3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 70.3% → 98.9%
Time: 10.7s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 1.4×

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 7 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: 70.3% 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: 98.9% accurate, 0.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 2 \cdot {x}^{-3} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 2.0 (pow x -3.0)))
double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * pow(x, -3.0);
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 * (x ** (-3.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * Math.pow(x, -3.0);
}
def code(x):
	return 2.0 * math.pow(x, -3.0)
function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 * (x ^ -3.0))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 * (x ^ -3.0);
end
code[x_] := N[(2.0 * N[Power[x, -3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
2 \cdot {x}^{-3}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 64.6%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified64.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 98.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{x}^{3}}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-inv98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} \]
    2. pow-flip99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{\left(-3\right)}} \]
    3. metadata-eval99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{-3}} \]
  7. Applied egg-rr99.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot {x}^{-3}} \]
  8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.7% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

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

\\
2 \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 64.6%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified64.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 98.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{x}^{3}}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. div-inv98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} \]
    2. pow-flip99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{\left(-3\right)}} \]
    3. metadata-eval99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{-3}} \]
  7. Applied egg-rr99.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot {x}^{-3}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot 3\right)}} \]
    2. pow-pow98.7%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{{\left({x}^{-1}\right)}^{3}} \]
    3. inv-pow98.7%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}}^{3} \]
    4. cube-mult98.7%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right)} \]
    5. inv-pow98.7%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{x} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{x}^{-1}} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)\right) \]
    6. inv-pow98.7%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{x} \cdot \left({x}^{-1} \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{-1}}\right)\right) \]
    7. pow-prod-up98.9%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{x} \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{\left(-1 + -1\right)}}\right) \]
    8. metadata-eval98.9%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{x} \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{-2}}\right) \]
  9. Applied egg-rr98.9%

    \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x} \cdot {x}^{-2}\right)} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l/99.0%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot {x}^{-2}}{x}} \]
    2. *-lft-identity99.0%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{{x}^{-2}}}{x} \]
  11. Simplified99.0%

    \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{x}^{-2}}{x}} \]
  12. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval99.0%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \frac{{x}^{\color{blue}{\left(-1 + -1\right)}}}{x} \]
    2. pow-prod-up98.8%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{{x}^{-1} \cdot {x}^{-1}}}{x} \]
    3. inv-pow98.8%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot {x}^{-1}}{x} \]
    4. inv-pow98.8%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}}{x} \]
  13. Applied egg-rr98.8%

    \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}}}{x} \]
  14. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 68.9% 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 64.6%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified64.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 63.4%

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

Alternative 4: 68.7% 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 64.6%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified64.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 63.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + -1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 63.3%

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

Alternative 5: 6.3% 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 64.6%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified64.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 4.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-un-lft-identity4.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{-2}{x}} \]
    2. frac-2neg4.9%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{--2}{-x}} \]
    3. metadata-eval4.9%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{2}}{-x} \]
    4. add-sqr-sqrt2.4%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}}} \]
    5. sqrt-unprod47.6%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}}} \]
    6. sqr-neg47.6%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \frac{2}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}}} \]
    7. sqrt-prod3.0%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \frac{2}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt6.2%

      \[\leadsto 1 \cdot \frac{2}{\color{blue}{x}} \]
  7. Applied egg-rr6.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 \cdot \frac{2}{x}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-lft-identity6.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}} \]
  9. Simplified6.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 5.1% 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 64.6%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified64.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around inf 63.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + -1} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around 0 4.9%

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

Alternative 7: 5.1% 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 64.6%

    \[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    2. associate-+r-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) - \frac{2}{x}} \]
    3. sub-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right)} \]
    4. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    5. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    6. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    7. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-\left(\left(-x\right) - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    8. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]
    9. distribute-frac-neg264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{2}{-x}} \]
    10. associate-+r+64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1} + \left(\left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right) + \frac{2}{-x}\right)} \]
    11. +-commutative64.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    12. remove-double-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    13. distribute-neg-frac264.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\color{blue}{\frac{1}{-\left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    14. sub0-neg64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    15. associate-+l-64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - x\right) + 1}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
    16. neg-sub064.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]
  3. Simplified64.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 4.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x}} \]
  6. Add Preprocessing

Developer Target 1: 99.2% 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 2024113 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "3frac (problem 3.3.3)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (> (fabs x) 1.0)

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (/ 2 (* x (- (* x x) 1))))

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