3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 84.8% → 99.9%
Time: 9.0s
Alternatives: 10
Speedup: 1.4×

Specification

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

\\
\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 10 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: 84.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}{1 - x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ (/ -2.0 (fma x x x)) (- 1.0 x)))
double code(double x) {
	return (-2.0 / fma(x, x, x)) / (1.0 - x);
}
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(-2.0 / fma(x, x, x)) / Float64(1.0 - x))
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(-2.0 / N[(x * x + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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\frac{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}{1 - x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 80.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. remove-double-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    2. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    3. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    4. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    7. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    8. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    10. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    11. associate--l+80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
    19. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. sub0-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    21. associate-+l-80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
    22. neg-sub080.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified80.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. div-inv54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    3. *-rgt-identity54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr54.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*57.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 - x}} \]
  7. Simplified57.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 - x}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{1 - x}} \]
    2. frac-add79.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity79.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    4. div-inv80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{x}}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr80.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.9%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-inv99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    2. *-un-lft-identity99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
    3. times-frac99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{1} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    4. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative99.9%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  12. Applied egg-rr99.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  13. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-2\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    3. distribute-lft-neg-in99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    4. associate-*r/99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    5. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\frac{\color{blue}{2}}{x}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    6. distribute-neg-frac99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    8. *-rgt-identity99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} \cdot 1}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    9. times-frac99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-2}{x}}{x + 1} \cdot \frac{1}{1 - x}} \]
    10. associate-*r/99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{-2}{x}}{x + 1} \cdot 1}{1 - x}} \]
    11. *-rgt-identity99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-2}{x}}{x + 1}}}{1 - x} \]
    12. associate-/l/99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x}}}{1 - x} \]
    13. distribute-lft1-in99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-2}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + x}}}{1 - x} \]
    14. fma-udef99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}}{1 - x} \]
  14. Simplified99.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}{1 - x}} \]
  15. Final simplification99.9%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}{1 - x} \]

Alternative 2: 84.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \left(-1 - x\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -0.65)
   (+ (/ -1.0 x) (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)))
   (if (<= x 1.0)
     (+ (- 1.0 x) (+ (/ -2.0 x) (- -1.0 x)))
     (+ (/ 1.0 x) (/ -1.0 x)))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -0.65) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0));
	} else if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x));
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= (-0.65d0)) then
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) / x) + (1.0d0 / (x + 1.0d0))
    else if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = (1.0d0 - x) + (((-2.0d0) / x) + ((-1.0d0) - x))
    else
        tmp = (1.0d0 / x) + ((-1.0d0) / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -0.65) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0));
	} else if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x));
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -0.65:
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0))
	elif x <= 1.0:
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x))
	else:
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -0.65)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 / x) + Float64(1.0 / Float64(x + 1.0)));
	elseif (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) + Float64(Float64(-2.0 / x) + Float64(-1.0 - x)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) + Float64(-1.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -0.65)
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0));
	elseif (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x));
	else
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, -0.65], N[(N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 / N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \left(-1 - x\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if x < -0.650000000000000022

    1. Initial program 67.9%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-167.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-167.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub067.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified67.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 66.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]

    if -0.650000000000000022 < x < 1

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub0100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}\right) \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + -1 \cdot x\right)} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \left(x + 1\right)\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-199.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \left(x + 1\right)\right) \]
      2. sub-neg99.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \left(x + 1\right)\right) \]
    9. Simplified99.3%

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

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 61.8%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub061.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 61.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 61.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{-1}{x} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification80.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \left(-1 - x\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 84.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \left(-1 - x\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -0.65)
   (/ (- (+ x 1.0) x) (* x (- -1.0 x)))
   (if (<= x 1.0)
     (+ (- 1.0 x) (+ (/ -2.0 x) (- -1.0 x)))
     (+ (/ 1.0 x) (/ -1.0 x)))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -0.65) {
		tmp = ((x + 1.0) - x) / (x * (-1.0 - x));
	} else if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x));
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= (-0.65d0)) then
        tmp = ((x + 1.0d0) - x) / (x * ((-1.0d0) - x))
    else if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = (1.0d0 - x) + (((-2.0d0) / x) + ((-1.0d0) - x))
    else
        tmp = (1.0d0 / x) + ((-1.0d0) / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -0.65) {
		tmp = ((x + 1.0) - x) / (x * (-1.0 - x));
	} else if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x));
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -0.65:
		tmp = ((x + 1.0) - x) / (x * (-1.0 - x))
	elif x <= 1.0:
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x))
	else:
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -0.65)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(x + 1.0) - x) / Float64(x * Float64(-1.0 - x)));
	elseif (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) + Float64(Float64(-2.0 / x) + Float64(-1.0 - x)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) + Float64(-1.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -0.65)
		tmp = ((x + 1.0) - x) / (x * (-1.0 - x));
	elseif (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = (1.0 - x) + ((-2.0 / x) + (-1.0 - x));
	else
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, -0.65], N[(N[(N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] - x), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x * N[(-1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \left(-1 - x\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if x < -0.650000000000000022

