Asymptote A

Percentage Accurate: 77.2% → 99.9%
Time: 6.5s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

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

\\
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \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 7 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: 77.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x_m}}{-1 + x_m} \end{array} \]
x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (/ (/ 2.0 (- -1.0 x_m)) (+ -1.0 x_m)))
x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	return (2.0 / (-1.0 - x_m)) / (-1.0 + x_m);
}
x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    code = (2.0d0 / ((-1.0d0) - x_m)) / ((-1.0d0) + x_m)
end function
x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return (2.0 / (-1.0 - x_m)) / (-1.0 + x_m);
}
x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return (2.0 / (-1.0 - x_m)) / (-1.0 + x_m)
x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return Float64(Float64(2.0 / Float64(-1.0 - x_m)) / Float64(-1.0 + x_m))
end
x_m = abs(x);
function tmp = code(x_m)
	tmp = (2.0 / (-1.0 - x_m)) / (-1.0 + x_m);
end
x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := N[(N[(2.0 / N[(-1.0 - x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-1.0 + x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
x_m = \left|x\right|

\\
\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x_m}}{-1 + x_m}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 76.9%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub076.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified76.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub77.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    4. div-inv77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    5. associate-/r*77.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. *-un-lft-identity77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. metadata-eval77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. div-inv77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    9. associate--l-80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    10. div-inv80.5%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    12. *-rgt-identity80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    13. div-inv80.5%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    15. *-rgt-identity80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr80.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-sub80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} - \frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    2. sub-neg80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
    3. associate-+r-80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right) - x}}{1 - x}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    4. +-commutative80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)} - x}{1 - x}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr80.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{\left(1 + x\right) - x}{1 - x}\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-neg-frac80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(\left(1 + x\right) - x\right)}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    2. associate--l+99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{-\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(x - x\right)\right)}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    3. +-inverses99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{-\left(1 + \color{blue}{0}\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    4. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{-\color{blue}{1}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    5. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. count-299.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot -1}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    9. metadata-eval99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
    11. neg-mul-199.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-\left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
    12. neg-sub099.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
    13. associate--r-99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - 1\right) + x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    14. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} + x}}{-1 - x} \]
    15. +-commutative99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{x + -1}}}{-1 - x} \]
  10. Simplified99.9%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x + -1}}}{-1 - x} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\frac{2}{x + -1}}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. div-inv99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{2}{x + -1}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    3. frac-2neg99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-\left(x + -1\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    4. metadata-eval99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{-\left(x + -1\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    5. +-commutative99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{-2}{-\color{blue}{\left(-1 + x\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    6. distribute-neg-in99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{-2}{\color{blue}{\left(--1\right) + \left(-x\right)}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    7. metadata-eval99.8%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{-2}{\color{blue}{1} + \left(-x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    8. sub-neg99.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--2}{1 - x}} \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    10. metadata-eval99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{1 - x} \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    11. metadata-eval99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{1 - x} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{--1}}{-\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    12. distribute-neg-frac99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{1 - x} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{-1}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}\right)} \]
    13. metadata-eval99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{1 - x} \cdot \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}\right) \]
    14. frac-2neg99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{1 - x} \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1 - x}}\right) \]
    15. distribute-neg-frac99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{1 - x} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
    16. metadata-eval99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{1 - x} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1 - x} \]
  12. Applied egg-rr99.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{1 - x} \cdot \frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
  13. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \cdot \frac{-1}{-1 - x} \]
    2. metadata-eval99.8%

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

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

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{-1 + x} \]
  16. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 97.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x_m \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{x_m \cdot \left(-1 - x_m\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x_m 1.0) 2.0 (/ 2.0 (* x_m (- -1.0 x_m)))))
x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (x_m * (-1.0 - x_m));
	}
	return tmp;
}
x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x_m <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = 2.0d0 / (x_m * ((-1.0d0) - x_m))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (x_m * (-1.0 - x_m));
	}
	return tmp;
}
x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	tmp = 0
	if x_m <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = 2.0 / (x_m * (-1.0 - x_m))
	return tmp
x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(2.0 / Float64(x_m * Float64(-1.0 - x_m)));
	end
	return tmp
end
x_m = abs(x);
function tmp_2 = code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = 2.0 / (x_m * (-1.0 - x_m));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[x$95$m, 1.0], 2.0, N[(2.0 / N[(x$95$m * N[(-1.0 - x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
x_m = \left|x\right|

