2sqrt (example 3.1)

Percentage Accurate: 6.8% → 99.6%

Time: 7.3s

Alternatives: 4

Speedup: 205.0×

Specification

\[x > 1 \land x < 10^{+308}\]

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = sqrt((x + 1.0d0)) - sqrt(x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - Math.sqrt(x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - math.sqrt(x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(sqrt(Float64(x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 6.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = sqrt((x + 1.0d0)) - sqrt(x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - Math.sqrt(x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - math.sqrt(x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(sqrt(Float64(x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 99.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + x} + \sqrt{x}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (+ (sqrt (+ 1.0 x)) (sqrt x))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 / (sqrt((1.0 + x)) + sqrt(x));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 1.0d0 / (sqrt((1.0d0 + x)) + sqrt(x))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 / (Math.sqrt((1.0 + x)) + Math.sqrt(x));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 1.0 / (math.sqrt((1.0 + x)) + math.sqrt(x))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(sqrt(Float64(1.0 + x)) + sqrt(x)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 1.0 / (sqrt((1.0 + x)) + sqrt(x));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 + x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.7%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. flip-- 8.4%

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

   2. div-inv 8.4%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 8.4%

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

   4. add-sqr-sqrt 10.2%

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

   5. associate--l+ 10.2%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 10.2%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 10.2%

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

   2. *-rgt-identity 10.2%

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

   3. +-commutative 10.2%

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

   4. associate-+l- 99.6%

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

   5. +-inverses 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 - \color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \]

   6. metadata-eval 99.6%

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

   7. +-commutative 99.6%

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

6. Simplified 99.6%

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

7. Final simplification 99.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + x} + \sqrt{x}} \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 97.7% accurate, 2.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (* (sqrt x) 2.0)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 / (sqrt(x) * 2.0);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 1.0d0 / (sqrt(x) * 2.0d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 / (Math.sqrt(x) * 2.0);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 1.0 / (math.sqrt(x) * 2.0)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(sqrt(x) * 2.0))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 1.0 / (sqrt(x) * 2.0);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision] * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.7%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. flip-- 8.4%

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

   2. div-inv 8.4%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 8.4%

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

   4. add-sqr-sqrt 10.2%

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

   5. associate--l+ 10.2%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 10.2%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 10.2%

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

   2. *-rgt-identity 10.2%

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

   3. +-commutative 10.2%

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

   4. associate-+l- 99.6%

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

   5. +-inverses 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 - \color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \]

   6. metadata-eval 99.6%

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

   7. +-commutative 99.6%

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

6. Simplified 99.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + x} + \sqrt{x}}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

   1. flip3-+ 70.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\sqrt{1 + x}\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sqrt{x}\right)}^{3}}{\sqrt{1 + x} \cdot \sqrt{1 + x} + \left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x} - \sqrt{1 + x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}}} \]

   2. clear-num 70.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\sqrt{1 + x} \cdot \sqrt{1 + x} + \left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x} - \sqrt{1 + x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{{\left(\sqrt{1 + x}\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sqrt{x}\right)}^{3}}}}} \]

8. Applied egg-rr 51.0%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(\left(1 + x\right) + x\right) - \sqrt{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}}{{\left(1 + x\right)}^{1.5} + {x}^{1.5}}}}} \]

9. Taylor expanded in x around inf 96.9%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \]

10. Final simplification 96.9%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2} \]
11. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 7.0% accurate, 68.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{2}{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 x))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / x;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 / x
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / x;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 2.0 / x

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 / x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 / x;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.7%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. flip-- 8.4%

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

   2. div-inv 8.4%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 8.4%

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

   4. add-sqr-sqrt 10.2%

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

   5. associate--l+ 10.2%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 10.2%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 10.2%

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

   2. *-rgt-identity 10.2%

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

   3. +-commutative 10.2%

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

   4. associate-+l- 99.6%

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

   5. +-inverses 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1 - \color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \]

   6. metadata-eval 99.6%

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

   7. +-commutative 99.6%

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

6. Simplified 99.6%

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

7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 7.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(1 + 0.5 \cdot x\right)} + \sqrt{x}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in x around inf 7.2%

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

9. Final simplification 7.2%

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

Alternative 4: 6.9% accurate, 205.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 1.0)

C

double code(double x) {
	return 1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 1.0;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 1.0

Julia

function code(x)
	return 1.0
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := 1.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.7%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 7.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]

4. Final simplification 7.1%

   \[\leadsto 1 \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 99.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (+ (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 / (sqrt((x + 1.0)) + sqrt(x));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 1.0d0 / (sqrt((x + 1.0d0)) + sqrt(x))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 1.0 / (Math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) + Math.sqrt(x));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 1.0 / (math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) + math.sqrt(x))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(sqrt(Float64(x + 1.0)) + sqrt(x)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 1.0 / (sqrt((x + 1.0)) + sqrt(x));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024027 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "2sqrt (example 3.1)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (> x 1.0) (< x 1e+308))

  :herbie-target
  (/ 1.0 (+ (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))

  (- (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))