| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.9% |
| Cost | 576 |
\[\frac{1}{\frac{x - y}{x + y}}
\]

(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (/ (+ x y) (- x y)))
(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (/ (- x y) (+ x y))))
double code(double x, double y) {
return (x + y) / (x - y);
}
double code(double x, double y) {
return 1.0 / ((x - y) / (x + y));
}
real(8) function code(x, y)
real(8), intent (in) :: x
real(8), intent (in) :: y
code = (x + y) / (x - y)
end function
real(8) function code(x, y)
real(8), intent (in) :: x
real(8), intent (in) :: y
code = 1.0d0 / ((x - y) / (x + y))
end function
public static double code(double x, double y) {
return (x + y) / (x - y);
}
public static double code(double x, double y) {
return 1.0 / ((x - y) / (x + y));
}
def code(x, y): return (x + y) / (x - y)
def code(x, y): return 1.0 / ((x - y) / (x + y))
function code(x, y) return Float64(Float64(x + y) / Float64(x - y)) end
function code(x, y) return Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(x - y) / Float64(x + y))) end
function tmp = code(x, y) tmp = (x + y) / (x - y); end
function tmp = code(x, y) tmp = 1.0 / ((x - y) / (x + y)); end
code[x_, y_] := N[(N[(x + y), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x - y), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
code[x_, y_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N[(x - y), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x + y), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\frac{x + y}{x - y}
\frac{1}{\frac{x - y}{x + y}}
Herbie found 6 alternatives:
| Alternative | Accuracy | Speedup |
|---|
Results
| Original | 99.9% |
|---|---|
| Target | 100.0% |
| Herbie | 99.9% |
Initial program 99.9%
Applied egg-rr99.9%
[Start]99.9% | \[ \frac{x + y}{x - y}
\] |
|---|---|
clear-num [=>]99.9% | \[ \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x - y}{x + y}}}
\] |
inv-pow [=>]99.9% | \[ \color{blue}{{\left(\frac{x - y}{x + y}\right)}^{-1}}
\] |
Applied egg-rr99.9%
[Start]99.9% | \[ {\left(\frac{x - y}{x + y}\right)}^{-1}
\] |
|---|---|
unpow-1 [=>]99.9% | \[ \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x - y}{x + y}}}
\] |
+-commutative [=>]99.9% | \[ \frac{1}{\frac{x - y}{\color{blue}{y + x}}}
\] |
Final simplification99.9%
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.9% |
| Cost | 576 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 73.9% |
| Cost | 1242 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 75.2% |
| Cost | 713 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 99.9% |
| Cost | 448 |
| Alternative 5 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 74.0% |
| Cost | 328 |
| Alternative 6 | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | 50.3% |
| Cost | 64 |
herbie shell --seed 2023269
(FPCore (x y)
:name "Linear.Projection:perspective from linear-1.19.1.3, A"
:precision binary64
:herbie-target
(/ 1.0 (- (/ x (+ x y)) (/ y (+ x y))))
(/ (+ x y) (- x y)))