2nthrt (problem 3.4.6)

Percentage Accurate: 53.8% → 85.6%
Time: 27.1s
Alternatives: 16
Speedup: 1.9×

Specification

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

\\
{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\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 16 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: 53.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 85.6% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{n} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-86}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0}{n \cdot x}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\frac{1}{n} \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right)}^{2} - {\log x}^{2}}{n}, \mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right) - \log x}{n}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{\frac{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)}{n}} - t\_0\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x n)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow x (/ 1.0 n))))
   (if (<= (/ 1.0 n) -1e-86)
     (/ t_0 (* n x))
     (if (<= (/ 1.0 n) 5e-11)
       (/
        (-
         (fma 0.5 (/ (- (pow (log1p x) 2.0) (pow (log x) 2.0)) n) (log1p x))
         (log x))
        n)
       (- (exp (/ (log1p x) n)) t_0)))))
double code(double x, double n) {
	double t_0 = pow(x, (1.0 / n));
	double tmp;
	if ((1.0 / n) <= -1e-86) {
		tmp = t_0 / (n * x);
	} else if ((1.0 / n) <= 5e-11) {
		tmp = (fma(0.5, ((pow(log1p(x), 2.0) - pow(log(x), 2.0)) / n), log1p(x)) - log(x)) / n;
	} else {
		tmp = exp((log1p(x) / n)) - t_0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x, n)
	t_0 = x ^ Float64(1.0 / n)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(1.0 / n) <= -1e-86)
		tmp = Float64(t_0 / Float64(n * x));
	elseif (Float64(1.0 / n) <= 5e-11)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(0.5, Float64(Float64((log1p(x) ^ 2.0) - (log(x) ^ 2.0)) / n), log1p(x)) - log(x)) / n);
	else
		tmp = Float64(exp(Float64(log1p(x) / n)) - t_0);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_, n_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[x, N[(1.0 / n), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(1.0 / n), $MachinePrecision], -1e-86], N[(t$95$0 / N[(n * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[N[(1.0 / n), $MachinePrecision], 5e-11], N[(N[(N[(0.5 * N[(N[(N[Power[N[Log[1 + x], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[N[Log[x], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / n), $MachinePrecision] + N[Log[1 + x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / n), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Exp[N[(N[Log[1 + x], $MachinePrecision] / n), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\\
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{n} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-86}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0}{n \cdot x}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\frac{1}{n} \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right)}^{2} - {\log x}^{2}}{n}, \mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right) - \log x}{n}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;e^{\frac{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)}{n}} - t\_0\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n) < -1.00000000000000008e-86

    1. Initial program 86.8%

      \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{e^{-1 \cdot \frac{\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}{n}}}{n \cdot x}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{e^{-1 \cdot \frac{\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}{n}}}{n \cdot x}} \]
      2. log-recN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{-1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\log x\right)}}{n}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      3. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{-1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \log x}}{n}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      4. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \log x\right)}{n}}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      5. associate-*r*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \log x}}{n}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      6. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\frac{\color{blue}{1} \cdot \log x}{n}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      7. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\frac{\color{blue}{\log x \cdot 1}}{n}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      8. associate-/l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{\color{blue}{\log x \cdot \frac{1}{n}}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      9. exp-to-powN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}}{n \cdot x} \]
      10. lower-pow.f64N/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{{x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}{\color{blue}{x \cdot n}} \]
      13. lower-*.f6493.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{{x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}{\color{blue}{x \cdot n}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites93.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}{x \cdot n}} \]

    if -1.00000000000000008e-86 < (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n) < 5.00000000000000018e-11

    1. Initial program 32.3%

      \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in n around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\log \left(1 + x\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{\log \left(1 + x\right)}^{2}}{n}\right) - \left(\log x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{\log x}^{2}}{n}\right)}{n}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\log \left(1 + x\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{\log \left(1 + x\right)}^{2}}{n}\right) - \left(\log x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{\log x}^{2}}{n}\right)}{n}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites86.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right)}^{2} - {\log x}^{2}}{n}, \mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right) - \log x}{n}} \]

    if 5.00000000000000018e-11 < (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n)

    1. Initial program 62.6%

      \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-pow.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      2. pow-to-expN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{n}}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      3. lower-exp.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{n}}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      4. lift-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto e^{\log \left(x + 1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{n}}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      5. un-div-invN/A

        \[\leadsto e^{\color{blue}{\frac{\log \left(x + 1\right)}{n}}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      6. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto e^{\color{blue}{\frac{\log \left(x + 1\right)}{n}}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      7. lift-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto e^{\frac{\log \color{blue}{\left(x + 1\right)}}{n}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      8. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto e^{\frac{\log \color{blue}{\left(1 + x\right)}}{n}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      9. lower-log1p.f6497.6

