2isqrt (example 3.6)

Percentage Accurate: 38.5% → 99.6%
Time: 12.2s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 2.0×

Specification

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\[x > 1 \land x < 10^{+308}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (/ 1.0 (sqrt x)) (/ 1.0 (sqrt (+ x 1.0)))))
double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / sqrt(x)) - (1.0 / sqrt((x + 1.0)));
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (1.0d0 / sqrt(x)) - (1.0d0 / sqrt((x + 1.0d0)))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / Math.sqrt(x)) - (1.0 / Math.sqrt((x + 1.0)));
}
def code(x):
	return (1.0 / math.sqrt(x)) - (1.0 / math.sqrt((x + 1.0)))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 / sqrt(x)) - Float64(1.0 / sqrt(Float64(x + 1.0))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (1.0 / sqrt(x)) - (1.0 / sqrt((x + 1.0)));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(1.0 / N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(1.0 / N[Sqrt[N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{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: 38.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 99.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot \left({x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 33.0%

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--33.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}} \]
    2. div-inv33.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}} \]
    3. frac-times19.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    4. metadata-eval19.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt17.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    6. frac-times24.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    7. metadata-eval24.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    9. +-commutative33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    10. inv-pow33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{x}\right)}^{-1}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    11. sqrt-pow233.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{x}^{\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    12. metadata-eval33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{\color{blue}{-0.5}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    13. pow1/233.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{0.5}}}} \]
    14. pow-flip33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + \color{blue}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(-0.5\right)}}} \]
    15. +-commutative33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}}^{\left(-0.5\right)}} \]
    16. metadata-eval33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{\color{blue}{-0.5}}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr33.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub34.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    2. div-inv34.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)} - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr34.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(1 + x\right) - \color{blue}{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    2. associate--l+80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    3. +-inverses80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(1 + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    4. metadata-eval80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    5. associate-*r/80.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    6. metadata-eval80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    7. associate-/r*81.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  8. Simplified81.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative81.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    2. frac-times99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{\left({x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}\right) \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}}{\left({x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}\right) \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left({x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}\right) \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
  11. Final simplification99.6%

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

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot 1.5} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (/ 1.0 x) (+ (* 2.0 (sqrt x)) (* (sqrt (/ 1.0 x)) 1.5))))
double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / x) / ((2.0 * sqrt(x)) + (sqrt((1.0 / x)) * 1.5));
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (1.0d0 / x) / ((2.0d0 * sqrt(x)) + (sqrt((1.0d0 / x)) * 1.5d0))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / x) / ((2.0 * Math.sqrt(x)) + (Math.sqrt((1.0 / x)) * 1.5));
}
def code(x):
	return (1.0 / x) / ((2.0 * math.sqrt(x)) + (math.sqrt((1.0 / x)) * 1.5))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) / Float64(Float64(2.0 * sqrt(x)) + Float64(sqrt(Float64(1.0 / x)) * 1.5)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (1.0 / x) / ((2.0 * sqrt(x)) + (sqrt((1.0 / x)) * 1.5));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(2.0 * N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * 1.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot 1.5}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 33.0%

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--33.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}} \]
    2. div-inv33.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}} \]
    3. frac-times19.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    4. metadata-eval19.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt17.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    6. frac-times24.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    7. metadata-eval24.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    9. +-commutative33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    10. inv-pow33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{x}\right)}^{-1}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    11. sqrt-pow233.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{x}^{\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    12. metadata-eval33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{\color{blue}{-0.5}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    13. pow1/233.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{0.5}}}} \]
    14. pow-flip33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + \color{blue}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(-0.5\right)}}} \]
    15. +-commutative33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}}^{\left(-0.5\right)}} \]
    16. metadata-eval33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{\color{blue}{-0.5}}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr33.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub34.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    2. div-inv34.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)} - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr34.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(1 + x\right) - \color{blue}{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    2. associate--l+80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    3. +-inverses80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(1 + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    4. metadata-eval80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    5. associate-*r/80.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    6. metadata-eval80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    7. associate-/r*81.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  8. Simplified81.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative81.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    2. frac-times99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{\left({x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}\right) \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}}{\left({x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}\right) \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\left({x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}\right) \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + 2 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}\right)}} \]
  12. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative99.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + 2 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}\right) + -0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}}} \]
    2. associate-+l+99.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + \left(2 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + -0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}\right)}} \]
    3. distribute-rgt-out99.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot \left(2 + -0.5\right)}} \]
    4. metadata-eval99.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot \color{blue}{1.5}} \]
  13. Simplified99.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot 1.5}} \]
  14. Final simplification99.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot 1.5} \]
  15. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 97.9% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \cdot {x}^{-1.5} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (pow x -1.5)))
double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * pow(x, -1.5);
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 0.5d0 * (x ** (-1.5d0))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * Math.pow(x, -1.5);
}
def code(x):
	return 0.5 * math.pow(x, -1.5)
function code(x)
	return Float64(0.5 * (x ^ -1.5))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 0.5 * (x ^ -1.5);
end
code[x_] := N[(0.5 * N[Power[x, -1.5], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0.5 \cdot {x}^{-1.5}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 33.0%

