Asymptote A

Percentage Accurate: 77.2% → 99.9%
Time: 5.8s
Alternatives: 9
Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

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

\\
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 9 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: 77.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{2}{x + -1}}{-1 - x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 81.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    5. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
    6. associate--r+81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    7. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    10. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    11. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    12. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. sub0-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    18. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    19. unsub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
    21. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    22. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    23. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    24. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    25. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    26. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
  3. Simplified81.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub81.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    4. div-inv81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    5. associate-/r*81.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. *-un-lft-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. metadata-eval81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. div-inv81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    9. associate--l-84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    10. div-inv84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    11. metadata-eval84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    12. *-rgt-identity84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    13. div-inv84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
    14. metadata-eval84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    15. *-rgt-identity84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr84.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-sub84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} - \frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    2. sub-neg84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
  7. Applied egg-rr84.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot 1}}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    2. associate-*r/84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{1 - x}} + \left(-\frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    3. neg-mul-184.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    4. +-commutative84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{1 - x} + -1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) + x}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    5. associate--r-99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{1 - x} + -1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1 - \left(x - x\right)}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. +-inverses99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{1 - x} + -1 \cdot \frac{1 - \color{blue}{0}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{1 - x} + -1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. distribute-rgt-out99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - x} \cdot \color{blue}{-2}}{-1 - x} \]
    10. metadata-eval99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - x} \cdot \left(-1 - \color{blue}{\left(1 + 0\right)}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    12. +-inverses99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - x} \cdot \left(-1 - \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(x - x\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    13. associate--l+84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - x} \cdot \left(-1 - \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + x\right) - x\right)}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    14. associate-+l-81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - x} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 - \left(1 + x\right)\right) + x\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
    15. +-commutative81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - x} \cdot \left(\left(-1 - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}\right) + x\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    16. associate--l-81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - x} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 - x\right) - 1\right)} + x\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    17. associate-*l/81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\left(\left(-1 - x\right) - 1\right) + x\right)}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    18. associate-*r/81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{\left(\left(-1 - x\right) - 1\right) + x}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    19. metadata-eval81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}} \cdot \frac{\left(\left(-1 - x\right) - 1\right) + x}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    20. times-frac81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(\left(\left(-1 - x\right) - 1\right) + x\right)}{-1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
    21. neg-mul-181.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(\left(-1 - x\right) - 1\right) + x\right)}}{-1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
    22. neg-mul-181.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-\left(\left(\left(-1 - x\right) - 1\right) + x\right)}{\color{blue}{-\left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
  9. Simplified99.9%

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

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

Alternative 2: 74.3% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (if (<= x 1.0) 2.0 (/ 2.0 (* x (- -1.0 x)))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (x * (-1.0 - x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = 2.0d0 / (x * ((-1.0d0) - x))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (x * (-1.0 - x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = 2.0 / (x * (-1.0 - x))
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(2.0 / Float64(x * Float64(-1.0 - x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = 2.0 / (x * (-1.0 - x));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], 2.0, N[(2.0 / N[(x * N[(-1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}\\


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

    1. Initial program 86.5%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified86.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 66.1%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified66.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      4. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      5. associate-/r*66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      7. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      8. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      9. associate--l-70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      10. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      11. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      12. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      13. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
      14. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      15. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr70.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u97.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-udef63.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\right)} - 1} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr63.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\right)} - 1} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-def97.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-log1p97.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}} \]
      3. associate-/r*94.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    10. Simplified94.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification74.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 74.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (if (<= x 1.0) 2.0 (/ (/ 2.0 x) (- -1.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (2.0d0 / x) / ((-1.0d0) - x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 / x) / Float64(-1.0 - x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], 2.0, N[(N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\\


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

    1. Initial program 86.5%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified86.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 66.1%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified66.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      4. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      5. associate-/r*66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      7. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      8. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      9. associate--l-70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      10. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      11. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      12. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      13. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
      14. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      15. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr70.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification74.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 74.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (if (<= x 1.0) 2.0 (/ (/ 2.0 (- -1.0 x)) x)))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / (-1.0 - x)) / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (2.0d0 / ((-1.0d0) - x)) / x
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / (-1.0 - x)) / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = (2.0 / (-1.0 - x)) / x
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 / Float64(-1.0 - x)) / x);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = (2.0 / (-1.0 - x)) / x;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], 2.0, N[(N[(2.0 / N[(-1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{x}\\


