ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4b, n=2

Percentage Accurate: 74.1% → 100.0%
Time: 5.5s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 29.6×

Specification

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\[\left(-1000000000 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return pow((x + eps), 2.0) - pow(x, 2.0);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = ((x + eps) ** 2.0d0) - (x ** 2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return Math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - Math.pow(x, 2.0);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - math.pow(x, 2.0)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64((Float64(x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = ((x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[Power[N[(x + eps), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2}
\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: 74.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return pow((x + eps), 2.0) - pow(x, 2.0);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = ((x + eps) ** 2.0d0) - (x ** 2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return Math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - Math.pow(x, 2.0);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - math.pow(x, 2.0)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64((Float64(x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = ((x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[Power[N[(x + eps), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 14.8× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(-x\right)\right) - \varepsilon \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{-1}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.2%

    \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)}}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. unpow275.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
    3. unpow275.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
    4. difference-of-squares75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right)} \]
    6. sub-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    7. +-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(\varepsilon + x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    8. associate-+l+75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    9. remove-double-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    10. sub-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    11. +-commutative75.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(\left(-x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    13. +-inverses100.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \]
    16. sub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \]
    17. remove-double-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) - \left(-x\right)\right) \]
    18. sub-neg100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon - \left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \]
    20. neg-mul-1100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + \left(-x\right)\right)\right) \]
    21. neg-mul-1100.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot \color{blue}{-2}\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot -2\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip3--67.5%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}} \]
    2. associate-*r/54.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left({\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}\right)}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}} \]
    3. associate-/l*67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}}} \]
    4. clear-num67.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}}}} \]
    5. flip3--99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon - x \cdot -2}}} \]
    6. sub-neg99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon + \left(-x \cdot -2\right)}}} \]
    7. distribute-rgt-neg-in99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(--2\right)}}} \]
    8. metadata-eval99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + x \cdot \color{blue}{2}}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + x \cdot 2}}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg99.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-\left(\varepsilon + x \cdot 2\right)\right)} \]
    3. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon\right)}\right) \]
    4. distribute-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x \cdot 2\right) + \left(-\varepsilon\right)\right)} \]
    5. distribute-lft-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-x \cdot 2\right) + \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-\varepsilon\right)} \]
    6. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-1}} \cdot \left(-x \cdot 2\right) + \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-\varepsilon\right) \]
    7. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{2 \cdot x}\right) + \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-\varepsilon\right) \]
    8. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot x\right) + \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-1}} \cdot \left(-\varepsilon\right) \]
  7. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-2 \cdot x\right) + \frac{\varepsilon}{-1} \cdot \left(-\varepsilon\right)} \]
  8. Final simplification100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 89.7% accurate, 22.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-83} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{-77}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \left(2 \cdot x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x -6.2e-83) (not (<= x 1.55e-77))) (* eps (* 2.0 x)) (* eps eps)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -6.2e-83) || !(x <= 1.55e-77)) {
		tmp = eps * (2.0 * x);
	} else {
		tmp = eps * eps;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= (-6.2d-83)) .or. (.not. (x <= 1.55d-77))) then
        tmp = eps * (2.0d0 * x)
    else
        tmp = eps * eps
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -6.2e-83) || !(x <= 1.55e-77)) {
		tmp = eps * (2.0 * x);
	} else {
		tmp = eps * eps;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= -6.2e-83) or not (x <= 1.55e-77):
		tmp = eps * (2.0 * x)
	else:
		tmp = eps * eps
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -6.2e-83) || !(x <= 1.55e-77))
		tmp = Float64(eps * Float64(2.0 * x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps * eps);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= -6.2e-83) || ~((x <= 1.55e-77)))
		tmp = eps * (2.0 * x);
	else
		tmp = eps * eps;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, -6.2e-83], N[Not[LessEqual[x, 1.55e-77]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(eps * N[(2.0 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps * eps), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-83} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{-77}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \left(2 \cdot x\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -6.19999999999999985e-83 or 1.55000000000000004e-77 < x

    1. Initial program 26.9%

      \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative26.9%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)}}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
      2. unpow226.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
      3. unpow226.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
      4. difference-of-squares26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right)} \]
      5. *-commutative26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right)} \]
      6. sub-neg26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      7. +-commutative26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(\varepsilon + x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      8. associate-+l+26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      9. remove-double-neg26.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      10. sub-neg26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      11. +-commutative26.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(-x\right)\right)} - \left(-x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      12. associate--l+99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(\left(-x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      13. +-inverses99.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      14. +-rgt-identity99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      15. remove-double-neg99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \]
      16. sub-neg99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \]
      17. remove-double-neg99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) - \left(-x\right)\right) \]
      18. sub-neg99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon - \left(-x\right)\right)} - \left(-x\right)\right) \]
      19. associate--l-99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon - \left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \]
      20. neg-mul-199.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + \left(-x\right)\right)\right) \]
      21. neg-mul-199.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - \left(-1 \cdot x + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}\right)\right) \]
      22. distribute-rgt-out99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(-1 + -1\right)}\right) \]
      23. metadata-eval99.9%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot \color{blue}{-2}\right) \]
    3. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot -2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 88.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative88.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right) \cdot 2} \]
      2. associate-*r*88.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot 2\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative88.6%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    6. Simplified88.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]

