3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 68.9% → 99.5%
Time: 8.6s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 1.4×

Specification

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

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 4 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: 68.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 99.5% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 2 \cdot \left({x}^{-5} + {x}^{-3}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 2.0 (+ (pow x -5.0) (pow x -3.0))))
double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * (pow(x, -5.0) + pow(x, -3.0));
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 * ((x ** (-5.0d0)) + (x ** (-3.0d0)))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * (Math.pow(x, -5.0) + Math.pow(x, -3.0));
}
def code(x):
	return 2.0 * (math.pow(x, -5.0) + math.pow(x, -3.0))
function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 * Float64((x ^ -5.0) + (x ^ -3.0)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 * ((x ^ -5.0) + (x ^ -3.0));
end
code[x_] := N[(2.0 * N[(N[Power[x, -5.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[x, -3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
2 \cdot \left({x}^{-5} + {x}^{-3}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 72.9%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-172.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. neg-mul-173.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    13. associate-/r*73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. +-commutative73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. sub-neg73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified73.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}} + 2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{5}}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r/99.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{{x}^{3}}} + 2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{5}} \]
    2. metadata-eval99.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{{x}^{3}} + 2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{5}} \]
    3. associate-*r/99.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{{x}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\frac{2 \cdot 1}{{x}^{5}}} \]
    4. metadata-eval99.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{{x}^{5}} \]
  7. Simplified99.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{2}{{x}^{5}}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-un-lft-identity99.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\frac{2}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{2}{{x}^{5}}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative99.1%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{{x}^{5}} + \frac{2}{{x}^{3}}\right)} \]
    3. div-inv99.1%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{5}}} + \frac{2}{{x}^{3}}\right) \]
    4. fma-define99.1%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, \frac{1}{{x}^{5}}, \frac{2}{{x}^{3}}\right)} \]
    5. pow-flip99.1%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, \color{blue}{{x}^{\left(-5\right)}}, \frac{2}{{x}^{3}}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval99.1%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, {x}^{\color{blue}{-5}}, \frac{2}{{x}^{3}}\right) \]
    7. div-inv99.1%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, {x}^{-5}, \color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}\right) \]
    8. pow-flip99.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, {x}^{-5}, 2 \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{\left(-3\right)}}\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval99.7%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, {x}^{-5}, 2 \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{-3}}\right) \]
  9. Applied egg-rr99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(2, {x}^{-5}, 2 \cdot {x}^{-3}\right)} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-lft-identity99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, {x}^{-5}, 2 \cdot {x}^{-3}\right)} \]
    2. fma-undefine99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot {x}^{-5} + 2 \cdot {x}^{-3}} \]
    3. distribute-lft-out99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left({x}^{-5} + {x}^{-3}\right)} \]
  11. Simplified99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \left({x}^{-5} + {x}^{-3}\right)} \]
  12. Final simplification99.7%

    \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \left({x}^{-5} + {x}^{-3}\right) \]
  13. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 99.3% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{2}{x \cdot \left(\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 72.9%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-172.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. neg-mul-173.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    13. associate-/r*73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. +-commutative73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. sub-neg73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified73.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-add15.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    2. clear-num19.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{1 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}}} \]
    3. +-commutative19.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{1 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}} \]
    4. *-un-lft-identity19.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} + \left(1 + x\right) \cdot 1}} \]
    5. *-rgt-identity19.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{\left(x + -1\right) + \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}}} \]
    6. +-commutative19.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right) + \left(x + -1\right)}}} \]
    7. +-commutative19.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} + \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr19.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}{\left(x + 1\right) + \left(x + -1\right)}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r/14.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + \left(x + -1\right)\right)} \]
    2. *-commutative14.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) + \left(x + -1\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-+l+14.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x + \left(1 + \left(x + -1\right)\right)\right)} \]
    4. add-exp-log3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(1 + \left(x + -1\right)\right)}}\right) \]
    5. log1p-undefine3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x + -1\right)}}\right) \]
    6. *-un-lft-identity3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{1 \cdot x} + -1\right)}\right) \]
    7. fma-define3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(1, x, -1\right)}\right)}\right) \]
    8. metadata-eval3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(1, x, \color{blue}{-1}\right)\right)}\right) \]
    9. fma-neg3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{1 \cdot x - 1}\right)}\right) \]
    10. *-un-lft-identity3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{x} - 1\right)}\right) \]
    11. add-exp-log3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{\log x}} - 1\right)}\right) \]
    12. expm1-define3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\log x\right)}\right)}\right) \]
    13. log1p-expm1-u3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\color{blue}{\log x}}\right) \]
    14. add-sqr-sqrt3.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}}\right) \]
    15. sqrt-unprod2.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x}\right)}}\right) \]
    16. sqr-neg2.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\log \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}}\right)}\right) \]
    17. sqrt-unprod2.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + e^{\log \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}}\right) \]
    19. add-exp-log5.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}}\right) \]
    21. sqrt-unprod5.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}}\right) \]
    22. sqr-neg5.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}}\right) \]
    23. sqrt-unprod6.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right) \]
    24. add-sqr-sqrt14.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + \color{blue}{x}\right) \]
  8. Applied egg-rr14.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + x\right)} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative14.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x + x\right) + \frac{-2}{x}} \]
    2. associate-*l/15.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x + x\right)}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} + \frac{-2}{x} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity15.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x + x}}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} + \frac{-2}{x} \]
    4. frac-add17.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + x\right) \cdot x + \left(\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot -2}{\left(\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot x}} \]
    5. count-217.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \cdot x + \left(\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot -2}{\left(\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)\right) \cdot x} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr17.8%

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

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

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

Alternative 3: 67.4% accurate, 2.1× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-2}{x} + \frac{2}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 72.9%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-172.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. neg-mul-173.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    13. associate-/r*73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. +-commutative73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. sub-neg73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified73.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 71.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}} \]
  6. Final simplification71.7%

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

Alternative 4: 5.0% accurate, 5.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-2}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 72.9%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. associate-/r*72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{\left(-1\right) \cdot x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. metadata-eval72.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. neg-mul-172.9%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-x}}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    9. +-commutative72.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right)} + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    10. associate-+l+73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \]
    11. neg-mul-173.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    12. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\left(-1\right)} \cdot x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    13. associate-/r*73.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{2}{-1}}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    14. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{2}{\color{blue}{-1}}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    15. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    16. +-commutative73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \]
    17. sub-neg73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + \left(-1\right)}}\right) \]
    18. metadata-eval73.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{-1}}\right) \]
  3. Simplified73.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} + \left(\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 5.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  6. Final simplification5.0%

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

Developer target: 99.2% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

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

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024036 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (> (fabs x) 1.0)

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

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