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(pi * 0.5) - acos(sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5))))
	return Float64(Float64(fma(0.0625, (pi ^ 4.0), Float64(-16.0 * (t_0 ^ 4.0))) / fma(4.0, (t_0 ^ 2.0), Float64(0.25 * (pi ^ 2.0)))) / Float64(Float64(pi * 0.5) + Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(0.5 - Float64(0.5 * x)))))))
end
code[x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] - N[ArcCos[N[Sqrt[N[(-0.5 * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(N[(0.0625 * N[Power[Pi, 4.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(-16.0 * N[Power[t$95$0, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(4.0 * N[Power[t$95$0, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.25 * N[Power[Pi, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 - N[(0.5 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\\
\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {\pi}^{4}, -16 \cdot {t_0}^{4}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {t_0}^{2}, 0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right)}}{\pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)}
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 6.9%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--6.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2} - \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)}{\frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}} \]
    2. clear-num6.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2} - \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)}}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr6.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)}^{2}}}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. asin-acos8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}}^{2}}} \]
    2. div-inv8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
    3. metadata-eval8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
    4. *-commutative8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot x}}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr8.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}}^{2}}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around 0 8.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2} - 4 \cdot {\left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}^{2}}{2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) + 0.5 \cdot \pi}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--8.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right) - \left(4 \cdot {\left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot {\left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}{0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2} + 4 \cdot {\left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}^{2}}}}{2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) + 0.5 \cdot \pi} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr8.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right) - \left(4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 + x \cdot -0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 + x \cdot -0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}{0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2} + 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 + x \cdot -0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}}}}{2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) + 0.5 \cdot \pi} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Simplified8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {\pi}^{4}, -16 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)}^{4}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}, 0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right)}}}{2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) + 0.5 \cdot \pi} \]
    2. Final simplification8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {\pi}^{4}, -16 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)}^{4}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(4, {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}, 0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2}\right)}}{\pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)} \]

    Alternative 2: 8.3% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\\ \frac{0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2} - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} t_0\right)}^{2}}{\pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} t_0} \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x)
     :precision binary64
     (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- 0.5 (* 0.5 x)))))
       (/
        (- (* 0.25 (pow PI 2.0)) (* 4.0 (pow (- (* PI 0.5) (acos t_0)) 2.0)))
        (+ (* PI 0.5) (* 2.0 (asin t_0))))))
    double code(double x) {
    	double t_0 = sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)));
    	return ((0.25 * pow(((double) M_PI), 2.0)) - (4.0 * pow(((((double) M_PI) * 0.5) - acos(t_0)), 2.0))) / ((((double) M_PI) * 0.5) + (2.0 * asin(t_0)));
    }
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	double t_0 = Math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)));
    	return ((0.25 * Math.pow(Math.PI, 2.0)) - (4.0 * Math.pow(((Math.PI * 0.5) - Math.acos(t_0)), 2.0))) / ((Math.PI * 0.5) + (2.0 * Math.asin(t_0)));
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	t_0 = math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))
    	return ((0.25 * math.pow(math.pi, 2.0)) - (4.0 * math.pow(((math.pi * 0.5) - math.acos(t_0)), 2.0))) / ((math.pi * 0.5) + (2.0 * math.asin(t_0)))
    
    function code(x)
    	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(0.5 - Float64(0.5 * x)))
    	return Float64(Float64(Float64(0.25 * (pi ^ 2.0)) - Float64(4.0 * (Float64(Float64(pi * 0.5) - acos(t_0)) ^ 2.0))) / Float64(Float64(pi * 0.5) + Float64(2.0 * asin(t_0))))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	t_0 = sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)));
    	tmp = ((0.25 * (pi ^ 2.0)) - (4.0 * (((pi * 0.5) - acos(t_0)) ^ 2.0))) / ((pi * 0.5) + (2.0 * asin(t_0)));
    end
    
    code[x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 - N[(0.5 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(N[(0.25 * N[Power[Pi, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(4.0 * N[Power[N[(N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] - N[ArcCos[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    t_0 := \sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\\
    \frac{0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2} - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} t_0\right)}^{2}}{\pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} t_0}
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 6.9%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--6.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2} - \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)}{\frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}} \]
      2. clear-num6.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2} - \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)}}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr6.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)}^{2}}}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. asin-acos8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}}^{2}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
      3. metadata-eval8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
      4. *-commutative8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot x}}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}}^{2}}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around 0 8.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2} - 4 \cdot {\left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}^{2}}{2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) + 0.5 \cdot \pi}} \]
    7. Final simplification8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.25 \cdot {\pi}^{2} - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)}^{2}}{\pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)} \]