    1. Initial program 67.9%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-167.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-167.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub067.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified67.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 66.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-2neg66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-x}} \]
      2. metadata-eval66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-x} \]
      3. frac-add66.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}} \]
      4. *-un-lft-identity66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
      5. *-commutative66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-x\right) + \color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr66.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-x\right) + \left(1 + x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right) + \left(-x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
      2. unsub-neg66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right) - x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
      3. +-commutative66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} - x}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
      4. *-commutative66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
      5. distribute-lft-neg-out66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{\color{blue}{-x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
      6. distribute-rgt-neg-in66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(-\left(1 + x\right)\right)}} \]
      7. distribute-neg-in66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)}} \]
      8. metadata-eval66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} + \left(-x\right)\right)} \]
      9. unsub-neg66.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified66.8%

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

    if -0.650000000000000022 < x < 1

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub0100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}\right) \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + -1 \cdot x\right)} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \left(x + 1\right)\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-199.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \left(x + 1\right)\right) \]
      2. sub-neg99.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \left(x + 1\right)\right) \]
    9. Simplified99.3%

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

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 61.8%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub061.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 61.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 61.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{-1}{x} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification80.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\left(x + 1\right) - x}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \left(-1 - x\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 83.7% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(-x\right) - \frac{2}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x -1.0) (not (<= x 1.0)))
   (+ (/ 1.0 x) (/ -1.0 x))
   (- (- x) (/ 2.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	} else {
		tmp = -x - (2.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= (-1.0d0)) .or. (.not. (x <= 1.0d0))) then
        tmp = (1.0d0 / x) + ((-1.0d0) / x)
    else
        tmp = -x - (2.0d0 / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	} else {
		tmp = -x - (2.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= -1.0) or not (x <= 1.0):
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x)
	else:
		tmp = -x - (2.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0))
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) + Float64(-1.0 / x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-x) - Float64(2.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || ~((x <= 1.0)))
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	else
		tmp = -x - (2.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, -1.0], N[Not[LessEqual[x, 1.0]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[((-x) - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\

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


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

    1. Initial program 65.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-165.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+65.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-165.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub065.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified65.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 64.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 64.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{-1}{x} \]

    if -1 < x < 1

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub0100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 98.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 + 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. distribute-neg-in98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1\right) + \left(-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right)} \]
      2. metadata-eval98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\color{blue}{-1} + \left(-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right) \]
      3. unsub-neg98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-1 - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
      4. associate-*r/98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-1 - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-1 - \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{x}\right) \]
    6. Simplified98.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-1 - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 98.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-198.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x} \]
      2. associate-*r/98.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(-x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}} \]
      3. metadata-eval98.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(-x\right) - \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{x} \]
    9. Simplified98.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification79.8%

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

Alternative 5: 83.9% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot x - \frac{2}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x -1.0) (not (<= x 1.0)))
   (+ (/ 1.0 x) (/ -1.0 x))
   (- (* -2.0 x) (/ 2.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= (-1.0d0)) .or. (.not. (x <= 1.0d0))) then
        tmp = (1.0d0 / x) + ((-1.0d0) / x)
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * x) - (2.0d0 / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= -1.0) or not (x <= 1.0):
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x)
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0))
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) + Float64(-1.0 / x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * x) - Float64(2.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || ~((x <= 1.0)))
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, -1.0], N[Not[LessEqual[x, 1.0]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(-2.0 * x), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\

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


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

    1. Initial program 65.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-165.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+65.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-165.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-65.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub065.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified65.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 64.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 64.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{-1}{x} \]

    if -1 < x < 1

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub0100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/99.3%

        \[\leadsto -2 \cdot x - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}} \]
      2. metadata-eval99.3%

        \[\leadsto -2 \cdot x - \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{x} \]
    6. Simplified99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x - \frac{2}{x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification80.0%

