NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B

Percentage Accurate: 78.9% → 99.7%
Time: 10.8s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 1.9×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((Math.PI / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
def code(a, b):
	return ((math.pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b))
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) * Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * a)))) * Float64(Float64(1.0 / a) - Float64(1.0 / b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)
\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 5 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: 78.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return ((Math.PI / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
}
def code(a, b):
	return ((math.pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b))
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) * Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(a * a)))) * Float64(Float64(1.0 / a) - Float64(1.0 / b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = ((pi / 2.0) * (1.0 / ((b * b) - (a * a)))) * ((1.0 / a) - (1.0 / b));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(1.0 / a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(1.0 / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.7% accurate, 1.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}{a + b} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (* 0.5 (/ (/ PI a) b)) (+ a b)))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * ((((double) M_PI) / a) / b)) / (a + b);
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * ((Math.PI / a) / b)) / (a + b);
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (0.5 * ((math.pi / a) / b)) / (a + b)
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(0.5 * Float64(Float64(pi / a) / b)) / Float64(a + b))
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (0.5 * ((pi / a) / b)) / (a + b);
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(0.5 * N[(N[(Pi / a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}{a + b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 78.9%

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. un-div-inv79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. difference-of-squares89.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    3. associate-/r*89.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a}}{b - a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    4. div-inv89.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{b + a}}{b - a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval89.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{b + a}}{b - a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  4. Applied egg-rr89.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b + a}}{b - a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b + a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b - a}} \]
    2. associate-/l*99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot \frac{0.5}{b + a}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b - a} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\pi \cdot \frac{0.5}{b + a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b - a}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot \frac{0.5}{b + a}\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    2. associate-*r/99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b + a}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. *-commutative99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    4. +-commutative99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\color{blue}{a + b}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    5. sub-neg99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
    6. distribute-neg-frac99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
    7. metadata-eval99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
  8. Simplified99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}}{a + b}} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}}{a + b}} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}}{a + b} \]
  12. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/r*99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}}{a + b} \]
  13. Simplified99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{a}}{b}}}{a + b} \]
  14. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 70.7% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.05 \cdot 10^{+103}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -3.05e+103)
   (/ (* 0.5 PI) (* (* a b) (- b a)))
   (* (/ 0.5 (* a b)) (/ PI b))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3.05e+103) {
		tmp = (0.5 * ((double) M_PI)) / ((a * b) * (b - a));
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (((double) M_PI) / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3.05e+103) {
		tmp = (0.5 * Math.PI) / ((a * b) * (b - a));
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (Math.PI / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -3.05e+103:
		tmp = (0.5 * math.pi) / ((a * b) * (b - a))
	else:
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (math.pi / b)
	return tmp
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -3.05e+103)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 * pi) / Float64(Float64(a * b) * Float64(b - a)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / Float64(a * b)) * Float64(pi / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -3.05e+103)
		tmp = (0.5 * pi) / ((a * b) * (b - a));
	else
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (pi / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -3.05e+103], N[(N[(0.5 * Pi), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(b - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.5 / N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(Pi / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.05 \cdot 10^{+103}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -3.0500000000000001e103

    1. Initial program 62.1%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      3. associate-*r/62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r*62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1\right)}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      5. *-rgt-identity62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      6. sub-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      7. distribute-neg-frac62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      8. metadata-eval62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    3. Simplified62.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-squares80.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      2. times-frac99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt47.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      4. sqrt-unprod57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b} \cdot \frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      5. frac-times57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot -1}{b \cdot b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      6. metadata-eval57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      7. metadata-eval57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      8. frac-times57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      9. sqrt-unprod32.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      11. div-inv62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{b - a} \]
      12. metadata-eval62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{b - a} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr62.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      2. +-commutative62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{\color{blue}{a + b}} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      3. *-commutative62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{b - a} \]
    8. Simplified62.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in b around 0 62.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-times62.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity62.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr62.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]

