Ian Simplification

Percentage Accurate: 7.1% → 8.6%
Time: 5.6s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 0.9×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
\end{array}

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: 7.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - x) / 2.0)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(((1.0 - x) / 2.0))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 8.6% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{1 - x}\\ \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(t\_0 \cdot \sqrt{0.5}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{t\_0}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (- 1.0 x))))
   (if (<= x -4e-310)
     (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (* t_0 (sqrt 0.5)))))
     (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (/ t_0 (sqrt 2.0))))))))
double code(double x) {
	double t_0 = sqrt((1.0 - x));
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((t_0 * sqrt(0.5))));
	} else {
		tmp = (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((t_0 / sqrt(2.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double x) {
	double t_0 = Math.sqrt((1.0 - x));
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -4e-310) {
		tmp = (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin((t_0 * Math.sqrt(0.5))));
	} else {
		tmp = (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin((t_0 / Math.sqrt(2.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	t_0 = math.sqrt((1.0 - x))
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -4e-310:
		tmp = (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin((t_0 * math.sqrt(0.5))))
	else:
		tmp = (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin((t_0 / math.sqrt(2.0))))
	return tmp
function code(x)
	t_0 = sqrt(Float64(1.0 - x))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -4e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(Float64(t_0 * sqrt(0.5)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(Float64(t_0 / sqrt(2.0)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	t_0 = sqrt((1.0 - x));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -4e-310)
		tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((t_0 * sqrt(0.5))));
	else
		tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((t_0 / sqrt(2.0))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[x, -4e-310], N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[(t$95$0 * N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[(t$95$0 / N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sqrt{1 - x}\\
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(t\_0 \cdot \sqrt{0.5}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{t\_0}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -3.999999999999988e-310

    1. Initial program 8.7%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)} \]
      2. lift--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 - x}}{2}}\right) \]
      3. lift-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{2}}}\right) \]
      4. *-lft-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - \color{blue}{1 \cdot x}}{2}}\right) \]
      5. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1} - 1 \cdot x}{2}}\right) \]
      6. distribute-lft-out--N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}{2}}\right) \]
      7. associate-*l/N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}\right) \]
      8. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}\right) \]
      9. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}\right) \]
      10. sqrt-unprodN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
      11. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
      12. lower-sqrt.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - x}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
      13. lift--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - x}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
      14. lower-sqrt.f648.6

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.5}}\right) \]
    3. Applied rewrites8.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{0.5}\right)} \]

    if -3.999999999999988e-310 < x

    1. Initial program 5.6%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)} \]
      2. lift--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 - x}}{2}}\right) \]
      3. lift-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{2}}}\right) \]
      4. sqrt-divN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{1 - x}}{\sqrt{2}}\right)} \]
      5. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{1 - x}}{\sqrt{2}}\right)} \]
      6. lower-sqrt.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - x}}}{\sqrt{2}}\right) \]
      7. lift--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - x}}}{\sqrt{2}}\right) \]
      8. lower-sqrt.f648.5

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\sqrt{1 - x}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{2}}}\right) \]
    3. Applied rewrites8.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{1 - x}}{\sqrt{2}}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 8.6% accurate, 0.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left(\cos^{-1} t\_0 - \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}, 4, -0.25 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot \pi\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} t\_0, -2, \pi \cdot -0.5\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sqrt (fma -0.5 x 0.5))))
   (/
    (fma (pow (- (acos t_0) (* PI 0.5)) 2.0) 4.0 (* -0.25 (* PI PI)))
    (fma (asin t_0) -2.0 (* PI -0.5)))))
double code(double x) {
	double t_0 = sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5));
	return fma(pow((acos(t_0) - (((double) M_PI) * 0.5)), 2.0), 4.0, (-0.25 * (((double) M_PI) * ((double) M_PI)))) / fma(asin(t_0), -2.0, (((double) M_PI) * -0.5));
}
function code(x)
	t_0 = sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5))
	return Float64(fma((Float64(acos(t_0) - Float64(pi * 0.5)) ^ 2.0), 4.0, Float64(-0.25 * Float64(pi * pi))) / fma(asin(t_0), -2.0, Float64(pi * -0.5)))
end
code[x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sqrt[N[(-0.5 * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(N[(N[Power[N[(N[ArcCos[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] * 4.0 + N[(-0.25 * N[(Pi * Pi), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[ArcSin[t$95$0], $MachinePrecision] * -2.0 + N[(Pi * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left(\cos^{-1} t\_0 - \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}, 4, -0.25 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot \pi\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} t\_0, -2, \pi \cdot -0.5\right)}
\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 7.1%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Applied rewrites7.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)}} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-*.f64N/A

