3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 84.5% → 99.5%

Time: 7.0s

Alternatives: 4

Speedup: 1.4×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = ((1.0d0 / (x + 1.0d0)) - (2.0d0 / x)) + (1.0d0 / (x - 1.0d0))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(1.0 / Float64(x + 1.0)) - Float64(2.0 / x)) + Float64(1.0 / Float64(x - 1.0)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[(N[(1.0 / N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 / N[(x - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 84.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = ((1.0d0 / (x + 1.0d0)) - (2.0d0 / x)) + (1.0d0 / (x - 1.0d0))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(1.0 / Float64(x + 1.0)) - Float64(2.0 / x)) + Float64(1.0 / Float64(x - 1.0)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[(N[(1.0 / N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 / N[(x - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 99.5% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{2}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 (* (+ 1.0 x) (- (* x x) x))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / ((1.0 + x) * ((x * x) - x));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 / ((1.0d0 + x) * ((x * x) - x))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / ((1.0 + x) * ((x * x) - x));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 2.0 / ((1.0 + x) * ((x * x) - x))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 / Float64(Float64(1.0 + x) * Float64(Float64(x * x) - x)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 / ((1.0 + x) * ((x * x) - x));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(2.0 / N[(N[(1.0 + x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 83.1%

   \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-+l- 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   2. sub-neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]

   3. neg-mul-1 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   4. metadata-eval 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

   5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   6. +-commutative 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

   7. *-lft-identity 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   8. sub-neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]

   9. metadata-eval 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]

3. Simplified 83.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. frac-2neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-x}} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

   2. frac-2neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{-2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-\left(x + -1\right)}}\right) \]

   3. metadata-eval 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{-2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-\left(x + -1\right)}\right) \]

   4. frac-sub 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-2\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)}} \]

   5. metadata-eval 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]

   6. +-commutative 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 + x\right)}\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]

   7. distribute-neg-in 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(--1\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]

   8. metadata-eval 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1} + \left(-x\right)\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]

   9. sub-neg 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]

   10. +-commutative 61.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 + x\right)}\right)} \]

   11. distribute-neg-in 61.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(--1\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)}} \]

   12. metadata-eval 61.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1} + \left(-x\right)\right)} \]

   13. sub-neg 61.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 61.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-x\right) \cdot -1}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. cancel-sign-sub 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + x \cdot -1}}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]

   2. *-commutative 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]

   3. neg-mul-1 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]

   4. unsub-neg 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]

   5. sub-neg 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-x\right)\right)}} \]

   6. +-commutative 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + 1\right)}} \]

   7. distribute-lft-in 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(-x\right) \cdot 1}} \]

   8. sqr-neg 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x} + \left(-x\right) \cdot 1} \]

   9. unpow2 61.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} + \left(-x\right) \cdot 1} \]

   10. *-rgt-identity 61.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{{x}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}} \]

   11. sub-neg 61.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{\color{blue}{{x}^{2} - x}} \]

   12. unpow2 61.6%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x} - x} \]

7. Simplified 61.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{x \cdot x - x}} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. frac-sub 61.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]

   2. *-un-lft-identity 61.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x\right)} - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]

9. Applied egg-rr 61.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]

10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]

11. Final simplification 99.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]

Alternative 2: 75.8% accurate, 1.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x \cdot x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x -1.0) (not (<= x 1.0))) (/ 1.0 (* x x)) (/ -2.0 x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (x * x);
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= (-1.0d0)) .or. (.not. (x <= 1.0d0))) then
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (x * x)
    else
        tmp = (-2.0d0) / x
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (x * x);
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= -1.0) or not (x <= 1.0):
		tmp = 1.0 / (x * x)
	else:
		tmp = -2.0 / x
	return tmp

Julia

function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0))
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(x * x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-2.0 / x);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || ~((x <= 1.0)))
		tmp = 1.0 / (x * x);
	else
		tmp = -2.0 / x;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, -1.0], N[Not[LessEqual[x, 1.0]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(1.0 / N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(-2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if x < -1 or 1 < x

