ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4d

Percentage Accurate: 61.2% → 98.7%
Time: 6.3s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 0.5×

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: 61.2% 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: 98.7% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, 0.5\right) \cdot \varepsilon}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
   (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (/ (* (fma (/ eps (* x x)) 0.125 0.5) eps) x))))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
	double tmp;
	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = (fma((eps / (x * x)), 0.125, 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 <= -2e-154)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(eps / Float64(x * x)), 0.125, 0.5) * eps) / 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, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(N[(N[(N[(eps / N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 0.125 + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * eps), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
\mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
\;\;\;\;t\_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, 0.5\right) \cdot \varepsilon}{x}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

    1. Initial program 97.2%

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

    if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

    1. Initial program 7.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{2}} - \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{2}} - \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \varepsilon}{x}} \]
      2. cancel-sub-sign-invN/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \frac{1}{8}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \varepsilon}{x} \]
      4. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}, \frac{1}{8}, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right)}}{x} \]
      5. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{{\varepsilon}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}}, \frac{1}{8}, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} \]
      6. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}}{{x}^{2}}, \frac{1}{8}, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} \]
      7. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}}{{x}^{2}}, \frac{1}{8}, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} \]
      8. unpow2N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}}, \frac{1}{8}, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} \]
      9. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}{\color{blue}{x \cdot x}}, \frac{1}{8}, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} \]
      10. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, \frac{1}{8}, \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x} \]
      11. lower-*.f6499.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \varepsilon}\right)}{x} \]
    5. Applied rewrites99.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, 0.5 \cdot \varepsilon\right)}{x}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in eps around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{2}}\right)}{x} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites99.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, 0.5\right) \cdot \varepsilon}{x} \]
    8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    9. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 2: 98.5% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, 0.5\right)}{x} \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x eps)
     :precision binary64
     (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
       (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (* (/ (fma (/ eps (* x x)) 0.125 0.5) x) eps))))
    double code(double x, double eps) {
    	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
    	double tmp;
    	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
    		tmp = t_0;
    	} else {
    		tmp = (fma((eps / (x * x)), 0.125, 0.5) / x) * eps;
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    function code(x, eps)
    	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
    		tmp = t_0;
    	else
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(eps / Float64(x * x)), 0.125, 0.5) / x) * eps);
    	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, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(N[(N[(N[(eps / N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 0.125 + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision] * eps), $MachinePrecision]]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
    \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
    \;\;\;\;t\_0\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, 0.5\right)}{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))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

      1. Initial program 97.2%

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

      if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

      1. Initial program 7.8%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
        2. lower-*.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
        3. *-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} \cdot \frac{1}{8}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
        4. lower-fma.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
        5. lower-/.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
        6. lower-pow.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{{x}^{3}}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
        7. associate-*r/N/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, \frac{1}{8}, \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}{x}}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
        8. metadata-evalN/A

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
        9. lower-/.f6493.5

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, 0.125, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{x}}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
      5. Applied rewrites93.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, 0.125, \frac{0.5}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
      6. Taylor expanded in x around inf

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{2}}}{x} \cdot \varepsilon \]
      7. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites99.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{x \cdot x}, 0.125, 0.5\right)}{x} \cdot \varepsilon \]
      8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
      9. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 3: 98.4% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;t\_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (x eps)
       :precision binary64
       (let* ((t_0 (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps)))))
         (if (<= t_0 -2e-154) t_0 (* (/ eps x) 0.5))))
      double code(double x, double eps) {
      	double t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
      	double tmp;
      	if (t_0 <= -2e-154) {
      		tmp = t_0;
      	} else {
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5;
      	}
      	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 <= (-2d-154)) then
              tmp = t_0
          else
              tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5d0
          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 <= -2e-154) {
      		tmp = t_0;
      	} else {
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5;
      	}
      	return tmp;
      }
      
      def code(x, eps):
      	t_0 = x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))
      	tmp = 0
      	if t_0 <= -2e-154:
      		tmp = t_0
      	else:
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5
      	return tmp
      
      function code(x, eps)
      	t_0 = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps)))
      	tmp = 0.0
      	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
      		tmp = t_0;
      	else
      		tmp = Float64(Float64(eps / x) * 0.5);
      	end
      	return tmp
      end
      
      function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
      	t_0 = x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps));
      	tmp = 0.0;
      	if (t_0 <= -2e-154)
      		tmp = t_0;
      	else
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5;
      	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, -2e-154], t$95$0, N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]]]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \begin{array}{l}
      t_0 := x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon}\\
      \mathbf{if}\;t\_0 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
      \;\;\;\;t\_0\\
      
      \mathbf{else}:\\
      \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5\\
      
      
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Split input into 2 regimes
      2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

        1. Initial program 97.2%

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

        if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

        1. Initial program 7.8%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
        4. 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-/.f6498.4

