3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 84.4% → 99.9%
Time: 8.9s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 1.4×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))
double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}
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
public static double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}
def code(x):
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0))
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
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 5 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 84.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))
double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}
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
public static double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}
def code(x):
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0))
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
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{2}{x + 1}}{x \cdot x - x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ (/ 2.0 (+ x 1.0)) (- (* x x) x)))
double code(double x) {
	return (2.0 / (x + 1.0)) / ((x * x) - x);
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (2.0d0 / (x + 1.0d0)) / ((x * x) - x)
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return (2.0 / (x + 1.0)) / ((x * x) - x);
}
def code(x):
	return (2.0 / (x + 1.0)) / ((x * x) - x)
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(2.0 / Float64(x + 1.0)) / Float64(Float64(x * x) - x))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (2.0 / (x + 1.0)) / ((x * x) - x);
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(2.0 / N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{2}{x + 1}}{x \cdot x - x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 83.0%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Simplified83.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub56.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    2. frac-sub57.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    4. distribute-rgt-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x + -1 \cdot x\right)} - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    5. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    6. sub-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x\right)} - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    7. *-rgt-identity57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - \color{blue}{x}\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    8. distribute-rgt-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot 2 + -1 \cdot 2\right)} - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    9. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{-2}\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    10. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    11. fma-def57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right)} - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    12. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{-2}\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    13. distribute-rgt-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x + -1 \cdot x\right)}} \]
    14. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right)} \]
    15. sub-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr57.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    2. remove-double-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(--1\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    4. distribute-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-x\right) + -1\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    5. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{x \cdot -1} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    7. fma-udef57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -1, -1\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    8. distribute-lft-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -1, -1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    9. distribute-lft-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -1, -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    10. fma-udef57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot -1 + -1\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    11. *-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    13. distribute-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(--1\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    14. remove-double-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(\color{blue}{x} + \left(--1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    15. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(x + \color{blue}{1}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    16. +-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
  6. Simplified57.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{x + 1}}{x \cdot x - x}} \]
    2. div-inv99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x + 1} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot x - x}} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr99.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x + 1} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot x - x}} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-inv99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{x + 1}}{x \cdot x - x}} \]
  11. Applied egg-rr99.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{x + 1}}{x \cdot x - x}} \]
  12. Final simplification99.9%

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

Alternative 2: 99.6% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{2}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 (* (+ x 1.0) (- (* x x) x))))
double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / ((x + 1.0) * ((x * x) - x));
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 / ((x + 1.0d0) * ((x * x) - x))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / ((x + 1.0) * ((x * x) - x));
}
def code(x):
	return 2.0 / ((x + 1.0) * ((x * x) - x))
function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 / Float64(Float64(x + 1.0) * Float64(Float64(x * x) - x)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 / ((x + 1.0) * ((x * x) - x));
end
code[x_] := N[(2.0 / N[(N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{2}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 83.0%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Simplified83.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub56.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    2. frac-sub57.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    4. distribute-rgt-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x + -1 \cdot x\right)} - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    5. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    6. sub-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x\right)} - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot 1\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    7. *-rgt-identity57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - \color{blue}{x}\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    8. distribute-rgt-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot 2 + -1 \cdot 2\right)} - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    9. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{-2}\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    10. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    11. fma-def57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right)} - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    12. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{-2}\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    13. distribute-rgt-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x + -1 \cdot x\right)}} \]
    14. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right)} \]
    15. sub-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr57.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    2. remove-double-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(--1\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    4. distribute-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-x\right) + -1\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    5. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    6. *-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{x \cdot -1} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    7. fma-udef57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -1, -1\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    8. distribute-lft-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -1, -1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    9. distribute-lft-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -1, -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    10. fma-udef57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot -1 + -1\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    11. *-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-157.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(-\left(\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    13. distribute-neg-in57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(--1\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    14. remove-double-neg57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(\color{blue}{x} + \left(--1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    15. metadata-eval57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(x + \color{blue}{1}\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
    16. +-commutative57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
  6. Simplified57.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x\right) - \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, -2\right) - x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x - x\right)} \]
  8. Final simplification99.7%

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

Alternative 3: 83.1% accurate, 2.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 1 + \left(-1 - \frac{2}{x}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (+ 1.0 (- -1.0 (/ 2.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 + (-1.0 - (2.0 / x));
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 1.0d0 + ((-1.0d0) - (2.0d0 / x))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 + (-1.0 - (2.0 / x));
}
def code(x):
	return 1.0 + (-1.0 - (2.0 / x))
function code(x)
	return Float64(1.0 + Float64(-1.0 - Float64(2.0 / x)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 1.0 + (-1.0 - (2.0 / x));
end
code[x_] := N[(1.0 + N[(-1.0 - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
1 + \left(-1 - \frac{2}{x}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 83.0%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Simplified83.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 51.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 81.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - -1\right) \]
  5. Final simplification81.9%

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

Alternative 4: 51.6% accurate, 5.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-2}{x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ -2.0 x))
double code(double x) {
	return -2.0 / x;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (-2.0d0) / x
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return -2.0 / x;
}
def code(x):
	return -2.0 / x
function code(x)
	return Float64(-2.0 / x)
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -2.0 / x;
end
code[x_] := N[(-2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{-2}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 83.0%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Simplified83.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 52.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  4. Final simplification52.1%

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

Alternative 5: 3.3% accurate, 15.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 -1.0)
double code(double x) {
	return -1.0;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = -1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return -1.0;
}
def code(x):
	return -1.0
function code(x)
	return -1.0
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -1.0;
end
code[x_] := -1.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 83.0%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Simplified83.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 51.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 3.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  5. Final simplification3.4%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Developer target: 99.6% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{2}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot x - 1\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 (* x (- (* x x) 1.0))))
double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
}
def code(x):
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0))
function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 / Float64(x * Float64(Float64(x * x) - 1.0)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
end
code[x_] := N[(2.0 / N[(x * N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot x - 1\right)}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023283 
(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))))