Asymptote A

Percentage Accurate: 77.0% → 99.9%

Time: 7.4s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 77.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \frac{\frac{2}{x\_m + -1}}{-1 - x\_m} \end{array} \]

FPCore

x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (/ (/ 2.0 (+ x_m -1.0)) (- -1.0 x_m)))

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return (2.0 / (x_m + -1.0)) / (-1.0 - x_m);
}

Python

x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return (2.0 / (x_m + -1.0)) / (-1.0 - x_m)

Julia

x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return Float64(Float64(2.0 / Float64(x_m + -1.0)) / Float64(-1.0 - x_m))
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := N[(N[(2.0 / N[(x$95$m + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(-1.0 - x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 77.7%

   \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   2. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   3. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   4. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   5. associate-+l- 77.7%

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

   6. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   7. remove-double-neg 77.7%

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

   8. distribute-neg-in 77.7%

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

   9. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   10. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   11. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   12. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   13. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   14. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   15. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   16. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   17. metadata-eval 77.7%

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

3. Simplified 77.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
4. Add Preprocessing
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. frac-sub 78.2%

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

   2. *-rgt-identity 78.2%

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

   3. metadata-eval 78.2%

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

   4. div-inv 78.2%

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

   5. associate-/r* 78.1%

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

   6. metadata-eval 78.1%

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

   7. div-inv 78.1%

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

   8. *-un-lft-identity 78.1%

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

   9. associate--l- 81.2%

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

   10. div-inv 81.2%

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

   11. metadata-eval 81.2%

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

   12. *-rgt-identity 81.2%

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

   13. div-inv 81.2%

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

   14. metadata-eval 81.2%

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

   15. *-rgt-identity 81.2%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 81.2%

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

   1. *-un-lft-identity 81.2%

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

   2. associate--r+ 78.1%

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

   3. sub-neg 78.1%

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

   4. flip-- 54.6%

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

   5. +-commutative 54.6%

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

   6. distribute-neg-frac2 54.6%

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

   7. metadata-eval 54.6%

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

   8. metadata-eval 54.6%

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

   9. mul-1-neg 54.6%

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

   10. +-commutative 54.6%

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

   11. distribute-lft-in 54.6%

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

   12. metadata-eval 54.6%

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

   13. neg-mul-1 54.6%

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

   14. sub-neg 54.6%

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

   15. flip-+ 78.1%

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

   16. +-commutative 78.1%

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

8. Applied egg-rr 78.1%

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

   1. *-lft-identity 78.1%

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

   2. sub-neg 78.1%

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

   3. +-commutative 78.1%

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

   4. metadata-eval 78.1%

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

   5. distribute-neg-in 78.1%

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

   6. distribute-neg-frac2 78.1%

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

   7. distribute-neg-frac 78.1%

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

   8. associate-+l- 81.2%

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

   9. sub-neg 81.2%

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

   10. distribute-neg-in 81.2%

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

   11. metadata-eval 81.2%

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

   12. +-commutative 81.2%

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

   13. sub-neg 81.2%

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

   14. +-commutative 81.2%

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

   15. associate--r- 99.9%

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

   16. +-inverses 99.9%

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

   17. metadata-eval 99.9%

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

   18. metadata-eval 99.9%

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

   19. metadata-eval 99.9%

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

10. Simplified 99.9%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{2}{x + -1}}}{-1 - x} \]
11. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x\_m \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-2}{x\_m}}{x\_m}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (if (<= x_m 1.0) 2.0 (/ (/ -2.0 x_m) x_m)))

C

x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 / x_m) / x_m;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x_m <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = ((-2.0d0) / x_m) / x_m
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (-2.0 / x_m) / x_m;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	tmp = 0
	if x_m <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = (-2.0 / x_m) / x_m
	return tmp

Julia

x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-2.0 / x_m) / x_m);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

x_m = abs(x);
function tmp_2 = code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = (-2.0 / x_m) / x_m;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[x$95$m, 1.0], 2.0, N[(N[(-2.0 / x$95$m), $MachinePrecision] / x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if x < 1

   1. Initial program 86.9%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      2. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      3. distribute-neg-frac2 86.9%

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

      4. neg-sub0 86.9%

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

      5. associate-+l- 86.9%

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

      6. neg-sub0 86.9%

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

      7. remove-double-neg 86.9%

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

      8. distribute-neg-in 86.9%

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

      9. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      10. distribute-neg-frac2 86.9%

