ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.3% → 99.2%
Time: 8.1s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\left(0 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\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: 61.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.2% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -2e-154)
   (/ eps (+ x (hypot x (sqrt (- eps)))))
   (/ eps (+ x (fma eps (/ -0.5 x) x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = eps / (x + hypot(x, sqrt(-eps)));
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma(eps, (-0.5 / x), x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154)
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + hypot(x, sqrt(Float64(-eps)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(eps, Float64(-0.5 / x), x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-154], N[(eps / N[(x + N[Sqrt[x ^ 2 + N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(x + N[(eps * N[(-0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 99.0%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--98.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv98.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt98.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      7. sub-neg99.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt99.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-define99.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative99.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      2. +-inverses99.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      3. +-lft-identity99.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
      4. associate-*l/99.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      5. *-lft-identity99.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    6. Simplified99.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt46.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-define46.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr46.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative46.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      2. +-inverses46.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      3. +-lft-identity46.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
      4. associate-*l/46.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      5. *-lft-identity46.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    6. Simplified46.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}\right)} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot 0.5}}{x}\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      6. mul-1-neg98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\varepsilon\right)} \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      7. distribute-lft-neg-in98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon \cdot 0.5}}{x}\right)} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(-0.5\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
      9. metadata-eval98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-0.5}}{x}\right)} \]
      10. *-commutative98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}\right)} \]
      11. associate-*r/98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x\right)}} \]
      13. associate-*r/98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      14. associate-*l/98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon} + x\right)} \]
      15. *-commutative98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      16. fma-undefine98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}} \]
    9. Simplified98.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (/ eps (+ x (fma eps (/ -0.5 x) x))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (x + fma(eps, (-0.5 / x), x));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(x + fma(eps, Float64(-0.5 / x), x)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, eps_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(x + N[(eps * N[(-0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 99.0%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt46.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-define46.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr46.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative46.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      2. +-inverses46.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      3. +-lft-identity46.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
      4. associate-*l/46.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      5. *-lft-identity46.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    6. Simplified46.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}\right)}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}\right)} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) \cdot 0.5}}{x}\right)} \]
      3. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \varepsilon\right)} \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      4. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      5. rem-square-sqrt98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\left(\color{blue}{-1} \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      6. mul-1-neg98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(-\varepsilon\right)} \cdot 0.5}{x}\right)} \]
      7. distribute-lft-neg-in98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon \cdot 0.5}}{x}\right)} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-neg-in98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(-0.5\right)}}{x}\right)} \]
      9. metadata-eval98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-0.5}}{x}\right)} \]
      10. *-commutative98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \frac{\color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x}\right)} \]
      11. associate-*r/98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(x + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}}\right)} \]
      12. +-commutative98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x\right)}} \]
      13. associate-*r/98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      14. associate-*l/98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon} + x\right)} \]
      15. *-commutative98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \left(\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}} + x\right)} \]
      16. fma-undefine98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}} \]
    9. Simplified98.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 98.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (/ eps (+ (* x 2.0) (* eps (/ -0.5 x)))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
    if (t_0 <= (-2d-154)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0d0) + (eps * ((-0.5d0) / x)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	t_0 = x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -2e-154:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(x * 2.0) + Float64(eps * Float64(-0.5 / x))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$0, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(eps * N[(-0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 99.0%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 8.6%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--8.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv8.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt8.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt46.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-define46.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr46.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative46.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      2. +-inverses46.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      3. +-lft-identity46.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
      4. associate-*l/46.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      5. *-lft-identity46.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    6. Simplified46.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
      3. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}} \]
      4. associate-*r*0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}}{x}} \]
      5. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
      6. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}}{x}} \]
      7. rem-square-sqrt98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{x}} \]
      8. associate-*l*98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot -1\right)}}{x}} \]
      9. metadata-eval98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-0.5}}{x}} \]
      10. associate-*r/98.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
    9. Simplified98.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 87.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-110}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 4.2e-110)
   (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
   (/ eps (+ (* x 2.0) (* eps (/ -0.5 x))))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 4.2e-110) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 4.2d-110) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0d0) + (eps * ((-0.5d0) / x)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 4.2e-110) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 4.2e-110:
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)))
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 4.2e-110)
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(x * 2.0) + Float64(eps * Float64(-0.5 / x))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 4.2e-110)
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[x, 4.2e-110], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps / N[(N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(eps * N[(-0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-110}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 4.20000000000000004e-110

