Ian Simplification

Percentage Accurate: 6.6% → 8.1%
Time: 37.5s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
\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: 6.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 8.1% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt[3]{{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi + -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{0.5 \cdot \pi + -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}^{0.5}\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (cbrt
   (pow
    (+ (* 0.5 PI) (* -2.0 (- (* 0.5 PI) (acos (sqrt (- 0.5 (* 0.5 x)))))))
    2.0))
  (cbrt (+ (* 0.5 PI) (* -2.0 (asin (pow (* 0.5 (- 1.0 x)) 0.5)))))))
double code(double x) {
	return cbrt(pow(((0.5 * ((double) M_PI)) + (-2.0 * ((0.5 * ((double) M_PI)) - acos(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x))))))), 2.0)) * cbrt(((0.5 * ((double) M_PI)) + (-2.0 * asin(pow((0.5 * (1.0 - x)), 0.5)))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.cbrt(Math.pow(((0.5 * Math.PI) + (-2.0 * ((0.5 * Math.PI) - Math.acos(Math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x))))))), 2.0)) * Math.cbrt(((0.5 * Math.PI) + (-2.0 * Math.asin(Math.pow((0.5 * (1.0 - x)), 0.5)))));
}
function code(x)
	return Float64(cbrt((Float64(Float64(0.5 * pi) + Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(0.5 * pi) - acos(sqrt(Float64(0.5 - Float64(0.5 * x))))))) ^ 2.0)) * cbrt(Float64(Float64(0.5 * pi) + Float64(-2.0 * asin((Float64(0.5 * Float64(1.0 - x)) ^ 0.5))))))
end
code[x_] := N[(N[Power[N[Power[N[(N[(0.5 * Pi), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(0.5 * Pi), $MachinePrecision] - N[ArcCos[N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 - N[(0.5 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision], 1/3], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[(N[(0.5 * Pi), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Power[N[(0.5 * N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 1/3], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt[3]{{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi + -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{0.5 \cdot \pi + -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}^{0.5}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 6.3%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-cube-cbrt6.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr6.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg6.3%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
    2. +-commutative6.3%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + 1\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
    3. distribute-rgt1-in6.3%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(0.5 + \left(-x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
    4. cancel-sign-sub-inv6.3%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
    5. asin-acos8.2%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
    6. div-inv8.2%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \left(\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
    7. metadata-eval8.2%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \left(\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
    8. *-commutative8.2%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot x}\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr8.2%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 + \color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \cdot -2\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 8.2%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(-2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right) + 0.5 \cdot \pi\right)}}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\pi \cdot 0.5 + \sin^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right) \cdot -2} \]
  8. Final simplification8.2%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt[3]{{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi + -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)\right)\right)}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{0.5 \cdot \pi + -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)\right)}^{0.5}\right)} \]
  9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 8.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (- (acos (sqrt (- 0.5 (* 0.5 x)))) (/ PI 2.0)))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) + (2.0 * (acos(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (((double) M_PI) / 2.0)));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) + (2.0 * (Math.acos(Math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (Math.PI / 2.0)));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) + (2.0 * (math.acos(math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (math.pi / 2.0)))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) + Float64(2.0 * Float64(acos(sqrt(Float64(0.5 - Float64(0.5 * x)))) - Float64(pi / 2.0))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) + (2.0 * (acos(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))) - (pi / 2.0)));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(2.0 * N[(N[ArcCos[N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 - N[(0.5 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 6.3%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. asin-acos8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. add-sqr-sqrt6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \sqrt{\pi}}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-/l*6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    4. fma-neg6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\pi}, \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)} \]
    5. pow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{{\pi}^{0.5}}, \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    6. pow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{\color{blue}{{\pi}^{0.5}}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    7. pow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left({\left(\frac{1 - x}{2}\right)}^{0.5}\right)}\right) \]
    8. div-inv6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)}}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
  4. Applied egg-rr6.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-neg6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\pi}^{0.5} \cdot \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r/6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{{\pi}^{0.5} \cdot {\pi}^{0.5}}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    3. unpow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi}} \cdot {\pi}^{0.5}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    4. unpow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi}}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    6. sub-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    7. mul-1-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    8. +-commutative8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x + 1\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    9. distribute-rgt1-in8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(0.5 + \left(-1 \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    10. mul-1-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    11. distribute-lft-neg-out8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 + \color{blue}{\left(-x \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    12. unsub-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
  6. Simplified8.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 8.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)}\right) \]
  8. Final simplification8.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \]
  9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 6.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 6.3%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 3.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \cdot \pi + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (* 0.5 PI) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (- 0.5 (* 0.5 x)))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (0.5 * ((double) M_PI)) + (2.0 * asin(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (0.5 * Math.PI) + (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))));
}
def code(x):
	return (0.5 * math.pi) + (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(0.5 * pi) + Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(0.5 - Float64(0.5 * x))))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (0.5 * pi) + (2.0 * asin(sqrt((0.5 - (0.5 * x)))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(0.5 * Pi), $MachinePrecision] + N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 - N[(0.5 * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0.5 \cdot \pi + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 6.3%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. asin-acos8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)} \]
    2. add-sqr-sqrt6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \sqrt{\pi}}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    3. associate-/l*6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    4. fma-neg6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\pi}, \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right)} \]
    5. pow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{{\pi}^{0.5}}, \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    6. pow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{\color{blue}{{\pi}^{0.5}}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    7. pow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left({\left(\frac{1 - x}{2}\right)}^{0.5}\right)}\right) \]
    8. div-inv6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)}}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    9. metadata-eval6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
  4. Applied egg-rr6.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\pi}^{0.5}, \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2}, -\cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-neg6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\pi}^{0.5} \cdot \frac{{\pi}^{0.5}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r/6.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{{\pi}^{0.5} \cdot {\pi}^{0.5}}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    3. unpow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi}} \cdot {\pi}^{0.5}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    4. unpow1/26.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\sqrt{\pi} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\pi}}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    5. rem-square-sqrt8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    6. sub-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(-x\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    7. mul-1-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\left(1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    8. +-commutative8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x + 1\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    9. distribute-rgt1-in8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(0.5 + \left(-1 \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    10. mul-1-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    11. distribute-lft-neg-out8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 + \color{blue}{\left(-x \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
    12. unsub-neg8.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\color{blue}{\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{0.5}\right)\right) \]
  6. Simplified8.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - x \cdot 0.5\right)}^{0.5}\right)\right)} \]
  7. Applied egg-rr3.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left({\left(0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x\right)}^{0.5}\right)} \]
  8. Taylor expanded in x around 0 3.8%

    \[\leadsto \pi \cdot 0.5 + 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right)} \]
  9. Final simplification3.8%

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \pi + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 - 0.5 \cdot x}\right) \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Developer target: 100.0% accurate, 2.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sin^{-1} x \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (asin x))
double code(double x) {
	return asin(x);
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = asin(x)
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.asin(x);
}
def code(x):
	return math.asin(x)
function code(x)
	return asin(x)
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = asin(x);
end
code[x_] := N[ArcSin[x], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sin^{-1} x
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024107 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Ian Simplification"
  :precision binary64

  :alt
  (asin x)

  (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))