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

      11. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      12. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      13. unsub-neg 86.9%

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

      14. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      15. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      16. unsub-neg 86.9%

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

      17. metadata-eval 86.9%

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

   3. Simplified 86.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 69.0%

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

   if 1 < x

   1. Initial program 49.9%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      2. +-commutative 49.9%

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

      3. distribute-neg-frac2 49.9%

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

      4. neg-sub0 49.9%

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

      5. associate-+l- 49.9%

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

      6. neg-sub0 49.9%

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

      7. remove-double-neg 49.9%

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

      8. distribute-neg-in 49.9%

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

      9. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      10. distribute-neg-frac2 49.9%

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

      11. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      12. +-commutative 49.9%

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

      13. unsub-neg 49.9%

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

      14. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      15. +-commutative 49.9%

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

      16. unsub-neg 49.9%

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

      17. metadata-eval 49.9%

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

   3. Simplified 49.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
   4. Add Preprocessing
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. frac-sub 50.6%

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

      2. *-rgt-identity 50.6%

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

      3. metadata-eval 50.6%

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

      4. div-inv 50.6%

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

      5. associate-/r* 50.6%

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

      6. metadata-eval 50.6%

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

      7. div-inv 50.6%

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

      8. *-un-lft-identity 50.6%

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

      9. associate--l- 57.4%

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

      10. div-inv 57.4%

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

      11. metadata-eval 57.4%

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

      12. *-rgt-identity 57.4%

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

      13. div-inv 57.4%

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

      14. metadata-eval 57.4%

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

      15. *-rgt-identity 57.4%

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

   6. Applied egg-rr 57.4%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.3%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in x around inf 99.8%

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

      1. neg-mul-1 99.8%

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

   10. Simplified 99.8%

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

       1. add-cube-cbrt 98.6%

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

       2. associate-/l* 98.7%

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

       3. pow2 98.7%

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

       4. add-sqr-sqrt 98.9%

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

       5. sqrt-unprod 96.6%

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

       6. sqr-neg 96.6%

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

       7. sqrt-unprod 0.0%

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

       8. add-sqr-sqrt 98.7%

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

       9. distribute-neg-frac2 98.7%

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

       10. distribute-neg-frac 98.7%

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

       11. metadata-eval 98.7%

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

       12. add-sqr-sqrt 98.8%

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

       13. sqrt-unprod 96.6%

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

       14. sqr-neg 96.6%

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

       15. sqrt-unprod 0.0%

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

       16. add-sqr-sqrt 48.2%

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

       17. distribute-neg-frac2 48.2%

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

       18. distribute-neg-frac 48.2%

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

       19. metadata-eval 48.2%

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

   12. Applied egg-rr 98.7%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{-2}{x}}\right)}^{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{\frac{-2}{x}}}{x}} \]
   13. Step-by-step derivation

       1. associate-*r/ 98.6%

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

       2. unpow2 98.6%

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

       3. rem-3cbrt-lft 99.8%

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

   14. Simplified 99.8%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-2}{x}}{x}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 99.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \frac{-2}{\left(x\_m + -1\right) \cdot \left(x\_m + 1\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (/ -2.0 (* (+ x_m -1.0) (+ x_m 1.0))))

C

x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	return -2.0 / ((x_m + -1.0) * (x_m + 1.0));
}

Fortran

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

Java

x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return -2.0 / ((x_m + -1.0) * (x_m + 1.0));
}

Python

x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return -2.0 / ((x_m + -1.0) * (x_m + 1.0))

Julia

x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return Float64(-2.0 / Float64(Float64(x_m + -1.0) * Float64(x_m + 1.0)))
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := N[(-2.0 / N[(N[(x$95$m + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(x$95$m + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 77.7%

   \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   2. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   3. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   4. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   5. associate-+l- 77.7%

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

   6. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   7. remove-double-neg 77.7%

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

   8. distribute-neg-in 77.7%

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

   9. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   10. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   11. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   12. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   13. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   14. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   15. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   16. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   17. metadata-eval 77.7%

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

3. Simplified 77.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - x} - \frac{1}{-1 - x}} \]
4. Add Preprocessing
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   2. distribute-neg-frac 77.7%

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

   3. metadata-eval 77.7%

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

6. Applied egg-rr 77.7%

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

8. Simplified 99.2%

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

9. Final simplification 99.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\left(x + -1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)} \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 52.9% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x\_m \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x\_m}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 (if (<= x_m 1.0) 2.0 (/ -1.0 x_m)))

