3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 9.9% → 99.4%
Time: 8.1s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 1.7×

Specification

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\[\left|x\right| > 1 \land \left|x\right| < 10^{+100}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]
(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 5 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 9.9% 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: 99.4% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{\frac{2}{x + -1}}{x + 1}}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 10.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-110.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-110.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified10.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-\left(1 - x\right)}}\right) \]
    2. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}\right) \]
    3. frac-add10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    6. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    7. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    8. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(0 - 1\right) + x\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} + x\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    6. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    7. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - 1\right) + x}} \]
    8. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{-1} + x} \]
    9. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{x + -1}} \]
    10. associate-/r*10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    11. associate-+l+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1 + \left(x + 1\right)\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(-1 + \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    13. associate-+r+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) + x\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(\color{blue}{0} + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  7. Simplified10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} + \frac{-2}{x}} \]
    2. clear-num10.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)}}} + \frac{-2}{x} \]
    3. frac-add10.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot x}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity10.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x} + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot x} \]
    5. +-lft-identity10.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \color{blue}{x}} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot x} \]
    6. +-lft-identity10.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \color{blue}{x}} \cdot x} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr10.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot x}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot x} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-log1p-u99.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot x}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-udef8.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot x}\right)} - 1} \]
  12. Applied egg-rr8.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{2 \cdot \frac{x}{x + -1}}{1 + x} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}\right)} - 1} \]
  13. Step-by-step derivation
    1. expm1-def99.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{2 \cdot \frac{x}{x + -1}}{1 + x} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}\right)\right)} \]
    2. expm1-log1p99.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot \frac{x}{x + -1}}{1 + x} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x}} \]
    3. associate-*r/99.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2 \cdot \frac{x}{x + -1}}{1 + x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{x}} \]
  14. Simplified99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{2}{x + -1}}{x + 1}}{x}} \]
  15. Final simplification99.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\frac{2}{x + -1}}{x + 1}}{x} \]

Alternative 2: 99.5% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 10.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-110.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-110.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified10.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-\left(1 - x\right)}}\right) \]
    2. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}\right) \]
    3. frac-add10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    6. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    7. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    8. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(0 - 1\right) + x\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} + x\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    6. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    7. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - 1\right) + x}} \]
    8. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{-1} + x} \]
    9. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{x + -1}} \]
    10. associate-/r*10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    11. associate-+l+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1 + \left(x + 1\right)\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(-1 + \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    13. associate-+r+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) + x\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(\color{blue}{0} + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  7. Simplified10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} + \frac{-2}{x}} \]
    2. frac-add13.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + \left(0 + x\right)\right) \cdot x + \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) \cdot -2}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) \cdot x}} \]
    3. +-lft-identity13.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x + \color{blue}{x}\right) \cdot x + \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) \cdot -2}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) \cdot x} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr13.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + x\right) \cdot x + \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) \cdot -2}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) \cdot x}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) \cdot x} \]
  11. Final simplification99.4%

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

Alternative 3: 96.3% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ (/ 1.0 x) (* x (* x 0.5))))
double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / x) / (x * (x * 0.5));
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (1.0d0 / x) / (x * (x * 0.5d0))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / x) / (x * (x * 0.5));
}
def code(x):
	return (1.0 / x) / (x * (x * 0.5))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) / Float64(x * Float64(x * 0.5)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (1.0 / x) / (x * (x * 0.5));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x * N[(x * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 10.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-110.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-110.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified10.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-\left(1 - x\right)}}\right) \]
    2. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}\right) \]
    3. frac-add10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    6. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    7. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    8. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(0 - 1\right) + x\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} + x\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    6. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    7. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - 1\right) + x}} \]
    8. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{-1} + x} \]
    9. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{x + -1}} \]
    10. associate-/r*10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    11. associate-+l+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1 + \left(x + 1\right)\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(-1 + \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    13. associate-+r+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) + x\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(\color{blue}{0} + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  7. Simplified10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} + \frac{-2}{x}} \]
    2. clear-num10.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)}}} + \frac{-2}{x} \]
    3. frac-add10.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot x}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity10.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x} + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot x} \]
    5. +-lft-identity10.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \color{blue}{x}} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \left(0 + x\right)} \cdot x} \]
    6. +-lft-identity10.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + \color{blue}{x}} \cdot x} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr10.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x + \frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot -2}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot x}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{x + x} \cdot x} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in x around inf 95.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot x\right)} \cdot x} \]
  12. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative95.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot 0.5\right)} \cdot x} \]
  13. Simplified95.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot 0.5\right)} \cdot x} \]
  14. Final simplification95.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)} \]

Alternative 4: 2.5% 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 10.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-110.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-110.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified10.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 2.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  5. Final simplification2.6%

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

Alternative 5: 6.3% 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 10.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval10.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-110.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative10.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-110.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
  3. Simplified10.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-\left(1 - x\right)}}\right) \]
    2. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}\right) \]
    3. frac-add10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    6. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    7. *-un-lft-identity10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    8. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(1 - x\right)\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(0 - 1\right) + x\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} + x\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{-\left(1 - x\right)} \]
    6. neg-sub010.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    7. associate--r-10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - 1\right) + x}} \]
    8. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{-1} + x} \]
    9. +-commutative10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{x + 1}}{\color{blue}{x + -1}} \]
    10. associate-/r*10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) + \left(x + 1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    11. associate-+l+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1 + \left(x + 1\right)\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    12. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(-1 + \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    13. associate-+r+10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-1 + 1\right) + x\right)}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    14. metadata-eval10.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{x + \left(\color{blue}{0} + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  7. Simplified10.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative10.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} + \frac{-2}{x}} \]
    2. associate-/r*10.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{x + 1}}{x + -1}} + \frac{-2}{x} \]
    3. frac-2neg10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{x + 1}}{x + -1} + \color{blue}{\frac{--2}{-x}} \]
    4. metadata-eval10.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{x + 1}}{x + -1} + \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{-x} \]
    5. frac-add10.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x + \left(0 + x\right)}{x + 1} \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}} \]
    6. +-lft-identity10.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + \color{blue}{x}}{x + 1} \cdot \left(-x\right) + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
    7. add-sqr-sqrt4.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}\right)} + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
    8. sqrt-unprod5.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}} + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
    9. sqr-neg5.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}} + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
    10. sqrt-unprod1.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)} + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
    11. add-sqr-sqrt2.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot \color{blue}{x} + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)} \]
    12. add-sqr-sqrt1.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot x + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}\right)}} \]
    13. sqrt-unprod4.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot x + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}}} \]
    14. sqr-neg4.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot x + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}}} \]
    15. sqrt-unprod3.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot x + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}} \]
    16. add-sqr-sqrt6.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot x + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x}} \]
  9. Applied egg-rr6.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x + x}{x + 1} \cdot x + \left(x + -1\right) \cdot 2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot x}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in x around 0 6.3%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x - 2}}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot x} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in x around 0 6.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}} \]
  12. Final simplification6.3%

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

Developer target: 99.5% 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 2023333 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (> (fabs x) 1.0) (< (fabs x) 1e+100))

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

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