ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.4% → 99.5%
Time: 10.3s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 0.7×

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: 61.4% 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: 99.5% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (/ eps (+ (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)) x)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (sqrt(((x * x) - eps)) + x);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = eps / (sqrt(((x * x) - eps)) + x)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return eps / (Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)) + x);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return eps / (math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps)) + x)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(eps / Float64(sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)) + x))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = eps / (sqrt(((x * x) - eps)) + x);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.0%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    3. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites55.7%

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x \cdot x\right)} - x \cdot x}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
    5. associate--l+N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon + \left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right)}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
    7. lower--.f6499.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon + \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x - x \cdot x\right)}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.6%

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
    4. +-rgt-identity99.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
  8. Applied rewrites99.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
  9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.5% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{\varepsilon}{x}, x\right) + x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -5e-153) t_0 (/ eps (+ (fma -0.5 (/ eps x) x) x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -5e-153) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = eps / (fma(-0.5, (eps / x), 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-153)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(eps / Float64(fma(-0.5, Float64(eps / x), 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-153], t$95$0, N[(eps / N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \frac{\varepsilon}{x}, x\right) + x}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -5.00000000000000033e-153

    1. Initial program 99.2%

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

    if -5.00000000000000033e-153 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 7.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites7.1%

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + x \cdot x\right)} - x \cdot x}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
      5. associate--l+N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon + \color{blue}{0}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
      4. +-rgt-identity100.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
    8. Applied rewrites100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon}}{\sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} + x} \]
    9. Taylor expanded in eps around 0

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, \frac{\varepsilon}{x}, x\right)} + x} \]
      3. lower-/.f6499.7

        \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x}}, x\right) + x} \]
    11. Applied rewrites99.7%

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

Alternative 3: 98.0% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -5e-153) t_0 (* 0.5 (/ eps x)))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -5e-153) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
    if (t_0 <= (-5d-153)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = 0.5d0 * (eps / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -5e-153) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	t_0 = x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
	tmp = 0
	if t_0 <= -5e-153:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x)
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (t_0 <= -5e-153)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(eps / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (t_0 <= -5e-153)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = 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-153], t$95$0, N[(0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -5.00000000000000033e-153

    1. Initial program 99.2%

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

    if -5.00000000000000033e-153 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 7.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites7.1%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      3. lower-/.f6499.1

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \cdot 0.5 \]
    7. Applied rewrites99.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 96.0% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -5e-153)
   (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
   (* 0.5 (/ eps x))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= (-5d-153)) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = 0.5d0 * (eps / x)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if (x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153:
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x)
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153)
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(eps / x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153)
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = 0.5 * (eps / x);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -5e-153], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -5.00000000000000033e-153

    1. Initial program 99.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in eps around inf

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}} \]
      2. lower-neg.f6495.3

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites95.3%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]

    if -5.00000000000000033e-153 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 7.0%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
      3. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{x \cdot x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \cdot \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}{x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites7.1%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      2. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]
      3. lower-/.f6499.1

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \cdot 0.5 \]
    7. Applied rewrites99.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification97.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 95.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -5e-153)
   (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
   (* (/ 0.5 x) eps)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 / x) * eps;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= (-5d-153)) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = (0.5d0 / x) * eps
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if ((x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 / x) * eps;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if (x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153:
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = (0.5 / x) * eps
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153)
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 / x) * eps);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -5e-153)
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = (0.5 / x) * eps;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -5e-153], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision] * eps), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -5.00000000000000033e-153

    1. Initial program 99.2%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in eps around inf

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}} \]
      2. lower-neg.f6495.3

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites95.3%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]

    if -5.00000000000000033e-153 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in eps around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \varepsilon}}{x} \]
      2. associate-*l/N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
      4. lower-*.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}{x}} \cdot \varepsilon \]
      6. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{x} \cdot \varepsilon \]
      7. lower-/.f6498.8

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{x}} \cdot \varepsilon \]
    5. Applied rewrites98.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 58.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \left(-x\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= eps -2e-310) (- x (sqrt (- eps))) (- x (- x))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (eps <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = x - -x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (eps <= (-2d-310)) then
        tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
    else
        tmp = x - -x
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	double tmp;
	if (eps <= -2e-310) {
		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
	} else {
		tmp = x - -x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x, eps):
	tmp = 0
	if eps <= -2e-310:
		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
	else:
		tmp = x - -x
	return tmp
function code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (eps <= -2e-310)
		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(x - Float64(-x));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (eps <= -2e-310)
		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
	else
		tmp = x - -x;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[eps, -2e-310], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(x - (-x)), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;x - \left(-x\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if eps < -1.999999999999994e-310

    1. Initial program 72.9%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in eps around inf

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \varepsilon}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}} \]
      2. lower-neg.f6469.3

        \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites69.3%

      \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]

    if -1.999999999999994e-310 < eps

    1. Initial program 8.4%

      \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in x around -inf

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-negN/A

        \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
      2. lower-neg.f646.1

        \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \]
    5. Applied rewrites6.1%

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 3.5% accurate, 3.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \left(-x\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (- x)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - -x;
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = x - -x
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return x - -x;
}
def code(x, eps):
	return x - -x
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64(x - Float64(-x))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = x - -x;
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - (-x)), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
x - \left(-x\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.0%

    \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in x around -inf

    \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \]
    2. lower-neg.f643.6

      \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \]
  5. Applied rewrites3.6%

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

?
herbie shell --seed 2024277 
(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))))