Ian Simplification

Percentage Accurate: 7.0% → 8.5%
Time: 5.8s
Alternatives: 5
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 5 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: 7.0% 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?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -2 \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, -0.5, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
(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 7.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, x, 0.5\right)}\right)\right)} \]
  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. metadata-evalN/A

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

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

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

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

Alternative 2: 7.0% 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 7.0%

    \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
  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.f646.9

      \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\sqrt{1 - x}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{2}}}\right) \]
  3. Applied rewrites6.9%

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

Alternative 3: 6.9% 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 7.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} \cdot x}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \]
    6. associate-*l/N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(2\right)\right) \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1 \cdot x}{2}}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \mathsf{PI}\left(\right) \]
    7. *-lft-identityN/A

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative 4: 5.9% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x -5e-310)
   (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt 0.5))))
   (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (/ 1.0 (sqrt 2.0)))))))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5)));
	} else {
		tmp = (((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((1.0 / sqrt(2.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= -5e-310) {
		tmp = (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(0.5)));
	} else {
		tmp = (Math.PI / 2.0) - (2.0 * Math.asin((1.0 / Math.sqrt(2.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= -5e-310:
		tmp = (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin(math.sqrt(0.5)))
	else:
		tmp = (math.pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * math.asin((1.0 / math.sqrt(2.0))))
	return tmp
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= -5e-310)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(pi / 2.0) - Float64(2.0 * asin(Float64(1.0 / sqrt(2.0)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= -5e-310)
		tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin(sqrt(0.5)));
	else
		tmp = (pi / 2.0) - (2.0 * asin((1.0 / sqrt(2.0))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, -5e-310], N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - N[(2.0 * N[ArcSin[N[Sqrt[0.5], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(Pi / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - 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 -5 \cdot 10^{-310}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{0.5}\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < -4.999999999999985e-310

    1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
    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 -4.999999999999985e-310 < x

      1. Initial program 7.0%

        \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
      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.f646.9

          \[\leadsto \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\frac{\sqrt{1 - x}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{2}}}\right) \]
      3. Applied rewrites6.9%

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

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

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

      Alternative 5: 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 7.0%

        \[\frac{\pi}{2} - 2 \cdot \sin^{-1} \left(\sqrt{\frac{1 - x}{2}}\right) \]
      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 2025142 
        (FPCore (x)
          :name "Ian Simplification"
          :precision binary64
          (- (/ PI 2.0) (* 2.0 (asin (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 x) 2.0))))))