2frac (problem 3.3.1)

Percentage Accurate: 77.0% → 99.9%
Time: 5.3s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 1.3×

Specification

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

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: 77.0% accurate, 1.0× 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}

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{-1 - x} \end{array} \]
(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{\frac{1}{x}}{-1 - x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right) \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    4. metadata-eval74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr74.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{x}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
    3. unsub-neg74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1}{x}} \]
    4. *-inverses74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{1 + x}}}{x} \]
    5. associate-/r*50.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot x}} \]
    6. *-commutative50.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1 + x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    7. associate-/r*74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    8. div-sub74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    9. *-inverses74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x}{x}} - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x} \]
    10. div-sub75.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x}}}{1 + x} \]
    11. associate-/r*75.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    12. +-commutative75.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    13. associate--r+98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x - x\right) - 1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    14. +-inverses98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    15. metadata-eval98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    16. distribute-lft-in98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 1 + x \cdot x}} \]
    17. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x \cdot 1 + \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}} \]
    18. *-rgt-identity98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x} + {x}^{2}} \]
  6. Simplified98.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + {x}^{2}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr98.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-2neg98.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)}} \]
    2. metadata-eval98.5%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)\right)}^{-1}} \]
    4. neg-mul-198.5%

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(x + x \cdot x\right)\right)}}^{-1} \]
    5. distribute-rgt1-in98.5%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
    6. add-sqr-sqrt51.0%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    7. sqrt-prod55.3%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x}}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    8. sqr-neg55.3%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    9. sqrt-unprod13.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    10. add-sqr-sqrt27.3%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    11. distribute-rgt-neg-in27.3%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
    12. distribute-rgt1-in27.3%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(x + x \cdot x\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    13. distribute-neg-in27.3%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
    14. add-sqr-sqrt13.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    15. sqrt-unprod12.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    16. sqr-neg12.2%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    17. sqrt-prod34.0%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    18. add-sqr-sqrt70.4%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{x} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
    19. sub-neg70.4%

      \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
    20. unpow-prod-down70.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{-1}^{-1} \cdot {\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}^{-1}} \]
    21. metadata-eval70.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}^{-1} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr51.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{-2}} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-mul-151.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{-2}} \]
    2. exp-to-pow48.6%

      \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot -2}} \]
    3. metadata-eval48.6%

      \[\leadsto -e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}} \]
    4. distribute-rgt-neg-in48.6%

      \[\leadsto -e^{\color{blue}{-\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot 2}} \]
    5. exp-neg48.0%

      \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot 2}}} \]
    6. exp-to-pow51.1%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
    7. unpow251.1%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right) \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)}} \]
    8. hypot-undefine51.1%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
    9. rem-square-sqrt51.1%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
    10. fma-undefine51.1%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
    11. hypot-undefine51.1%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}}} \]
    12. rem-square-sqrt74.9%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x}}} \]
    13. fma-undefine74.9%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}} \]
    14. rem-square-sqrt98.5%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}} \]
    15. fma-undefine98.5%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + x}} \]
    16. *-rgt-identity98.5%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x \cdot 1}} \]
    17. distribute-lft-in98.5%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    18. associate-/r*99.9%

      \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x + 1}} \]
    19. unpow-199.9%

      \[\leadsto -\frac{\color{blue}{{x}^{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
  12. Simplified99.9%

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

Alternative 2: 98.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-1}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) - \frac{1}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x -1.0) (not (<= x 1.0)))
   (/ (/ -1.0 x) x)
   (- (- 1.0 x) (/ 1.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x;
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 - x) - (1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= (-1.0d0)) .or. (.not. (x <= 1.0d0))) then
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) / x) / x
    else
        tmp = (1.0d0 - x) - (1.0d0 / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0)) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x;
	} else {
		tmp = (1.0 - x) - (1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= -1.0) or not (x <= 1.0):
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x
	else:
		tmp = (1.0 - x) - (1.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 1.0))
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 / x) / x);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) - Float64(1.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || ~((x <= 1.0)))
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x;
	else
		tmp = (1.0 - x) - (1.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, -1.0], N[Not[LessEqual[x, 1.0]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] - N[(1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-1}{x}}{x}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) - \frac{1}{x}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -1 or 1 < x

