ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.9% → 99.1%
Time: 7.1s
Alternatives: 11
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\left(0 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\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 11 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: 61.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.1% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -2e-154)
   (/ eps (+ x (hypot x (sqrt (- eps)))))
   (/ eps (+ x (fma (/ eps x) -0.5 x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = eps / (x + hypot(x, sqrt(-eps)));
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma((eps / x), -0.5, x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154)
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + hypot(x, sqrt(Float64(-eps)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(Float64(eps / x), -0.5, x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-154], N[(eps / N[(x + N[Sqrt[x ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(x + N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5 + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 99.1%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--98.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv98.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt98.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt99.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def99.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr99.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses99.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity99.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/99.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*99.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity99.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified99.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow298.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr48.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity48.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity49.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified49.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
      2. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r*98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. metadata-eval98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      8. associate-*r/98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      9. *-commutative98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      10. fma-def98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified98.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -2e-154)
   (- x (hypot (sqrt (- eps)) x))
   (/ eps (+ x (fma (/ eps x) -0.5 x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = x - hypot(sqrt(-eps), x);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma((eps / x), -0.5, x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154)
		tmp = Float64(x - hypot(sqrt(Float64(-eps)), x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(Float64(eps / x), -0.5, x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-154], N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + x ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(x + N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5 + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 99.1%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg99.1%

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

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-\varepsilon\right) + x \cdot x}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt99.1%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}} + x \cdot x} \]
      4. hypot-def99.1%

        \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr99.1%

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)} \]

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow298.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr48.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity48.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity49.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified49.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
      2. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r*98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. metadata-eval98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      8. associate-*r/98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      9. *-commutative98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      10. fma-def98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified98.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \mathsf{hypot}\left(\sqrt{-\varepsilon}, x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 98.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (/ eps (+ x (fma (/ eps x) -0.5 x))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma((eps / x), -0.5, x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(Float64(eps / x), -0.5, x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(x + N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5 + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 99.1%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow298.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr48.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity48.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity49.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified49.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
      2. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r*98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. metadata-eval98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      8. associate-*r/98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      9. *-commutative98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      10. fma-def98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified98.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 98.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (/ eps (+ (* (/ eps x) -0.5) (* x 2.0))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
    if (t_0 <= (-2d-154)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * (-0.5d0)) + (x * 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	t_0 = x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -2e-154:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5) + Float64(x * 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 99.1%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow298.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr48.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses48.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity48.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*49.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity49.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified49.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
      2. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r*98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. metadata-eval98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      8. associate-*r/98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      9. *-commutative98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      10. fma-def98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified98.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 98.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 86.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-90}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 8.5e-90)
   (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
   (/ eps (+ (* (/ eps x) -0.5) (* x 2.0)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 8.5e-90) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 8.5d-90) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * (-0.5d0)) + (x * 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 8.5e-90) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 8.5e-90:
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 8.5e-90)
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5) + Float64(x * 2.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 8.5e-90)
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[x, 8.5e-90], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-90}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 8.5000000000000001e-90

    1. Initial program 94.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0 92.4%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-192.4%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    4. Simplified92.4%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]

    if 8.5000000000000001e-90 < x

    1. Initial program 16.0%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--16.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv15.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt16.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt54.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-def54.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr54.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-inverses54.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      2. +-lft-identity54.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
      3. associate-*r/54.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      4. associate-/l*54.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
      5. /-rgt-identity54.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Simplified54.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
      2. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt91.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
      6. associate-*r*91.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
      7. metadata-eval91.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
      8. associate-*r/91.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      9. *-commutative91.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
      10. fma-def91.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified91.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 91.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification92.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-90}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 45.3% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ eps (+ (* (/ eps x) -0.5) (* x 2.0))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps / (((eps / x) * (-0.5d0)) + (x * 2.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(Float64(eps / x) * -0.5) + Float64(x * 2.0)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps / (((eps / x) * -0.5) + (x * 2.0));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps / N[(N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 63.6%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--63.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv63.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt63.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. associate--r-99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    5. pow298.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    6. pow299.3%

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

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt79.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    9. hypot-def79.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr79.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-inverses79.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    2. +-lft-identity79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate-*r/79.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. associate-/l*79.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
    5. /-rgt-identity79.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  5. Simplified79.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    2. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    3. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    4. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    6. associate-*r*43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    7. metadata-eval43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
    8. associate-*r/43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    9. *-commutative43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
    10. fma-def43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified43.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in x around 0 43.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  10. Final simplification43.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5 + x \cdot 2} \]

