3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 69.0% → 99.8%
Time: 13.1s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 1.7×

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 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: 69.0% 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: 99.8% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{-2}{x}}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 69.5%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac269.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub069.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified69.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right) + \frac{1}{x + -1}} \]
    2. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} - \left(\frac{1}{-1 - x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr69.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} - \left(\frac{1}{-1 - x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    2. *-un-lft-identity18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr18.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-rgt-identity18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{\left(x + -1\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)}}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  10. Simplified18.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right)}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub19.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) - x \cdot \left(\left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right)\right)}{x \cdot \left(\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right)}} \]
    2. associate-/r*19.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)\right) - x \cdot \left(\left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right)\right)}{x}}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    3. associate-*r*19.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} - x \cdot \left(\left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right)\right)}{x}}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    4. associate--r-19.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\left(x + -1\right) - -1\right) + x\right)}}{x}}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    5. *-commutative19.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot \left(\left(\left(x + -1\right) - -1\right) + x\right)}{x}}{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  12. Applied egg-rr19.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\left(-2 \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot \left(\left(\left(x + -1\right) - -1\right) + x\right)}{x}}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)}} \]
  13. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{x}}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(-1 - x\right)} \]
  14. Final simplification99.8%

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

Alternative 2: 67.6% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{1}{x + -1} + \frac{-1}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 69.5%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac269.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub069.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified69.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 67.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + -1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
  6. Final simplification67.4%

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

Alternative 3: 97.8% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{2}{x}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \end{array} \]
(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(Float64(2.0 / x) / Float64(x * Float64(x + -1.0)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (2.0 / x) / (x * (x + -1.0));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x * N[(x + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{2}{x}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 69.5%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac269.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub069.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified69.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right) + \frac{1}{x + -1}} \]
    2. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} - \left(\frac{1}{-1 - x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr69.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x} - \left(\frac{1}{-1 - x} - \frac{1}{x + -1}\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    2. *-un-lft-identity18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr18.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x + -1\right) - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. /-rgt-identity18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x + -1}{1}} - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    2. *-lft-identity18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{x + -1}{1}} - \left(-1 - x\right) \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    3. /-rgt-identity18.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1 \cdot \frac{x + -1}{1} - \color{blue}{\frac{-1 - x}{1}} \cdot 1}{\left(-1 - x\right) \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    4. associate-/r*69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 \cdot \frac{x + -1}{1} - \frac{-1 - x}{1} \cdot 1}{-1 - x}}{x + -1}} \]
    5. *-lft-identity69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x + -1}{1}} - \frac{-1 - x}{1} \cdot 1}{-1 - x}}{x + -1} \]
    6. /-rgt-identity69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(x + -1\right)} - \frac{-1 - x}{1} \cdot 1}{-1 - x}}{x + -1} \]
  10. Simplified69.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x + x}{-1 - x}}{x + -1}} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-sub69.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot \frac{x + x}{-1 - x}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
    2. count-269.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x}}{-1 - x}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  12. Applied egg-rr69.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2 \cdot \left(x + -1\right) - x \cdot \frac{2 \cdot x}{-1 - x}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  13. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-rgt-in69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot -2 + -1 \cdot -2\right)} - x \cdot \frac{2 \cdot x}{-1 - x}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    2. metadata-eval69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot -2 + \color{blue}{2}\right) - x \cdot \frac{2 \cdot x}{-1 - x}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
    3. associate-/l*69.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot -2 + 2\right) - x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \frac{x}{-1 - x}\right)}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  14. Simplified69.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot -2 + 2\right) - x \cdot \left(2 \cdot \frac{x}{-1 - x}\right)}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)}} \]
  15. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}}}{x \cdot \left(x + -1\right)} \]
  16. Final simplification97.2%

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

Alternative 4: 67.4% accurate, 2.1× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-1}{x} + \frac{1}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 69.5%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac269.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub069.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified69.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 67.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + -1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 67.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{-1}{x} \]
  7. Final simplification67.2%

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

Alternative 5: 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 69.5%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac269.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub069.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified69.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 5.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  6. Final simplification5.1%

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

Alternative 6: 5.0% accurate, 5.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-1}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 69.5%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-69.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub069.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg269.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative69.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac269.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-69.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub069.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified69.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 67.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + -1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around 0 5.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
  7. Final simplification5.1%

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

Developer target: 99.0% 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 2024048 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (> (fabs x) 1.0)

  :alt
  (/ 2.0 (* x (- (* x x) 1.0)))

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