Specification

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \end{array} \]

(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (acos (/ (- 1.0 (* 5.0 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1.0))))

double code(double v) {
	return acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
}

real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = acos(((1.0d0 - (5.0d0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0d0)))
end function

public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
}

def code(v):
	return math.acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)))

function code(v)
	return acos(Float64(Float64(1.0 - Float64(5.0 * Float64(v * v))) / Float64(Float64(v * v) - 1.0)))
end

function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
end

code[v_] := N[ArcCos[N[(N[(1.0 - N[(5.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

\begin{array}{l}

\\
\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)
\end{array}

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023271 
(FPCore (v)
  :name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 1"
  :precision binary64
  (acos (/ (- 1.0 (* 5.0 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1.0))))

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Backtrace

length: contract violation expected: list? given: 8000		L	C
(unnamed)	/home/nightlies/herbie/arb-support/egg-herbie/main.rkt	111	2
egraph-run	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/core/egg-herbie.rkt	502	0
egraph-run-rules	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/core/egg-herbie.rkt	559	0
run-egg	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/core/egg-herbie.rkt	288	0
simplify-batch	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/core/simplify.rkt	15	0
(unnamed)	/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow-higher-order.rkt	379	33
find-preprocessing	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/preprocess.rkt	11	0
run-improve!	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/mainloop.rkt	325	0
get-alternatives/report	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/sandbox.rkt	149	0
(unnamed)	/home/nightlies/herbie/main/src/sandbox.rkt	245	6
(unnamed)	/usr/share/racket/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	40	10
profile-thunk	/usr/share/racket/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	9	0
(unnamed)	/usr/share/racket/collects/racket/engine.rkt	42	24