2sqrt (example 3.1)

Percentage Accurate: 6.8% → 99.6%

Time: 7.2s

Alternatives: 3

Speedup: 2.0×

Specification

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

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 6.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 99.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 8.1%

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

   1. flip-- 9.4%

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

   2. add-sqr-sqrt 9.1%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 10.9%

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

   4. associate--l+ 10.9%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 10.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.6%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.1% accurate, 2.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \cdot {x}^{-0.5} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (pow x -0.5)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * pow(x, -0.5);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 0.5d0 * (x ** (-0.5d0))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * Math.pow(x, -0.5);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 0.5 * math.pow(x, -0.5)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(0.5 * (x ^ -0.5))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 0.5 * (x ^ -0.5);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(0.5 * N[Power[x, -0.5], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 8.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. inv-pow 97.1%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{{x}^{-1}}} \]

   2. sqrt-pow1 97.2%

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

   3. metadata-eval 97.2%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{-0.5}} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 97.2%

   \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{-0.5}} \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 5.4% accurate, 2.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (sqrt x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * sqrt(x);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 0.5d0 * sqrt(x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * Math.sqrt(x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 0.5 * math.sqrt(x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(0.5 * sqrt(x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 0.5 * sqrt(x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(0.5 * N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 8.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. pow1/2 97.1%

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

   2. pow-to-exp 89.9%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot 0.5}} \]

   3. log-rec 89.9%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot e^{\color{blue}{\left(-\log x\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 89.9%

   \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{e^{\left(-\log x\right) \cdot 0.5}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. exp-prod 89.9%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(e^{-\log x}\right)}^{0.5}} \]

   2. unpow1/2 89.9%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{-\log x}}} \]

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 0.0%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-\log x} \cdot \sqrt{-\log x}}}} \]

   4. sqrt-unprod 5.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-\log x\right) \cdot \left(-\log x\right)}}}} \]

   5. sqr-neg 5.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\log x \cdot \log x}}}} \]

   6. sqrt-unprod 5.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\log x} \cdot \sqrt{\log x}}}} \]

   7. add-sqr-sqrt 5.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{e^{\color{blue}{\log x}}} \]

   8. add-exp-log 5.5%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{x}} \]

7. Applied egg-rr 5.5%

   \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x}} \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 99.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024076 -o generate:simplify
(FPCore (x)
  :name "2sqrt (example 3.1)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (> x 1.0) (< x 1e+308))

  :alt
  (/ 1.0 (+ (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))

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