Ian Simplification

Percentage Accurate: 7.3% → 8.7%
Time: 5.5s
Alternatives: 4
Speedup: 1.1×

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 4 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 7.3% 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: 8.7% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (fma PI 0.5 (* -2.0 (- (* 0.5 PI) (acos (sqrt (fma -0.5 x 0.5)))))))
double code(double x) {
	return fma(((double) M_PI), 0.5, (-2.0 * ((0.5 * ((double) M_PI)) - acos(sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5))))));
}
function code(x)
	return fma(pi, 0.5, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(0.5 * pi) - acos(sqrt(fma(-0.5, x, 0.5))))))
end
code[x_] := N[(Pi * 0.5 + 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(\pi, 0.5, -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 7.3%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  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. mult-flipN/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}}\right)\right) \]
    17. lift--.f648.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - x\right)} \cdot 0.5}\right)\right) \]
  3. Applied rewrites8.7%

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \pi \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right) \]
    4. lower-*.f648.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\pi \cdot 0.5} - 2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5}\right)\right) \]
  5. Applied rewrites8.7%

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

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

      \[\leadsto \pi \cdot \frac{1}{2} - 2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot x + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}\right)\right) \]
    2. lower-fma.f648.7

      \[\leadsto \pi \cdot 0.5 - 2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \color{blue}{x}, 0.5\right)}\right)\right) \]
  8. Applied rewrites8.7%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{-2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-1}{2}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)\right)\right) \]
    7. lower-*.f648.7

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, \color{blue}{-2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)}\right) \]
  10. Applied rewrites8.7%

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

Alternative 2: 7.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

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

\\
\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\left(1 - x\right) \cdot 0.5}\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 7.3%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{1 - x}{2}}}\right) \]
    7. fp-cancel-sub-sign-invN/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative 3: 5.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (fma PI 0.5 (* -2.0 (- (* 0.5 PI) (acos (sqrt 0.5))))))
double code(double x) {
	return fma(((double) M_PI), 0.5, (-2.0 * ((0.5 * ((double) M_PI)) - acos(sqrt(0.5)))));
}
function code(x)
	return fma(pi, 0.5, Float64(-2.0 * Float64(Float64(0.5 * pi) - acos(sqrt(0.5)))))
end
code[x_] := N[(Pi * 0.5 + 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(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 7.3%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - \color{blue}{2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
      3. fp-cancel-sub-sign-invN/A

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
      5. mult-flipN/A

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{-2} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)\right) \]
      9. lower-*.f644.1

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\pi}}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)\right)\right) \]
      4. mult-flipN/A

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, -2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi - \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \]
      9. lift--.f645.3

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right)}\right) \]
      10. mult-flip5.3

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right)\right) \]
      11. metadata-eval5.3

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot \pi - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right)\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites5.3%

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

    Alternative 4: 4.1% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right) \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (fma PI 0.5 (* -2.0 (asin (sqrt 0.5)))))
    double code(double x) {
    	return fma(((double) M_PI), 0.5, (-2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5))));
    }
    
    function code(x)
    	return fma(pi, 0.5, Float64(-2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5))))
    end
    
    code[x_] := N[(Pi * 0.5 + N[(-2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\right)
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 7.3%

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

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

          \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - \color{blue}{2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)} \]
        3. fp-cancel-sub-sign-invN/A

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\pi}{2}} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right) \]
        5. mult-flipN/A

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

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

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

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{-2} \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\right)\right) \]
        9. lower-*.f644.1

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

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

      Reproduce

      ?
      herbie shell --seed 2025134 
      (FPCore (x)
        :name "Ian Simplification"
        :precision binary64
        (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))