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x_m \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2}{x_m \cdot \left(-1 - x_m\right)}\\


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

    1. Initial program 84.2%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub084.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified84.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 64.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 55.0%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub055.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified55.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub56.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      4. div-inv56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      5. associate-/r*56.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      7. metadata-eval56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      8. div-inv56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      9. associate--l-62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      10. div-inv62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      11. metadata-eval62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      12. *-rgt-identity62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      13. div-inv62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
      14. metadata-eval62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      15. *-rgt-identity62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr62.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u95.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-udef51.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\right)} - 1} \]
      3. associate-/l/51.2%

        \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot x}}\right)} - 1 \]
    9. Applied egg-rr51.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot x}\right)} - 1} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-def95.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot x}\right)\right)} \]
      2. expm1-log1p95.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot x}} \]
      3. *-commutative95.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    11. Simplified95.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification72.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 98.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x_m \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{x_m}}{-1 - x_m}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x_m 1.0) 2.0 (/ (/ 2.0 x_m) (- -1.0 x_m))))
x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / x_m) / (-1.0 - x_m);
	}
	return tmp;
}
x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x_m <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (2.0d0 / x_m) / ((-1.0d0) - x_m)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / x_m) / (-1.0 - x_m);
	}
	return tmp;
}
x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	tmp = 0
	if x_m <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = (2.0 / x_m) / (-1.0 - x_m)
	return tmp
x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 / x_m) / Float64(-1.0 - x_m));
	end
	return tmp
end
x_m = abs(x);
function tmp_2 = code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = (2.0 / x_m) / (-1.0 - x_m);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[x$95$m, 1.0], 2.0, N[(N[(2.0 / x$95$m), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-1.0 - x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
x_m = \left|x\right|

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x_m \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{x_m}}{-1 - x_m}\\


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

    1. Initial program 84.2%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub084.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified84.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 64.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 55.0%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub055.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified55.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub56.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      4. div-inv56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      5. associate-/r*56.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      7. metadata-eval56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      8. div-inv56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      9. associate--l-62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      10. div-inv62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      11. metadata-eval62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      12. *-rgt-identity62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      13. div-inv62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
      14. metadata-eval62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      15. *-rgt-identity62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr62.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification72.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 99.4% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \frac{2}{\left(-1 - x_m\right) \cdot \left(-1 + x_m\right)} \end{array} \]
x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 (* (- -1.0 x_m) (+ -1.0 x_m))))
x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	return 2.0 / ((-1.0 - x_m) * (-1.0 + x_m));
}
x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    code = 2.0d0 / (((-1.0d0) - x_m) * ((-1.0d0) + x_m))
end function
x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return 2.0 / ((-1.0 - x_m) * (-1.0 + x_m));
}
x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return 2.0 / ((-1.0 - x_m) * (-1.0 + x_m))
x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return Float64(2.0 / Float64(Float64(-1.0 - x_m) * Float64(-1.0 + x_m)))
end
x_m = abs(x);
function tmp = code(x_m)
	tmp = 2.0 / ((-1.0 - x_m) * (-1.0 + x_m));
end
x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := N[(2.0 / N[(N[(-1.0 - x$95$m), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-1.0 + x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
x_m = \left|x\right|

\\
\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x_m\right) \cdot \left(-1 + x_m\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 76.9%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub076.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified76.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
    3. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1 - x} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr76.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1} \]
    2. cancel-sign-sub76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \left(-\frac{-1}{-1 - x}\right) \cdot 1} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-1 - x}} \cdot 1 \]
    4. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    5. *-inverses76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}}}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    6. associate-/r*54.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    7. distribute-lft-neg-in54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{-\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    8. distribute-rgt-neg-in54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    9. *-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    10. *-commutative54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    11. *-inverses54.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(1 - x\right)}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    12. times-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    13. div-sub77.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) - \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  9. Final simplification99.7%