C

x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / x_m;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x_m <= 1.0d0) then
        tmp = 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (-1.0d0) / x_m
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	double tmp;
	if (x_m <= 1.0) {
		tmp = 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -1.0 / x_m;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	tmp = 0
	if x_m <= 1.0:
		tmp = 2.0
	else:
		tmp = -1.0 / x_m
	return tmp

Julia

x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 / x_m);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

x_m = abs(x);
function tmp_2 = code(x_m)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x_m <= 1.0)
		tmp = 2.0;
	else
		tmp = -1.0 / x_m;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := If[LessEqual[x$95$m, 1.0], 2.0, N[(-1.0 / x$95$m), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if x < 1

   1. Initial program 86.9%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      2. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      3. distribute-neg-frac2 86.9%

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

      4. neg-sub0 86.9%

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

      5. associate-+l- 86.9%

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

      6. neg-sub0 86.9%

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

      7. remove-double-neg 86.9%

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

      8. distribute-neg-in 86.9%

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

      9. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      10. distribute-neg-frac2 86.9%

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

      11. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      12. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      13. unsub-neg 86.9%

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

      14. sub-neg 86.9%

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

      15. +-commutative 86.9%

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

      16. unsub-neg 86.9%

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

      17. metadata-eval 86.9%

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

   3. Simplified 86.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 69.0%

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

   if 1 < x

   1. Initial program 49.9%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      2. +-commutative 49.9%

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

      3. distribute-neg-frac2 49.9%

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

      4. neg-sub0 49.9%

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

      5. associate-+l- 49.9%

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

      6. neg-sub0 49.9%

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

      7. remove-double-neg 49.9%

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

      8. distribute-neg-in 49.9%

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

      9. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      10. distribute-neg-frac2 49.9%

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

      11. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      12. +-commutative 49.9%

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

      13. unsub-neg 49.9%

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

      14. sub-neg 49.9%

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

      15. +-commutative 49.9%

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

      16. unsub-neg 49.9%

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

      17. metadata-eval 49.9%

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

   3. Simplified 49.9%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 2.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 2.7%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 6.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 50.7% accurate, 11.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ 2 \end{array} \]

FPCore

x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 2.0)

C

x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	return 2.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return 2.0;
}

Python

x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return 2.0

Julia

x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return 2.0
end

MATLAB

x_m = abs(x);
function tmp = code(x_m)
	tmp = 2.0;
end

Wolfram

x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := 2.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 77.7%

   \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   2. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   3. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   4. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   5. associate-+l- 77.7%

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

   6. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   7. remove-double-neg 77.7%

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

   8. distribute-neg-in 77.7%

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

   9. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   10. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   11. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   12. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   13. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   14. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   15. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   16. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   17. metadata-eval 77.7%

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

3. Simplified 77.7%

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

5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 52.4%

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

Alternative 6: 10.7% accurate, 11.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} x_m = \left|x\right| \\ 1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

x_m = (fabs.f64 x)
(FPCore (x_m) :precision binary64 1.0)

C

x_m = fabs(x);
double code(double x_m) {
	return 1.0;
}

Fortran

x_m = abs(x)
real(8) function code(x_m)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x_m
    code = 1.0d0
end function

Java

x_m = Math.abs(x);
public static double code(double x_m) {
	return 1.0;
}

Python

x_m = math.fabs(x)
def code(x_m):
	return 1.0

Julia

x_m = abs(x)
function code(x_m)
	return 1.0
end

MATLAB

x_m = abs(x);
function tmp = code(x_m)
	tmp = 1.0;
end

Wolfram

x_m = N[Abs[x], $MachinePrecision]
code[x$95$m_] := 1.0

Derivation

1. Initial program 77.7%

   \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   2. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   3. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   4. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   5. associate-+l- 77.7%

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

   6. neg-sub0 77.7%

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

   7. remove-double-neg 77.7%

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

   8. distribute-neg-in 77.7%

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

   9. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   10. distribute-neg-frac2 77.7%

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

   11. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   12. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   13. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   14. sub-neg 77.7%

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

   15. +-commutative 77.7%

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

   16. unsub-neg 77.7%

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

   17. metadata-eval 77.7%

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

3. Simplified 77.7%

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

5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 51.9%

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

6. Taylor expanded in x around inf 2.8%

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

7. Taylor expanded in x around inf 11.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024113 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Asymptote A"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))