Expanding a square

Percentage Accurate: 54.1% → 100.0%
Time: 2.3s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 1.8×

Specification

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

\\
\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 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 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: 54.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

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

\\
x \cdot x + x \cdot 2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 54.6%

    \[\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. difference-of-sqr-154.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. associate--l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 - 1\right)\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{0}\right) \]
    4. +-rgt-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
    5. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)} \]
    6. associate-+l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
    7. distribute-rgt-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x} \]
    8. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    9. distribute-rgt-neg-out100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right) \cdot x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    10. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    11. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    12. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    13. distribute-rgt-out100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
    15. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{2}\right) \]
    17. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(--2\right)}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}\right)\right) \]
    19. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(1 + 1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-\left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
    21. distribute-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)}\right) \]
    22. associate-+l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
    23. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right) \]
    24. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 2\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x + x \cdot 2} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x + x \cdot 2} \]
  6. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto x \cdot x + x \cdot 2 \]

Alternative 2: 97.8% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -2:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot x\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 2:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot 2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot x\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -2.0) (* x x) (if (<= x 2.0) (* x 2.0) (* x x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -2.0) {
		tmp = x * x;
	} else if (x <= 2.0) {
		tmp = x * 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = x * x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= (-2.0d0)) then
        tmp = x * x
    else if (x <= 2.0d0) then
        tmp = x * 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = x * x
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -2.0) {
		tmp = x * x;
	} else if (x <= 2.0) {
		tmp = x * 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = x * x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -2.0:
		tmp = x * x
	elif x <= 2.0:
		tmp = x * 2.0
	else:
		tmp = x * x
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -2.0)
		tmp = Float64(x * x);
	elseif (x <= 2.0)
		tmp = Float64(x * 2.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(x * x);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -2.0)
		tmp = x * x;
	elseif (x <= 2.0)
		tmp = x * 2.0;
	else
		tmp = x * x;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, -2.0], N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[x, 2.0], N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -2:\\
\;\;\;\;x \cdot x\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 2:\\
\;\;\;\;x \cdot 2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;x \cdot x\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -2 or 2 < x

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-sqr-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 - 1\right)\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{0}\right) \]
      4. +-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
      5. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)} \]
      6. associate-+l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x} \]
      8. sqr-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right) \cdot x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      10. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      11. mul-1-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      12. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      13. distribute-rgt-out100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
      15. mul-1-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{2}\right) \]
      17. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(--2\right)}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}\right)\right) \]
      19. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(1 + 1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-\left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
      21. distribute-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)}\right) \]
      22. associate-+l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
      23. mul-1-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right) \]
      24. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{x}^{2}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow299.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
    6. Simplified99.1%

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

    if -2 < x < 2

    1. Initial program 8.6%

      \[\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1 \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-sqr-18.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) - 1\right)} \]
      2. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 - 1\right)\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{0}\right) \]
      4. +-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
      5. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)} \]
      6. associate-+l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
      7. distribute-rgt-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x} \]
      8. sqr-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      9. distribute-rgt-neg-out100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right) \cdot x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      10. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      11. mul-1-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      12. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
      13. distribute-rgt-out100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
      15. mul-1-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{2}\right) \]
      17. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(--2\right)}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}\right)\right) \]
      19. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(1 + 1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-\left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
      21. distribute-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)}\right) \]
      22. associate-+l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
      23. mul-1-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right) \]
      24. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 97.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot x} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -2:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot x\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 2:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot 2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot x\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 100.0% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

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

\\
x \cdot \left(x + 2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 54.6%

    \[\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. difference-of-sqr-154.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. associate--l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 - 1\right)\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{0}\right) \]
    4. +-rgt-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
    5. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)} \]
    6. associate-+l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
    7. distribute-rgt-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x} \]
    8. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    9. distribute-rgt-neg-out100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right) \cdot x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    10. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    11. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    12. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    13. distribute-rgt-out100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
    15. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{2}\right) \]
    17. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(--2\right)}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}\right)\right) \]
    19. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(1 + 1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-\left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
    21. distribute-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)}\right) \]
    22. associate-+l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
    23. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right) \]
    24. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 2\right)} \]
  4. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(x + 2\right) \]

Alternative 4: 50.9% accurate, 3.0× speedup?

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

\\
x \cdot 2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 54.6%

    \[\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right) - 1 \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. difference-of-sqr-154.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) - 1\right)} \]
    2. associate--l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 - 1\right)\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{0}\right) \]
    4. +-rgt-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
    5. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)} \]
    6. associate-+l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
    7. distribute-rgt-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x} \]
    8. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    9. distribute-rgt-neg-out100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right) \cdot x\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    10. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x} + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    11. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    12. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(-x\right)\right) \cdot x + \left(1 + 1\right) \cdot x \]
    13. distribute-rgt-out100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
    15. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + 1\right)\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{2}\right) \]
    17. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(--2\right)}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}\right)\right) \]
    19. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(-\left(-x\right)\right) + \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(1 + 1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-\left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)\right)} \]
    21. distribute-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + \left(1 + 1\right)\right)\right)}\right) \]
    22. associate-+l+100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\left(-\color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
    23. mul-1-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)}\right) \]
    24. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + 1\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 2\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 50.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot x} \]
  5. Final simplification50.5%

    \[\leadsto x \cdot 2 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023293 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Expanding a square"
  :precision binary64
  (- (* (+ x 1.0) (+ x 1.0)) 1.0))