Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 2

Percentage Accurate: 100.0% → 100.0%
Time: 3.2s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))
double code(double v) {
	return ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
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
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));
}
def code(v):
	return ((math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v))
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
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
end
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]
\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}

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 5 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: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (sqrt 2.0) 4.0) (sqrt (- 1.0 (* 3.0 (* v v))))) (- 1.0 (* v v))))
double code(double v) {
	return ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
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
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));
}
def code(v):
	return ((math.sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * math.sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v))
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
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = ((sqrt(2.0) / 4.0) * sqrt((1.0 - (3.0 * (v * v))))) * (1.0 - (v * v));
end
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]
\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}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (sqrt (fma v (* v -3.0) 1.0)) (* (- 0.25 (/ (* v v) 4.0)) (sqrt 2.0))))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt(fma(v, (v * -3.0), 1.0)) * ((0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0));
}
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
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]
\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}
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-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right) \]
    3. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \color{blue}{\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}\right)\right) \]
    4. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}} \]
    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. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)} \]
  4. Final simplification100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (* (sqrt (* (fma v (* v -3.0) 1.0) 0.125)) (- 1.0 (* v v))))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt((fma(v, (v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125)) * (1.0 - (v * v));
}
function code(v)
	return Float64(sqrt(Float64(fma(v, Float64(v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125)) * Float64(1.0 - Float64(v * v)))
end
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]
\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}
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. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    2. sqrt-unprod100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    3. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    4. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    5. swap-sqr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    6. add-sqr-sqrt100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    7. sub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    8. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right) + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    9. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(-\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(3 \cdot v\right)}\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(-3 \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    11. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-3\right) \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot v\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    13. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot -3\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    14. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    15. frac-times100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4 \cdot 4}}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  6. Final simplification100.0%

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

Alternative 3: 99.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (sqrt (* (fma v (* v -3.0) 1.0) 0.125)))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt((fma(v, (v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125));
}
function code(v)
	return sqrt(Float64(fma(v, Float64(v * -3.0), 1.0) * 0.125))
end
code[v_] := N[Sqrt[N[(N[(v * N[(v * -3.0), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * 0.125), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}
\end{array}
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. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    2. sqrt-unprod100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    3. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    4. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    5. swap-sqr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    6. add-sqr-sqrt100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    7. sub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    8. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right) + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    9. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(-\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(3 \cdot v\right)}\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(-3 \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    11. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-3\right) \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot v\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    13. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot -3\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    14. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    15. frac-times100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4 \cdot 4}}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  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 simplification98.9%

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

Alternative 4: 99.2% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (* (- 0.25 (/ (* v v) 4.0)) (sqrt 2.0)))
double code(double v) {
	return (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0);
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = (0.25d0 - ((v * v) / 4.0d0)) * sqrt(2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * Math.sqrt(2.0);
}
def code(v):
	return (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * math.sqrt(2.0)
function code(v)
	return Float64(Float64(0.25 - Float64(Float64(v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = (0.25 - ((v * v) / 4.0)) * sqrt(2.0);
end
code[v_] := N[(N[(0.25 - N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] / 4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}
\end{array}
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-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)\right) \]
    3. sqr-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \color{blue}{\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)}\right)\right) \]
    4. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - 3 \cdot \left(\left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(1 - \left(-v\right) \cdot \left(-v\right)\right)\right) \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}} \]
    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. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(0.25 - \frac{v \cdot v}{4}\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)} \]
  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 simplification98.8%

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

Alternative 5: 99.2% accurate, 2.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{0.125} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (sqrt 0.125))
double code(double v) {
	return sqrt(0.125);
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = sqrt(0.125d0)
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.sqrt(0.125);
}
def code(v):
	return math.sqrt(0.125)
function code(v)
	return sqrt(0.125)
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = sqrt(0.125);
end
code[v_] := N[Sqrt[0.125], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{0.125}
\end{array}
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. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    2. sqrt-unprod100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    3. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    4. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    5. swap-sqr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    6. add-sqr-sqrt100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - \left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    7. sub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    8. +-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left(-\left(3 \cdot v\right) \cdot v\right) + 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    9. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\left(-\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(3 \cdot v\right)}\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    10. distribute-rgt-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\color{blue}{v \cdot \left(-3 \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    11. distribute-lft-neg-in100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-3\right) \cdot v\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-3} \cdot v\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    13. *-commutative100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(v \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot -3\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    14. fma-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4}\right)} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
    15. frac-times100.0%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{4 \cdot 4}}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v \cdot -3, 1\right) \cdot 0.125}} \cdot \left(1 - v \cdot v\right) \]
  6. Taylor expanded in v around 0 98.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.125}} \]
  7. Final simplification98.8%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{0.125} \]

Reproduce

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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))))