Migdal et al, Equation (51)

Percentage Accurate: 99.4% → 99.4%
Time: 14.0s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 1.1×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n)
 :precision binary64
 (* (/ 1.0 (sqrt k)) (pow (* (* 2.0 (PI)) n) (/ (- 1.0 k) 2.0))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\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 4 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: 99.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n)
 :precision binary64
 (* (/ 1.0 (sqrt k)) (pow (* (* 2.0 (PI)) n) (/ (- 1.0 k) 2.0))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.4% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{{\left(\left(n + n\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (pow (* (+ n n) (PI)) (fma -0.5 k 0.5)) (sqrt k)))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{{\left(\left(n + n\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.1%

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot k\right)}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot k + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
    2. lower-fma.f6499.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \color{blue}{k}, 0.5\right)\right)} \]
  5. Applied rewrites99.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}} \]
    2. lift-/.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{k}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)} \]
    4. associate-*l/N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}}} \]
  7. Applied rewrites99.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    2. *-lft-identity99.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right) \cdot 2\right)}}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    4. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot n\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    5. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right)} \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    6. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)} \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    7. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)\right)}}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    8. associate-*r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left(\left(2 \cdot n\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    9. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\color{blue}{\left(\left(2 \cdot n\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    10. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot n\right)} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    11. lift-PI.f6499.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\left(2 \cdot n\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\left(2 \cdot n\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}}} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot n\right)} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    2. count-2-revN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\left(n + n\right)} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
    3. lower-+.f6499.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\left(n + n\right)} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
  11. Applied rewrites99.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\color{blue}{\left(n + n\right)} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{k}} \]
  12. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 49.1% accurate, 3.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \cdot \sqrt{n} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n) :precision binary64 (* (sqrt (* (/ (PI) k) 2.0)) (sqrt n)))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \cdot \sqrt{n}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.1%

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-pow.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \color{blue}{{\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}} \]
    2. lift-*.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
    4. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}} \]
    7. unpow-prod-downN/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right)} \]
    9. lower-pow.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right) \]
    10. *-commutativeN/A

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right) \]
    12. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right) \]
    13. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right) \]
    14. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{\color{blue}{1 - k}}{2}\right)} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right) \]
    15. lower-pow.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{{n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}}\right) \]
    16. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot {n}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}}\right) \]
    17. lift--.f6479.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{\color{blue}{1 - k}}{2}\right)}\right) \]
  4. Applied rewrites79.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot {n}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right)} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in k around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{n}}\right) \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-sqrt.f6478.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
  7. Applied rewrites78.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{n}}\right) \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    3. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{1}}}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    4. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{1}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{k}}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    5. sqrt-divN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{k}}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    6. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right)} \]
    7. lift-pow.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    8. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    9. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \left({\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    10. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{\color{blue}{1 - k}}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    11. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \left({\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}} \cdot \sqrt{n}\right) \]
    12. associate-*r*N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt{n}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites78.8%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({\left(\sqrt{k}\right)}^{-1} \cdot {\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \sqrt{n}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in k around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}} \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{n} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sqrt-unprodN/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \cdot \sqrt{n} \]
    2. lower-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \cdot \sqrt{n} \]
    3. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \cdot \sqrt{n} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \cdot \sqrt{n} \]
    5. lift-PI.f6455.0

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \cdot \sqrt{n} \]
  12. Applied rewrites55.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2}} \cdot \sqrt{n} \]
  13. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 38.2% accurate, 4.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n) :precision binary64 (sqrt (* (* n (/ (PI) k)) 2.0)))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.1%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}} \cdot \sqrt{2}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sqrt-unprodN/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    2. lower-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    3. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    6. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    7. lift-PI.f6441.4

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
  5. Applied rewrites41.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    2. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    4. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    5. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    6. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    7. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    8. lift-PI.f6441.4

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
  7. Applied rewrites41.4%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
  8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 38.2% accurate, 4.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \left(\frac{n}{k} \cdot 2\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n) :precision binary64 (sqrt (* (PI) (* (/ n k) 2.0))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \left(\frac{n}{k} \cdot 2\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.1%

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}} \cdot \sqrt{2}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sqrt-unprodN/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    2. lower-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    3. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    6. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    7. lift-PI.f6441.4

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
  5. Applied rewrites41.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    2. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    4. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    5. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    6. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    7. lower-/.f6441.4

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
  7. Applied rewrites41.4%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    2. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    4. associate-*l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \left(\frac{n}{k} \cdot 2\right)} \]
    5. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \left(\frac{n}{k} \cdot 2\right)} \]
    6. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \left(\frac{n}{k} \cdot 2\right)} \]
    7. lower-*.f6441.4

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \left(\frac{n}{k} \cdot 2\right)} \]
  9. Applied rewrites41.4%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \left(\frac{n}{k} \cdot 2\right)} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

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herbie shell --seed 2025043 
(FPCore (k n)
  :name "Migdal et al, Equation (51)"
  :precision binary64
  (* (/ 1.0 (sqrt k)) (pow (* (* 2.0 (PI)) n) (/ (- 1.0 k) 2.0))))