3frac (problem 3.3.3)

Percentage Accurate: 70.3% → 98.9%

Time: 10.7s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 1.4×

Specification

\[\left|x\right| > 1\]

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0))

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
end

Wolfram

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]

Initial Program: 70.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (+ (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 2.0 x)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0))

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = ((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) - (2.0 / x)) + (1.0 / (x - 1.0));
end

Wolfram

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]

Alternative 1: 98.9% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 2 \cdot {x}^{-3} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 2.0 (pow x -3.0)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * pow(x, -3.0);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 * (x ** (-3.0d0))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * Math.pow(x, -3.0);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 2.0 * math.pow(x, -3.0)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 * (x ^ -3.0))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 * (x ^ -3.0);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(2.0 * N[Power[x, -3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   2. associate-+r- 64.6%

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

   3. sub-neg 64.6%

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

   4. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   5. neg-sub0 64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

   8. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   9. distribute-frac-neg2 64.6%

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

   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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   12. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   13. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   14. sub0-neg 64.6%

       \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

3. Simplified 64.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
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-inv 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} \]

   2. pow-flip 99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{\left(-3\right)}} \]

   3. metadata-eval 99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{-3}} \]

7. Applied egg-rr 99.1%

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

Alternative 2: 98.7% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 2 \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}}{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 2.0 (/ (* (/ 1.0 x) (/ 1.0 x)) x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * (((1.0 / x) * (1.0 / x)) / x);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 * (((1.0d0 / x) * (1.0d0 / x)) / x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 * (((1.0 / x) * (1.0 / x)) / x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 2.0 * (((1.0 / x) * (1.0 / x)) / x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(1.0 / x) * Float64(1.0 / x)) / x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 * (((1.0 / x) * (1.0 / x)) / x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(2.0 * N[(N[(N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   2. associate-+r- 64.6%

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

   3. sub-neg 64.6%

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

   4. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   5. neg-sub0 64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

   8. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   9. distribute-frac-neg2 64.6%

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

   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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   12. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   13. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   14. sub0-neg 64.6%

       \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

3. Simplified 64.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
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-inv 98.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} \]

   2. pow-flip 99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{\left(-3\right)}} \]

   3. metadata-eval 99.1%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot {x}^{\color{blue}{-3}} \]

7. Applied egg-rr 99.1%

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

   1. metadata-eval 99.1%

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

   2. pow-pow 98.7%

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

   3. inv-pow 98.7%

      \[\leadsto 2 \cdot {\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}}^{3} \]

   4. cube-mult 98.7%

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

   5. inv-pow 98.7%

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

   6. inv-pow 98.7%

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

   7. pow-prod-up 98.9%

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

   8. metadata-eval 98.9%

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

9. Applied egg-rr 98.9%

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

    1. associate-*l/ 99.0%

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

    2. *-lft-identity 99.0%

       \[\leadsto 2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{{x}^{-2}}}{x} \]

11. Simplified 99.0%

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

    1. metadata-eval 99.0%

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

    2. pow-prod-up 98.8%

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

    3. inv-pow 98.8%

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

    4. inv-pow 98.8%

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

13. Applied egg-rr 98.8%

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

Alternative 3: 68.9% accurate, 1.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / (x + -1.0)) + (-1.0 / x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return (1.0 / (x + -1.0)) + (-1.0 / x)

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   2. associate-+r- 64.6%

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

   3. sub-neg 64.6%

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

   4. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   5. neg-sub0 64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

   8. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   9. distribute-frac-neg2 64.6%

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

   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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   12. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   13. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   14. sub0-neg 64.6%

       \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

3. Simplified 64.6%

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

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return (1.0 / x) + (-1.0 / x)

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   2. associate-+r- 64.6%

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

   3. sub-neg 64.6%

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

   4. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   5. neg-sub0 64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

   8. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   9. distribute-frac-neg2 64.6%

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

   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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   12. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   13. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   14. sub0-neg 64.6%

       \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

3. Simplified 64.6%

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

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{2}{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 x))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / x;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 / x
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / x;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 2.0 / x

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 / x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 / x;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]

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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   2. associate-+r- 64.6%

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

   3. sub-neg 64.6%

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

   4. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   5. neg-sub0 64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

   8. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   9. distribute-frac-neg2 64.6%

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

   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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   12. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   13. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   14. sub0-neg 64.6%

       \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

3. Simplified 64.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + -1} + \left(\frac{-2}{x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}\right)} \]
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-identity 4.9%

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

   2. frac-2neg 4.9%

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

   3. metadata-eval 4.9%

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

   4. add-sqr-sqrt 2.4%

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

   5. sqrt-unprod 47.6%

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

   6. sqr-neg 47.6%

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

   7. sqrt-prod 3.0%

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

   8. add-sqr-sqrt 6.2%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 6.2%

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

   1. *-lft-identity 6.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{x}} \]

9. Simplified 6.2%

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

Alternative 6: 5.1% accurate, 5.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ -1.0 x))

C

double code(double x) {
	return -1.0 / x;
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return -1.0 / x;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return -1.0 / x

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(-1.0 / x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -1.0 / x;
end

Wolfram

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

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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   2. associate-+r- 64.6%

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

   3. sub-neg 64.6%

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

   4. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   5. neg-sub0 64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

   8. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   9. distribute-frac-neg2 64.6%

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

   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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   12. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   13. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   14. sub0-neg 64.6%

       \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

3. Simplified 64.6%

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

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-2}{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ -2.0 x))

C

double code(double x) {
	return -2.0 / x;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = (-2.0d0) / x
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return -2.0 / x;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return -2.0 / x

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(-2.0 / x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -2.0 / x;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(-2.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]

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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   2. associate-+r- 64.6%

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

   3. sub-neg 64.6%

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

   4. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   5. neg-sub0 64.6%

      \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \left(-x\right)\right)} + 1}\right) + \left(-\frac{2}{x}\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

   8. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   9. distribute-frac-neg2 64.6%

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

   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. +-commutative 64.6%

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

   12. remove-double-neg 64.6%

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

   13. distribute-neg-frac2 64.6%

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

   14. sub0-neg 64.6%

       \[\leadsto \left(-\frac{1}{\color{blue}{0 - \left(x - 1\right)}}\right) + \left(\frac{2}{-x} + \left(-\frac{1}{\left(-x\right) - 1}\right)\right) \]

   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-sub0 64.6%

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

3. Simplified 64.6%

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

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{2}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot x - 1\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 2.0 (* x (- (* x x) 1.0))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 2.0d0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0d0))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(2.0 / Float64(x * Float64(Float64(x * x) - 1.0)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 2.0 / (x * ((x * x) - 1.0));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(2.0 / N[(x * N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Reproduce

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))))