Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 2

Percentage Accurate: 100.0% → 100.0%

Time: 3.2s

Alternatives: 5

Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))

C

double code(double v) {
	return ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = ((sqrt(2.0d0) / 4.0d0) * sqrt((1.0d0 - (3.0d0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0d0 - (v * v))
end function

Java

public static double code(double v) {
	return ((Math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * Math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}

Python

def code(v):
	return ((math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v))

Julia

function code(v)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64(3.0 * Float64(v * v))))) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(v * v)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
end

Wolfram

code[v_] := N[(N[(N[(N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision] / 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))

C

double code(double v) {
	return ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = ((sqrt(2.0d0) / 4.0d0) * sqrt((1.0d0 - (3.0d0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0d0 - (v * v))
end function

Java

public static double code(double v) {
	return ((Math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * Math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}

Python

def code(v):
	return ((math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v))

Julia

function code(v)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64(3.0 * Float64(v * v))))) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(v * v)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
end

Wolfram

code[v_] := N[(N[(N[(N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision] / 4.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(3.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (sqrt (fma v (* v -3.0) 1.0)) (* (- 0.25 (/ (* v v) 4.0)) (sqrt 2.0))))

C

double code(double v) {
	return sqrt(fma(v, (v * -3.0), 1.0)) * ((0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0));
}

Julia

function code(v)
	return Float64(sqrt(fma(v, Float64(v * -3.0), 1.0)) * Float64(Float64(0.25 - Float64(Float64(v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0)))
end

Wolfram

code[v_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[(v * N[(v * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(0.25 - N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] / 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 100.0%

   \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right)} \]

   2. sqr-neg 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right) \]

   3. sqr-neg 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \color{blue}{\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}\right)\right) \]

   4. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}} \]

   5. associate-*l* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \]

   6. associate-*r/ 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4}} \]

   7. associate-/l* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}{\frac{4}{\sqrt{2}}}} \]

3. Simplified 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)} \]

4. Final simplification 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \]

Alternative 2: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (sqrt (* (fma v (* v -3.0) 1.0) 0.125)) (- 1.0 (* v v))))

C

double code(double v) {
	return sqrt((fma(v, (v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125)) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}

Julia

function code(v)
	return Float64(sqrt(Float64(fma(v, Float64(v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125)) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(v * v)))
end

Wolfram

code[v_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(v * N[(v * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * 0.125), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 - N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 100.0%

   \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

3. Simplified 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. add-sqr-sqrt 98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   2. sqrt-unprod 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   3. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   4. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   5. swap-sqr 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   6. add-sqr-sqrt 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   7. sub-neg 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   8. +-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right) + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   9. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(-\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(3 \cdot v\right)}\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(-3 \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   11. distribute-lft-neg-in 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-3\right) \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   12. metadata-eval 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot v\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   13. *-commutative 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot -3\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   14. fma-udef 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   15. frac-times 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4 \cdot 4}}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

5. Applied egg-rr 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

6. Final simplification 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

Alternative 3: 99.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (sqrt (* (fma v (* v -3.0) 1.0) 0.125)))

C

double code(double v) {
	return sqrt((fma(v, (v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125));
}

Julia

function code(v)
	return sqrt(Float64(fma(v, Float64(v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125))
end

Wolfram

code[v_] := N[Sqrt[N[(N[(v * N[(v * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * 0.125), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 100.0%

   \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

3. Simplified 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. add-sqr-sqrt 98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   2. sqrt-unprod 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   3. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   4. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   5. swap-sqr 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   6. add-sqr-sqrt 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   7. sub-neg 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   8. +-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right) + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   9. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(-\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(3 \cdot v\right)}\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(-3 \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   11. distribute-lft-neg-in 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-3\right) \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   12. metadata-eval 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot v\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   13. *-commutative 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot -3\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   14. fma-udef 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   15. frac-times 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4 \cdot 4}}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

5. Applied egg-rr 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

6. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125} \cdot \color{blue}{1} \]

7. Final simplification 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125} \]

Alternative 4: 99.2% accurate, 2.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (* (- 0.25 (/ (* v v) 4.0)) (sqrt 2.0)))

C

double code(double v) {
	return (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = (0.25d0 - ((v * v) / 4.0d0)) * sqrt(2.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double v) {
	return (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * Math.sqrt(2.0);
}

Python

def code(v):
	return (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * math.sqrt(2.0)

Julia

function code(v)
	return Float64(Float64(0.25 - Float64(Float64(v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0);
end

Wolfram

code[v_] := N[(N[(0.25 - N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] / 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 100.0%

   \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right)} \]

   2. sqr-neg 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right) \]

   3. sqr-neg 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \color{blue}{\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}\right)\right) \]

   4. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}} \]

   5. associate-*l* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \]

   6. associate-*r/ 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4}} \]

   7. associate-/l* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}{\frac{4}{\sqrt{2}}}} \]

3. Simplified 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)} \]

4. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \]

5. Final simplification 98.8%

   \[\leadsto \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2} \]

Alternative 5: 99.2% accurate, 2.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{0.125} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (sqrt 0.125))

C

double code(double v) {
	return sqrt(0.125);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = sqrt(0.125d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.sqrt(0.125);
}

Python

def code(v):
	return math.sqrt(0.125)

Julia

function code(v)
	return sqrt(0.125)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = sqrt(0.125);
end

Wolfram

code[v_] := N[Sqrt[0.125], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 100.0%

   \[\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*r* 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

3. Simplified 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. add-sqr-sqrt 98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   2. sqrt-unprod 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   3. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   4. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   5. swap-sqr 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   6. add-sqr-sqrt 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   7. sub-neg 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   8. +-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right) + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   9. *-commutative 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(-\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(3 \cdot v\right)}\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   10. distribute-rgt-neg-in 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(-3 \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   11. distribute-lft-neg-in 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-3\right) \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   12. metadata-eval 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot v\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   13. *-commutative 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot -3\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   14. fma-udef 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

   15. frac-times 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4 \cdot 4}}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

5. Applied egg-rr 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]

6. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.8%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.125}} \]

7. Final simplification 98.8%

   \[\leadsto \sqrt{0.125} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023318 
(FPCore (v)
  :name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 2"
  :precision binary64
  (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))