Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 2

Percentage Accurate: 100.0% → 100.0%
Time: 9.4s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 1.9×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))
double code(double v) {
	return ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = ((sqrt(2.0d0) / 4.0d0) * sqrt((1.0d0 - (3.0d0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0d0 - (v * v))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return ((Math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * Math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
def code(v):
	return ((math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v))
function code(v)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64(3.0 * Float64(v * v))))) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(v * v)))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
end
code[v_] := N[(N[(N[(N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision] / 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)
\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 4 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: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))
double code(double v) {
	return ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = ((sqrt(2.0d0) / 4.0d0) * sqrt((1.0d0 - (3.0d0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0d0 - (v * v))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return ((Math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * Math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
def code(v):
	return ((math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v))
function code(v)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64(3.0 * Float64(v * v))))) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(v * v)))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
end
code[v_] := N[(N[(N[(N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision] / 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{2 + -6 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - v \cdot \frac{v}{4}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (sqrt (+ 2.0 (* -6.0 (* v v)))) (- 0.25 (* v (/ v 4.0)))))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt((2.0 + (-6.0 * (v * v)))) * (0.25 - (v * (v / 4.0)));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = sqrt((2.0d0 + ((-6.0d0) * (v * v)))) * (0.25d0 - (v * (v / 4.0d0)))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.sqrt((2.0 + (-6.0 * (v * v)))) * (0.25 - (v * (v / 4.0)));
}
def code(v):
	return math.sqrt((2.0 + (-6.0 * (v * v)))) * (0.25 - (v * (v / 4.0)))
function code(v)
	return Float64(sqrt(Float64(2.0 + Float64(-6.0 * Float64(v * v)))) * Float64(0.25 - Float64(v * Float64(v / 4.0))))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = sqrt((2.0 + (-6.0 * (v * v)))) * (0.25 - (v * (v / 4.0)));
end
code[v_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[(2.0 + N[(-6.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.25 - N[(v * N[(v / 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{2 + -6 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - v \cdot \frac{v}{4}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 100.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    2. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    3. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \left(1 - \color{blue}{\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}\right) \]
    4. associate-*l*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)\right)} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right)} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{4}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}}{4} \]
    2. associate-/l*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
  6. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-log-exp100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}}\right)} \]
    2. *-un-lft-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(1 \cdot e^{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}}\right)} \]
    3. log-prod100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 1 + \log \left(e^{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}}\right)} \]
    4. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} + \log \left(e^{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}}\right) \]
    5. add-log-exp100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    6. div-inv100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \color{blue}{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    7. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right) + 1\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}} \]
    8. distribute-lft-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right)\right) + 2 \cdot 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}} \]
    9. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{2 \cdot \left(v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right)\right) + \color{blue}{2}} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}} \]
    10. fma-def100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right), 2\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}} \]
    11. associate-*r*100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3}, 2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}} \]
    12. clear-num100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1 - v \cdot v}{4}} \]
    13. div-sub100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{4} - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0.25} - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \]
  8. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right)} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-lft-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right)} \]
    2. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3\right) + 2}} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \]
    3. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{2 + 2 \cdot \left(\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3\right)}} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \]
    4. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{2 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)\right)}} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \]
    5. associate-*r*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{2 + \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot -3\right) \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{2 + \color{blue}{-6} \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \]
    7. associate-/l*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{2 + -6 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - \color{blue}{\frac{v}{\frac{4}{v}}}\right) \]
    8. associate-/r/100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{2 + -6 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - \color{blue}{\frac{v}{4} \cdot v}\right) \]
  10. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{2 + -6 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - \frac{v}{4} \cdot v\right)} \]
  11. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{2 + -6 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(0.25 - v \cdot \frac{v}{4}\right) \]

Alternative 2: 99.6% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{2} \cdot \left(0.25 + \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (* (sqrt 2.0) (+ 0.25 (* (* v v) -0.625))))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt(2.0) * (0.25 + ((v * v) * -0.625));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = sqrt(2.0d0) * (0.25d0 + ((v * v) * (-0.625d0)))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.sqrt(2.0) * (0.25 + ((v * v) * -0.625));
}
def code(v):
	return math.sqrt(2.0) * (0.25 + ((v * v) * -0.625))
function code(v)
	return Float64(sqrt(2.0) * Float64(0.25 + Float64(Float64(v * v) * -0.625)))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = sqrt(2.0) * (0.25 + ((v * v) * -0.625));
end
code[v_] := N[(N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.25 + N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] * -0.625), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(0.25 + \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 100.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-0.375 \cdot \left({v}^{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) + 0.25 \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r*98.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(-0.375 \cdot {v}^{2}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}} + 0.25 \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    2. distribute-rgt-out98.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(-0.375 \cdot {v}^{2} + 0.25\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    3. unpow298.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(-0.375 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right)} + 0.25\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    4. associate-*r*98.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-0.375 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} + 0.25\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  6. Simplified98.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(\left(-0.375 \cdot v\right) \cdot v + 0.25\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  7. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.625 \cdot \left({v}^{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) + 0.25 \cdot \sqrt{2}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative98.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.25 \cdot \sqrt{2} + -0.625 \cdot \left({v}^{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r*98.7%

