NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B

Percentage Accurate: 78.1% → 99.7%
Time: 9.5s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 1.1×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((Math.PI / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
def code(a, b):
	return ((math.pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b))
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) * Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * a)))) * Float64(Float64(1.0 / a) - Float64(1.0 / b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 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: 78.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((Math.PI / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
def code(a, b):
	return ((math.pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b))
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) * Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * a)))) * Float64(Float64(1.0 / a) - Float64(1.0 / b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.7% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}{2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (/ (/ PI a) b) (* 2.0 (+ a b))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((((double) M_PI) / a) / b) / (2.0 * (a + b));
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((Math.PI / a) / b) / (2.0 * (a + b));
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return ((math.pi / a) / b) / (2.0 * (a + b))
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / a) / b) / Float64(2.0 * Float64(a + b)))
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((pi / a) / b) / (2.0 * (a + b));
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(Pi / a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * N[(a + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}{2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 79.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. *-rgt-identity79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    3. associate-*l/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. difference-of-squares85.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    5. times-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    6. associate-/l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    7. sub-neg99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
    9. metadata-eval99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
  3. Simplified99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l/99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \]
    2. add-sqr-sqrt49.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    3. sqrt-unprod76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b} \cdot \frac{-1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    4. frac-times76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot -1}{b \cdot b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    5. metadata-eval76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    6. metadata-eval76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    7. frac-times76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    8. sqrt-unprod34.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    9. add-sqr-sqrt66.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    10. *-commutative66.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr66.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)} \]
  8. Simplified99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)} \]
  9. Final simplification99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}{2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]

Alternative 2: 90.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8.5 \cdot 10^{-47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{a}{\pi}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -8.5e-47)
   (/ 0.5 (* (* a b) (/ a PI)))
   (/ 0.5 (* b (* a (/ b PI))))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -8.5e-47) {
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / ((double) M_PI)));
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / ((double) M_PI))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -8.5e-47) {
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / Math.PI));
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / Math.PI)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -8.5e-47:
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / math.pi))
	else:
		tmp = 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / math.pi)))
	return tmp
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -8.5e-47)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 / Float64(Float64(a * b) * Float64(a / pi)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(0.5 / Float64(b * Float64(a * Float64(b / pi))));
	end
	return tmp
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -8.5e-47)
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / pi));
	else
		tmp = 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / pi)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -8.5e-47], N[(0.5 / N[(N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / Pi), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 / N[(b * N[(a * N[(b / Pi), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8.5 \cdot 10^{-47}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{a}{\pi}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -8.4999999999999999e-47

    1. Initial program 82.0%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/82.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity82.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/82.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares89.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a}\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/84.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    9. Simplified84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*84.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\pi}}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
      2. associate-/r*84.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\pi}} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
      3. frac-times82.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{\frac{a}{\pi} \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
      4. metadata-eval82.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{\frac{a}{\pi} \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr82.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\pi} \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]

    if -8.4999999999999999e-47 < a

    1. Initial program 77.9%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity77.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares83.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 68.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \]
      2. associate-/l/68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b \cdot a}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
      3. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
      4. associate-*r/68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b}} \]
      5. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{b} \]
      6. frac-times68.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b}} \]
      7. *-un-lft-identity68.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
      8. times-frac68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{0.5}{b}} \]
      9. clear-num68.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\pi}}} \cdot \frac{0.5}{b} \]
      10. frac-times68.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 0.5}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\pi} \cdot b}} \]
      11. metadata-eval68.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\pi} \cdot b} \]
      12. *-un-lft-identity68.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \pi}} \cdot b} \]
      13. times-frac68.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{a}{1} \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)} \cdot b} \]
      14. /-rgt-identity68.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right) \cdot b} \]
    9. Applied egg-rr68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right) \cdot b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification72.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8.5 \cdot 10^{-47}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{a}{\pi}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 90.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{a}{\pi}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b} \cdot 0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -2e-46) (/ 0.5 (* (* a b) (/ a PI))) (/ (* (/ (/ PI a) b) 0.5) b)))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -2e-46) {
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / ((double) M_PI)));
	} else {
		tmp = (((((double) M_PI) / a) / b) * 0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -2e-46) {
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / Math.PI));
	} else {
		tmp = (((Math.PI / a) / b) * 0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -2e-46:
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / math.pi))
	else:
		tmp = (((math.pi / a) / b) * 0.5) / b
	return tmp
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -2e-46)
		tmp = Float64(0.5 / Float64(Float64(a * b) * Float64(a / pi)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / a) / b) * 0.5) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -2e-46)
		tmp = 0.5 / ((a * b) * (a / pi));
	else
		tmp = (((pi / a) / b) * 0.5) / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -2e-46], N[(0.5 / N[(N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a / Pi), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(Pi / a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{a}{\pi}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b} \cdot 0.5}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -2.00000000000000005e-46