Alternative 7: 44.3% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \varepsilon \cdot \frac{0.5}{x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* eps (/ 0.5 x)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps * (0.5 / x);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps * (0.5d0 / x)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps * (0.5 / x);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps * (0.5 / x)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps * Float64(0.5 / x))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps * (0.5 / x);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps * N[(0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\varepsilon \cdot \frac{0.5}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 63.6%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around inf 42.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/42.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} \]
    2. associate-/l*42.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{x}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  4. Simplified42.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{x}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r/42.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr42.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  7. Final simplification42.3%

    \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \frac{0.5}{x} \]

Alternative 8: 44.2% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0.5}{\frac{x}{\varepsilon}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ 0.5 (/ x eps)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.5 / (x / eps);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = 0.5d0 / (x / eps)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.5 / (x / eps);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return 0.5 / (x / eps)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(0.5 / Float64(x / eps))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.5 / (x / eps);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(0.5 / N[(x / eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{0.5}{\frac{x}{\varepsilon}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 63.6%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around inf 42.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/42.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} \]
    2. associate-/l*42.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{x}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  4. Simplified42.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{x}{\varepsilon}}} \]
  5. Final simplification42.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{x}{\varepsilon}} \]

Alternative 9: 44.4% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon \cdot 0.5}{x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ (* eps 0.5) x))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return (eps * 0.5) / x;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = (eps * 0.5d0) / x
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return (eps * 0.5) / x;
}
def code(x, eps):
	return (eps * 0.5) / x
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(Float64(eps * 0.5) / x)
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = (eps * 0.5) / x;
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[(eps * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 0.5}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 63.6%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around inf 42.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/42.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} \]
  4. Simplified42.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} \]
  5. Final simplification42.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon \cdot 0.5}{x} \]

Alternative 10: 5.3% accurate, 35.7× speedup?

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

\\
x \cdot -2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 63.6%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--63.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv63.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt63.2%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. associate--r-99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    5. pow298.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    6. pow299.3%

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

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt79.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    9. hypot-def79.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  3. Applied egg-rr79.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-inverses79.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    2. +-lft-identity79.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    3. associate-*r/79.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon \cdot 1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. associate-/l*79.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{1}}} \]
    5. /-rgt-identity79.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  5. Simplified79.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + x\right)}} \]
    2. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    3. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    4. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} + x\right)} \]
    6. associate-*r*43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} + x\right)} \]
    7. metadata-eval43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \varepsilon}{x} + x\right)} \]
    8. associate-*r/43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
    9. *-commutative43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot -0.5} + x\right)} \]
    10. fma-def43.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified43.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x}, -0.5, x\right)}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in eps around inf 5.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2 \cdot x} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative5.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  11. Simplified5.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot -2} \]
  12. Final simplification5.3%

    \[\leadsto x \cdot -2 \]

Alternative 11: 4.3% accurate, 107.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 0.0)
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.0;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = 0.0d0
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.0;
}
def code(x, eps):
	return 0.0
function code(x, eps)
	return 0.0
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
end
code[x_, eps_] := 0.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 63.6%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg63.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x + \left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative63.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) + x} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt63.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}}\right) + x \]
    4. distribute-rgt-neg-in63.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \cdot \left(-\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}\right)} + x \]
    5. fma-def62.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right)} \]
    6. pow1/262.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.5}}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right) \]
    7. sqrt-pow163.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right) \]
    8. pow263.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - \varepsilon\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval63.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}, -\sqrt{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, x\right) \]
    10. pow1/263.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.5}}}, x\right) \]
    11. sqrt-pow162.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -\color{blue}{{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}}, x\right) \]
    12. pow262.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -{\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - \varepsilon\right)}^{\left(\frac{0.5}{2}\right)}, x\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval62.9%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left({\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -{\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{\color{blue}{0.25}}, x\right) \]
  3. Applied egg-rr62.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, -{\left({x}^{2} - \varepsilon\right)}^{0.25}, x\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around inf 4.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x + -1 \cdot x} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-rgt1-in4.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 + 1\right) \cdot x} \]
    2. metadata-eval4.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \cdot x \]
    3. mul0-lft4.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
  6. Simplified4.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
  7. Final simplification4.2%

    \[\leadsto 0 \]

Developer target: 99.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ eps (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (x + Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps / (x + math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps / Float64(x + sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps / N[(x + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023322 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (<= 0.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))

  :herbie-target
  (/ eps (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))

  (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))