Asymptote A

Percentage Accurate: 77.3% → 99.4%
Time: 8.6s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 1.8×

Specification

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

\\
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}
\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: 77.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.4% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -1\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ -2.0 (fma x x -1.0)))
double code(double x) {
	return -2.0 / fma(x, x, -1.0);
}
function code(x)
	return Float64(-2.0 / fma(x, x, -1.0))
end
code[x_] := N[(-2.0 / N[(x * x + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{-2}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -1\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 79.6%

    \[\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x + 1}} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    2. frac-2negN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(x + 1\right)\right)}} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    3. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(x + 1\right)\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    4. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(x + 1\right)\right)} - \frac{1}{\color{blue}{x - 1}} \]
    5. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)}}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(x + 1\right)\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. frac-2negN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1}} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    7. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1}} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    8. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{x + 1} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1}} \]
    9. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right)} \]
    10. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    11. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x - 1}}\right)\right) + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    12. distribute-neg-fracN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)}{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    13. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1}}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{x + 1} \]
    14. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{x - 1} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{x + 1}} \]
    15. frac-addN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{\left(x - 1\right) \cdot \left(x + 1\right)}} \]
    16. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \left(x - 1\right)}} \]
    17. lift-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)} \cdot \left(x - 1\right)} \]
    18. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{\left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x - 1\right)}} \]
    19. difference-of-sqr-1N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - 1}} \]
    20. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{-1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{x \cdot x - \color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}} \]
    21. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(x + 1\right) + \left(x - 1\right) \cdot 1}{x \cdot x - 1 \cdot 1}} \]
  4. Applied egg-rr80.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-1 - x\right) + \left(x + -1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -1\right)}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -1\right)} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Simplified99.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, -1\right)} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 2: 98.6% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{-1}{x + -1} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x \cdot x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x \cdot x, 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x)
     :precision binary64
     (if (<= (+ (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ -1.0 (+ x -1.0))) 0.0)
       (/ -2.0 (* x x))
       (fma 2.0 (* x x) 2.0)))
    double code(double x) {
    	double tmp;
    	if (((1.0 / (x + 1.0)) + (-1.0 / (x + -1.0))) <= 0.0) {
    		tmp = -2.0 / (x * x);
    	} else {
    		tmp = fma(2.0, (x * x), 2.0);
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    function code(x)
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (Float64(Float64(1.0 / Float64(x + 1.0)) + Float64(-1.0 / Float64(x + -1.0))) <= 0.0)
    		tmp = Float64(-2.0 / Float64(x * x));
    	else
    		tmp = fma(2.0, Float64(x * x), 2.0);
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    code[x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(1.0 / N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / N[(x + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 0.0], N[(-2.0 / N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 * N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] + 2.0), $MachinePrecision]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{-1}{x + -1} \leq 0:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x \cdot x}\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x \cdot x, 2\right)\\
    
    
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Split input into 2 regimes
    2. if (-.f64 (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (+.f64 x #s(literal 1 binary64))) (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (-.f64 x #s(literal 1 binary64)))) < 0.0

      1. Initial program 53.7%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{{x}^{2}}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. lower-/.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-2}{{x}^{2}}} \]
        2. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
        3. lower-*.f6497.5

          \[\leadsto \frac{-2}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}} \]
      5. Simplified97.5%

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

      if 0.0 < (-.f64 (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (+.f64 x #s(literal 1 binary64))) (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (-.f64 x #s(literal 1 binary64))))

      1. Initial program 100.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 + 2 \cdot {x}^{2}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. +-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 \cdot {x}^{2} + 2} \]
        2. lower-fma.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, {x}^{2}, 2\right)} \]
        3. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(2, \color{blue}{x \cdot x}, 2\right) \]
        4. lower-*.f6498.9