    Alternative 3: 8.3% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(\sqrt[3]{\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right), -2, \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}^{3} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x)
     :precision binary64
     (pow
      (cbrt (fma (- (* PI 0.5) (acos (sqrt (- 0.5 (* 0.5 x))))) -2.0 (* PI 0.5)))
      3.0))
    double code(double x) {
    	return pow(cbrt(fma(((((double) M_PI) * 0.5) - acos(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x))))), -2.0, (((double) M_PI) * 0.5))), 3.0);
    }
    
    function code(x)
    	return cbrt(fma(Float64(Float64(pi * 0.5) - acos(sqrt(Float64(0.5 - Float64(0.5 * x))))), -2.0, Float64(pi * 0.5))) ^ 3.0
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[Power[N[Power[N[(N[(N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] - N[ArcCos[N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 - N[(0.5 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -2.0 + N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 1/3], $MachinePrecision], 3.0], $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    {\left(\sqrt[3]{\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right), -2, \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}^{3}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 6.9%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-cube-cbrt6.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}} \]
      2. pow36.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}\right)}^{3}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr6.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), -2, \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}^{3}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. asin-acos8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}}^{2}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
      3. metadata-eval8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
      4. *-commutative8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right), \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{{\pi}^{2} \cdot 0.25 - 4 \cdot {\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot x}}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr8.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt[3]{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)}, -2, \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}^{3} \]
    6. Final simplification8.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(\sqrt[3]{\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right), -2, \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}^{3} \]

    Alternative 4: 8.3% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) - \pi \cdot 0.5\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x)
     :precision binary64
     (+ (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (- (acos (sqrt (- 0.5 (* 0.5 x)))) (* PI 0.5)))))
    double code(double x) {
    	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) + (2.0 * (acos(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (((double) M_PI) * 0.5)));
    }
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	return (Math.PI / 2.0) + (2.0 * (Math.acos(Math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (Math.PI * 0.5)));
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	return (math.pi / 2.0) + (2.0 * (math.acos(math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (math.pi * 0.5)))
    
    function code(x)
    	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) + Float64(2.0 * Float64(acos(sqrt(Float64(0.5 - Float64(0.5 * x)))) - Float64(pi * 0.5))))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	tmp = (pi / 2.0) + (2.0 * (acos(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (pi * 0.5)));
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(2.0 * N[(N[ArcCos[N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 - N[(0.5 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) - \pi \cdot 0.5\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 6.9%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. asin-acos8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)} \]
      2. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
      3. metadata-eval8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
      4. div-sub8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{x}{2}}}\right)\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{0.5} - \frac{x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
      6. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - \color{blue}{x \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}\right)\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval8.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}\right)\right) \]
    3. Applied egg-rr8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - x \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)} \]
    4. Final simplification8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) - \pi \cdot 0.5\right) \]

    Alternative 5: 6.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x)
     :precision binary64
     (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
    double code(double x) {
    	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
    }
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
    
    function code(x)
    	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 6.9%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Final simplification6.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]

    Alternative 6: 4.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt 0.5)))))
    double code(double x) {
    	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5)));
    }
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(0.5)));
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(0.5)))
    
    function code(x)
    	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5))))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5)));
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 6.9%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0 4.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)} \]
    3. Final simplification4.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) \]

    Developer target: 100.0% accurate, 3.1× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sin^{-1} x \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (asin x))
    double code(double x) {
    	return asin(x);
    }
    
    real(8) function code(x)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        code = asin(x)
    end function
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	return Math.asin(x);
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	return math.asin(x)
    
    function code(x)
    	return asin(x)
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	tmp = asin(x);
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[ArcSin[x], $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \sin^{-1} x
    \end{array}
    

    Reproduce

    ?
    herbie shell --seed 2023188 
    (FPCore (x)
      :name "Ian Simplification"
      :precision binary64
    
      :herbie-target
      (asin x)
    
      (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))