ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.7% → 99.1%
Time: 5.9s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 0.9×

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: 99.1% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -2e-154)
   (/ eps (+ x (hypot x (sqrt (- eps)))))
   (/ eps (fma x 2.0 (* (/ eps x) -0.5)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = eps / (x + hypot(x, sqrt(-eps)));
	} else {
		tmp = eps / fma(x, 2.0, ((eps / x) * -0.5));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154)
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + hypot(x, sqrt(Float64(-eps)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / fma(x, 2.0, Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-154], N[(eps / N[(x + N[Sqrt[x ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(x * 2.0 + N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 97.9%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--97.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv97.5%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg97.3%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def97.3%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/97.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity97.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-99.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses99.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity99.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified99.3%

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

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.9%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.9%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.6%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified45.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
      2. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
      3. associate-*r/0.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
      6. *-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
      7. associate-*r*98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}\right)} \]
      8. metadata-eval98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}\right)} \]
      9. associate-*r/98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}\right)} \]
      10. *-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5}\right)} \]
    8. Simplified98.9%

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

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (/ eps (fma x 2.0 (* (/ eps x) -0.5))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / fma(x, 2.0, ((eps / x) * -0.5));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / fma(x, 2.0, Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5)));
	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, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(x * 2.0 + N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 97.9%

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

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.9%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.9%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.6%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified45.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
      2. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
      3. associate-*r/0.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
      6. *-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
      7. associate-*r*98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}\right)} \]
      8. metadata-eval98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}\right)} \]
      9. associate-*r/98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}\right)} \]
      10. *-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5}\right)} \]
    8. Simplified98.9%

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

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 98.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (/ eps (+ x (+ x (* (/ eps x) -0.5)))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)));
	}
	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 <= (-2d-154)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * (-0.5d0))))
    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 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	t_0 = x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -2e-154:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + Float64(x + Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)));
	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, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(x + N[(x + N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 97.9%

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

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.9%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.9%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt2.6%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr2.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/2.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity2.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity45.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified45.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 86.2% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 5.6 \cdot 10^{-121} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 7.6 \cdot 10^{-115}\right) \land \left(x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-107} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-97}\right) \land x \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-82}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x 5.6e-121)
         (and (not (<= x 7.6e-115))
              (or (<= x 2.5e-107) (and (not (<= x 4.5e-97)) (<= x 6.8e-82)))))
   (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
   (/ eps (+ x (+ x (* (/ eps x) -0.5))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= 5.6e-121) || (!(x <= 7.6e-115) && ((x <= 2.5e-107) || (!(x <= 4.5e-97) && (x <= 6.8e-82))))) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= 5.6d-121) .or. (.not. (x <= 7.6d-115)) .and. (x <= 2.5d-107) .or. (.not. (x <= 4.5d-97)) .and. (x <= 6.8d-82)) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * (-0.5d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= 5.6e-121) || (!(x <= 7.6e-115) && ((x <= 2.5e-107) || (!(x <= 4.5e-97) && (x <= 6.8e-82))))) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= 5.6e-121) or (not (x <= 7.6e-115) and ((x <= 2.5e-107) or (not (x <= 4.5e-97) and (x <= 6.8e-82)))):
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= 5.6e-121) || (!(x <= 7.6e-115) && ((x <= 2.5e-107) || (!(x <= 4.5e-97) && (x <= 6.8e-82)))))
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + Float64(x + Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= 5.6e-121) || (~((x <= 7.6e-115)) && ((x <= 2.5e-107) || (~((x <= 4.5e-97)) && (x <= 6.8e-82)))))
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = eps / (x + (x + ((eps / x) * -0.5)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, 5.6e-121], And[N[Not[LessEqual[x, 7.6e-115]], $MachinePrecision], Or[LessEqual[x, 2.5e-107], And[N[Not[LessEqual[x, 4.5e-97]], $MachinePrecision], LessEqual[x, 6.8e-82]]]]], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(x + N[(x + N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 5.6 \cdot 10^{-121} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 7.6 \cdot 10^{-115}\right) \land \left(x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-107} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-97}\right) \land x \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-82}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 5.6000000000000002e-121 or 7.59999999999999984e-115 < x < 2.49999999999999985e-107 or 4.5000000000000001e-97 < x < 6.7999999999999995e-82

    1. Initial program 98.5%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0 95.5%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-195.5%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    4. Simplified95.5%

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

    if 5.6000000000000002e-121 < x < 7.59999999999999984e-115 or 2.49999999999999985e-107 < x < 4.5000000000000001e-97 or 6.7999999999999995e-82 < x

    1. Initial program 18.9%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--19.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv18.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt19.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. sub-neg19.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      5. add-sqr-sqrt14.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      6. hypot-def14.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr14.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/14.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity14.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate--r-54.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      4. +-inverses54.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      5. +-lft-identity54.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. Simplified54.7%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
      4. rem-square-sqrt90.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
      5. *-commutative90.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r*90.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}\right)} \]
      7. metadata-eval90.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}\right)} \]
      8. associate-*r/90.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}\right)} \]
      9. *-commutative90.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5}\right)} \]
    8. Simplified90.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 5.6 \cdot 10^{-121} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 7.6 \cdot 10^{-115}\right) \land \left(x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-107} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-97}\right) \land x \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-82}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 45.4% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 59.3%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--59.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv59.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt59.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg59.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt56.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def56.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr56.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/56.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity56.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-76.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses76.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity76.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified76.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  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. +-commutative0.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
    4. rem-square-sqrt48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
    6. associate-*r*48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}\right)} \]
    7. metadata-eval48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}\right)} \]
    8. associate-*r/48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}\right)} \]
    9. *-commutative48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5}\right)} \]
  8. Simplified48.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}} \]
  9. Final simplification48.6%

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

Alternative 6: 44.6% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 59.3%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around inf 47.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  3. Final simplification47.6%

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

Alternative 7: 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 59.3%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--59.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv59.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt59.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sub-neg59.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt56.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    6. hypot-def56.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr56.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/56.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)\right) \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity56.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-76.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    4. +-inverses76.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    5. +-lft-identity76.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Simplified76.2%

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
    2. fma-def0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    3. associate-*r/0.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right)}{x}\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
    7. associate-*r*48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}\right)} \]
    8. metadata-eval48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}\right)} \]
    9. associate-*r/48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}\right)} \]
    10. *-commutative48.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5}\right)} \]
  8. Simplified48.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 5.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative5.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  11. Simplified5.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  12. Final simplification5.3%

    \[\leadsto x \cdot -2 \]

Alternative 8: 4.3% accurate, 107.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 0.0)
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.0;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = 0.0d0
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.0;
}
def code(x, eps):
	return 0.0
function code(x, eps)
	return 0.0
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
end
code[x_, eps_] := 0.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 59.3%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg59.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x + \left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative59.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) + x} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt58.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}}\right) + x \]
    4. distribute-rgt-neg-in58.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}\right)} + x \]
    5. fma-def58.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right)} \]
    6. pow1/258.4%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.5}}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right) \]
    7. sqrt-pow158.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right) \]
    8. metadata-eval58.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right) \]
    9. pow1/258.6%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.5}}}, x\right) \]
    10. sqrt-pow158.4%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}}, x\right) \]
    11. metadata-eval58.4%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}, x\right) \]
  3. Applied egg-rr58.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, x\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 4.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x + x} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft1-in4.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot x} \]
    2. metadata-eval4.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \cdot x \]
    3. mul0-lft4.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
  6. Simplified4.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
  7. Final simplification4.4%

    \[\leadsto 0 \]

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 2023200 
(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))))