3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 84.3% → 99.5%

Time: 6.5s

Alternatives: 5

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: 84.3% 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

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 82.0%

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

   1. associate-+l- 82.0%

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

   2. sub-neg 82.0%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 82.0%

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

   4. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

   5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 82.0%

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

   6. +-commutative 82.0%

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

   7. *-lft-identity 82.0%

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

   8. sub-neg 82.0%

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

   9. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

3. Simplified 82.0%

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

   1. frac-2neg 82.0%

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

   2. frac-2neg 82.0%

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

   3. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

   4. frac-sub 58.2%

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

   5. metadata-eval 58.2%

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

   6. +-commutative 58.2%

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

   7. distribute-neg-in 58.2%

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

   8. metadata-eval 58.2%

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

   9. sub-neg 58.2%

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

   10. +-commutative 58.2%

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

   11. distribute-neg-in 58.2%

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

   12. metadata-eval 58.2%

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

   13. sub-neg 58.2%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 58.2%

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

   1. cancel-sign-sub 58.2%

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

   2. *-commutative 58.2%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 58.2%

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

   4. unsub-neg 58.2%

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

   5. sub-neg 58.2%

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

   6. +-commutative 58.2%

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

   7. distribute-lft-in 58.2%

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

   8. sqr-neg 58.2%

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

   9. *-rgt-identity 58.2%

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

   10. fma-def 58.2%

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

   11. fma-neg 58.2%

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

7. Simplified 58.2%

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

   1. frac-sub 57.6%

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

   2. *-un-lft-identity 57.6%

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

   3. *-commutative 57.6%

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

9. Applied egg-rr 57.6%

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

10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.7%

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

11. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.7%

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

    1. unpow2 99.7%

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

    2. distribute-rgt-in 99.7%

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

    3. +-commutative 99.7%

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

13. Simplified 99.7%

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

14. Final simplification 99.7%

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

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 1.3× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = 2.0 / (x * (x * x));
	} else {
		tmp = (x * -2.0) - (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 = 2.0d0 / (x * (x * x))
    else
        tmp = (x * (-2.0d0)) - (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 = 2.0 / (x * (x * x));
	} else {
		tmp = (x * -2.0) - (2.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

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

Julia

function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0))
		tmp = Float64(2.0 / Float64(x * Float64(x * x)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(x * -2.0) - 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 = 2.0 / (x * (x * x));
	else
		tmp = (x * -2.0) - (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[(2.0 / N[(x * N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(x * -2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if x < -1 or 1 < x

   1. Initial program 65.4%

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

      1. associate-+l- 65.4%

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

      2. sub-neg 65.4%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 65.4%

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

      4. metadata-eval 65.4%

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

      5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 65.4%

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

      6. +-commutative 65.4%

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

      7. *-lft-identity 65.4%

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

      8. sub-neg 65.4%

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

      9. metadata-eval 65.4%

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

   3. Simplified 65.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{x}^{3}}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow3 99.3%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 99.3%

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

   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 99.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 99.3%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot x - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 99.3%

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

   6. Simplified 99.3%

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

4. Final simplification 99.3%

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

Alternative 3: 98.9% accurate, 1.3× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= (-1.0d0)) then
        tmp = (2.0d0 / (x * x)) * (1.0d0 / x)
    else if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = (x * (-2.0d0)) - (2.0d0 / x)
    else
        tmp = 2.0d0 / (x * (x * x))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

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

Python

def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -1.0:
		tmp = (2.0 / (x * x)) * (1.0 / x)
	elif x <= 1.0:
		tmp = (x * -2.0) - (2.0 / x)
	else:
		tmp = 2.0 / (x * (x * x))
	return tmp

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if x < -1

   1. Initial program 59.4%

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

      1. associate-+l- 59.4%

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

      2. sub-neg 59.4%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 59.4%

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

      4. metadata-eval 59.4%

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

      5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 59.4%

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

      6. +-commutative 59.4%

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

      7. *-lft-identity 59.4%

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

      8. sub-neg 59.4%

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

      9. metadata-eval 59.4%

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

   3. Simplified 59.4%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 98.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{x}^{3}}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow3 98.8%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 98.8%

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

      1. associate-/r* 99.4%

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

      2. div-inv 99.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x \cdot x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}} \]

   8. Applied egg-rr 99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x \cdot x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}} \]

   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 99.3%

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

      1. associate-*r/ 99.3%

         \[\leadsto -2 \cdot x - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}} \]

      2. metadata-eval 99.3%

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

   6. Simplified 99.3%

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

   if 1 < x

   1. Initial program 72.9%

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

      1. associate-+l- 72.9%

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

      2. sub-neg 72.9%

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

      3. neg-mul-1 72.9%

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

      4. metadata-eval 72.9%

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

      5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 72.9%

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

      6. +-commutative 72.9%

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

      7. *-lft-identity 72.9%

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

      8. sub-neg 72.9%

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

      9. metadata-eval 72.9%

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

   3. Simplified 72.9%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{x}^{3}}} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow3 99.8%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot x}} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 99.5%

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

Alternative 4: 50.9% 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 82.0%

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

   1. associate-+l- 82.0%

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

   2. sub-neg 82.0%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 82.0%

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

   4. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

   5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 82.0%

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

   6. +-commutative 82.0%

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

   7. *-lft-identity 82.0%

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

   8. sub-neg 82.0%

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

   9. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

3. Simplified 82.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 50.0%

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

5. Final simplification 50.0%

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

Alternative 5: 3.3% accurate, 15.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 -1.0)

C

double code(double x) {
	return -1.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

def code(x):
	return -1.0

Julia

function code(x)
	return -1.0
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := -1.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 82.0%

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

   1. associate-+l- 82.0%

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

   2. sub-neg 82.0%

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

   3. neg-mul-1 82.0%

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

   4. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

   5. cancel-sign-sub-inv 82.0%

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

   6. +-commutative 82.0%

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

   7. *-lft-identity 82.0%

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

   8. sub-neg 82.0%

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

   9. metadata-eval 82.0%

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

3. Simplified 82.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 49.3%

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

5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 3.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]

6. Final simplification 3.3%

   \[\leadsto -1 \]

Developer target: 99.6% 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 2023230 
(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))))