NMSE Section 6.1 mentioned, B

Percentage Accurate: 78.7% → 99.7%
Time: 5.2s
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: 78.7% 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, 2.1× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a + b}}{\left(b + b\right) \cdot a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 80.0%

    \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(1 \cdot b - a \cdot 1\right)}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites88.2%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b + a}} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)\right)} \]
    14. lower-*.f6498.8

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b + a} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot 2\right)}} \]
    17. lower-*.f6498.8

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b + a} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot a\right)} \cdot 2\right)} \]
    20. lower-*.f6498.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b + a} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot a\right)} \cdot 2\right)} \]
  6. Applied rewrites98.8%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative 2: 85.8% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{+32} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 30000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= a -5.5e+32) (not (<= a 30000000000.0)))
   (* (/ (PI) (* (* b a) a)) 0.5)
   (/ (* 0.5 (PI)) (* b (* b a)))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{+32} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 30000000000\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -5.49999999999999984e32 or 3e10 < a

    1. Initial program 75.7%

      \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
    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. Applied rewrites80.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
      2. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites91.6%

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

        if -5.49999999999999984e32 < a < 3e10

        1. Initial program 83.7%

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{b}^{3}} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{{b}^{2}}}{a}} \]
        4. Applied rewrites70.5%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\frac{-0.5 \cdot \left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b} \cdot a - \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}{b}}{b}}{a}} \]
        5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

          \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b}}{b}}{a} \]
        6. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites78.8%

            \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\frac{0.5 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b}}{b}}{a} \]
          2. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites87.9%

              \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)}} \]
          3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          4. Final simplification89.6%

            \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{+32} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 30000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)}\\ \end{array} \]
          5. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 3: 80.3% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{+32} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 30000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (a b)
           :precision binary64
           (if (or (<= a -5.5e+32) (not (<= a 30000000000.0)))
             (* (/ (PI) (* (* b a) a)) 0.5)
             (* (/ (PI) (* (* b b) a)) 0.5)))
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \begin{array}{l}
          \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{+32} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 30000000000\right):\\
          \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\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 < -5.49999999999999984e32 or 3e10 < a

            1. Initial program 75.7%

              \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
            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. Applied rewrites80.7%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
              2. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites91.6%

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

                if -5.49999999999999984e32 < a < 3e10

                1. Initial program 83.7%

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

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{a \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
                4. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites77.2%

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5} \]
                5. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
                6. Final simplification83.9%

                  \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -5.5 \cdot 10^{+32} \lor \neg \left(a \leq 30000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
                7. Add Preprocessing

                Alternative 4: 98.9% accurate, 2.4× speedup?

                \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)} \end{array} \]
                (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (PI) (* (* (+ b a) 2.0) (* b a))))
                \begin{array}{l}
                
                \\
                \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)}
                \end{array}
                
                Derivation
                1. Initial program 80.0%

                  \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
                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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(1 \cdot b - a \cdot 1\right)}{2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)}} \]
                4. Applied rewrites88.2%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{b + a}} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(2 \cdot \left(a \cdot b\right)\right)} \]
                  14. lower-*.f6498.8

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b + a} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot b\right) \cdot 2\right)}} \]
                  17. lower-*.f6498.8

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b + a} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot a\right)} \cdot 2\right)} \]
                  20. lower-*.f6498.8

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{b + a} \cdot \left(b - a\right)}{\left(b - a\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(b \cdot a\right)} \cdot 2\right)} \]
                6. Applied rewrites98.8%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2\right)} \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)} \]
                  14. lower-+.f6498.9

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(\color{blue}{\left(b + a\right)} \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)} \]
                10. Applied rewrites98.9%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(\left(b + a\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot \left(b \cdot a\right)}} \]
                11. Add Preprocessing

                Alternative 5: 62.6% accurate, 2.6× speedup?

                \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5 \end{array} \]
                (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (/ (PI) (* (* b a) a)) 0.5))
                \begin{array}{l}
                
                \\
                \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(b \cdot a\right) \cdot a} \cdot 0.5
                \end{array}
                
                Derivation
                1. Initial program 80.0%

                  \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
                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. Applied rewrites51.2%

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
                  2. Step-by-step derivation
                    1. Applied rewrites56.3%

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

                    Alternative 6: 56.8% accurate, 2.6× speedup?

                    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5 \end{array} \]
                    (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (/ (PI) (* (* a a) b)) 0.5))
                    \begin{array}{l}
                    
                    \\
                    \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5
                    \end{array}
                    
                    Derivation
                    1. Initial program 80.0%

                      \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
                    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. Applied rewrites51.2%

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

                      Alternative 7: 56.8% accurate, 2.6× speedup?

                      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \end{array} \]
                      (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (PI) (/ 0.5 (* (* a a) b))))
                      \begin{array}{l}
                      
                      \\
                      \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b}
                      \end{array}
                      
                      Derivation
                      1. Initial program 80.0%

                        \[\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{b \cdot b - a \cdot a}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b}\right) \]
                      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. Applied rewrites51.2%

                          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot b} \cdot 0.5} \]
                        2. Step-by-step derivation
                          1. Applied rewrites51.2%

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

                          Reproduce

                          ?
                          herbie shell --seed 2025018 
                          (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))))