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--33.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}} \]
    2. div-inv33.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}}} \]
    3. frac-times19.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    4. metadata-eval19.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    5. add-sqr-sqrt17.0%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    6. frac-times24.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    7. metadata-eval24.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{x + 1} \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + 1}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    9. +-commutative33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    10. inv-pow33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt{x}\right)}^{-1}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    11. sqrt-pow233.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{x}^{\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    12. metadata-eval33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{\color{blue}{-0.5}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}}} \]
    13. pow1/233.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{0.5}}}} \]
    14. pow-flip33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + \color{blue}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(-0.5\right)}}} \]
    15. +-commutative33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}}^{\left(-0.5\right)}} \]
    16. metadata-eval33.1%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{\color{blue}{-0.5}}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr33.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub34.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    2. div-inv34.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 \cdot \left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    3. *-un-lft-identity34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)} - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr34.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(1 + x\right) - x \cdot 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity34.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(1 + x\right) - \color{blue}{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    2. associate--l+80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(x - x\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    3. +-inverses80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(1 + \color{blue}{0}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    4. metadata-eval80.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{1} \cdot \frac{1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    5. associate-*r/80.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    6. metadata-eval80.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
    7. associate-/r*81.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  8. Simplified81.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 + x}} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{-0.5} + {\left(1 + x\right)}^{-0.5}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in x around inf 63.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. exp-to-pow60.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{\log x \cdot 3}}}} \]
    2. *-commutative60.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{e^{\color{blue}{3 \cdot \log x}}}} \]
    3. exp-neg61.6%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{e^{-3 \cdot \log x}}} \]
    4. distribute-lft-neg-in61.6%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{\left(-3\right) \cdot \log x}}} \]
    5. metadata-eval61.6%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{-3} \cdot \log x}} \]
    6. *-commutative61.6%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{\log x \cdot -3}}} \]
    7. exp-to-pow64.3%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{{x}^{-3}}} \]
    8. metadata-eval64.3%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{{x}^{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot -1.5\right)}}} \]
    9. pow-sqr64.3%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{{x}^{-1.5} \cdot {x}^{-1.5}}} \]
    10. rem-sqrt-square99.0%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left|{x}^{-1.5}\right|} \]
    11. rem-square-sqrt98.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left|\color{blue}{\sqrt{{x}^{-1.5}} \cdot \sqrt{{x}^{-1.5}}}\right| \]
    12. fabs-sqr98.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{{x}^{-1.5}} \cdot \sqrt{{x}^{-1.5}}\right)} \]
    13. rem-square-sqrt99.0%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{-1.5}} \]
  11. Simplified99.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot {x}^{-1.5}} \]
  12. Final simplification99.0%

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot {x}^{-1.5} \]
  13. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 35.6% accurate, 209.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 0.0)
double code(double x) {
	return 0.0;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 0.0d0
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 0.0;
}
def code(x):
	return 0.0
function code(x)
	return 0.0
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
end
code[x_] := 0.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 33.0%

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1}} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in x around inf 31.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
  4. Final simplification31.6%

    \[\leadsto 0 \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 98.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \sqrt{x} + x \cdot \sqrt{x + 1}}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024039 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "2isqrt (example 3.6)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (> x 1.0) (< x 1e+308))

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

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