    1. Initial program 54.5%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg54.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right) \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
      4. metadata-eval54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr54.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg54.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1}{x}} \]
      4. *-inverses54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{1 + x}}}{x} \]
      5. associate-/r*11.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot x}} \]
      6. *-commutative11.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1 + x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
      7. associate-/r*54.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
      8. div-sub54.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
      9. *-inverses54.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x}{x}} - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x} \]
      10. div-sub56.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x}}}{1 + x} \]
      11. associate-/r*56.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
      12. +-commutative56.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{x - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      13. associate--r+97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x - x\right) - 1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      14. +-inverses97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      15. metadata-eval97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      16. distribute-lft-in97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 1 + x \cdot x}} \]
      17. unpow297.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x \cdot 1 + \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}} \]
      18. *-rgt-identity97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x} + {x}^{2}} \]
    6. Simplified97.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + {x}^{2}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow297.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr97.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-2neg97.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)}} \]
      2. metadata-eval97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)} \]
      3. inv-pow97.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)\right)}^{-1}} \]
      4. neg-mul-197.3%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(x + x \cdot x\right)\right)}}^{-1} \]
      5. distribute-rgt1-in97.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt54.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      7. sqrt-prod78.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x}}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      8. sqr-neg78.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      9. sqrt-unprod23.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      11. distribute-rgt-neg-in48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      12. distribute-rgt1-in48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(x + x \cdot x\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      13. distribute-neg-in48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      14. add-sqr-sqrt23.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      15. sqrt-unprod1.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      16. sqr-neg1.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      17. sqrt-prod25.1%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      18. add-sqr-sqrt48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{x} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      19. sub-neg48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      20. unpow-prod-down48.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{-1}^{-1} \cdot {\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}^{-1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval48.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}^{-1} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr55.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{-2}} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-155.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{-2}} \]
      2. exp-to-pow53.2%

        \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot -2}} \]
      3. metadata-eval53.2%

        \[\leadsto -e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}} \]
      4. distribute-rgt-neg-in53.2%

        \[\leadsto -e^{\color{blue}{-\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot 2}} \]
      5. exp-neg52.0%

        \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot 2}}} \]
      6. exp-to-pow54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
      7. unpow254.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right) \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)}} \]
      8. hypot-undefine54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
      9. rem-square-sqrt54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
      10. fma-undefine54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
      11. hypot-undefine54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}}} \]
      12. rem-square-sqrt97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x}}} \]
      13. fma-undefine97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}} \]
      14. rem-square-sqrt97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}} \]
      15. fma-undefine97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + x}} \]
      16. *-rgt-identity97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x \cdot 1}} \]
      17. distribute-lft-in97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      18. associate-/r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x + 1}} \]
      19. unpow-199.9%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{\color{blue}{{x}^{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    12. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{-1 - x}} \]
    13. Taylor expanded in x around inf 96.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} \]
    14. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-196.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{-x}} \]
    15. Simplified96.0%

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

    if -1 < x < 1

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + -1 \cdot x\right)} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-199.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right) - \frac{1}{x} \]
      2. sub-neg99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    5. Simplified99.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification97.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-1}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(1 - x\right) - \frac{1}{x}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 98.4% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 0.75\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-1}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= x -1.0) (not (<= x 0.75))) (/ (/ -1.0 x) x) (+ 1.0 (/ -1.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 0.75)) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x <= (-1.0d0)) .or. (.not. (x <= 0.75d0))) then
        tmp = ((-1.0d0) / x) / x
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 + ((-1.0d0) / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 0.75)) {
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 + (-1.0 / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if (x <= -1.0) or not (x <= 0.75):
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 + (-1.0 / x)
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((x <= -1.0) || !(x <= 0.75))
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-1.0 / x) / x);
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 + Float64(-1.0 / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x <= -1.0) || ~((x <= 0.75)))
		tmp = (-1.0 / x) / x;
	else
		tmp = 1.0 + (-1.0 / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[Or[LessEqual[x, -1.0], N[Not[LessEqual[x, 0.75]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 + N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 0.75\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-1}{x}}{x}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 + \frac{-1}{x}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -1 or 0.75 < x

