2sqrt (example 3.1)

Percentage Accurate: 6.8% → 99.3%

Time: 7.2s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

\[x > 1 \land x < 10^{+308}\]

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = sqrt((x + 1.0d0)) - sqrt(x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - Math.sqrt(x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - math.sqrt(x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(sqrt(Float64(x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 6.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = sqrt((x + 1.0d0)) - sqrt(x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - Math.sqrt(x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.sqrt((x + 1.0)) - math.sqrt(x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(sqrt(Float64(x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = sqrt((x + 1.0)) - sqrt(x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[(x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 99.3% accurate, 0.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{{x}^{-1}}\\ \mathsf{fma}\left(t\_0, 0.5, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(t\_0, 0.125, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0390625, \sqrt{{\left({x}^{3}\right)}^{-1}}, -0.0625 \cdot t\_0\right)}{x}\right)}{-x}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (pow x -1.0))))
   (fma
    t_0
    0.5
    (/
     (fma
      t_0
      0.125
      (/ (fma 0.0390625 (sqrt (pow (pow x 3.0) -1.0)) (* -0.0625 t_0)) x))
     (- x)))))

C

double code(double x) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(pow(x, -1.0));
	return fma(t_0, 0.5, (fma(t_0, 0.125, (fma(0.0390625, sqrt(pow(pow(x, 3.0), -1.0)), (-0.0625 * t_0)) / x)) / -x));
}

Julia

function code(x)
	t_0 = sqrt((x ^ -1.0))
	return fma(t_0, 0.5, Float64(fma(t_0, 0.125, Float64(fma(0.0390625, sqrt(((x ^ 3.0) ^ -1.0)), Float64(-0.0625 * t_0)) / x)) / Float64(-x)))
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[Power[x, -1.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(t$95$0 * 0.5 + N[(N[(t$95$0 * 0.125 + N[(N[(0.0390625 * N[Sqrt[N[Power[N[Power[x, 3.0], $MachinePrecision], -1.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.0625 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / (-x)), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{-5}{128} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{5}}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{-5}{128} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{5}}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x}} \]

5. Applied rewrites 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{5}}}, -0.0390625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)\right)}{x}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

7. Applied rewrites 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{-2.5}, -0.0390625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)\right)}{x} \]

9. Applied rewrites 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.0390625, \color{blue}{{x}^{-3.5}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{x}, 0.5, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {x}^{-1.5}, \frac{-0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)\right)}{x}\right) \]

10. Taylor expanded in x around -inf

    \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{-1 \cdot \frac{\frac{-1}{16} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right) + \frac{5}{128} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)}{x} + \frac{1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}}{x} + \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]

12. Applied rewrites 99.1%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, \color{blue}{0.5}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, 0.125, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0390625, \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}, -0.0625 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}\right)}{x}\right)}{-x}\right) \]

13. Final simplification 99.1%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{{x}^{-1}}, 0.5, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{{x}^{-1}}, 0.125, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0390625, \sqrt{{\left({x}^{3}\right)}^{-1}}, -0.0625 \cdot \sqrt{{x}^{-1}}\right)}{x}\right)}{-x}\right) \]
14. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.9% accurate, 0.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{{x}^{-1}}, 0.5, \sqrt{{\left({x}^{3}\right)}^{-1}} \cdot -0.125\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (fma (sqrt (pow x -1.0)) 0.5 (* (sqrt (pow (pow x 3.0) -1.0)) -0.125)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return fma(sqrt(pow(x, -1.0)), 0.5, (sqrt(pow(pow(x, 3.0), -1.0)) * -0.125));
}

Julia

function code(x)
	return fma(sqrt((x ^ -1.0)), 0.5, Float64(sqrt(((x ^ 3.0) ^ -1.0)) * -0.125))
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[Power[x, -1.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + N[(N[Sqrt[N[Power[N[Power[x, 3.0], $MachinePrecision], -1.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * -0.125), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{-5}{128} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{5}}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{-5}{128} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{5}}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x}} \]

5. Applied rewrites 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{5}}}, -0.0390625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)\right)}{x}} \]

6. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

8. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, \color{blue}{0.5}, \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} \cdot -0.125\right) \]

9. Final simplification 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{{x}^{-1}}, 0.5, \sqrt{{\left({x}^{3}\right)}^{-1}} \cdot -0.125\right) \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 99.0% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {x}^{-1.5}, \frac{-0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)}{x} - \frac{-0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}}{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (/ (fma 0.0625 (pow x -1.5) (/ -0.125 (sqrt x))) x)
  (/ (* -0.5 (sqrt x)) x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return (fma(0.0625, pow(x, -1.5), (-0.125 / sqrt(x))) / x) - ((-0.5 * sqrt(x)) / x);
}

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(fma(0.0625, (x ^ -1.5), Float64(-0.125 / sqrt(x))) / x) - Float64(Float64(-0.5 * sqrt(x)) / x))
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[(N[(0.0625 * N[Power[x, -1.5], $MachinePrecision] + N[(-0.125 / N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(-0.5 * N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x}} \]

5. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

7. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{-1.5}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x} \]

9. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {x}^{-1.5}, \frac{-0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)}{x} - \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}}{x}} \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 99.0% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {x}^{-2.5}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{x}, 0.5, \frac{-0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)}{x}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (fma 0.0625 (pow x -2.5) (/ (fma (sqrt x) 0.5 (/ -0.125 (sqrt x))) x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return fma(0.0625, pow(x, -2.5), (fma(sqrt(x), 0.5, (-0.125 / sqrt(x))) / x));
}

