ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 62.4% → 99.7%
Time: 13.0s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 0.6×

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: 62.4% 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: 99.7% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{-\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-x, x, \varepsilon\right), \frac{1}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, -x\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 63.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
    2. sub-negN/A

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) + x} \]
    4. flip-+N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x}} \]
    5. sqr-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    6. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x}} \]
    7. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    8. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    9. rem-square-sqrtN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    10. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    11. lower--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    12. lower--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x}} \]
    13. lower-neg.f6462.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}{\color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)} - x} \]
  4. Applied rewrites62.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) - x}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    2. lower-neg.f6499.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) - x} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) - x} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x}} \]
    2. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}} \]
    3. lift-neg.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}\right)\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    5. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}\right)\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    6. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot x} - \varepsilon}\right)\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    7. neg-sub0N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(0 - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    8. flip--N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\color{blue}{\frac{0 \cdot 0 - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    9. div-invN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(0 \cdot 0 - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    10. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0 \cdot 0 - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0 - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right), \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, -x\right)}} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{0 - \left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    2. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0 - \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)}, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    3. associate--r-N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(0 - x \cdot x\right) + \varepsilon}, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    4. neg-sub0N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x \cdot x\right)\right)} + \varepsilon, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    5. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{x \cdot x}\right)\right) + \varepsilon, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    6. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right) \cdot x} + \varepsilon, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    7. lift-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \cdot x + \varepsilon, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, \mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    8. lower-fma.f6499.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-x, x, \varepsilon\right)}, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, -x\right)} \]
  11. Applied rewrites99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-x, x, \varepsilon\right)}, \frac{1}{0 + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, -x\right)} \]
  12. Final simplification99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-x, x, \varepsilon\right), \frac{1}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}, -x\right)} \]
  13. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-\varepsilon}{\left(-x\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -5e-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 <= -5e-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 <= -5e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-eps) / Float64(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, -5e-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 -5 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{-\varepsilon}{\left(-x\right) - \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))) < -5.0000000000000002e-154

    1. Initial program 98.5%

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

    if -5.0000000000000002e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 9.0%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \]
      2. sub-negN/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) + x} \]
      4. flip-+N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x}} \]
      5. sqr-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
      6. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x}} \]
      7. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
      8. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
      9. rem-square-sqrtN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right)} - x \cdot x}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
      10. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - \color{blue}{x \cdot x}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
      11. lower--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
      12. lower--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x}} \]
      13. lower-neg.f649.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}{\color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)} - x} \]
    4. Applied rewrites9.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(x \cdot x - \varepsilon\right) - x \cdot x}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) - x}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right)\right) - x} \]
      2. lower-neg.f64100.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) - x} \]
    7. Applied rewrites100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}}{\left(-\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\right) - x} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in eps around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(x + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\right)}\right)\right) - x} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x} + x\right)}\right)\right) - x} \]
      2. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} + x\right)\right)\right) - x} \]
      3. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}}{x} + x\right)\right)\right) - x} \]
      4. associate-/l*N/A

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\varepsilon \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}}{x}\right)\right) + x\right)\right)\right) - x} \]
      8. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\varepsilon \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}}\right)\right) + x\right)\right)\right) - x} \]
      9. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right), x\right)}\right)\right) - x} \]
      10. associate-*r/N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{x}\right), x\right)\right)\right) - x} \]
      12. distribute-neg-fracN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}{x}}, x\right)\right)\right) - x} \]
      13. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2}}}{x}, x\right)\right)\right) - x} \]
      14. lower-/.f6498.4

        \[\leadsto \frac{-\varepsilon}{\left(-\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{x}}, x\right)\right) - x} \]
    10. Applied rewrites98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{-\varepsilon}{\left(-\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}\right) - x} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-\varepsilon}{\left(-x\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \frac{-0.5}{x}, x\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Developer Target 1: 99.5% accurate, 0.7× 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 2024219 
(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))))