ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.7% → 96.8%
Time: 5.6s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\left(0 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\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 8 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: 61.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 96.8% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -1e-145)
   (/ eps (+ x (hypot x (sqrt (- eps)))))
   (/ eps (+ x (fma 0.5 (/ (- eps) x) x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-145) {
		tmp = eps / (x + hypot(x, sqrt(-eps)));
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma(0.5, (-eps / x), x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-145)
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + hypot(x, sqrt(Float64(-eps)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(0.5, Float64(Float64(-eps) / x), x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1e-145], N[(eps / N[(x + N[Sqrt[x ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(x + N[(0.5 * N[((-eps) / x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -9.99999999999999915e-146

    1. Initial program 97.8%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--97.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv97.4%

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/97.2%

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      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 -9.99999999999999915e-146 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--9.2%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg9.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified47.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    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. fma-def0.0%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
      5. mul-1-neg98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    8. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 96.6% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -1e-145)
   (- x (hypot (sqrt (- eps)) x))
   (/ eps (+ x (fma 0.5 (/ (- eps) x) x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-145) {
		tmp = x - hypot(sqrt(-eps), x);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma(0.5, (-eps / x), x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-145)
		tmp = Float64(x - hypot(sqrt(Float64(-eps)), x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(0.5, Float64(Float64(-eps) / x), x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1e-145], N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + x ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(x + N[(0.5 * N[((-eps) / x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -9.99999999999999915e-146

    1. Initial program 97.8%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg97.8%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}} \]
      2. +-commutative97.8%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\varepsilon\right) + x \cdot x}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt97.8%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}} + x \cdot x} \]
      4. hypot-def97.9%

        \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr97.9%

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

    if -9.99999999999999915e-146 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--9.2%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg9.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified47.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    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. fma-def0.0%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
      5. mul-1-neg98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    8. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 96.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -1e-145) t_0 (/ eps (+ x (fma 0.5 (/ (- eps) x) x))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -1e-145) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma(0.5, (-eps / x), x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -1e-145)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(0.5, Float64(Float64(-eps) / x), x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -1e-145], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(x + N[(0.5 * N[((-eps) / x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -9.99999999999999915e-146

    1. Initial program 97.8%

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

    if -9.99999999999999915e-146 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--9.2%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg9.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified47.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    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. fma-def0.0%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
      5. mul-1-neg98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    8. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification97.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 96.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -1e-145) t_0 (/ eps (+ (* -0.5 (/ eps x)) (* x 2.0))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -1e-145) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
    if (t_0 <= (-1d-145)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = eps / (((-0.5d0) * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -1e-145) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	t_0 = x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -1e-145:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -1e-145)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(eps / x)) + Float64(x * 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -1e-145)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -1e-145], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -9.99999999999999915e-146

    1. Initial program 97.8%

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

    if -9.99999999999999915e-146 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--9.2%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg9.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def2.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity47.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified47.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    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. fma-def0.0%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
      5. mul-1-neg98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    8. Simplified98.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification97.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-145}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 86.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-126}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 2.5e-126)
   (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
   (/ eps (+ (* -0.5 (/ eps x)) (* x 2.0)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.5e-126) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 2.5d-126) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = eps / (((-0.5d0) * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.5e-126) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 2.5e-126:
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 2.5e-126)
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(eps / x)) + Float64(x * 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 2.5e-126)
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[x, 2.5e-126], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-126}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 2.50000000000000003e-126

    1. Initial program 96.4%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0 95.3%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-195.3%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    4. Simplified95.3%

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

    if 2.50000000000000003e-126 < x

    1. Initial program 31.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--31.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv31.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt31.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg31.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt26.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def26.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr26.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/26.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity26.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-61.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses61.5%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    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. fma-def0.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}}{x}, x\right)} \]
      3. rem-square-sqrt78.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{x}, x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative78.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
      5. mul-1-neg78.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    8. Simplified78.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 78.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-126}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 45.4% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ eps (+ (* -0.5 (/ eps x)) (* x 2.0))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps / (((-0.5d0) * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(eps / x)) + Float64(x * 2.0)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps / ((-0.5 * (eps / x)) + (x * 2.0));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps / N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x \cdot 2}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 58.7%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--58.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv58.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt58.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg58.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt55.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def55.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr55.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/55.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity55.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified76.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  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. fma-def0.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    3. rem-square-sqrt49.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative49.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    5. mul-1-neg49.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
  8. Simplified49.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 49.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  10. Final simplification49.1%

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

Alternative 7: 44.6% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (/ eps x)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.5 * (eps / x);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = 0.5d0 * (eps / x)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.5 * (eps / x);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return 0.5 * (eps / x)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(0.5 * Float64(eps / x))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 58.7%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around inf 47.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  3. Final simplification47.9%

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

Alternative 8: 5.3% accurate, 35.7× speedup?

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

\\
x \cdot -2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 58.7%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--58.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv58.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt58.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg58.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt55.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def55.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr55.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/55.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity55.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified76.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  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. fma-def0.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    3. rem-square-sqrt49.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative49.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
    5. mul-1-neg49.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{x}, x\right)} \]
  8. Simplified49.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{-\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 5.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative5.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  11. Simplified5.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  12. Final simplification5.4%

    \[\leadsto x \cdot -2 \]

Developer target: 99.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023195 
(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))))