ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.5% → 98.5%
Time: 7.2s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\left(0 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\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 8 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: 61.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 98.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -1e-152)
   (- x (hypot (sqrt (- eps)) x))
   (/
    eps
    (fma
     -0.125
     (* (/ eps (pow x 2.0)) (/ eps x))
     (fma x 2.0 (* eps (/ -0.5 x)))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-152) {
		tmp = x - hypot(sqrt(-eps), x);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / fma(-0.125, ((eps / pow(x, 2.0)) * (eps / x)), fma(x, 2.0, (eps * (-0.5 / x))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-152)
		tmp = Float64(x - hypot(sqrt(Float64(-eps)), x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / fma(-0.125, Float64(Float64(eps / (x ^ 2.0)) * Float64(eps / x)), fma(x, 2.0, Float64(eps * Float64(-0.5 / x)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1e-152], N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + x ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(-0.125 * N[(N[(eps / N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0 + N[(eps * N[(-0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.00000000000000007e-152

    1. Initial program 99.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}} \]
      2. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\varepsilon\right) + x \cdot x}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}} + x \cdot x} \]
      4. hypot-def99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr99.2%

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]

    if -1.00000000000000007e-152 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr47.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity47.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/47.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*47.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity47.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified47.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.125 \cdot \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}} + \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      4. pow-sqr0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      5. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      6. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      7. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      8. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      9. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{1} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      10. *-lft-identity0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      11. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}\right)} \]
      12. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)} \]
      13. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}\right)} \]
      14. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}\right)\right)} \]
    8. Simplified87.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow287.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)} \]
      2. unpow387.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot x}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)} \]
      3. times-frac99.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot x} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)} \]
      4. pow299.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{{x}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 98.4% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -1e-152)
   (- x (hypot (sqrt (- eps)) x))
   (/ eps (+ (* (/ eps x) -0.5) (* x 2.0)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-152) {
		tmp = x - hypot(sqrt(-eps), x);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-152) {
		tmp = x - Math.hypot(Math.sqrt(-eps), x);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if (x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-152:
		tmp = x - math.hypot(math.sqrt(-eps), x)
	else:
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-152)
		tmp = Float64(x - hypot(sqrt(Float64(-eps)), x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5) + Float64(x * 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -1e-152)
		tmp = x - hypot(sqrt(-eps), x);
	else
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -1e-152], N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + x ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.00000000000000007e-152

    1. Initial program 99.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}} \]
      2. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\varepsilon\right) + x \cdot x}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}} + x \cdot x} \]
      4. hypot-def99.2%

        \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr99.2%

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]

    if -1.00000000000000007e-152 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr47.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity47.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/47.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*47.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity47.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified47.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.125 \cdot \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}} + \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      4. pow-sqr0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      5. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      6. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      7. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      8. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      9. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{1} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      10. *-lft-identity0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      11. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}\right)} \]
      12. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)} \]
      13. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}\right)} \]
      14. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}\right)\right)} \]
    8. Simplified87.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 99.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 98.4% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -1e-152) t_0 (/ eps (+ (* (/ eps x) -0.5) (* x 2.0))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -1e-152) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
    if (t_0 <= (-1d-152)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * (-0.5d0)) + (x * 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -1e-152) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	t_0 = x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -1e-152:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -1e-152)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5) + Float64(x * 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -1e-152)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -1e-152], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.00000000000000007e-152

    1. Initial program 99.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]

    if -1.00000000000000007e-152 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr47.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses47.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity47.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/47.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*47.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity47.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified47.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.125 \cdot \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}} + \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      4. pow-sqr0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      5. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      6. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      7. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      8. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      9. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{1} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      10. *-lft-identity0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      11. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}\right)} \]
      12. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)} \]
      13. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}\right)} \]
      14. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}\right)\right)} \]
    8. Simplified87.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 99.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-152}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 86.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{-122}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 9.2e-122)
   (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
   (/ eps (+ (* (/ eps x) -0.5) (* x 2.0)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 9.2e-122) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 9.2d-122) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * (-0.5d0)) + (x * 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 9.2e-122) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 9.2e-122:
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 9.2e-122)
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5) + Float64(x * 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 9.2e-122)
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[x, 9.2e-122], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{-122}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 9.20000000000000028e-122

