Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 1

Percentage Accurate: 99.1% → 98.5%
Time: 12.9s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (acos (/ (- 1.0 (* 5.0 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1.0))))
double code(double v) {
	return acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = acos(((1.0d0 - (5.0d0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0d0)))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
}
def code(v):
	return math.acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)))
function code(v)
	return acos(Float64(Float64(1.0 - Float64(5.0 * Float64(v * v))) / Float64(Float64(v * v) - 1.0)))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
end
code[v_] := N[ArcCos[N[(N[(1.0 - N[(5.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 6 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 99.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (acos (/ (- 1.0 (* 5.0 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1.0))))
double code(double v) {
	return acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = acos(((1.0d0 - (5.0d0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0d0)))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
}
def code(v):
	return math.acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)))
function code(v)
	return acos(Float64(Float64(1.0 - Float64(5.0 * Float64(v * v))) / Float64(Float64(v * v) - 1.0)))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = acos(((1.0 - (5.0 * (v * v))) / ((v * v) - 1.0)));
end
code[v_] := N[ArcCos[N[(N[(1.0 - N[(5.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 98.5% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{8}, {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{1 + v}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + t\_0, {t\_0}^{2}\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ (PI) 2.0)))
   (/
    (fma
     (* (PI) (PI))
     (/ (PI) 8.0)
     (pow (asin (/ (- (fma (* -5.0 v) v 1.0)) (fma v v -1.0))) 3.0))
    (fma
     (asin (/ (/ (fma (* v v) -5.0 1.0) (+ 1.0 v)) (- v 1.0)))
     (+ (asin (/ (fma -5.0 (* v v) 1.0) (fma v v -1.0))) t_0)
     (pow t_0 2.0)))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{8}, {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{1 + v}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + t\_0, {t\_0}^{2}\right)}
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.2%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-acos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)} \]
    2. acos-asinN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} - \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)} \]
    3. flip3--N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)}^{3}}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} + \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\right)}} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)}^{3}}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} + \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\right)}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}, \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    2. lift-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{v \cdot v + -1}}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    3. difference-of-sqr--1N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(v + 1\right) \cdot \left(v - 1\right)}}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    4. associate-/r*N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{v + 1}}{v - 1}\right)}, \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    6. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{v + 1}}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    7. lift-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\color{blue}{-5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right) + 1}}{v + 1}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    8. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right) \cdot -5} + 1}{v + 1}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    9. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}}{v + 1}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    10. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{1 + v}}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    11. lower-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{1 + v}}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
    12. lower--.f6499.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{1 + v}}{\color{blue}{v - 1}}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{1 + v}}{v - 1}\right)}, \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{8}, {\sin^{-1} \left(-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{1 + v}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
  8. Final simplification99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{8}, {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{1 + v}}{v - 1}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
  9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 99.1% accurate, 0.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\\ t_1 := \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)\\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(t\_0, \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.125, {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), t\_1\right), t\_1, t\_0 \cdot 0.25\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (PI) (PI)))
        (t_1 (asin (/ (fma (* v v) -5.0 1.0) (fma v v -1.0)))))
   (/
    (fma
     t_0
     (* (PI) 0.125)
     (pow (asin (/ (- (fma (* -5.0 v) v 1.0)) (fma v v -1.0))) 3.0))
    (fma (fma 0.5 (PI) t_1) t_1 (* t_0 0.25)))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\\
t_1 := \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(t\_0, \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.125, {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), t\_1\right), t\_1, t\_0 \cdot 0.25\right)}
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.2%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-acos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)} \]
    2. acos-asinN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} - \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)} \]
    3. flip3--N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)}^{3}}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} + \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\right)}} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)}^{3}}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} + \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right)\right)}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) + \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}, {\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in v around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{8} \cdot {\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 + -5 \cdot {v}^{2}}{{v}^{2} - 1}\right)}^{3}}{\frac{1}{4} \cdot {\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}^{2} + \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 + -5 \cdot {v}^{2}}{{v}^{2} - 1}\right) \cdot \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 + -5 \cdot {v}^{2}}{{v}^{2} - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{8} \cdot {\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}^{3} - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 + -5 \cdot {v}^{2}}{{v}^{2} - 1}\right)}^{3}}{\frac{1}{4} \cdot {\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}^{2} + \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 + -5 \cdot {v}^{2}}{{v}^{2} - 1}\right) \cdot \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1 + -5 \cdot {v}^{2}}{{v}^{2} - 1}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}^{3} \cdot 0.125 - {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right), \left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot 0.25\right)}} \]
  8. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.125, {\sin^{-1} \left(-\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)\right)}, \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right), \left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot 0.25\right)} \]
  9. Final simplification99.2%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 0.125, {\sin^{-1} \left(\frac{-\mathsf{fma}\left(-5 \cdot v, v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)}^{3}\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)\right), \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(v \cdot v, -5, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right), \left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot 0.25\right)} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 99.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v)
 :precision binary64
 (acos (/ (fma -5.0 (* v v) 1.0) (fma v v -1.0))))
double code(double v) {
	return acos((fma(-5.0, (v * v), 1.0) / fma(v, v, -1.0)));
}
function code(v)
	return acos(Float64(fma(-5.0, Float64(v * v), 1.0) / fma(v, v, -1.0)))
end
code[v_] := N[ArcCos[N[(N[(-5.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(v * v + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.2%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
    2. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - \color{blue}{5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
    3. fp-cancel-sub-sign-invN/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1 + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(5\right)\right) \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
    4. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(5\right)\right) \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right) + 1}}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
    5. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(5\right), v \cdot v, 1\right)}}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
    6. metadata-eval99.2

