NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B

Percentage Accurate: 78.2% → 99.7%
Time: 8.5s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 2.4×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (PI) 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 6 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 78.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* (/ (PI) 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 99.7% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{a + b}}{a \cdot b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (/ (* (PI) 0.5) (+ a b)) (* a b)))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{a + b}}{a \cdot b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 82.6%

    \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Applied rewrites91.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a + b}, \frac{0.5}{b - a} \cdot {a}^{-1}, \frac{\frac{0.5}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b - a}}{-b}\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites99.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b - a} \cdot 0.5\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
    2. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
    3. lower-PI.f6499.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot 0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)}} \]
    2. lift-*.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
    4. associate-/r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{a + b}}{a \cdot b}} \]
    5. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{a + b}}{a \cdot b}} \]
    6. lower-/.f6499.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{a + b}}}{a \cdot b} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a + b}}{a \cdot b}} \]
  10. Final simplification99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{a + b}}{a \cdot b} \]
  11. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 68.2% accurate, 2.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8.6 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -8.6e-60)
   (* (/ (PI) (* (* a b) a)) 0.5)
   (* (/ (PI) (* (* b b) a)) 0.5)))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -8.6 \cdot 10^{-60}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -8.6000000000000001e-60

    1. Initial program 83.0%

      \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      3. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      4. lower-PI.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      5. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      6. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      7. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      8. lower-*.f6478.3

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot 0.5 \]
    5. Applied rewrites78.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites85.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5 \]

      if -8.6000000000000001e-60 < a

      1. Initial program 82.4%

        \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{2}} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
        2. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{2}} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
        3. lower-/.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        4. lower-PI.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{a \cdot {b}^{2}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        5. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot a}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        6. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{{b}^{2} \cdot a}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        7. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot a} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        8. lower-*.f6466.2

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot a} \cdot 0.5 \]
      5. Applied rewrites66.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5} \]
    7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    8. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 3: 99.1% accurate, 2.4× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (* (PI) 0.5) (* (* a b) (+ a b))))
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 82.6%

      \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Applied rewrites91.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a + b}, \frac{0.5}{b - a} \cdot {a}^{-1}, \frac{\frac{0.5}{a + b} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b - a}}{-b}\right)} \]
    4. Applied rewrites99.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b - a} \cdot 0.5\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
      3. lower-PI.f6499.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot 0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
    7. Applied rewrites99.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]
    8. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 4: 62.3% accurate, 2.6× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5 \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (/ (PI) (* (* a b) a)) 0.5))
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 82.6%

      \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      3. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      4. lower-PI.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      5. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      6. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      7. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      8. lower-*.f6457.2

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot 0.5 \]
    5. Applied rewrites57.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites61.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5 \]
      2. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 5: 56.2% accurate, 2.6× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5 \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (/ (PI) (* (* a a) b)) 0.5))
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 82.6%

        \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
        2. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
        3. lower-/.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        4. lower-PI.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        5. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        6. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        7. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        8. lower-*.f6457.2

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot 0.5 \]
      5. Applied rewrites57.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
      6. Final simplification57.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5 \]
      7. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 6: 56.2% accurate, 2.6× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (/ 0.5 (* (* a a) b)) (PI)))
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 82.6%

        \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
        2. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
        3. lower-/.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{a}^{2} \cdot b}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        4. lower-PI.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{{a}^{2} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        5. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        6. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot {a}^{2}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        7. unpow2N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        8. lower-*.f6457.2

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)}} \cdot 0.5 \]
      5. Applied rewrites57.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites57.2%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b}} \]
        2. Final simplification57.2%

          \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \]
        3. Add Preprocessing

        Reproduce

        ?
        herbie shell --seed 2024271 
        (FPCore (a b)
          :name "NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B"
          :precision binary64
          (* (* (/ (PI) 2.0) (/ 1.0 (- (* b b) (* a a)))) (- (/ 1.0 a) (/ 1.0 b))))