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(2, \color{blue}{x \cdot x}, 2\right) \]
      5. Simplified98.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x \cdot x, 2\right)} \]
    3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    4. Final simplification98.3%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{x + 1} + \frac{-1}{x + -1} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-2}{x \cdot x}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x \cdot x, 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
    5. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 3: 62.9% accurate, 2.5× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, 2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x + \left(1 - x\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (if (<= x 1.0) (fma x x 2.0) (+ x (- 1.0 x))))
    double code(double x) {
    	double tmp;
    	if (x <= 1.0) {
    		tmp = fma(x, x, 2.0);
    	} else {
    		tmp = x + (1.0 - x);
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    function code(x)
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (x <= 1.0)
    		tmp = fma(x, x, 2.0);
    	else
    		tmp = Float64(x + Float64(1.0 - x));
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 1.0], N[(x * x + 2.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(x + N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\
    \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, 2\right)\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;x + \left(1 - x\right)\\
    
    
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Split input into 2 regimes
    2. if x < 1

      1. Initial program 89.4%

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

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

          \[\leadsto \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
        2. unsub-negN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
        3. lower--.f6474.3

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
      5. Simplified74.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
      6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2 + {x}^{2}} \]
      7. Step-by-step derivation
        1. +-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{x}^{2} + 2} \]
        2. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot x} + 2 \]
        3. lower-fma.f6474.2

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, 2\right)} \]
      8. Simplified74.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, 2\right)} \]

      if 1 < x

      1. Initial program 50.6%

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

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

          \[\leadsto \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
        2. unsub-negN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
        3. lower--.f643.1

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
      5. Simplified3.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
      6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x - 1\right)} \]
      7. Step-by-step derivation
        1. sub-negN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right)} \]
        2. metadata-evalN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-1 \cdot x + \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
        3. +-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 + -1 \cdot x\right)} \]
        4. mul-1-negN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-1 + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}\right) \]
        5. unsub-negN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
        6. lower--.f6447.5

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      8. Simplified47.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      9. Taylor expanded in x around inf

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} \]
      10. Step-by-step derivation
        1. mul-1-negN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
        2. lower-neg.f6447.5

          \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \]
      11. Simplified47.5%

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \]
    3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    4. Final simplification67.4%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, 2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x + \left(1 - x\right)\\ \end{array} \]
    5. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 4: 75.4% accurate, 3.2× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(1 - x\right) + \left(x - -1\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (+ (- 1.0 x) (- x -1.0)))
    double code(double x) {
    	return (1.0 - x) + (x - -1.0);
    }
    
    real(8) function code(x)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        code = (1.0d0 - x) + (x - (-1.0d0))
    end function
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	return (1.0 - x) + (x - -1.0);
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	return (1.0 - x) + (x - -1.0)
    
    function code(x)
    	return Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) + Float64(x - -1.0))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	tmp = (1.0 - x) + (x - -1.0);
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x - -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \left(1 - x\right) + \left(x - -1\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 79.6%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
      2. unsub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
      3. lower--.f6456.2

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    5. Simplified56.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} - \frac{1}{x - 1} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x - 1\right)} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)\right)} \]
      2. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-1 \cdot x + \color{blue}{-1}\right) \]
      3. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 + -1 \cdot x\right)} \]
      4. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \left(-1 + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}\right) \]
      5. unsub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
      6. lower--.f6477.5

        \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    8. Simplified77.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(1 - x\right) - \color{blue}{\left(-1 - x\right)} \]
    9. Final simplification77.5%

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

    Alternative 5: 50.6% accurate, 32.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ 2 \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 2.0)
    double code(double x) {
    	return 2.0;
    }
    
    real(8) function code(x)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        code = 2.0d0
    end function
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	return 2.0;
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	return 2.0
    
    function code(x)
    	return 2.0
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	tmp = 2.0;
    end
    
    code[x_] := 2.0
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    2
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 79.6%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{2} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Simplified56.2%

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

      Reproduce

      ?
      herbie shell --seed 2024208 
      (FPCore (x)
        :name "Asymptote A"
        :precision binary64
        (- (/ 1.0 (+ x 1.0)) (/ 1.0 (- x 1.0))))