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \cdot 0.5 \]
        5. Applied rewrites98.4%

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

      Alternative 4: 96.4% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (x eps)
       :precision binary64
       (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -2e-154)
         (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
         (* (/ eps x) 0.5)))
      double code(double x, double eps) {
      	double tmp;
      	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154) {
      		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
      	} else {
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5;
      	}
      	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))) <= (-2d-154)) then
              tmp = x - sqrt(-eps)
          else
              tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5d0
          end if
          code = tmp
      end function
      
      public static double code(double x, double eps) {
      	double tmp;
      	if ((x - Math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154) {
      		tmp = x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
      	} else {
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5;
      	}
      	return tmp;
      }
      
      def code(x, eps):
      	tmp = 0
      	if (x - math.sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154:
      		tmp = x - math.sqrt(-eps)
      	else:
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5
      	return tmp
      
      function code(x, eps)
      	tmp = 0.0
      	if (Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154)
      		tmp = Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)));
      	else
      		tmp = Float64(Float64(eps / x) * 0.5);
      	end
      	return tmp
      end
      
      function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
      	tmp = 0.0;
      	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154)
      		tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
      	else
      		tmp = (eps / x) * 0.5;
      	end
      	tmp_2 = tmp;
      end
      
      code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(x - N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - eps), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], -2e-154], N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(eps / x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \begin{array}{l}
      \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
      \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\
      
      \mathbf{else}:\\
      \;\;\;\;\frac{\varepsilon}{x} \cdot 0.5\\
      
      
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Split input into 2 regimes
      2. if (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

        1. Initial program 97.2%

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

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

            \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}} \]
          2. lower-neg.f6491.5

            \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
        5. Applied rewrites91.5%

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

        if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

        1. Initial program 7.8%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \]
        4. 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-/.f6498.4

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{x}} \cdot 0.5 \]
        5. Applied rewrites98.4%

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

      Alternative 5: 96.3% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\ \;\;\;\;x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (x eps)
       :precision binary64
       (if (<= (- x (sqrt (- (* x x) eps))) -2e-154)
         (- x (sqrt (- eps)))
         (* (/ 0.5 x) eps)))
      double code(double x, double eps) {
      	double tmp;
      	if ((x - sqrt(((x * x) - eps))) <= -2e-154) {
      		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))) <= (-2d-154)) 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))) <= -2e-154) {
      		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))) <= -2e-154:
      		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))) <= -2e-154)
      		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))) <= -2e-154)
      		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], -2e-154], 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 -2 \cdot 10^{-154}:\\
      \;\;\;\;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))) < -1.9999999999999999e-154

        1. Initial program 97.2%

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

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

            \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}} \]
          2. lower-neg.f6491.5

            \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
        5. Applied rewrites91.5%

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

        if -1.9999999999999999e-154 < (-.f64 x (sqrt.f64 (-.f64 (*.f64 x x) eps)))

        1. Initial program 7.8%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. *-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
          2. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
          3. *-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}} \cdot \frac{1}{8}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
          4. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
          5. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
          6. lower-pow.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{\color{blue}{{x}^{3}}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
          7. associate-*r/N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, \frac{1}{8}, \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}{x}}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
          8. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
          9. lower-/.f6493.5

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, 0.125, \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{x}}\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
        5. Applied rewrites93.5%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{{x}^{3}}, 0.125, \frac{0.5}{x}\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
        6. Taylor expanded in x around inf

          \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{x} \cdot \varepsilon \]
        7. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites98.1%

            \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{x} \cdot \varepsilon \]
        8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
        9. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 6: 56.7% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- x (sqrt (- eps))))
        double code(double x, double eps) {
        	return x - sqrt(-eps);
        }
        
        real(8) function code(x, eps)
            real(8), intent (in) :: x
            real(8), intent (in) :: eps
            code = x - sqrt(-eps)
        end function
        
        public static double code(double x, double eps) {
        	return x - Math.sqrt(-eps);
        }
        
        def code(x, eps):
        	return x - math.sqrt(-eps)
        
        function code(x, eps)
        	return Float64(x - sqrt(Float64(-eps)))
        end
        
        function tmp = code(x, eps)
        	tmp = x - sqrt(-eps);
        end
        
        code[x_, eps_] := N[(x - N[Sqrt[(-eps)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        x - \sqrt{-\varepsilon}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 60.2%

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

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

            \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\varepsilon\right)}} \]
          2. lower-neg.f6454.2

            \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
        5. Applied rewrites54.2%

          \[\leadsto x - \sqrt{\color{blue}{-\varepsilon}} \]
        6. 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 60.2%

          \[x - \sqrt{x \cdot x - \varepsilon} \]
        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.f643.5

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

          \[\leadsto x - \color{blue}{\left(-x\right)} \]
        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 2024298 
        (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))))