ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4b, n=2

Percentage Accurate: 74.3% → 100.0%
Time: 7.4s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 17.4×

Specification

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\[\left(-1000000000 \leq x \land x \leq 1000000000\right) \land \left(-1 \leq \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \leq 1\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return pow((x + eps), 2.0) - pow(x, 2.0);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = ((x + eps) ** 2.0d0) - (x ** 2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return Math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - Math.pow(x, 2.0);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - math.pow(x, 2.0)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64((Float64(x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = ((x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[Power[N[(x + eps), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2}
\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: 74.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ {\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return pow((x + eps), 2.0) - pow(x, 2.0);
}
real(8) function code(x, eps)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8), intent (in) :: eps
    code = ((x + eps) ** 2.0d0) - (x ** 2.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double x, double eps) {
	return Math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - Math.pow(x, 2.0);
}
def code(x, eps):
	return math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - math.pow(x, 2.0)
function code(x, eps)
	return Float64((Float64(x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0))
end
function tmp = code(x, eps)
	tmp = ((x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0);
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[Power[N[(x + eps), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 13.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \varepsilon, \left(x + x\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (fma eps eps (* (+ x x) eps)))
double code(double x, double eps) {
	return fma(eps, eps, ((x + x) * eps));
}
function code(x, eps)
	return fma(eps, eps, Float64(Float64(x + x) * eps))
end
code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps * eps + N[(N[(x + x), $MachinePrecision] * eps), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \varepsilon, \left(x + x\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 76.1%

    \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
    2. count-2-revN/A

      \[\leadsto {\varepsilon}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x + \varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
    3. unpow2N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} + \left(\varepsilon \cdot x + \varepsilon \cdot x\right) \]
    4. distribute-lft-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(x + x\right)} \]
    5. count-2-revN/A

      \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    6. distribute-lft-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
    7. *-commutativeN/A

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + 2 \cdot x\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
    9. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
    10. lower-fma.f64100.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
  5. Applied rewrites100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites100.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \color{blue}{\varepsilon}, \left(2 \cdot x\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites100.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\varepsilon, \varepsilon, \left(x + x\right) \cdot \varepsilon\right) \]
      2. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 2: 97.3% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-315}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right) \cdot x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (x eps)
       :precision binary64
       (if (<= (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)) 2e-315)
         (* (+ eps eps) x)
         (* eps eps)))
      double code(double x, double eps) {
      	double tmp;
      	if ((pow((x + eps), 2.0) - pow(x, 2.0)) <= 2e-315) {
      		tmp = (eps + eps) * x;
      	} else {
      		tmp = eps * eps;
      	}
      	return tmp;
      }
      
      real(8) function code(x, eps)
          real(8), intent (in) :: x
          real(8), intent (in) :: eps
          real(8) :: tmp
          if ((((x + eps) ** 2.0d0) - (x ** 2.0d0)) <= 2d-315) then
              tmp = (eps + eps) * x
          else
              tmp = eps * eps
          end if
          code = tmp
      end function
      
      public static double code(double x, double eps) {
      	double tmp;
      	if ((Math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - Math.pow(x, 2.0)) <= 2e-315) {
      		tmp = (eps + eps) * x;
      	} else {
      		tmp = eps * eps;
      	}
      	return tmp;
      }
      
      def code(x, eps):
      	tmp = 0
      	if (math.pow((x + eps), 2.0) - math.pow(x, 2.0)) <= 2e-315:
      		tmp = (eps + eps) * x
      	else:
      		tmp = eps * eps
      	return tmp
      
      function code(x, eps)
      	tmp = 0.0
      	if (Float64((Float64(x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0)) <= 2e-315)
      		tmp = Float64(Float64(eps + eps) * x);
      	else
      		tmp = Float64(eps * eps);
      	end
      	return tmp
      end
      
      function tmp_2 = code(x, eps)
      	tmp = 0.0;
      	if ((((x + eps) ^ 2.0) - (x ^ 2.0)) <= 2e-315)
      		tmp = (eps + eps) * x;
      	else
      		tmp = eps * eps;
      	end
      	tmp_2 = tmp;
      end
      
      code[x_, eps_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Power[N[(x + eps), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[Power[x, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2e-315], N[(N[(eps + eps), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision], N[(eps * eps), $MachinePrecision]]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \begin{array}{l}
      \mathbf{if}\;{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-315}:\\
      \;\;\;\;\left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right) \cdot x\\
      
      \mathbf{else}:\\
      \;\;\;\;\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon\\
      
      
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Split input into 2 regimes
      2. if (-.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 x eps) #s(literal 2 binary64)) (pow.f64 x #s(literal 2 binary64))) < 2.0000000019e-315

        1. Initial program 61.0%

          \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

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

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

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right) \cdot 2} \]
          3. lower-*.f6498.8

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \cdot 2 \]
        5. Applied rewrites98.8%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right) \cdot 2} \]
        6. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites98.8%

            \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon \cdot 2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
          2. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites98.8%

              \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right) \cdot x \]

            if 2.0000000019e-315 < (-.f64 (pow.f64 (+.f64 x eps) #s(literal 2 binary64)) (pow.f64 x #s(literal 2 binary64)))

            1. Initial program 99.6%

              \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. unpow2N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
              2. lower-*.f6493.2

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
            5. Applied rewrites93.2%

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

          Alternative 3: 100.0% accurate, 17.4× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right) \cdot \varepsilon \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* (fma 2.0 x eps) eps))
          double code(double x, double eps) {
          	return fma(2.0, x, eps) * eps;
          }
          
          function code(x, eps)
          	return Float64(fma(2.0, x, eps) * eps)
          end
          
          code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[(2.0 * x + eps), $MachinePrecision] * eps), $MachinePrecision]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right) \cdot \varepsilon
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Initial program 76.1%

