Difference of squares

Percentage Accurate: 93.8% → 100.0%

Time: 4.4s

Alternatives: 3

Speedup: 1.2×

• 44.3% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot a - b \cdot b \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (- (* a a) (* b b)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) - (b * b);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (a * a) - (b * b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) - (b * b);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (a * a) - (b * b)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(a * a) - Float64(b * b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (a * a) - (b * b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 93.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot a - b \cdot b \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (- (* a a) (* b b)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) - (b * b);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (a * a) - (b * b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) - (b * b);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (a * a) - (b * b)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(a * a) - Float64(b * b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (a * a) - (b * b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(a - b\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (+ b a) (- a b)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b + a) * (a - b);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (b + a) * (a - b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b + a) * (a - b);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (b + a) * (a - b)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(b + a) * Float64(a - b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (b + a) * (a - b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(b + a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 92.2%

   \[a \cdot a - b \cdot b \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lift--.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a - b \cdot b} \]

   2. lift-*.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a} - b \cdot b \]

   3. lift-*.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto a \cdot a - \color{blue}{b \cdot b} \]

   4. difference-of-squares N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(a - b\right)} \]

   5. *-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a - b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]

   6. lower-*.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a - b\right) \cdot \left(a + b\right)} \]

   7. lower--.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a - b\right)} \cdot \left(a + b\right) \]

   8. +-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(a - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b + a\right)} \]

   9. lower-+.f64 100.0

      \[\leadsto \left(a - b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b + a\right)} \]

4. Applied rewrites 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a - b\right) \cdot \left(b + a\right)} \]

5. Final simplification 100.0%

   \[\leadsto \left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(a - b\right) \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 96.0% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot a - b \cdot b \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-299}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(-b\right) \cdot b\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot a\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- (* a a) (* b b)) -2e-299) (* (- b) b) (* a a)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (((a * a) - (b * b)) <= -2e-299) {
		tmp = -b * b;
	} else {
		tmp = a * a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (((a * a) - (b * b)) <= (-2d-299)) then
        tmp = -b * b
    else
        tmp = a * a
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (((a * a) - (b * b)) <= -2e-299) {
		tmp = -b * b;
	} else {
		tmp = a * a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if ((a * a) - (b * b)) <= -2e-299:
		tmp = -b * b
	else:
		tmp = a * a
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(a * a) - Float64(b * b)) <= -2e-299)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(-b) * b);
	else
		tmp = Float64(a * a);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (((a * a) - (b * b)) <= -2e-299)
		tmp = -b * b;
	else
		tmp = a * a;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-299], N[((-b) * b), $MachinePrecision], N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (-.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b)) < -1.99999999999999998e-299

   1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[a \cdot a - b \cdot b \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. mul-1-neg N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left({b}^{2}\right)} \]

      2. unpow2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{b \cdot b}\right) \]

      3. distribute-lft-neg-in N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot b} \]

      4. lower-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot b} \]

      5. lower-neg.f64 100.0

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-b\right)} \cdot b \]

   5. Applied rewrites 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-b\right) \cdot b} \]

   if -1.99999999999999998e-299 < (-.f64 (*.f64 a a) (*.f64 b b))

   1. Initial program 86.2%

      \[a \cdot a - b \cdot b \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a} \]

      2. lower-*.f64 92.3

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a} \]

   5. Applied rewrites 92.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 54.0% accurate, 2.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot a \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* a a))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return a * a;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = a * a
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return a * a;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return a * a

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(a * a)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = a * a;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 92.2%

   \[a \cdot a - b \cdot b \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow2 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a} \]

   2. lower-*.f64 53.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a} \]

5. Applied rewrites 53.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot a} \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Developer Target 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(a - b\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (+ a b) (- a b)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a + b) * (a - b);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (a + b) * (a - b)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a + b) * (a - b);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return (a + b) * (a - b)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(a + b) * Float64(a - b))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (a + b) * (a - b);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(a + b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024273 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Difference of squares"
  :precision binary64

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (* (+ a b) (- a b)))

  (- (* a a) (* b b)))