        \[\leadsto e^{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)}}{n}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
    4. Applied rewrites97.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\frac{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)}{n}}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification90.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{n} \leq -1 \cdot 10^{-86}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{{x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}}{n \cdot x}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\frac{1}{n} \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right)}^{2} - {\log x}^{2}}{n}, \mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)\right) - \log x}{n}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{\frac{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)}{n}} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 77.9% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\\ t_1 := {\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - t\_0\\ t_2 := 1 - t\_0\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_1 \leq -0.02:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;t\_1 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\log \left(\frac{x + 1}{x}\right)}{n}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_2\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x n)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow x (/ 1.0 n)))
        (t_1 (- (pow (+ x 1.0) (/ 1.0 n)) t_0))
        (t_2 (- 1.0 t_0)))
   (if (<= t_1 -0.02) t_2 (if (<= t_1 5e-9) (/ (log (/ (+ x 1.0) x)) n) t_2))))
double code(double x, double n) {
	double t_0 = pow(x, (1.0 / n));
	double t_1 = pow((x + 1.0), (1.0 / n)) - t_0;
	double t_2 = 1.0 - t_0;
	double tmp;
	if (t_1 <= -0.02) {
		tmp = t_2;
	} else if (t_1 <= 5e-9) {
		tmp = log(((x + 1.0) / x)) / n;
	} else {
		tmp = t_2;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = x ** (1.0d0 / n)
    t_1 = ((x + 1.0d0) ** (1.0d0 / n)) - t_0
    t_2 = 1.0d0 - t_0
    if (t_1 <= (-0.02d0)) then
        tmp = t_2
    else if (t_1 <= 5d-9) then
        tmp = log(((x + 1.0d0) / x)) / n
    else
        tmp = t_2
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double n) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(x, (1.0 / n));
	double t_1 = Math.pow((x + 1.0), (1.0 / n)) - t_0;
	double t_2 = 1.0 - t_0;
	double tmp;
	if (t_1 <= -0.02) {
		tmp = t_2;
	} else if (t_1 <= 5e-9) {
		tmp = Math.log(((x + 1.0) / x)) / n;
	} else {
		tmp = t_2;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, n):
	t_0 = math.pow(x, (1.0 / n))
	t_1 = math.pow((x + 1.0), (1.0 / n)) - t_0
	t_2 = 1.0 - t_0
	tmp = 0
	if t_1 <= -0.02:
		tmp = t_2
	elif t_1 <= 5e-9:
		tmp = math.log(((x + 1.0) / x)) / n
	else:
		tmp = t_2
	return tmp
function code(x, n)
	t_0 = x ^ Float64(1.0 / n)
	t_1 = Float64((Float64(x + 1.0) ^ Float64(1.0 / n)) - t_0)
	t_2 = Float64(1.0 - t_0)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_1 <= -0.02)
		tmp = t_2;
	elseif (t_1 <= 5e-9)
		tmp = Float64(log(Float64(Float64(x + 1.0) / x)) / n);
	else
		tmp = t_2;
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, n)
	t_0 = x ^ (1.0 / n);
	t_1 = ((x + 1.0) ^ (1.0 / n)) - t_0;
	t_2 = 1.0 - t_0;
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_1 <= -0.02)
		tmp = t_2;
	elseif (t_1 <= 5e-9)
		tmp = log(((x + 1.0) / x)) / n;
	else
		tmp = t_2;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, n_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[x, N[(1.0 / n), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Power[N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / n), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[(1.0 - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[t$95$1, -0.02], t$95$2, If[LessEqual[t$95$1, 5e-9], N[(N[Log[N[(N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / n), $MachinePrecision], t$95$2]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}\\
t_1 := {\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - t\_0\\
t_2 := 1 - t\_0\\
\mathbf{if}\;t\_1 \leq -0.02:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_2\\

\mathbf{elif}\;t\_1 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\log \left(\frac{x + 1}{x}\right)}{n}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_2\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 x #s(literal 1 binary64)) (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n)) (pow.f64 x (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n))) < -0.0200000000000000004 or 5.0000000000000001e-9 < (-.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 x #s(literal 1 binary64)) (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n)) (pow.f64 x (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n)))

    1. Initial program 76.7%

      \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites74.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]

      if -0.0200000000000000004 < (-.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 x #s(literal 1 binary64)) (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n)) (pow.f64 x (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) n))) < 5.0000000000000001e-9

      1. Initial program 44.0%

        \[{\left(x + 1\right)}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} - {x}^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in n around inf

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\log \left(1 + x\right) - \log x}{n}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. lower-/.f64N/A

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

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\log \left(1 + x\right) - \log x}}{n} \]
        3. lower-log1p.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right)} - \log x}{n} \]
        4. lower-log.f6479.5

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right) - \color{blue}{\log x}}{n} \]
      5. Applied rewrites79.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right) - \log x}{n}} \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites79.6%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\log \left(\frac{x + 1}{x}\right)}{n}} \]
      7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
      8. Add Preprocessing

      Reproduce

      ?
      herbie shell --seed 2024226 
      (FPCore (x n)
        :name "2nthrt (problem 3.4.6)"
        :precision binary64
        (- (pow (+ x 1.0) (/ 1.0 n)) (pow x (/ 1.0 n))))