Migdal et al, Equation (51)

Percentage Accurate: 99.4% → 99.4%
Time: 5.9s
Alternatives: 6
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 6 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 99.4% 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?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n)
 :precision binary64
 (* (sqrt (/ 1.0 k)) (pow (* (+ (PI) (PI)) n) (fma -0.5 k 0.5))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.7%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{k}^{-1}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
    7. lower-pow.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{k}^{-1}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites99.8%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{k}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
    3. lower-/.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{k}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.8%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot k + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
    2. lower-fma.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \color{blue}{k}, 0.5\right)\right)} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.8%

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} + \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, k, \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)} \]
    6. lift-PI.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)} \]
  11. Applied rewrites99.8%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot {\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)} \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, k, 0.5\right)\right)} \]
  12. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 49.0% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+147}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(2 \cdot k\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right)}}{k}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<=
      (* (/ 1.0 (sqrt k)) (pow (* (* 2.0 (PI)) n) (/ (- 1.0 k) 2.0)))
      2e+147)
   (sqrt (* (* n (/ (PI) k)) 2.0))
   (/ (sqrt (* (* 2.0 k) (* (PI) n))) k)))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{+147}:\\
\;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt{\left(2 \cdot k\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right)}}{k}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (sqrt.f64 k)) (pow.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) (PI.f64)) n) (/.f64 (-.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) k) #s(literal 2 binary64)))) < 2e147

    1. Initial program 99.6%

      \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
    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.f6455.9

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
    5. Applied rewrites55.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2}} \]
    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.f6455.9

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
    7. Applied rewrites55.9%

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

    if 2e147 < (*.f64 (/.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) (sqrt.f64 k)) (pow.f64 (*.f64 (*.f64 #s(literal 2 binary64) (PI.f64)) n) (/.f64 (-.f64 #s(literal 1 binary64) k) #s(literal 2 binary64))))

    1. Initial program 99.8%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \left(\sqrt{{k}^{3} \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\log \left(2 \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)\right) + \sqrt{k \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{k}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \left(\sqrt{{k}^{3} \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\log \left(2 \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right)\right) + \sqrt{k \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{\color{blue}{k}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites76.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\log \left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot n\right) \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \cdot \sqrt{\left({k}^{3} \cdot n\right) \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}, -0.5, \sqrt{\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right) \cdot k\right) \cdot 2}\right)}{k}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in k around 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right) \cdot k\right) \cdot 2}}{k} \]
      8. lift-sqrt.f6435.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot \left(k \cdot \left(n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)\right)}}{k} \]
    8. Applied rewrites36.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{\left(2 \cdot k\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n\right)}}{k} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 98.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;k \leq 0.98:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot n}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(-0.5 \cdot k\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (k n)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= k 0.98)
   (* (sqrt (/ 1.0 k)) (sqrt (* (* (PI) 2.0) n)))
   (* (/ 1.0 (sqrt k)) (pow (* (+ (PI) (PI)) n) (* -0.5 k)))))
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;k \leq 0.98:\\
\;\;\;\;\sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot n}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(-0.5 \cdot k\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if k < 0.97999999999999998

    1. Initial program 99.3%

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{k}^{-1}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
      7. lower-pow.f6499.5

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{k}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
      3. lower-/.f6499.5

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{n} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \]
    9. Applied rewrites98.4%

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot n}} \]

    if 0.97999999999999998 < k

    1. Initial program 100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{-1}{2} \cdot k\right)}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lower-*.f6499.3

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{k}\right)} \]
    5. Applied rewrites99.3%

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(-0.5 \cdot k\right)} \]
    7. Applied rewrites99.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)} \cdot n\right)}^{\left(-0.5 \cdot k\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 48.8% accurate, 3.2× speedup?

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

\\
\sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot n}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.7%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{k}^{-1}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
    7. lower-pow.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{{k}^{-1}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites99.8%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{k}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
    3. lower-/.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{k}}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.8%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{n} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot \sqrt{2}\right) \]
  9. Applied rewrites48.3%

    \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{1}{k}} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot n}} \]
  10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 48.9% accurate, 3.6× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot 2\right) \cdot n}}{\sqrt{k}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.7%

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
  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.f6437.0

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
  5. Applied rewrites37.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2}} \]
  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-/.f6437.0

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot \frac{n}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
  7. Applied rewrites37.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\sqrt{n \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \cdot \sqrt{2}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{k}}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites48.3%

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

Alternative 6: 37.3% 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 99.7%

    \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}} \cdot {\left(\left(2 \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \cdot n\right)}^{\left(\frac{1 - k}{2}\right)} \]
  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.f6437.0

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2} \]
  5. Applied rewrites37.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \cdot n}{k} \cdot 2}} \]
  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.f6437.0

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(n \cdot \frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{k}\right) \cdot 2} \]
  7. Applied rewrites37.0%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2025051 
(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))))