      \[\leadsto 0.25 \cdot \sqrt{2} + \color{blue}{\left(-0.625 \cdot {v}^{2}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}} \]
    3. distribute-rgt-out98.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(0.25 + -0.625 \cdot {v}^{2}\right)} \]
    4. *-commutative98.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{2} \cdot \left(0.25 + \color{blue}{{v}^{2} \cdot -0.625}\right) \]
    5. unpow298.7%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{2} \cdot \left(0.25 + \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot -0.625\right) \]
  9. Simplified98.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{2} \cdot \left(0.25 + \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625\right)} \]
  10. Final simplification98.7%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{2} \cdot \left(0.25 + \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625\right) \]

Alternative 3: 99.6% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625 + 0.125} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (sqrt (+ (* (* v v) -0.625) 0.125)))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt((((v * v) * -0.625) + 0.125));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = sqrt((((v * v) * (-0.625d0)) + 0.125d0))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.sqrt((((v * v) * -0.625) + 0.125));
}
def code(v):
	return math.sqrt((((v * v) * -0.625) + 0.125))
function code(v)
	return sqrt(Float64(Float64(Float64(v * v) * -0.625) + 0.125))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = sqrt((((v * v) * -0.625) + 0.125));
end
code[v_] := N[Sqrt[N[(N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] * -0.625), $MachinePrecision] + 0.125), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625 + 0.125}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 100.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    2. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    3. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \left(1 - \color{blue}{\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}\right) \]
    4. associate-*l*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)\right)} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right)} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{4}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}}{4} \]
    2. associate-/l*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
  6. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}}} \]
    2. sqrt-unprod100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}}} \]
    3. frac-times100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \sqrt{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v} \cdot \frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}}} \]
    4. add-sqr-sqrt100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v} \cdot \frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    5. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right) + 1\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v} \cdot \frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    6. distribute-lft-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right)\right) + 2 \cdot 1}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v} \cdot \frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    7. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{2 \cdot \left(v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right)\right) + \color{blue}{2}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v} \cdot \frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    8. fma-def100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, v \cdot \left(v \cdot -3\right), 2\right)}}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v} \cdot \frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    9. associate-*r*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3}, 2\right)}{\frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v} \cdot \frac{4}{1 - v \cdot v}}} \]
    10. frac-times100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)}{\color{blue}{\frac{4 \cdot 4}{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}}}} \]
    11. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)}{\frac{\color{blue}{16}}{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}}} \]
    12. pow2100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)}{\frac{16}{\color{blue}{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2}}}}} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)}{\frac{16}{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2}}}}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r/100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)}{16} \cdot {\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2}}} \]
    2. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3, 2\right)}{16}}} \]
    3. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3\right) + 2}}{16}} \]
    4. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{2 + 2 \cdot \left(\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -3\right)}}{16}} \]
    5. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{2 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)\right)}}{16}} \]
    6. associate-*r*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{2 + \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot -3\right) \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}}{16}} \]
    7. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{2 + \color{blue}{-6} \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{16}} \]
  10. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{{\left(1 - v \cdot v\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{2 + -6 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{16}}} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.6%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{0.125 + -0.625 \cdot {v}^{2}}} \]
  12. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative98.6%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{0.125 + \color{blue}{{v}^{2} \cdot -0.625}} \]
    2. unpow298.6%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{0.125 + \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot -0.625} \]
  13. Simplified98.6%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{0.125 + \left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625}} \]
  14. Final simplification98.6%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -0.625 + 0.125} \]

Alternative 4: 99.1% accurate, 2.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{0.125} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (sqrt 0.125))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt(0.125);
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = sqrt(0.125d0)
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.sqrt(0.125);
}
def code(v):
	return math.sqrt(0.125)
function code(v)
	return sqrt(0.125)
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = sqrt(0.125);
end
code[v_] := N[Sqrt[0.125], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{0.125}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 100.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r*100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt98.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    2. sqrt-unprod100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    3. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    4. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    5. swap-sqr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    6. add-sqr-sqrt100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    7. sub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    8. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right) + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    9. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(-\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(3 \cdot v\right)}\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(-3 \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    11. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-3\right) \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot v\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    13. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot -3\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    14. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    15. frac-times100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4 \cdot 4}}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  6. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.125}} \]
  7. Final simplification98.0%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{0.125} \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023283 
(FPCore (v)
  :name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 2"
  :precision binary64
  (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))