    1. Initial program 98.3%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around 0 96.6%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-196.6%

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    5. Simplified96.6%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]

    if 4.20000000000000004e-110 < x

    1. Initial program 26.9%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. flip--26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      2. div-inv26.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. add-sqr-sqrt26.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      4. associate--r-99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      5. pow299.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      6. pow299.5%

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

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
      8. add-sqr-sqrt59.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
      9. hypot-define59.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    4. Applied egg-rr59.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative59.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
      2. +-inverses59.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \]
      3. +-lft-identity59.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
      4. associate-*l/59.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
      5. *-lft-identity59.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
    6. Simplified59.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}} \]
      2. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
      3. associate-*r/0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}} \]
      4. associate-*r*0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}}{x}} \]
      5. *-commutative0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
      6. unpow20.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}}{x}} \]
      7. rem-square-sqrt81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{x}} \]
      8. associate-*l*81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot -1\right)}}{x}} \]
      9. metadata-eval81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-0.5}}{x}} \]
      10. associate-*r/81.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
    9. Simplified81.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 45.6% accurate, 9.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ eps (+ (* x 2.0) (* eps (/ -0.5 x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps / ((x * 2.0d0) + (eps * ((-0.5d0) / x)))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps / Float64(Float64(x * 2.0) + Float64(eps * Float64(-0.5 / x))))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps / ((x * 2.0) + (eps * (-0.5 / x)));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps / N[(N[(x * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(eps * N[(-0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.1%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--60.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. div-inv59.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. add-sqr-sqrt59.7%

      \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    4. associate--r-99.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    5. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    6. pow299.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    7. sub-neg99.4%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    8. add-sqr-sqrt76.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}} \]
    9. hypot-define76.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr76.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right) \cdot \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative76.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon\right)} \]
    2. +-inverses76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{0} + \varepsilon\right) \]
    3. +-lft-identity76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
    4. associate-*l/76.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
    5. *-lft-identity76.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)} \]
  6. Simplified76.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in eps around 0 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x} + 2 \cdot x}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}}} \]
    2. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
    3. associate-*r/0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x}}} \]
    4. associate-*r*0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \varepsilon\right) \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}}{x}} \]
    5. *-commutative0.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right)} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}}{x}} \]
    6. unpow20.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{-1} \cdot \sqrt{-1}\right)}}{x}} \]
    7. rem-square-sqrt46.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\left(\varepsilon \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{x}} \]
    8. associate-*l*46.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot -1\right)}}{x}} \]
    9. metadata-eval46.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{-0.5}}{x}} \]
    10. associate-*r/46.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot 2 + \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
  9. Simplified46.9%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot 2 + \varepsilon \cdot \frac{-0.5}{x}}} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 44.9% accurate, 21.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (/ eps x)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.5 * (eps / x);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = 0.5d0 * (eps / x)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return 0.5 * (eps / x);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return 0.5 * (eps / x)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(0.5 * Float64(eps / x))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.1%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in x around inf 46.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 5.7% accurate, 107.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 -1.0)
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return -1.0;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = -1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return -1.0;
}
def code(x, eps):
	return -1.0
function code(x, eps)
	return -1.0
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = -1.0;
end
code[x_, eps_] := -1.0
\begin{array}{l}

\\
-1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.1%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. flip--60.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    2. clear-num59.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}}} \]
    3. sub-neg59.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x + \left(-\varepsilon\right)}}}{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    4. add-sqr-sqrt57.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{-\varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{-\varepsilon}}}}{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    5. hypot-define57.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}}{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    6. add-sqr-sqrt57.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}}} \]
    7. associate--r-76.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}}} \]
    8. pow276.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\left(\color{blue}{{x}^{2}} - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}} \]
    9. pow276.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\left({x}^{2} - \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right) + \varepsilon}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr76.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x + \mathsf{hypot}\left(x, \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\right)}{\left({x}^{2} - {x}^{2}\right) + \varepsilon}}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0 0.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{\varepsilon}} \cdot \sqrt{-1}}} \]
  6. Simplified5.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{-1}} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. metadata-eval5.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1} \]
  8. Applied egg-rr5.6%

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

Developer Target 1: 99.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ eps (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)))
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (x + Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps / (x + math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)))
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps / Float64(x + sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps / (x + sqrt(((x * x) - eps)));
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps / N[(x + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024177 
(FPCore (x eps)
  :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (<= 0.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (/ eps (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))

  (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))))