    if -3.0500000000000001e103 < a

    1. Initial program 82.4%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative82.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*82.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      3. associate-*r/82.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r*82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1\right)}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      5. *-rgt-identity82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      6. sub-neg82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      7. distribute-neg-frac82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      8. metadata-eval82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    3. Simplified82.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-squares91.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      2. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt50.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      4. sqrt-unprod81.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b} \cdot \frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      5. frac-times81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot -1}{b \cdot b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      6. metadata-eval81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      7. metadata-eval81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      8. frac-times81.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      9. sqrt-unprod34.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      11. div-inv71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{b - a} \]
      12. metadata-eval71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{b - a} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      2. +-commutative71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{\color{blue}{a + b}} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      3. *-commutative71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{b - a} \]
    8. Simplified71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in b around 0 71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-times70.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr70.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. times-frac71.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b - a}} \]
    13. Simplified71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b - a}} \]
    14. Taylor expanded in b around inf 72.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 70.7% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.75 \cdot 10^{+99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a} \cdot -0.5}{a \cdot b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -3.75e+99)
   (/ (* (/ PI a) -0.5) (* a b))
   (* (/ 0.5 (* a b)) (/ PI b))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3.75e+99) {
		tmp = ((((double) M_PI) / a) * -0.5) / (a * b);
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (((double) M_PI) / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3.75e+99) {
		tmp = ((Math.PI / a) * -0.5) / (a * b);
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (Math.PI / b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -3.75e+99:
		tmp = ((math.pi / a) * -0.5) / (a * b)
	else:
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (math.pi / b)
	return tmp
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -3.75e+99)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(pi / a) * -0.5) / Float64(a * b));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / Float64(a * b)) * Float64(pi / b));
	end
	return tmp
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -3.75e+99)
		tmp = ((pi / a) * -0.5) / (a * b);
	else
		tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (pi / b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -3.75e+99], N[(N[(N[(Pi / a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.5 / N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(Pi / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.75 \cdot 10^{+99}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a} \cdot -0.5}{a \cdot b}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -3.74999999999999982e99

    1. Initial program 62.1%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      3. associate-*r/62.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r*62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1\right)}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      5. *-rgt-identity62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      6. sub-neg62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      7. distribute-neg-frac62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      8. metadata-eval62.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    3. Simplified62.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-squares80.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      2. times-frac99.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt47.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      4. sqrt-unprod57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b} \cdot \frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      5. frac-times57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot -1}{b \cdot b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      6. metadata-eval57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      7. metadata-eval57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      8. frac-times57.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      9. sqrt-unprod32.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      11. div-inv62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{b - a} \]
      12. metadata-eval62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{b - a} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr62.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      2. +-commutative62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{\color{blue}{a + b}} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      3. *-commutative62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{b - a} \]
    8. Simplified62.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in b around 0 62.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*l/62.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}}{a \cdot b}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity62.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}}}{a \cdot b} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr62.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}}{a \cdot b}} \]
    12. Taylor expanded in b around 0 62.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a}}}{a \cdot b} \]

    if -3.74999999999999982e99 < a

    1. Initial program 82.4%

      \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative82.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right)} \]
      2. associate-*r*82.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      3. associate-*r/82.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
      4. associate-*r*82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1\right)}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      5. *-rgt-identity82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      6. sub-neg82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      7. distribute-neg-frac82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
      8. metadata-eval82.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    3. Simplified82.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. difference-of-squares91.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      2. times-frac99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt50.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      4. sqrt-unprod81.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b} \cdot \frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      5. frac-times81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot -1}{b \cdot b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      6. metadata-eval81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      7. metadata-eval81.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      8. frac-times81.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      9. sqrt-unprod34.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
      11. div-inv71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{b - a} \]
      12. metadata-eval71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{b - a} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      2. +-commutative71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{\color{blue}{a + b}} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
      3. *-commutative71.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{b - a} \]
    8. Simplified71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in b around 0 71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a} \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-times70.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)} \]
    11. Applied egg-rr70.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    12. Step-by-step derivation
      1. times-frac71.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b - a}} \]
    13. Simplified71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b - a}} \]
    14. Taylor expanded in b around inf 72.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification71.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.75 \cdot 10^{+99}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\pi}{a} \cdot -0.5}{a \cdot b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 99.7% accurate, 1.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}{a + b} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (* 0.5 (/ PI (* a b))) (+ a b)))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * (((double) M_PI) / (a * b))) / (a + b);
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * (Math.PI / (a * b))) / (a + b);
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (0.5 * (math.pi / (a * b))) / (a + b)
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(0.5 * Float64(pi / Float64(a * b))) / Float64(a + b))
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (0.5 * (pi / (a * b))) / (a + b);
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(0.5 * N[(Pi / N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(a + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}{a + b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 78.9%

