Asymptote A

Percentage Accurate: 77.0% → 99.4%
Time: 5.4s
Alternatives: 6
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 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: 77.0% 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: 99.4% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-1 + x\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 71.8%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub071.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
    3. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1 - x} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1} \]
    2. cancel-sign-sub71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \left(-\frac{-1}{-1 - x}\right) \cdot 1} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-1 - x}} \cdot 1 \]
    4. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    5. *-inverses71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}}}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    6. associate-/r*52.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    7. distribute-lft-neg-in52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{-\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    8. distribute-rgt-neg-in52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    9. *-commutative52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    10. *-commutative52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    11. *-inverses52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(1 - x\right)}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    12. times-frac71.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    13. div-sub72.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) - \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified99.9%

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

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

Alternative 2: 74.4% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{-1 - x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (if (<= x 1.0) 2.0 (/ (/ 2.0 x) (- -1.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (2.0d0 / x) / ((-1.0d0) - x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(2.0 / x) / Float64(-1.0 - x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = (2.0 / x) / (-1.0 - x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], 2.0, N[(N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

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

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


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

    1. Initial program 79.9%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub079.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified79.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 67.7%

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

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 51.4%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-151.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub051.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-151.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-151.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified51.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
      3. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr51.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-rgt-identity51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1} \]
      2. cancel-sign-sub51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \left(-\frac{-1}{-1 - x}\right) \cdot 1} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-1 - x}} \cdot 1 \]
      4. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      5. *-inverses51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}}}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      6. associate-/r*7.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      7. distribute-lft-neg-in7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{-\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      9. *-commutative7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      10. *-commutative7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
      11. *-inverses7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(1 - x\right)}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
      12. times-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      13. div-sub52.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) - \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{x + -1}} \]
      2. div-inv99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1 - x} \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1}} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1 - x} \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1}} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*l/99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1}}{-1 - x}} \]
      2. un-div-inv99.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x + -1}}}{-1 - x} \]
      3. +-commutative99.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1 + x}}{-1 - x}} \]
    13. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{-1 - x} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification76.7%

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

Alternative 3: 52.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (if (<= x 1.0) 2.0 (* -2.0 (/ 1.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 * (1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (-2.0d0) * (1.0d0 / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -2.0 * (1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = -2.0 * (1.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-2.0 * Float64(1.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = -2.0 * (1.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], 2.0, N[(-2.0 * N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

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

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-2 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\\


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

    1. Initial program 79.9%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub079.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac79.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-179.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified79.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 67.7%

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

    if 1 < x

    1. Initial program 51.4%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      4. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      5. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      6. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      7. associate-/r*51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      8. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      9. neg-mul-151.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      10. sub0-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      11. associate-+l-51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      12. neg-sub051.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
      13. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      14. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
      15. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
      16. associate-/r*51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      17. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
      18. neg-mul-151.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      19. distribute-neg-in51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
      20. sub-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
      21. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
      22. neg-mul-151.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    3. Simplified51.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
      3. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1 - x} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr51.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-rgt-identity51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1} \]
      2. cancel-sign-sub51.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \left(-\frac{-1}{-1 - x}\right) \cdot 1} \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-1 - x}} \cdot 1 \]
      4. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      5. *-inverses51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}}}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      6. associate-/r*7.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      7. distribute-lft-neg-in7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{-\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      9. *-commutative7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
      10. *-commutative7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
      11. *-inverses7.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(1 - x\right)}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
      12. times-frac51.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
      13. div-sub52.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) - \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    8. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/r*99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1 - x}}{x + -1}} \]
      2. div-inv99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1 - x} \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1}} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1 - x} \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1}} \]
    11. Taylor expanded in x around 0 6.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2} \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1} \]
    12. Taylor expanded in x around inf 6.4%

      \[\leadsto -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification50.5%

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

Alternative 4: 52.1% accurate, 1.6× speedup?

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

\\
-2 \cdot \frac{1}{-1 + x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 71.8%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub071.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \left(-\frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
    3. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1 - x} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} + \frac{-1}{-1 - x}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1} \]
    2. cancel-sign-sub71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \left(-\frac{-1}{-1 - x}\right) \cdot 1} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-1 - x}} \cdot 1 \]
    4. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    5. *-inverses71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{-\left(-1 - x\right)}}}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    6. associate-/r*52.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    7. distribute-lft-neg-in52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{-\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    8. distribute-rgt-neg-in52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    9. *-commutative52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} - \frac{1}{-1 - x} \cdot 1 \]
    10. *-commutative52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
    11. *-inverses52.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{-\left(1 - x\right)}{-\left(1 - x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{-1 - x} \]
    12. times-frac71.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
    13. div-sub72.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-\left(-1 - x\right)\right) - \left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-\left(1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  8. Simplified99.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*99.9%

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

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1 - x} \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1}} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in x around 0 50.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-2} \cdot \frac{1}{x + -1} \]
  12. Final simplification50.6%

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

Alternative 5: 10.7% accurate, 11.0× 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 71.8%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub071.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 49.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 - x} - \color{blue}{-1} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 10.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
  7. Final simplification10.5%

    \[\leadsto 1 \]
  8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 51.0% accurate, 11.0× speedup?

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

\\
2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 71.8%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    6. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    7. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    8. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    9. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    10. sub0-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    11. associate-+l-71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. neg-sub071.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    14. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{-1}}{x + 1} \]
    15. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{\frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    16. associate-/r*71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{\left(-1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    17. metadata-eval71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
    18. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{-\left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    19. distribute-neg-in71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) + \left(-1\right)}} \]
    20. sub-neg71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
    21. distribute-neg-frac71.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)} \]
    22. neg-mul-171.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) + 1} + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}} \]
  3. Simplified71.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 49.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]
  6. Final simplification49.4%

    \[\leadsto 2 \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024031 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Asymptote A"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))