    1. Initial program 82.0%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/82.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity82.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/82.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares89.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around 0 84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a}\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/84.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    9. Simplified84.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*84.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\pi}}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
      2. associate-/r*84.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\pi}} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
      3. frac-times82.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{\frac{a}{\pi} \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
      4. metadata-eval82.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{\frac{a}{\pi} \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr82.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\pi} \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]

    if -2.00000000000000005e-46 < a

    1. Initial program 77.9%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity77.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares83.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 68.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \]
      2. associate-/l/68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b \cdot a}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
      3. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
      4. associate-*r/68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b}} \]
      5. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{b} \]
      6. frac-times68.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b}} \]
      7. *-un-lft-identity68.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
      8. associate-/r*68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{a \cdot b}}{b}} \]
      9. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{a \cdot b}}{b} \]
      10. *-un-lft-identity68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}}}{b} \]
      11. times-frac68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{1} \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}}{b} \]
      12. metadata-eval68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5} \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}{b} \]
      13. associate-/r*68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}}{b} \]
    9. Applied egg-rr68.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification72.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \frac{a}{\pi}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b} \cdot 0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 90.5% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b} \cdot 0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -2e-46) (/ (/ PI a) (* 2.0 (* a b))) (/ (* (/ (/ PI a) b) 0.5) b)))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -2e-46) {
		tmp = (((double) M_PI) / a) / (2.0 * (a * b));
	} else {
		tmp = (((((double) M_PI) / a) / b) * 0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -2e-46) {
		tmp = (Math.PI / a) / (2.0 * (a * b));
	} else {
		tmp = (((Math.PI / a) / b) * 0.5) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -2e-46:
		tmp = (math.pi / a) / (2.0 * (a * b))
	else:
		tmp = (((math.pi / a) / b) * 0.5) / b
	return tmp
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -2e-46)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(pi / a) / Float64(2.0 * Float64(a * b)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / a) / b) * 0.5) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -2e-46)
		tmp = (pi / a) / (2.0 * (a * b));
	else
		tmp = (((pi / a) / b) * 0.5) / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -2e-46], N[(N[(Pi / a), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(Pi / a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b} \cdot 0.5}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -2.00000000000000005e-46

    1. Initial program 82.0%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/82.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity82.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/82.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares89.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u87.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-udef51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1} \]
      3. un-div-inv51.4%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}}\right)} - 1 \]
      4. +-commutative51.4%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\color{blue}{\left(a + b\right)} \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1 \]
    6. Applied egg-rr51.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-def87.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-log1p99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}} \]
      3. associate-/r*97.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
      4. *-rgt-identity97.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 1}}{\left(\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)} \]
      5. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
      6. associate-/r*99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
      7. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{a}}{\left(\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot b}} \]
      8. associate-*l*99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{a}}{\color{blue}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)}} \]
      9. associate-*r/99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot 1}{a}}}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)} \]
      10. *-rgt-identity99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{a}}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)} \]
    8. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in a around inf 84.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative84.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot 2}} \]
    11. Simplified84.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot 2}} \]

    if -2.00000000000000005e-46 < a

    1. Initial program 77.9%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity77.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares83.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 68.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \]
      2. associate-/l/68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b \cdot a}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
      3. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
      4. associate-*r/68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b}} \]
      5. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{b} \]
      6. frac-times68.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b}} \]
      7. *-un-lft-identity68.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
      8. associate-/r*68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{a \cdot b}}{b}} \]
      9. *-commutative68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{a \cdot b}}{b} \]
      10. *-un-lft-identity68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}}}{b} \]
      11. times-frac68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{1} \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}}{b} \]
      12. metadata-eval68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5} \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}{b} \]
      13. associate-/r*68.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}}{b} \]
    9. Applied egg-rr68.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification73.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b} \cdot 0.5}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 90.6% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}}{a}}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1.9e-46)
   (/ (/ PI a) (* 2.0 (* a b)))
   (/ (/ (* 0.5 (/ PI b)) a) b)))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.9e-46) {
		tmp = (((double) M_PI) / a) / (2.0 * (a * b));
	} else {
		tmp = ((0.5 * (((double) M_PI) / b)) / a) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.9e-46) {
		tmp = (Math.PI / a) / (2.0 * (a * b));
	} else {
		tmp = ((0.5 * (Math.PI / b)) / a) / b;
	}
	return tmp;
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1.9e-46:
		tmp = (math.pi / a) / (2.0 * (a * b))
	else:
		tmp = ((0.5 * (math.pi / b)) / a) / b
	return tmp
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1.9e-46)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(pi / a) / Float64(2.0 * Float64(a * b)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(0.5 * Float64(pi / b)) / a) / b);
	end
	return tmp
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1.9e-46)
		tmp = (pi / a) / (2.0 * (a * b));
	else
		tmp = ((0.5 * (pi / b)) / a) / b;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1.9e-46], N[(N[(Pi / a), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(0.5 * N[(Pi / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}}{a}}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -1.8999999999999998e-46