Julia

function code(x)
	return fma(0.0625, (x ^ -2.5), Float64(fma(sqrt(x), 0.5, Float64(-0.125 / sqrt(x))) / x))
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(0.0625 * N[Power[x, -2.5], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + N[(-0.125 / N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x}} \]

5. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

7. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{-1.5}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x} \]

9. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, \color{blue}{{x}^{-2.5}}, \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{x}, 0.5, \frac{-0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)}{x}\right) \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 97.8% accurate, 0.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{{x}^{-1}} \cdot 0.5 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* (sqrt (pow x -1.0)) 0.5))

C

double code(double x) {
	return sqrt(pow(x, -1.0)) * 0.5;
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = sqrt((x ** (-1.0d0))) * 0.5d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x, -1.0)) * 0.5;
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.sqrt(math.pow(x, -1.0)) * 0.5

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(sqrt((x ^ -1.0)) * 0.5)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = sqrt((x ^ -1.0)) * 0.5;
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[Sqrt[N[Power[x, -1.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]

   2. lower-*.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} \]

   3. lower-sqrt.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \]

   4. lower-/.f64 97.7

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}} \cdot 0.5 \]

5. Applied rewrites 97.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot 0.5} \]

6. Final simplification 97.7%

   \[\leadsto \sqrt{{x}^{-1}} \cdot 0.5 \]
7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 98.7% accurate, 0.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{x}, 0.5, \frac{-0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)}{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ (fma (sqrt x) 0.5 (/ -0.125 (sqrt x))) x))

C

double code(double x) {
	return fma(sqrt(x), 0.5, (-0.125 / sqrt(x))) / x;
}

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(fma(sqrt(x), 0.5, Float64(-0.125 / sqrt(x))) / x)
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(N[(N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + N[(-0.125 / N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}}{x}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}}{x}} \]

   2. *-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} \cdot \frac{-1}{8}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}}{x} \]

   3. lower-fma.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, \frac{-1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}}{x} \]

   4. lower-sqrt.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}}, \frac{-1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x} \]

   5. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{x}}}, \frac{-1}{8}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x} \]

   6. lower-*.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, \frac{-1}{8}, \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}}\right)}{x} \]

   7. lower-sqrt.f64 98.5

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{x}}\right)}{x} \]

5. Applied rewrites 98.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x}} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

7. Applied rewrites 98.5%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{x}, 0.5, \frac{-0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)}{x} \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 97.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0.5}{\sqrt{x}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (/ 0.5 (sqrt x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 / sqrt(x);
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 0.5d0 / sqrt(x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 / Math.sqrt(x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 0.5 / math.sqrt(x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(0.5 / sqrt(x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 0.5 / sqrt(x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(0.5 / N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{8} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{16} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)}{x}} \]

5. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{{x}^{3}}}, 0.0625, \mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}, -0.125, 0.5 \cdot \sqrt{x}\right)\right)}{x}} \]

7. Applied rewrites 97.4%

   \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sqrt{x}, 0.5, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.0625, {x}^{-1.5}, \frac{0.125}{\sqrt{x}}\right)\right)}{\sqrt{x}}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{x}}} \]

8. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{x}}} \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

10. Applied rewrites 97.4%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{x}}} \]
11. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 5.4% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{x} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (sqrt x))

C

double code(double x) {
	return sqrt(x);
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = sqrt(x)
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.sqrt(x);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.sqrt(x)

Julia

function code(x)
	return sqrt(x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = sqrt(x);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[Sqrt[x], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 7.0%

   \[\sqrt{x + 1} - \sqrt{x} \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - \sqrt{x} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

5. Applied rewrites 1.6%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - \sqrt{x} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. rem-square-sqrt N/A

      \[\leadsto 1 - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{x}} \cdot \sqrt{\sqrt{x}}} \]

   2. sqrt-prod N/A

      \[\leadsto 1 - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\sqrt{x} \cdot \sqrt{x}}} \]

   3. sqr-neg-rev N/A

      \[\leadsto 1 - \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x}\right)\right)}} \]

   4. sqrt-prod N/A

      \[\leadsto 1 - \color{blue}{\sqrt{\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x}\right)}} \]

   5. rem-square-sqrt N/A

      \[\leadsto 1 - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sqrt{x}\right)\right)} \]

   6. lower-neg.f64 5.4

      \[\leadsto 1 - \color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{x}\right)} \]

7. Applied rewrites 5.4%

   \[\leadsto 1 - \color{blue}{\left(-\sqrt{x}\right)} \]

8. Taylor expanded in x around 0

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 + \sqrt{x}} \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{x} + 1} \]

   2. lower-+.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{x} + 1} \]

   3. lower-sqrt.f64 5.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{x}} + 1 \]

10. Applied rewrites 5.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{x} + 1} \]

11. Taylor expanded in x around -inf

    \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{x} \cdot {\left(\sqrt{-1}\right)}^{2}\right)} \]
12. Step-by-step derivation

13. Applied rewrites 5.4%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{x} \]
14. Add Preprocessing

Developer Target 1: 98.0% accurate, 0.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \cdot {x}^{-0.5} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (pow x -0.5)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * pow(x, -0.5);
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = 0.5d0 * (x ** (-0.5d0))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * Math.pow(x, -0.5);
}

Python

def code(x):
	return 0.5 * math.pow(x, -0.5)

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(0.5 * (x ^ -0.5))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = 0.5 * (x ^ -0.5);
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[(0.5 * N[Power[x, -0.5], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024357 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "2sqrt (example 3.1)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (> x 1.0) (< x 1e+308))

  :alt
  (! :herbie-platform default (* 1/2 (pow x -1/2)))

  (- (sqrt (+ x 1.0)) (sqrt x)))