NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B

Percentage Accurate: 79.0% → 99.7%
Time: 7.4s
Alternatives: 7
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 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: 79.0% 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?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a \cdot b} \cdot 0.5}{a + b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 77.3%

    \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{\frac{1}{a} \cdot \frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites89.6%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b - a}}{\frac{a \cdot b}{b - a}}}{a + b}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot a} \cdot 1\right)}{b + a}} \]
  7. Final simplification99.7%

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

Alternative 2: 99.6% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{0.5}{a \cdot b} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a + b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 77.3%

    \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{\frac{1}{a} \cdot \frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites89.6%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b - a}}{\frac{a \cdot b}{b - a}}}{a + b}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.7%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{b \cdot a} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{b + a} \]
    11. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative 3: 68.3% accurate, 2.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+31}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -4e+31)
   (* (/ (PI) (* (* a b) a)) 0.5)
   (* (/ (PI) (* (* b b) a)) 0.5)))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+31}:\\
\;\;\;\;\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 < -3.9999999999999999e31

    1. Initial program 64.7%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      7. lower-*.f6486.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot 0.5 \]
    5. Applied rewrites86.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites94.7%

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

      if -3.9999999999999999e31 < a

      1. Initial program 80.6%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      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-*.f6464.8

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)} \cdot a} \cdot 0.5 \]
      5. Applied rewrites64.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5} \]
    7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    8. Final simplification71.0%

      \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+31}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
    9. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 4: 99.1% accurate, 2.4× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)} \end{array} \]
    (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 + b\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 77.3%

      \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}}{\frac{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}{\frac{1}{a} \cdot \frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{b}}}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites89.6%

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b - a}}{\frac{a \cdot b}{b - a}}}{a + b}} \]
    6. Applied rewrites99.7%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{b \cdot a} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{b + a} \]
      11. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}}{2}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)} \]
      12. div-invN/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)} \]
      15. lower-*.f6498.2

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
      16. lift-*.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot a\right)}} \]
      18. lower-*.f6498.2

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot a\right)}} \]
    10. Applied rewrites98.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.5}{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)}} \]
    11. Final simplification98.2%

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

    Alternative 5: 62.6% 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 77.3%

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
      7. lower-*.f6458.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot 0.5 \]
    5. Applied rewrites58.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites62.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5 \]
      2. Final simplification62.8%

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

      Alternative 6: 62.6% accurate, 2.6× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (/ 0.5 (* (* a b) a)) (PI)))
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 77.3%

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

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

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

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
        7. lower-*.f6458.1

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot 0.5 \]
      5. Applied rewrites58.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites58.1%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b}} \]
        2. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites62.8%

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot \color{blue}{a}} \]
          2. Final simplification62.8%

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

          Alternative 7: 56.8% 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 77.3%

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

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

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

              \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]
            7. lower-*.f6458.1

              \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot b} \cdot 0.5 \]
          5. Applied rewrites58.1%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
          6. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites58.1%

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b}} \]
            2. Final simplification58.1%

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

            Reproduce

            ?
            herbie shell --seed 2024304 
            (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))))