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

    1. Initial program 86.5%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified86.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 66.1%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified66.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      4. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      5. associate-/r*66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      7. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      8. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      9. associate--l-70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      10. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      11. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      12. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      13. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
      14. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      15. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr70.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-cube-cbrt96.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}}} \]
      2. pow396.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}}\right)}^{3}} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}}\right)}^{3}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. rem-cube-cbrt97.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}} \]
      2. associate-/l/94.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot x}} \]
      3. associate-/r*97.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{x}} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr97.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification74.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 99.3% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 81.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    5. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
    6. associate--r+81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    7. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    10. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    11. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    12. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. sub0-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    18. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    19. unsub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
    21. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    22. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    23. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    24. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    25. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    26. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
  3. Simplified81.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
    3. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1 - x} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr81.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1} \]
    2. cancel-sign-sub81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \left(-\frac{-1}{-1 - x}\right) \cdot 1} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-1 - x}} \cdot 1 \]
    4. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    5. *-rgt-identity81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. *-inverses81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}}}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    7. associate-/r*56.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    8. distribute-lft-neg-in56.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{-\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    9. distribute-rgt-neg-in56.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    10. *-commutative56.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    11. *-lft-identity56.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    12. *-inverses56.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(1 - x\right)}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    13. times-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    14. div-sub81.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) - \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  7. Simplified98.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  8. Final simplification98.8%

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

Alternative 6: 52.1% accurate, 2.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (if (<= x 1.0) 2.0 (/ -2.0 x)))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (-2.0d0) / x
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = -2.0 / x
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-2.0 / x);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = -2.0 / x;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], 2.0, N[(-2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x}\\


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

    1. Initial program 86.5%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub086.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval86.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-186.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified86.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 67.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 66.1%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      5. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
      6. associate--r+66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
      7. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      12. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      13. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      14. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      15. sub0-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      16. associate-+l-66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      17. neg-sub066.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      18. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      19. unsub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
      20. distribute-neg-frac66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      22. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      23. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      24. associate-/r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      25. metadata-eval66.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      26. neg-mul-166.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    3. Simplified66.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      4. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      5. associate-/r*66.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      7. metadata-eval66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      8. div-inv66.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      9. associate--l-70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      10. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      11. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      12. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      13. div-inv70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
      14. metadata-eval70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      15. *-rgt-identity70.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    5. Applied egg-rr70.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 7.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification53.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 52.1% accurate, 2.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-2}{-1 - x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 81.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    5. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
    6. associate--r+81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    7. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    10. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    11. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    12. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. sub0-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    18. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    19. unsub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
    21. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    22. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    23. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    24. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    25. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    26. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
  3. Simplified81.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub81.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    4. div-inv81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    5. associate-/r*81.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. *-un-lft-identity81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. metadata-eval81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. div-inv81.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    9. associate--l-84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    10. div-inv84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    11. metadata-eval84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    12. *-rgt-identity84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    13. div-inv84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
    14. metadata-eval84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    15. *-rgt-identity84.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr84.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around 0 53.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{-1 - x} \]
  7. Final simplification53.1%

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

Alternative 8: 10.7% accurate, 11.0× speedup?

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

\\
1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 81.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    5. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
    6. associate--r+81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    7. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    10. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    11. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    12. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. sub0-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    18. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    19. unsub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
    21. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    22. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    23. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    24. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    25. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    26. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
  3. Simplified81.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 51.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{-1} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 11.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
  6. Final simplification11.1%

    \[\leadsto 1 \]

Alternative 9: 51.0% accurate, 11.0× speedup?

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

\\
2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 81.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 - \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} - \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    5. sub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto 0 - \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)\right)} \]
    6. associate--r+81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0 - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    7. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    10. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    11. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    12. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. sub0-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. associate-+l-81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. neg-sub081.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    18. +-commutative81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + \left(-x\right)}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    19. unsub-neg81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 - x}} - \left(-\frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    20. distribute-neg-frac81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + 1}} \]
    21. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    22. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    23. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    24. associate-/r*81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    25. metadata-eval81.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    26. neg-mul-181.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
  3. Simplified81.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 52.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]
  5. Final simplification52.0%

    \[\leadsto 2 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023313 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Asymptote A"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))