3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 69.8% → 99.8%
Time: 12.2s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

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\[\left|x\right| > 1\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]
(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 6 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: 69.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 99.8% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-+l-68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    3. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(-\left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) \]
    4. neg-sub068.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(\frac{2}{x} - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    5. associate-+l-68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(0 - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    6. neg-sub068.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    7. distribute-neg-frac68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    8. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    9. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    10. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified68.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. clear-num68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x}{-2}}} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]
    2. frac-2neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{1}{\frac{x}{-2}} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-\left(x + -1\right)}}\right) \]
    3. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \left(\frac{1}{\frac{x}{-2}} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-\left(x + -1\right)}\right) \]
    4. frac-add22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right) + \frac{x}{-2} \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)}} \]
    5. *-un-lft-identity22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} + \frac{x}{-2} \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    6. +-commutative22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 + x\right)}\right) + \frac{x}{-2} \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    7. distribute-neg-in22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(--1\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)} + \frac{x}{-2} \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    8. metadata-eval22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(\color{blue}{1} + \left(-x\right)\right) + \frac{x}{-2} \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    9. sub-neg22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} + \frac{x}{-2} \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    10. div-inv22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \frac{1}{-2}\right)} \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    11. metadata-eval22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot \color{blue}{-0.5}\right) \cdot -1}{\frac{x}{-2} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    12. div-inv22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \frac{1}{-2}\right)} \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    13. metadata-eval22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\left(x \cdot \color{blue}{-0.5}\right) \cdot \left(-\left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    14. +-commutative22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 + x\right)}\right)} \]
    15. distribute-neg-in22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(--1\right) + \left(-x\right)\right)}} \]
    16. metadata-eval22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{1} + \left(-x\right)\right)} \]
    17. sub-neg22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr22.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l*22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\left(1 - x\right) + \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
    2. associate-+l-22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{1 - \left(x - \left(x \cdot -0.5\right) \cdot -1\right)}}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    3. *-commutative22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \left(x - \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(x \cdot -0.5\right)}\right)}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    4. associate-*r*22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x\right) \cdot -0.5}\right)}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    5. neg-mul-122.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \cdot -0.5\right)}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    6. cancel-sign-sub22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \color{blue}{\left(x + x \cdot -0.5\right)}}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    7. +-commutative22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot -0.5 + x\right)}}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    8. *-commutative22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \left(\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot x} + x\right)}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    9. distribute-lft1-in22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 + 1\right) \cdot x}}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    10. metadata-eval22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \color{blue}{0.5} \cdot x}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    11. metadata-eval22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot x}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    12. *-commutative22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - \color{blue}{x \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    13. metadata-eval22.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1 - x \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  8. Simplified22.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x \cdot 0.5}{x \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 - x \cdot 0.5}{x}}{-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. frac-add68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \frac{1 - x \cdot 0.5}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot \frac{1 - x \cdot 0.5}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    4. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \frac{1 - x \cdot 0.5}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \frac{1 - x \cdot 0.5}{x}}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr68.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right) + \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \frac{1 - x \cdot 0.5}{x}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  12. Final simplification99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)} \]
  13. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 68.3% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    19. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified68.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 66.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]
  6. Final simplification66.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 68.1% accurate, 2.1× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-2}{x} + \frac{2}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    19. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified68.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 66.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}} \]
  6. Final simplification66.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{2}{x} \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 5.1% 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 68.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    19. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified68.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 4.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  6. Final simplification4.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 5.1% accurate, 5.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-1}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    19. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified68.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 3.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\color{blue}{1} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 3.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 - \frac{1}{x}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 4.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
  8. Final simplification4.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x} \]
  9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 3.3% accurate, 15.0× speedup?

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

\\
1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 68.7%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{-x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} \]
    12. neg-mul-168.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    13. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    14. associate-/r*68.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    16. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) \]
    17. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    18. +-commutative68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    19. sub-neg68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    20. metadata-eval68.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified68.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 3.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\color{blue}{1} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right) \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 3.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
  7. Final simplification3.4%

    \[\leadsto 1 \]
  8. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 99.3% 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 2024022 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (> (fabs x) 1.0)

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

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