    if -6.19999999999999985e-83 < x < 1.55000000000000004e-77

    1. Initial program 97.1%

      \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative97.1%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)}}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
      2. unpow297.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
      3. unpow297.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
      4. difference-of-squares97.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right)} \]
      5. *-commutative97.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right)} \]
      6. sub-neg97.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      7. +-commutative97.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(\varepsilon + x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      8. associate-+l+97.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      9. remove-double-neg97.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      10. sub-neg97.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      11. +-commutative97.1%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(\left(-x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
      13. +-inverses100.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \]
      16. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \]
      17. remove-double-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) - \left(-x\right)\right) \]
      18. sub-neg100.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon - \left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \]
      20. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + \left(-x\right)\right)\right) \]
      21. neg-mul-1100.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot \color{blue}{-2}\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot -2\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip3--53.0%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}} \]
      2. associate-*r/44.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left({\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}\right)}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}} \]
      3. associate-/l*52.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}}} \]
      4. clear-num52.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}}}} \]
      5. flip3--99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon - x \cdot -2}}} \]
      6. sub-neg99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon + \left(-x \cdot -2\right)}}} \]
      7. distribute-rgt-neg-in99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(--2\right)}}} \]
      8. metadata-eval99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + x \cdot \color{blue}{2}}} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + x \cdot 2}}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 94.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. div-inv94.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon}}} \]
      2. associate-/r/94.8%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval94.8%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \]
      4. *-un-lft-identity94.8%

        \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr94.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-83} \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{-77}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \left(2 \cdot x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 100.0% accurate, 29.6× speedup?

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

\\
\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot -2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.2%

    \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)}}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. unpow275.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
    3. unpow275.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
    4. difference-of-squares75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right)} \]
    6. sub-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    7. +-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(\varepsilon + x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    8. associate-+l+75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    9. remove-double-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    10. sub-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    11. +-commutative75.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(\left(-x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    13. +-inverses100.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \]
    16. sub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \]
    17. remove-double-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) - \left(-x\right)\right) \]
    18. sub-neg100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon - \left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \]
    20. neg-mul-1100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + \left(-x\right)\right)\right) \]
    21. neg-mul-1100.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot \color{blue}{-2}\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

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

    \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot -2\right) \]

Alternative 4: 71.5% accurate, 69.0× speedup?

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

\\
\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.2%

    \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right)}}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
    2. unpow275.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right)} - {x}^{2} \]
    3. unpow275.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + x\right) \cdot \left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x} \]
    4. difference-of-squares75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - x\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right)} \]
    6. sub-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    7. +-commutative75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(\varepsilon + x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    8. associate-+l+75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + x\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    9. remove-double-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    10. sub-neg75.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(-x\right) + \varepsilon\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    11. +-commutative75.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + \left(\left(-x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \]
    13. +-inverses100.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) \]
    16. sub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) - \left(-x\right)\right)} \]
    17. remove-double-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\left(\varepsilon + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)}\right) - \left(-x\right)\right) \]
    18. sub-neg100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon - \left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)\right)} \]
    20. neg-mul-1100.0%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} + \left(-x\right)\right)\right) \]
    21. neg-mul-1100.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot \color{blue}{-2}\right) \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon - x \cdot -2\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip3--67.5%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}} \]
    2. associate-*r/54.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left({\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}\right)}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}} \]
    3. associate-/l*67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}}} \]
    4. clear-num67.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{3} - {\left(x \cdot -2\right)}^{3}}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \left(\left(x \cdot -2\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right) + \varepsilon \cdot \left(x \cdot -2\right)\right)}}}} \]
    5. flip3--99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon - x \cdot -2}}} \]
    6. sub-neg99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon + \left(-x \cdot -2\right)}}} \]
    7. distribute-rgt-neg-in99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(--2\right)}}} \]
    8. metadata-eval99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + x \cdot \color{blue}{2}}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon + x \cdot 2}}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 72.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-inv72.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\varepsilon}}} \]
    2. associate-/r/72.4%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval72.4%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity72.4%

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr72.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  9. Final simplification72.4%

    \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023301 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4b, n=2"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (<= -1000000000.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))
  (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))