            \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
          2. Add Preprocessing
          3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
            2. count-2-revN/A

              \[\leadsto {\varepsilon}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x + \varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
            3. unpow2N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} + \left(\varepsilon \cdot x + \varepsilon \cdot x\right) \]
            4. distribute-lft-inN/A

              \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(x + x\right)} \]
            5. count-2-revN/A

              \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]
            6. distribute-lft-inN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
            7. *-commutativeN/A

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + 2 \cdot x\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
            9. +-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
            10. lower-fma.f64100.0

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
          5. Applied rewrites100.0%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
          6. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 4: 100.0% accurate, 17.4× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \varepsilon \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* (+ (+ eps x) x) eps))
          double code(double x, double eps) {
          	return ((eps + x) + x) * eps;
          }
          
          real(8) function code(x, eps)
              real(8), intent (in) :: x
              real(8), intent (in) :: eps
              code = ((eps + x) + x) * eps
          end function
          
          public static double code(double x, double eps) {
          	return ((eps + x) + x) * eps;
          }
          
          def code(x, eps):
          	return ((eps + x) + x) * eps
          
          function code(x, eps)
          	return Float64(Float64(Float64(eps + x) + x) * eps)
          end
          
          function tmp = code(x, eps)
          	tmp = ((eps + x) + x) * eps;
          end
          
          code[x_, eps_] := N[(N[(N[(eps + x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision] * eps), $MachinePrecision]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \varepsilon
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Initial program 76.1%

            \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
          2. Add Preprocessing
          3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2} + 2 \cdot \left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
            2. count-2-revN/A

              \[\leadsto {\varepsilon}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x + \varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \]
            3. unpow2N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} + \left(\varepsilon \cdot x + \varepsilon \cdot x\right) \]
            4. distribute-lft-inN/A

              \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(x + x\right)} \]
            5. count-2-revN/A

              \[\leadsto \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon + \varepsilon \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]
            6. distribute-lft-inN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \left(\varepsilon + 2 \cdot x\right)} \]
            7. *-commutativeN/A

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon + 2 \cdot x\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
            9. +-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x + \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
            10. lower-fma.f64100.0

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right)} \cdot \varepsilon \]
          5. Applied rewrites100.0%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(2, x, \varepsilon\right) \cdot \varepsilon} \]
          6. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites100.0%

              \[\leadsto \left(\left(\varepsilon + x\right) + x\right) \cdot \varepsilon \]
            2. Add Preprocessing

            Alternative 5: 72.0% accurate, 34.8× speedup?

            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon \end{array} \]
            (FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (* eps eps))
            double code(double x, double eps) {
            	return eps * eps;
            }
            
            real(8) function code(x, eps)
                real(8), intent (in) :: x
                real(8), intent (in) :: eps
                code = eps * eps
            end function
            
            public static double code(double x, double eps) {
            	return eps * eps;
            }
            
            def code(x, eps):
            	return eps * eps
            
            function code(x, eps)
            	return Float64(eps * eps)
            end
            
            function tmp = code(x, eps)
            	tmp = eps * eps;
            end
            
            code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps * eps), $MachinePrecision]
            
            \begin{array}{l}
            
            \\
            \varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon
            \end{array}
            
            Derivation
            1. Initial program 76.1%

              \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\varepsilon}^{2}} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. unpow2N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
              2. lower-*.f6472.8

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\varepsilon \cdot \varepsilon} \]
            5. Applied rewrites72.8%

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

            Alternative 6: 6.2% accurate, 52.3× speedup?

            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \varepsilon + \varepsilon \end{array} \]
            (FPCore (x eps) :precision binary64 (+ eps eps))
            double code(double x, double eps) {
            	return eps + eps;
            }
            
            real(8) function code(x, eps)
                real(8), intent (in) :: x
                real(8), intent (in) :: eps
                code = eps + eps
            end function
            
            public static double code(double x, double eps) {
            	return eps + eps;
            }
            
            def code(x, eps):
            	return eps + eps
            
            function code(x, eps)
            	return Float64(eps + eps)
            end
            
            function tmp = code(x, eps)
            	tmp = eps + eps;
            end
            
            code[x_, eps_] := N[(eps + eps), $MachinePrecision]
            
            \begin{array}{l}
            
            \\
            \varepsilon + \varepsilon
            \end{array}
            
            Derivation
            1. Initial program 76.1%

              \[{\left(x + \varepsilon\right)}^{2} - {x}^{2} \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

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

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

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right) \cdot 2} \]
              3. lower-*.f6462.8

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right)} \cdot 2 \]
            5. Applied rewrites62.8%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\varepsilon \cdot x\right) \cdot 2} \]
            6. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites62.8%

                \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon \cdot 2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
              2. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites62.8%

                  \[\leadsto \left(\varepsilon + \varepsilon\right) \cdot x \]
                2. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites6.2%

                    \[\leadsto \varepsilon + \color{blue}{\varepsilon} \]
                  2. Add Preprocessing

                  Reproduce

                  ?
                  herbie shell --seed 2024337 
                  (FPCore (x eps)
                    :name "ENA, Section 1.4, Exercise 4b, n=2"
                    :precision binary64
                    :pre (and (and (<= -1000000000.0 x) (<= x 1000000000.0)) (and (<= -1.0 eps) (<= eps 1.0)))
                    (- (pow (+ x eps) 2.0) (pow x 2.0)))