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    5. lift-asin.f64N/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)}\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    8. asin-acos-revN/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    11. negate-sub2N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)\right)} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    12. asin-acos-revN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right)}\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    13. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2}} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right)\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    14. lift-PI.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right)\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    15. negate-sub2N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
    16. sqr-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)} \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites8.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\pi \cdot \pi}{4} - \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -0.5, 0.5\right)}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -0.5, 0.5\right)}\right) - \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right)} \cdot 4}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right), 2, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in x around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{4} \cdot {\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}^{2} - 4 \cdot {\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot x}\right) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right)}^{2}}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot x}\right)}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites8.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left({\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right) - \pi \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}, 4, -0.25 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot \pi\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right), -2, \pi \cdot -0.5\right)}} \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 8.5% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -0.5, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (fma PI 0.5 (* -2.0 (- (* PI 0.5) (acos (sqrt (fma x -0.5 0.5)))))))
double code(double x) {
	return fma(((double) M_PI), 0.5, (-2.0 * ((((double) M_PI) * 0.5) - acos(sqrt(fma(x, -0.5, 0.5))))));
}
function code(x)
	return fma(pi, 0.5, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(pi * 0.5) - acos(sqrt(fma(x, -0.5, 0.5))))))
end
code[x_] := N[(Pi * 0.5 + N[(-2.0 * N[(N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] - N[ArcCos[N[Sqrt[N[(x * -0.5 + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -0.5, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 7.1%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-asin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)} \]
    2. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)} \]
    3. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 - x}}{2}}\right) \]
    4. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{2}}}\right) \]
    5. *-lft-identityN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - \color{blue}{1 \cdot x}}{2}}\right) \]
    6. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1} - 1 \cdot x}{2}}\right) \]
    7. distribute-lft-out--N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}{2}}\right) \]
    8. associate-*l/N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}\right) \]
    9. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}\right) \]
    10. sqrt-unprodN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)} \]
    11. asin-acosN/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right) \]
    14. lower--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right)} \]
    15. sqrt-unprodN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}\right)}\right) \]
    16. negate-subN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\right) \]
    17. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot x}\right)}\right)\right) \]
    18. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \left(1 + -1 \cdot x\right)}\right)\right) \]
    19. mul-1-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)}\right)}\right)\right) \]
    20. negate-subN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)}}\right)\right) \]
  3. Applied rewrites8.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in x around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot x}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fp-cancel-sub-sign-invN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot x}\right)\right)} \]
    2. fp-cancel-sign-sub-invN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot x}\right)\right) \]
    3. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} \cdot x}\right)\right) \]
    4. *-commutativeN/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} \cdot x}\right)\right)\right) \]
    7. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} \cdot x}\right)\right)\right) \]
    8. metadata-evalN/A

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{-1}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} \cdot x}\right)\right)\right) \]
  6. Applied rewrites8.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -0.5, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)\right)} \]
  7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 7.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{0.5}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (* (sqrt (- 1.0 x)) (sqrt 0.5))))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((sqrt((1.0 - x)) * sqrt(0.5))));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin((Math.sqrt((1.0 - x)) * Math.sqrt(0.5))));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin((math.sqrt((1.0 - x)) * math.sqrt(0.5))))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(Float64(sqrt(Float64(1.0 - x)) * sqrt(0.5)))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((sqrt((1.0 - x)) * sqrt(0.5))));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[(N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{0.5}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 7.1%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right)} \]
    2. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 - x}}{2}}\right) \]
    3. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{2}}}\right) \]
    4. *-lft-identityN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - \color{blue}{1 \cdot x}}{2}}\right) \]
    5. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 1} - 1 \cdot x}{2}}\right) \]
    6. distribute-lft-out--N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}{2}}\right) \]
    7. associate-*l/N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}}\right) \]
    8. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}\right) \]
    9. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}\right) \]
    10. sqrt-unprodN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
    11. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
    12. lower-sqrt.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{1 - x}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
    13. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - x}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
    14. lower-sqrt.f647.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.5}}\right) \]
  3. Applied rewrites7.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - x} \cdot \sqrt{0.5}\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 7.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right), 0.5 \cdot \pi\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (fma -2.0 (asin (sqrt (fma -0.5 x 0.5))) (* 0.5 PI)))
double code(double x) {
	return fma(-2.0, asin(sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5))), (0.5 * ((double) M_PI)));
}
function code(x)
	return fma(-2.0, asin(sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5))), Float64(0.5 * pi))
end
code[x_] := N[(-2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[N[(-0.5 * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * Pi), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right), 0.5 \cdot \pi\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 7.1%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. negate-subN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right)\right)} \]
    2. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right)\right) + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)} \]
    3. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right), \color{blue}{\sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)}, \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right)\right) \]
  4. Applied rewrites7.1%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2, \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right), 0.5 \cdot \pi\right)} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 4.1% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt 0.5)))))
double code(double x) {
	return (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5)));
}
public static double code(double x) {
	return (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(0.5)));
}
def code(x):
	return (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(0.5)))
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5))))
end
function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5)));
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 7.1%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}\right) \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites4.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{0.5}}\right) \]
    2. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 7: 4.1% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (acos (sqrt 0.5)) (asin (sqrt 0.5))))
    double code(double x) {
    	return acos(sqrt(0.5)) - asin(sqrt(0.5));
    }
    
    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 = acos(sqrt(0.5d0)) - asin(sqrt(0.5d0))
    end function
    
    public static double code(double x) {
    	return Math.acos(Math.sqrt(0.5)) - Math.asin(Math.sqrt(0.5));
    }
    
    def code(x):
    	return math.acos(math.sqrt(0.5)) - math.asin(math.sqrt(0.5))
    
    function code(x)
    	return Float64(acos(sqrt(0.5)) - asin(sqrt(0.5)))
    end
    
    function tmp = code(x)
    	tmp = acos(sqrt(0.5)) - asin(sqrt(0.5));
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 7.1%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    2. Applied rewrites7.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{2}\right)}}\right) \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutativeN/A

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x}}\right) \]
      3. lower--.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot x}\right) \]
      4. associate-*r/N/A

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1}{x} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot x}\right) \]
      5. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{x} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot x}\right) \]
      6. lower-/.f647.1

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(\frac{0.5}{x} - 0.5\right) \cdot x}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites7.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{0.5}{x} - 0.5\right) \cdot x}}\right) \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites4.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) \]
      2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
      3. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites4.1%

          \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{0.5}}\right) - \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right) \]
        2. Add Preprocessing

        Reproduce

        ?
        herbie shell --seed 2025119 
        (FPCore (x)
          :name "Ian Simplification"
          :precision binary64
          (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))