| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6784 |
\[0.5 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -y\right)
\]

(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (- (* x x) y)))
(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (fma x x (- y))))
double code(double x, double y) {
return 0.5 * ((x * x) - y);
}
double code(double x, double y) {
return 0.5 * fma(x, x, -y);
}
function code(x, y) return Float64(0.5 * Float64(Float64(x * x) - y)) end
function code(x, y) return Float64(0.5 * fma(x, x, Float64(-y))) end
code[x_, y_] := N[(0.5 * N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - y), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[x_, y_] := N[(0.5 * N[(x * x + (-y)), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
0.5 \cdot \left(x \cdot x - y\right)
0.5 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -y\right)
Herbie found 4 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
Initial program 100.0%
Applied egg-rr100.0%
[Start]100.0% | \[ 0.5 \cdot \left(x \cdot x - y\right)
\] |
|---|---|
fma-neg [=>]100.0% | \[ 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -y\right)}
\] |
Final simplification100.0%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 6784 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 86.5% |
| Cost | 580 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 100.0% |
| Cost | 448 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 50.1% |
| Cost | 256 |
herbie shell --seed 2023229
(FPCore (x y)
:name "System.Random.MWC.Distributions:standard from mwc-random-0.13.3.2"
:precision binary64
(* 0.5 (- (* x x) y)))