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

Alternative 6: 84.0% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot x - \frac{2}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -0.65)
   (+ (/ -1.0 x) (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)))
   (if (<= x 1.0) (- (* -2.0 x) (/ 2.0 x)) (+ (/ 1.0 x) (/ -1.0 x)))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -0.65) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0));
	} else if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x);
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= (-0.65d0)) then
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) / x) + (1.0d0 / (x + 1.0d0))
    else if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) * x) - (2.0d0 / x)
    else
        tmp = (1.0d0 / x) + ((-1.0d0) / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -0.65) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0));
	} else if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x);
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -0.65:
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0))
	elif x <= 1.0:
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x)
	else:
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -0.65)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 / x) + Float64(1.0 / Float64(x + 1.0)));
	elseif (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 * x) - Float64(2.0 / x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) + Float64(-1.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -0.65)
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) + (1.0 / (x + 1.0));
	elseif (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = (-2.0 * x) - (2.0 / x);
	else
		tmp = (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, -0.65], N[(N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 / N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], N[(N[(-2.0 * x), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;-2 \cdot x - \frac{2}{x}\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if x < -0.650000000000000022

    1. Initial program 67.9%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-167.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+67.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-167.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-67.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub067.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified67.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 66.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]

    if -0.650000000000000022 < x < 1

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-1100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub0100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/99.3%

        \[\leadsto -2 \cdot x - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}} \]
      2. metadata-eval99.3%

        \[\leadsto -2 \cdot x - \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{x} \]
    6. Simplified99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x - \frac{2}{x}} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 61.8%

      \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. remove-double-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      2. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      4. distribute-neg-frac61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      6. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      7. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      8. associate-/r*61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      9. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      10. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
      11. associate--l+61.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
      13. distribute-neg-frac61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      15. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      16. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
      17. associate-/r*61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      18. metadata-eval61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
      19. neg-mul-161.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      20. sub0-neg61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
      21. associate-+l-61.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
      22. neg-sub061.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
    3. Simplified61.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 61.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 61.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{-1}{x} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification80.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -0.65:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot x - \frac{2}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{x} + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 99.9% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{-2}{x}}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 80.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. remove-double-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    2. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    3. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    4. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    7. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    8. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    10. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    11. associate--l+80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
    19. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. sub0-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    21. associate-+l-80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
    22. neg-sub080.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified80.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. div-inv54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    3. *-rgt-identity54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr54.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*57.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 - x}} \]
  7. Simplified57.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 - x}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{1 - x}} \]
    2. frac-add79.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity79.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(\left(-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
    4. div-inv80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{x}}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr80.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.9%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  11. Final simplification99.9%

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

Alternative 8: 51.8% accurate, 5.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-2}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 80.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. remove-double-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    2. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    3. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    4. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    7. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    8. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    10. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    11. associate--l+80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
    19. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. sub0-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    21. associate-+l-80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
    22. neg-sub080.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified80.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 47.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  5. Final simplification47.1%

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

Alternative 9: 3.3% accurate, 15.0× speedup?

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

\\
-1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 80.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. remove-double-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    2. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    3. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    4. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    7. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    8. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    10. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    11. associate--l+80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
    19. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. sub0-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    21. associate-+l-80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
    22. neg-sub080.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified80.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 46.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 + 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-neg-in46.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1\right) + \left(-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right)} \]
    2. metadata-eval46.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\color{blue}{-1} + \left(-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right) \]
    3. unsub-neg46.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-1 - 2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
    4. associate-*r/46.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-1 - \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{x}}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval46.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(-1 - \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{x}\right) \]
  6. Simplified46.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-1 - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in x around inf 3.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  8. Final simplification3.3%

    \[\leadsto -1 \]

Alternative 10: 3.3% accurate, 15.0× speedup?

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

\\
2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 80.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. remove-double-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    2. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    3. sub-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    4. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    7. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    8. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    10. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    11. associate--l+80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. associate-/r*80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}\right) \]
    19. neg-mul-180.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. sub0-neg80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    21. associate-+l-80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) \]
    22. neg-sub080.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified80.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity55.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{x}}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr55.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) - x}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 11.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{x}}{x \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 3.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]
  8. Final simplification3.4%

    \[\leadsto 2 \]

Developer target: 99.6% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot x - 1\right)}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023320 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (/ 2.0 (* x (- (* x x) 1.0)))

  (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))