    1. Initial program 82.0%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/82.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity82.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/82.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares89.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u87.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-udef51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1} \]
      3. un-div-inv51.4%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}}\right)} - 1 \]
      4. +-commutative51.4%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\color{blue}{\left(a + b\right)} \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1 \]
    6. Applied egg-rr51.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-def87.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-log1p99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}} \]
      3. associate-/r*97.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
      4. *-rgt-identity97.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 1}}{\left(\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)} \]
      5. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
      6. associate-/r*99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
      7. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{a}}{\left(\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot b}} \]
      8. associate-*l*99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{a}}{\color{blue}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)}} \]
      9. associate-*r/99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot 1}{a}}}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)} \]
      10. *-rgt-identity99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{a}}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)} \]
    8. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot b\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in a around inf 84.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative84.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot 2}} \]
    11. Simplified84.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot 2}} \]

    if -1.8999999999999998e-46 < a

    1. Initial program 77.9%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. *-rgt-identity77.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      3. associate-*l/77.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. difference-of-squares83.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      5. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
      6. associate-/l/99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
      7. sub-neg99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
      8. distribute-neg-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
      9. metadata-eval99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    6. Simplified99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 68.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/68.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
      2. un-div-inv69.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}}{a}}}{b} \]
    9. Applied egg-rr69.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}}{a}}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification73.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}}{a}}{b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 98.9% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{\pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)\right)} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ PI (* (* a b) (* 2.0 (+ a b)))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((double) M_PI) / ((a * b) * (2.0 * (a + b)));
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.PI / ((a * b) * (2.0 * (a + b)));
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return math.pi / ((a * b) * (2.0 * (a + b)))
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(pi / Float64(Float64(a * b) * Float64(2.0 * Float64(a + b))))
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = pi / ((a * b) * (2.0 * (a + b)));
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(Pi / N[(N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(2.0 * N[(a + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{\pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 79.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. *-rgt-identity79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    3. associate-*l/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. difference-of-squares85.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    5. times-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    6. associate-/l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    7. sub-neg99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
    9. metadata-eval99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
  3. Simplified99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-log1p-u77.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-udef48.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1} \]
    3. un-div-inv48.4%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}}\right)} - 1 \]
    4. +-commutative48.4%

      \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\color{blue}{\left(a + b\right)} \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1 \]
  6. Applied egg-rr48.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)} - 1} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-def77.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-log1p99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2}}{a \cdot b}} \]
    3. associate-/l/98.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(\left(a + b\right) \cdot 2\right)}} \]
    4. *-commutative98.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified98.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Final simplification98.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)\right)} \]

Alternative 7: 99.7% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{\frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}{2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (/ PI (* a b)) (* 2.0 (+ a b))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / (a * b)) / (2.0 * (a + b));
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (Math.PI / (a * b)) / (2.0 * (a + b));
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (math.pi / (a * b)) / (2.0 * (a + b))
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / Float64(a * b)) / Float64(2.0 * Float64(a + b)))
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (pi / (a * b)) / (2.0 * (a + b));
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(Pi / N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * N[(a + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{\frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}{2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 79.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. *-rgt-identity79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    3. associate-*l/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. difference-of-squares85.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    5. times-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    6. associate-/l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    7. sub-neg99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
    9. metadata-eval99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
  3. Simplified99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l/99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \]
    2. add-sqr-sqrt49.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    3. sqrt-unprod76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b} \cdot \frac{-1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    4. frac-times76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot -1}{b \cdot b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    5. metadata-eval76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    6. metadata-eval76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    7. frac-times76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    8. sqrt-unprod34.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{b}}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    9. add-sqr-sqrt66.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}}{b - a}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \]
    10. *-commutative66.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr66.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}}{2 \cdot \left(b + a\right)} \]
  7. Final simplification99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}{2 \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]

Alternative 8: 62.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{0.5}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ 0.5 (* b (* a (/ b PI)))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / ((double) M_PI))));
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / Math.PI)));
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / math.pi)))
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(0.5 / Float64(b * Float64(a * Float64(b / pi))))
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.5 / (b * (a * (b / pi)));
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(0.5 / N[(b * N[(a * N[(b / Pi), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{0.5}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 79.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. *-rgt-identity79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    3. associate-*l/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. difference-of-squares85.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    5. times-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    6. associate-/l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    7. sub-neg99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
    9. metadata-eval99.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
  3. Simplified99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
  6. Simplified99.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 60.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative60.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a}}{b} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right)} \]
    2. associate-/l/60.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b \cdot a}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
    3. *-commutative60.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\right) \]
    4. associate-*r/60.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b}} \]
    5. *-commutative60.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{b} \]
    6. frac-times60.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b}} \]
    7. *-un-lft-identity60.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot b} \]
    8. times-frac60.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{0.5}{b}} \]
    9. clear-num60.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\pi}}} \cdot \frac{0.5}{b} \]
    10. frac-times60.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 0.5}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\pi} \cdot b}} \]
    11. metadata-eval60.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\pi} \cdot b} \]
    12. *-un-lft-identity60.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a \cdot b}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \pi}} \cdot b} \]
    13. times-frac60.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{a}{1} \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)} \cdot b} \]
    14. /-rgt-identity60.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\left(\color{blue}{a} \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right) \cdot b} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr60.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right) \cdot b}} \]
  10. Final simplification60.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot \frac{b}{\pi}\right)} \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023314 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B"
  :precision binary64
  (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))