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. un-div-inv79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. difference-of-squares89.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    3. associate-/r*89.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b + a}}{b - a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    4. div-inv89.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{b + a}}{b - a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    5. metadata-eval89.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{b + a}}{b - a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  4. Applied egg-rr89.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b + a}}{b - a}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b + a} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b - a}} \]
    2. associate-/l*99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot \frac{0.5}{b + a}\right)} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b - a} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\pi \cdot \frac{0.5}{b + a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right)}{b - a}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-/l*99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\pi \cdot \frac{0.5}{b + a}\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
    2. associate-*r/99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b + a}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    3. *-commutative99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    4. +-commutative99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\color{blue}{a + b}} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}}{b - a} \]
    5. sub-neg99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)}}{b - a} \]
    6. distribute-neg-frac99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}}{b - a} \]
    7. metadata-eval99.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}}{b - a} \]
  8. Simplified99.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*l/99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}}{a + b}} \]
  10. Applied egg-rr99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b - a}}{a + b}} \]
  11. Taylor expanded in a around 0 99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\pi}{a \cdot b}}}{a + b} \]
  12. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 62.3% accurate, 2.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b} \end{array} \]
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (/ 0.5 (* a b)) (/ PI b)))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 / (a * b)) * (((double) M_PI) / b);
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 / (a * b)) * (Math.PI / b);
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (0.5 / (a * b)) * (math.pi / b)
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(0.5 / Float64(a * b)) * Float64(pi / b))
end
a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (0.5 / (a * b)) * (pi / b);
end
NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(0.5 / N[(a * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(Pi / b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 78.9%

    \[\left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative78.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right)} \]
    2. associate-*r*78.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    3. associate-*r/79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot 1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
    4. associate-*r*79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cdot 1\right)}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    5. *-rgt-identity79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    6. sub-neg79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \left(-\frac{1}{b}\right)\right)} \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    7. distribute-neg-frac79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{b}}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
    8. metadata-eval79.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a} \]
  3. Simplified79.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. difference-of-squares89.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}\right) \cdot \frac{\pi}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    2. times-frac99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{-1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt49.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    4. sqrt-unprod77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{-1}{b} \cdot \frac{-1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    5. frac-times77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot -1}{b \cdot b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    6. metadata-eval77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    7. metadata-eval77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{b \cdot b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    8. frac-times77.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    9. sqrt-unprod34.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{b}}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    10. add-sqr-sqrt70.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\frac{\pi}{2}}{b - a} \]
    11. div-inv70.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\pi \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{b - a} \]
    12. metadata-eval70.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}}{b - a} \]
  6. Applied egg-rr70.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative70.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}}{b + a} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
    2. +-commutative70.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{\color{blue}{a + b}} \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 0.5}{b - a} \]
    3. *-commutative70.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{b - a} \]
  8. Simplified70.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}{a + b} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{b - a} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. frac-times69.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
    2. *-un-lft-identity69.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \pi}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)} \]
  11. Applied egg-rr69.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \pi}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(b - a\right)}} \]
  12. Step-by-step derivation
    1. times-frac70.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b - a}} \]
  13. Simplified70.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \frac{\pi}{b - a}} \]
  14. Taylor expanded in b around inf 67.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{b}} \]
  15. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024160 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B"
  :precision binary64
  (* (* (/ PI 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))