2sqrt (example 3.1)

Percentage Accurate: 6.8% → 99.6%

Time: 8.1s

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

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 6.7%

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

   1. flip-- 8.1%

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

   2. div-inv 8.1%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 7.2%

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

   4. add-sqr-sqrt 9.1%

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

   5. associate--l+ 9.1%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 9.1%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 9.1%

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

   2. *-rgt-identity 9.1%

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

   3. +-commutative 9.1%

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

   4. associate-+l- 99.6%

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

   5. div-sub 99.6%

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

   6. +-inverses 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} - \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \]

   7. div0 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} - \color{blue}{0} \]

   8. --rgt-identity 99.6%

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

   9. +-commutative 99.6%

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

6. Simplified 99.6%

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

Alternative 2: 98.0% 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 6.7%

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

   1. flip-- 8.1%

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

   2. div-inv 8.1%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 7.2%

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

   4. add-sqr-sqrt 9.1%

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

   5. associate--l+ 9.1%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 9.1%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 9.1%

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

   2. *-rgt-identity 9.1%

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

   3. +-commutative 9.1%

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

   4. associate-+l- 99.6%

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

   5. div-sub 99.6%

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

   6. +-inverses 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} - \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \]

   7. div0 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} - \color{blue}{0} \]

   8. --rgt-identity 99.6%

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

   9. +-commutative 99.6%

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

6. Simplified 99.6%

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

7. Taylor expanded in x around inf 98.0%

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

   1. rem-exp-log 90.9%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{\log x}}}} \]

   2. exp-neg 90.9%

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

   3. unpow1/2 90.9%

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

   4. exp-prod 90.9%

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

   5. distribute-lft-neg-out 90.9%

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

   6. distribute-rgt-neg-in 90.9%

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

   7. metadata-eval 90.9%

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

   8. exp-to-pow 98.1%

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

9. Simplified 98.1%

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

Alternative 3: 97.8% accurate, 2.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\frac{0.25}{x}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (sqrt (/ 0.25 x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return sqrt((0.25 / x));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = sqrt((0.25d0 / x))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.sqrt((0.25 / x));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.sqrt((0.25 / x))

Julia

function code(x)
	return sqrt(Float64(0.25 / x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = sqrt((0.25 / x));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[Sqrt[N[(0.25 / x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 6.7%

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

   1. flip-- 8.1%

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

   2. div-inv 8.1%

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

   3. add-sqr-sqrt 7.2%

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

   4. add-sqr-sqrt 9.1%

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

   5. associate--l+ 9.1%

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

4. Applied egg-rr 9.1%

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

   1. associate-*r/ 9.1%

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

   2. *-rgt-identity 9.1%

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

   3. +-commutative 9.1%

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

   4. associate-+l- 99.6%

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

   5. div-sub 99.6%

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

   6. +-inverses 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} - \frac{\color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} \]

   7. div0 99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 1} + \sqrt{x}} - \color{blue}{0} \]

   8. --rgt-identity 99.6%

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

   9. +-commutative 99.6%

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

6. Simplified 99.6%

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

7. Taylor expanded in x around inf 97.8%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative 97.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2}} \]

9. Simplified 97.8%

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2}} \]
10. Step-by-step derivation

    1. add-sqr-sqrt 97.2%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2}}} \]

    2. sqrt-unprod 97.8%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{x} \cdot 2}}} \]

    3. frac-times 97.7%

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

    4. metadata-eval 97.7%

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

    5. swap-sqr 97.7%

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

    6. add-sqr-sqrt 98.0%

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

    7. metadata-eval 98.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{x \cdot \color{blue}{4}}} \]

11. Applied egg-rr 98.0%

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

    1. *-commutative 98.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{4 \cdot x}}} \]

    2. associate-/r* 98.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{4}}{x}}} \]

    3. metadata-eval 98.0%

       \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{0.25}}{x}} \]

13. Simplified 98.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{0.25}{x}}} \]
14. 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 2024108 
(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)))