    1. Initial program 96.5%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0 93.4%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-193.4%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    4. Simplified93.4%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]

    if 9.20000000000000028e-122 < x

    1. Initial program 23.3%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--23.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv23.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt23.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt58.7%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def58.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr58.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses58.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity58.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/58.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*58.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity58.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified58.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.125 \cdot \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}} + \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      4. pow-sqr0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      5. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      6. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      7. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      8. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      9. metadata-eval0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{1} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      10. *-lft-identity0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
      11. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}\right)} \]
      12. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)} \]
      13. fma-def0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}\right)} \]
      14. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}\right)\right)} \]
    8. Simplified78.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 84.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification88.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{-122}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 45.5% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon} - \frac{0.5}{x}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (- (* 2.0 (/ x eps)) (/ 0.5 x))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 1.0 / ((2.0 * (x / eps)) - (0.5 / x));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = 1.0d0 / ((2.0d0 * (x / eps)) - (0.5d0 / x))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 1.0 / ((2.0 * (x / eps)) - (0.5 / x));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return 1.0 / ((2.0 * (x / eps)) - (0.5 / x))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(2.0 * Float64(x / eps)) - Float64(0.5 / x)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 * (x / eps)) - (0.5 / x));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N[(2.0 * N[(x / eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon} - \frac{0.5}{x}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.7%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--56.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv56.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt56.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. associate--r-99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    5. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    6. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    7. sub-neg99.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt74.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    9. hypot-def74.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr74.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative74.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
    2. associate-/r/74.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. +-inverses74.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}} \]
    4. +-commutative74.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon + 0}}} \]
  5. Simplified74.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\varepsilon + 0}}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}} \]
    2. fma-def0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{x}{\varepsilon}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    3. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{x}{\varepsilon}, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}\right)} \]
    4. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{x}{\varepsilon}, \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt50.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{x}{\varepsilon}, \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{x}\right)} \]
    6. metadata-eval50.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{x}{\varepsilon}, \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{x}\right)} \]
  8. Simplified50.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{x}{\varepsilon}, \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 50.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{x}}} \]
  10. Simplified50.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon} - \frac{0.5}{x}}} \]
  11. Final simplification50.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 \cdot \frac{x}{\varepsilon} - \frac{0.5}{x}} \]

Alternative 6: 45.7% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ eps (+ (* (/ eps x) -0.5) (* x 2.0))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps / (((eps / x) * (-0.5d0)) + (x * 2.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5) + Float64(x * 2.0)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps / N[(N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.7%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--56.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv56.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt56.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. associate--r-99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    5. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    6. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    7. sub-neg99.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt74.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    9. hypot-def74.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr74.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-inverses74.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    2. +-lft-identity74.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate-*r/75.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. associate-/l*75.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
    5. /-rgt-identity75.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  5. Simplified75.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.125 \cdot \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}} + \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)}} \]
    2. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{4} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot 2\right)}} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    4. pow-sqr0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    5. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    6. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    7. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    8. rem-square-sqrt0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{-1}\right) \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    9. metadata-eval0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{1} \cdot {\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    10. *-lft-identity0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{\color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}}}{{x}^{3}}, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}\right)} \]
    12. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)} \]
    13. fma-def0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}\right)} \]
    14. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}\right)\right)} \]
  8. Simplified43.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.125, \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 2, \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 50.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  10. Final simplification50.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2} \]

Alternative 7: 44.9% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* (/ eps x) 0.5))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return (eps / x) * 0.5;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = (eps / x) * 0.5d0
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return (eps / x) * 0.5;
}
def code(x, eps):
	return (eps / x) * 0.5
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(Float64(eps / x) * 0.5)
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5;
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.7%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around inf 49.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  3. Final simplification49.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5 \]

Alternative 8: 7.9% accurate, 107.0× speedup?

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

\\
\varepsilon
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.7%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--56.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv56.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt56.3%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. associate--r-99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    5. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    6. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    7. sub-neg99.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt74.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    9. hypot-def74.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr74.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow274.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{x \cdot x}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr74.9%

    \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{x \cdot x}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow274.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{x \cdot x}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  7. Applied egg-rr74.9%

    \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{x \cdot x} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. un-div-inv75.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    2. clear-num74.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt74.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}\right)}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}} \]
    4. sqrt-unprod76.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-\varepsilon\right) \cdot \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}}\right)}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}} \]
    5. sqr-neg76.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}}}\right)}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}} \]
    6. sqrt-prod23.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{\varepsilon}}}\right)}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}} \]
    7. add-sqr-sqrt23.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}\right)}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}} \]
    8. +-inverses23.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\varepsilon}\right)}{\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon}} \]
    9. +-lft-identity23.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\varepsilon}\right)}{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr23.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{\varepsilon}\right)}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  10. Simplified7.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
  11. Final simplification7.8%

    \[\leadsto \varepsilon \]

Developer target: 99.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023310 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (<= 0.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))

  :herbie-target
  (/ eps (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))

  (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))