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{-5}, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
    7. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{v \cdot v - 1}}\right) \]
    8. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{v \cdot v} - 1}\right) \]
    9. difference-of-sqr-1N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(v + 1\right) \cdot \left(v - 1\right)}}\right) \]
    10. difference-of-sqr--1-revN/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{v \cdot v + -1}}\right) \]
    11. lower-fma.f6499.2

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}}\right) \]
  4. Applied rewrites99.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-5, v \cdot v, 1\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(v, v, -1\right)}\right)} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 98.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(4 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right) - 1\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (acos (- (* 4.0 (* v v)) 1.0)))
double code(double v) {
	return acos(((4.0 * (v * v)) - 1.0));
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = acos(((4.0d0 * (v * v)) - 1.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.acos(((4.0 * (v * v)) - 1.0));
}
def code(v):
	return math.acos(((4.0 * (v * v)) - 1.0))
function code(v)
	return acos(Float64(Float64(4.0 * Float64(v * v)) - 1.0))
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = acos(((4.0 * (v * v)) - 1.0));
end
code[v_] := N[ArcCos[N[(N[(4.0 * N[(v * v), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\cos^{-1} \left(4 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right) - 1\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.2%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in v around 0

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {v}^{2} - 1\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot {v}^{2} - 1\right)} \]
    2. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot {v}^{2}} - 1\right) \]
    3. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right)} - 1\right) \]
    4. lower-*.f6499.1

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(4 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(v \cdot v\right)} - 1\right) \]
  5. Applied rewrites99.1%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right) - 1\right)} \]
  6. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 97.9% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} -1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (acos -1.0))
double code(double v) {
	return acos(-1.0);
}
real(8) function code(v)
    real(8), intent (in) :: v
    code = acos((-1.0d0))
end function
public static double code(double v) {
	return Math.acos(-1.0);
}
def code(v):
	return math.acos(-1.0)
function code(v)
	return acos(-1.0)
end
function tmp = code(v)
	tmp = acos(-1.0);
end
code[v_] := N[ArcCos[-1.0], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\cos^{-1} -1
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.2%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in v around inf

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{-5} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites0.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{-5} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in v around 0

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{-1} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites98.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{-1} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 6: 0.0% accurate, 1.3× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} -5 \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (v) :precision binary64 (acos -5.0))
      double code(double v) {
      	return acos(-5.0);
      }
      
      real(8) function code(v)
          real(8), intent (in) :: v
          code = acos((-5.0d0))
      end function
      
      public static double code(double v) {
      	return Math.acos(-5.0);
      }
      
      def code(v):
      	return math.acos(-5.0)
      
      function code(v)
      	return acos(-5.0)
      end
      
      function tmp = code(v)
      	tmp = acos(-5.0);
      end
      
      code[v_] := N[ArcCos[-5.0], $MachinePrecision]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \cos^{-1} -5
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 99.2%

        \[\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{1 - 5 \cdot \left(v \cdot v\right)}{v \cdot v - 1}\right) \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in v around inf

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{-5} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites0.0%

          \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{-5} \]
        2. Add Preprocessing

        Reproduce

        ?
        herbie shell --seed 2024326 
        (FPCore (v)
          :name "Falkner and Boettcher, Appendix B, 1"
          :precision binary64
          (acos (/ (- 1.0 (* 5.0 (* v v))) (- (* v v) 1.0))))