    1. Initial program 54.5%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg54.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right) \]
      3. distribute-neg-frac54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
      4. metadata-eval54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr54.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{x}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. metadata-eval54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
      2. distribute-neg-frac54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
      3. unsub-neg54.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1}{x}} \]
      4. *-inverses54.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{1 + x}}}{x} \]
      5. associate-/r*11.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot x}} \]
      6. *-commutative11.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1 + x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
      7. associate-/r*54.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
      8. div-sub54.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
      9. *-inverses54.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x}{x}} - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x} \]
      10. div-sub56.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x}}}{1 + x} \]
      11. associate-/r*56.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
      12. +-commutative56.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{x - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      13. associate--r+97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x - x\right) - 1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      14. +-inverses97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      15. metadata-eval97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
      16. distribute-lft-in97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 1 + x \cdot x}} \]
      17. unpow297.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x \cdot 1 + \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}} \]
      18. *-rgt-identity97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x} + {x}^{2}} \]
    6. Simplified97.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + {x}^{2}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow297.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr97.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-2neg97.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{--1}{-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)}} \]
      2. metadata-eval97.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)} \]
      3. inv-pow97.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(-\left(x + x \cdot x\right)\right)}^{-1}} \]
      4. neg-mul-197.3%

        \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \left(x + x \cdot x\right)\right)}}^{-1} \]
      5. distribute-rgt1-in97.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt54.5%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      7. sqrt-prod78.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x}}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      8. sqr-neg78.0%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      9. sqrt-unprod23.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      11. distribute-rgt-neg-in48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      12. distribute-rgt1-in48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(-\color{blue}{\left(x + x \cdot x\right)}\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      13. distribute-neg-in48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(-x\right) + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      14. add-sqr-sqrt23.3%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{-x} \cdot \sqrt{-x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      15. sqrt-unprod1.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(-x\right) \cdot \left(-x\right)}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      16. sqr-neg1.9%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      17. sqrt-prod25.1%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      18. add-sqr-sqrt48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{x} + \left(-x \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}^{-1} \]
      19. sub-neg48.4%

        \[\leadsto {\left(-1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}\right)}^{-1} \]
      20. unpow-prod-down48.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{-1}^{-1} \cdot {\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}^{-1}} \]
      21. metadata-eval48.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \cdot {\left(x - x \cdot x\right)}^{-1} \]
    10. Applied egg-rr55.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot {\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{-2}} \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-155.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{-2}} \]
      2. exp-to-pow53.2%

        \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot -2}} \]
      3. metadata-eval53.2%

        \[\leadsto -e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-2\right)}} \]
      4. distribute-rgt-neg-in53.2%

        \[\leadsto -e^{\color{blue}{-\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot 2}} \]
      5. exp-neg52.0%

        \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{\log \left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot 2}}} \]
      6. exp-to-pow54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}^{2}}} \]
      7. unpow254.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right) \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)}} \]
      8. hypot-undefine54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
      9. rem-square-sqrt54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
      10. fma-undefine54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}} \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{x}\right)} \]
      11. hypot-undefine54.6%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x + \sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}}} \]
      12. rem-square-sqrt97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x}}} \]
      13. fma-undefine97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}}} \]
      14. rem-square-sqrt97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, x\right)}} \]
      15. fma-undefine97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + x}} \]
      16. *-rgt-identity97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{x \cdot 1}} \]
      17. distribute-lft-in97.3%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
      18. associate-/r*99.9%

        \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{x + 1}} \]
      19. unpow-199.9%

        \[\leadsto -\frac{\color{blue}{{x}^{-1}}}{x + 1} \]
    12. Simplified99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{-1 - x}} \]
    13. Taylor expanded in x around inf 96.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}} \]
    14. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-196.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\color{blue}{-x}} \]
    15. Simplified96.0%