   1. Initial program 66.8%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-+l- 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      2. sub-neg 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]

      3. neg-mul-1 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      4. metadata-eval 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

      5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      6. +-commutative 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

      7. *-lft-identity 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      8. sub-neg 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]

      9. metadata-eval 66.8%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 66.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. flip-+ 26.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1 - x \cdot x}{1 - x}}} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      2. sub-neg 26.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{1 \cdot 1 - x \cdot x}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}}} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      3. metadata-eval 26.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{1 \cdot 1 - x \cdot x}{\color{blue}{\left(--1\right)} + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      4. distribute-neg-in 26.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{1 \cdot 1 - x \cdot x}{\color{blue}{-\left(-1 + x\right)}}} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      5. +-commutative 26.6%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{1 \cdot 1 - x \cdot x}{-\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)}}} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      6. associate-/r/ 22.5%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 \cdot 1 - x \cdot x} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      7. metadata-eval 22.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} - x \cdot x} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right) - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      8. +-commutative 22.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x \cdot x} \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 + x\right)}\right) - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      9. distribute-neg-in 22.5%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x \cdot x} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(--1\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 22.5%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x \cdot x} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1} + \left(-x\right)\right) - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

      11. sub-neg 22.5%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x \cdot x} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

   5. Applied egg-rr 22.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x \cdot x} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

   6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 66.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in x around inf 45.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{{x}^{2}}} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 45.9%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]

   9. Simplified 45.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x \cdot x}} \]

   if -1 < x < 1

   1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-+l- 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      2. sub-neg 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]

      3. neg-mul-1 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      4. metadata-eval 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

      5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      6. +-commutative 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

      7. *-lft-identity 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

      8. sub-neg 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]

      9. metadata-eval 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 98.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 72.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x \cdot x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 83.2% accurate, 2.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(1 - \frac{2}{x}\right) + -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (+ (- 1.0 (/ 2.0 x)) -1.0))

C

double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 - (2.0 / x)) + -1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (1.0d0 - (2.0d0 / x)) + (-1.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 - (2.0 / x)) + -1.0;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return (1.0 - (2.0 / x)) + -1.0

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 - Float64(2.0 / x)) + -1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (1.0 - (2.0 / x)) + -1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[(1.0 - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 83.1%

   \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-+l- 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   2. sub-neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]

   3. neg-mul-1 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   4. metadata-eval 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

   5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   6. +-commutative 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

   7. *-lft-identity 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   8. sub-neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]

   9. metadata-eval 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]

3. Simplified 83.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]

4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 50.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]

5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 82.3%

   \[\leadsto 1 - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate--r- 82.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{2}{x}\right) + -1} \]

7. Applied egg-rr 82.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{2}{x}\right) + -1} \]

8. Final simplification 82.3%

   \[\leadsto \left(1 - \frac{2}{x}\right) + -1 \]

Alternative 4: 52.1% accurate, 5.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-2}{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ -2.0 x))

C

double code(double x) {
	return -2.0 / x;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (-2.0d0) / x
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return -2.0 / x;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return -2.0 / x

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(-2.0 / x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -2.0 / x;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(-2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 83.1%

   \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-+l- 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   2. sub-neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]

   3. neg-mul-1 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   4. metadata-eval 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

   5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   6. +-commutative 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} - 1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]

   7. *-lft-identity 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]

   8. sub-neg 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]

   9. metadata-eval 83.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]

3. Simplified 83.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]

4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 51.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]

5. Final simplification 51.1%

   \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} \]

Developer target: 99.5% accurate, 1.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{2}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot x - 1\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 (* x (- (* x x) 1.0))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0d0))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 / Float64(x * Float64(Float64(x * x) - 1.0)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(2.0 / N[(x * N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023221 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (/ 2.0 (* x (- (* x x) 1.0)))

  (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))