Ian Simplification

Percentage Accurate: 7.1% → 8.5%
Time: 5.8s
Alternatives: 6
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 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: 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: 8.5% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

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

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 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. asin-acosN/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. asin-acos-revN/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right)\right) \]
  6. Applied rewrites8.5%

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

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot x}\right)\right)\right) \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    2. lower-fma.f648.5

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
  9. Applied rewrites8.5%

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

Alternative 2: 7.1% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\sqrt{1 - x}}{\sqrt{2}}\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. 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.f647.0

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

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

Alternative 3: 7.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

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

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\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. 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. fp-cancel-sub-sign-invN/A

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right) \]
    7. sqrt-unprodN/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}\right)\right) \]
    10. lift--.f647.1

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5 \cdot \left(1 - x\right)}\right)\right) \]
  4. Applied rewrites7.1%

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

Alternative 4: 5.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -4e-311)
   (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt 0.5))))
   (fma 0.5 PI (* -2.0 (asin (/ 1.0 (sqrt 2.0)))))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -4e-311) {
		tmp = (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5)));
	} else {
		tmp = fma(0.5, ((double) M_PI), (-2.0 * asin((1.0 / sqrt(2.0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -4e-311)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5))));
	else
		tmp = fma(0.5, pi, Float64(-2.0 * asin(Float64(1.0 / sqrt(2.0)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, -4e-311], N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * Pi + N[(-2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[(1.0 / N[Sqrt[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-311}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -3.99999999999979e-311

    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%

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

      if -3.99999999999979e-311 < x

      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. 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.f647.0

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

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

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

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

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

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right) \]
        2. lift-/.f644.1

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right) \]
      8. Applied rewrites4.1%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right) \]
    4. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    5. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 5: 5.4% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. asin-acos-revN/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - x}\right)\right)\right) \]
    6. Applied rewrites8.5%

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)\right)\right) \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites5.4%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \pi, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right)\right) \]
      2. 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

        Reproduce

        ?
        herbie shell --seed 2025127 
        (FPCore (x)
          :name "Ian Simplification"
          :precision binary64
          (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))