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

    if -1 < x < 0.75

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification97.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1 \lor \neg \left(x \leq 0.75\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{-1}{x}}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 + \frac{-1}{x}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 74.8% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+102}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -1.0) 0.0 (if (<= x 4.5e+102) (/ -1.0 x) 0.0)))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -1.0) {
		tmp = 0.0;
	} else if (x <= 4.5e+102) {
		tmp = -1.0 / x;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= (-1.0d0)) then
        tmp = 0.0d0
    else if (x <= 4.5d+102) then
        tmp = (-1.0d0) / x
    else
        tmp = 0.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -1.0) {
		tmp = 0.0;
	} else if (x <= 4.5e+102) {
		tmp = -1.0 / x;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -1.0:
		tmp = 0.0
	elif x <= 4.5e+102:
		tmp = -1.0 / x
	else:
		tmp = 0.0
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -1.0)
		tmp = 0.0;
	elseif (x <= 4.5e+102)
		tmp = Float64(-1.0 / x);
	else
		tmp = 0.0;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -1.0)
		tmp = 0.0;
	elseif (x <= 4.5e+102)
		tmp = -1.0 / x;
	else
		tmp = 0.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, -1.0], 0.0, If[LessEqual[x, 4.5e+102], N[(-1.0 / x), $MachinePrecision], 0.0]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -1:\\
\;\;\;\;0\\

\mathbf{elif}\;x \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{+102}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-1}{x}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;0\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -1 or 4.50000000000000021e102 < x

    1. Initial program 64.7%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around inf 61.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 61.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]

    if -1 < x < 4.50000000000000021e102

    1. Initial program 82.3%

      \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 78.9%

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

Alternative 5: 99.3% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-1}{x + x \cdot x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right) \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    4. metadata-eval74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr74.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{x}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
    3. unsub-neg74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1}{x}} \]
    4. *-inverses74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{1 + x}}}{x} \]
    5. associate-/r*50.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot x}} \]
    6. *-commutative50.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1 + x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    7. associate-/r*74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    8. div-sub74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    9. *-inverses74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x}{x}} - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x} \]
    10. div-sub75.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x}}}{1 + x} \]
    11. associate-/r*75.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    12. +-commutative75.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    13. associate--r+98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x - x\right) - 1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    14. +-inverses98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    15. metadata-eval98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    16. distribute-lft-in98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 1 + x \cdot x}} \]
    17. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x \cdot 1 + \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}} \]
    18. *-rgt-identity98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x} + {x}^{2}} \]
  6. Simplified98.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + {x}^{2}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr98.5%

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

Alternative 6: 99.3% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \end{array} \]
(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(-1.0 / Float64(x * Float64(1.0 + x)))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -1.0 / (x * (1.0 + x));
end
code[x_] := N[(-1.0 / N[(x * N[(1.0 + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{-1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
    2. +-commutative74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1 + x}} + \left(-\frac{1}{x}\right) \]
    3. distribute-neg-frac74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x}} \]
    4. metadata-eval74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr74.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{-1}{x}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x} \]
    2. distribute-neg-frac74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
    3. unsub-neg74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1}{x}} \]
    4. *-inverses74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{1 + x}}}{x} \]
    5. associate-/r*50.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{1 + x}{\left(1 + x\right) \cdot x}} \]
    6. *-commutative50.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{1 + x}{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    7. associate-/r*74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + x} - \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    8. div-sub74.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x}} \]
    9. *-inverses74.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x}{x}} - \frac{1 + x}{x}}{1 + x} \]
    10. div-sub75.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x}}}{1 + x} \]
    11. associate-/r*75.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x - \left(1 + x\right)}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)}} \]
    12. +-commutative75.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{x - \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    13. associate--r+98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x - x\right) - 1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    14. +-inverses98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0} - 1}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    15. metadata-eval98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x \cdot \left(1 + x\right)} \]
    16. distribute-lft-in98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 1 + x \cdot x}} \]
    17. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x \cdot 1 + \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}} \]
    18. *-rgt-identity98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{x} + {x}^{2}} \]
  6. Simplified98.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{x + {x}^{2}}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. unpow298.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x + \color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
    2. distribute-rgt1-in98.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x}} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr98.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot x}} \]
  9. Final simplification98.5%

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

Alternative 7: 27.7% accurate, 9.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 0.0)
double code(double x) {
	return 0.0;
}
real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 0.0d0
end function
public static double code(double x) {
	return 0.0;
}
def code(x):
	return 0.0
function code(x)
	return 0.0
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
end
code[x_] := 0.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 74.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in x around inf 28.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}} - \frac{1}{x} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0 28.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024116 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "2frac (problem 3.3.1)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 x)))