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

Alternative 5: 99.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \frac{\frac{2}{-1 + x_m}}{-1 - x_m} \end{array} \]
x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (/ (/ 2.0 (+ -1.0 x_m)) (- -1.0 x_m)))
x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	return (2.0 / (-1.0 + x_m)) / (-1.0 - x_m);
}
x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    code = (2.0d0 / ((-1.0d0) + x_m)) / ((-1.0d0) - x_m)
end function
x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return (2.0 / (-1.0 + x_m)) / (-1.0 - x_m);
}
x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return (2.0 / (-1.0 + x_m)) / (-1.0 - x_m)
x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return Float64(Float64(2.0 / Float64(-1.0 + x_m)) / Float64(-1.0 - x_m))
end
x_m = abs(x);
function tmp = code(x_m)
	tmp = (2.0 / (-1.0 + x_m)) / (-1.0 - x_m);
end
x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := N[(N[(2.0 / N[(-1.0 + x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-1.0 - x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
x_m = \left|x\right|

\\
\frac{\frac{2}{-1 + x_m}}{-1 - x_m}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 76.9%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub076.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified76.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub77.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    2. *-rgt-identity77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    3. metadata-eval77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    4. div-inv77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    5. associate-/r*77.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
    6. *-un-lft-identity77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    7. metadata-eval77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. div-inv77.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    9. associate--l-80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    10. div-inv80.5%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    12. *-rgt-identity80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    13. div-inv80.5%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
    15. *-rgt-identity80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr80.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-sub80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} - \frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    2. sub-neg80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{x + \left(1 - x\right)}{1 - x}\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
    3. associate-+r-80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right) - x}}{1 - x}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
    4. +-commutative80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)} - x}{1 - x}\right)}{-1 - x} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr80.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{\left(1 + x\right) - x}{1 - x}\right)}}{-1 - x} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-neg-frac80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(\left(1 + x\right) - x\right)}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    2. associate--l+99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{-\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(x - x\right)\right)}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    3. +-inverses99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{-\left(1 + \color{blue}{0}\right)}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    4. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{-\color{blue}{1}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    5. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. count-299.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot -1}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{1 - x}}{-1 - x} \]
    9. metadata-eval99.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
    11. neg-mul-199.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-\left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
    12. neg-sub099.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(1 - x\right)}}}{-1 - x} \]
    13. associate--r-99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - 1\right) + x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    14. metadata-eval99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} + x}}{-1 - x} \]
    15. +-commutative99.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{x + -1}}}{-1 - x} \]
  10. Simplified99.9%

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{-1 + x}}{-1 - x} \]
  12. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 53.4% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x_m \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x_m}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (if (<= x_m 1.0) 2.0 (/ -2.0 x_m)))
x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / x_m;
	}
	return tmp;
}
x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x_m <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (-2.0d0) / x_m
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 / x_m;
	}
	return tmp;
}
x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	tmp = 0
	if x_m <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = -2.0 / x_m
	return tmp
x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-2.0 / x_m);
	end
	return tmp
end
x_m = abs(x);
function tmp_2 = code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = -2.0 / x_m;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[x$95$m, 1.0], 2.0, N[(-2.0 / x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
x_m = \left|x\right|

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x_m \leq 1:\\
\;\;\;\;2\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x_m}\\


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

    1. Initial program 84.2%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*84.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub084.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac84.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-184.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified84.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 64.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 55.0%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub055.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac55.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-155.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified55.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub56.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      2. *-rgt-identity56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1\right)} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      3. metadata-eval56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      4. div-inv56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}} \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      5. associate-/r*56.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x}} \]
      6. *-un-lft-identity56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      7. metadata-eval56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      8. div-inv56.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      9. associate--l-62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1 - \left(x + \frac{1 - x}{1}\right)}}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      10. div-inv62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      11. metadata-eval62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      12. *-rgt-identity62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}\right)}{\frac{1 - x}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      13. div-inv62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1}}}}{-1 - x} \]
      14. metadata-eval62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      15. *-rgt-identity62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1 - \left(x + \left(1 - x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr62.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in x around 0 7.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification50.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 51.3% accurate, 11.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ 2 \end{array} \]
x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 2.0)
x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	return 2.0;
}
x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    code = 2.0d0
end function
x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return 2.0;
}
x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return 2.0
x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return 2.0
end
x_m = abs(x);
function tmp = code(x_m)
	tmp = 2.0;
end
x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := 2.0
\begin{array}{l}
x_m = \left|x\right|

\\
2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 76.9%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub076.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac76.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-176.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified76.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 49.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]
  6. Final simplification49.1%

    \[\leadsto 2 \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024026 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Asymptote A"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))