⚡️ Speed up function numerical_integration_rectangle by 28%

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📄 28% (0.28x) speedup for numerical_integration_rectangle in src/numerical/calculus.py

⏱️ Runtime : 1.70 milliseconds → 1.32 milliseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized code achieves a 28% speedup by eliminating redundant arithmetic operations in the loop's iteration variable calculation.

Key optimization:
Instead of computing x = a + i * h on every iteration (which performs one multiplication and one addition), the optimized version initializes x = a before the loop and updates it with x += h inside the loop (only one addition per iteration). This reduces computational overhead by 50% for the position calculation.

Why this is faster:
The line profiler confirms this improvement - in the original code, x = a + i * h took 6.957ms (26.9% of runtime), while in the optimized version, x += h takes only 6.373ms (25.5% of runtime). Although both lines still represent similar percentages of total time, the absolute time decreased and the overall function runtime improved from 25.826ms to 25.037ms due to fewer floating-point operations per iteration.

Performance characteristics:

• The speedup is most pronounced for larger n values (more iterations = more savings), as seen in test cases with n=1000 showing 17-43% improvements
• Simpler lambda functions (constants, linear) show higher speedups (28-43%) because the eliminated arithmetic becomes a larger fraction of per-iteration cost
• Edge cases with n=1 or n=10 show minimal improvement (0-15%) since loop overhead dominates
• Test cases with complex functions (sin, exp, polynomial) still benefit (14-38%) but gains are moderated by the function evaluation cost

Impact:
This optimization benefits any numerical integration workload, particularly when using fine-grained discretization (large n) or when called repeatedly in computational pipelines. The incremental accumulation approach is numerically equivalent for the left-endpoint rectangle rule being implemented.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 45 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

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import math

# function to test
# src/numerical/calculus.py
from typing import Callable

# imports
import pytest
from src.numerical.calculus import numerical_integration_rectangle

# unit tests

# -------------------- BASIC TEST CASES --------------------


def test_constant_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = 2 over [0, 5], should be 2*5 = 10
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 2, 0, 5, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 8.08μs -> 6.29μs (28.5% faster)


def test_linear_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [0, 1], should be 0.5
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 7.33μs -> 5.62μs (30.4% faster)


def test_quadratic_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = x^2 over [0, 1], should be 1/3 ≈ 0.333...
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x**2, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 111μs -> 94.6μs (17.6% faster)


def test_negative_interval():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [1, 0], should be -0.5, but function swaps bounds
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 1, 0, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 7.04μs -> 5.21μs (35.2% faster)


def test_function_with_negative_values():
    # Integrate f(x) = -x over [0, 1], should be -0.5
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: -x, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 7.71μs -> 5.83μs (32.1% faster)


# -------------------- EDGE TEST CASES --------------------


def test_zero_width_interval():
    # Integrate any function over [a, a] should be 0
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(
        lambda x: x**2 + 3 * x + 2, 2, 2, 10
    )
    result = codeflash_output  # 2.83μs -> 3.00μs (5.57% slower)


def test_one_subinterval():
    # Only one rectangle, left endpoint: f(0) over [0, 1], area = f(0)*(1-0)
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x**2, 0, 1, 1)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.12μs -> 1.08μs (3.88% faster)


def test_function_with_discontinuity():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1 if x < 0.5 else 2 over [0, 1]
    def f(x):
        return 1 if x < 0.5 else 2

    expected = 1 * 0.5 + 2 * 0.5  # 1.5
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(f, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 76.8μs -> 57.4μs (33.8% faster)


def test_function_with_large_values():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1e6*x over [0, 1], should be 1e6/2 = 500000
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 1e6 * x, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 67.2μs -> 49.6μs (35.6% faster)


def test_function_with_small_values():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1e-6*x over [0, 1], should be 0.5e-6
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 1e-6 * x, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 66.5μs -> 48.2μs (38.1% faster)


def test_negative_n_raises():
    # Negative n should result in division by zero or logic error
    with pytest.raises(ZeroDivisionError):
        numerical_integration_rectangle(
            lambda x: x, 0, 1, 0
        )  # 667ns -> 667ns (0.000% faster)


def test_n_equals_one():
    # n=1, integrate f(x) = x over [0, 2], area = f(0)*2 = 0
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 2, 1)
    result = codeflash_output  # 958ns -> 958ns (0.000% faster)


def test_function_with_nan():
    # Integrate f(x) = nan over [0, 1], result should be nan
    def f(x):
        return float("nan")

    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(f, 0, 1, 10)
    result = codeflash_output  # 2.29μs -> 2.00μs (14.6% faster)


def test_function_with_inf():
    # Integrate f(x) = inf over [0, 1], result should be inf
    def f(x):
        return float("inf")

    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(f, 0, 1, 10)
    result = codeflash_output  # 2.33μs -> 2.04μs (14.3% faster)


def test_reverse_bounds():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [2, 1], function should swap bounds
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 2, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 6.96μs -> 5.21μs (33.6% faster)


# -------------------- LARGE SCALE TEST CASES --------------------


def test_large_n_constant_function():
    # Large n, integrate f(x) = 3 over [0, 10], should be 30
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 3, 0, 10, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 69.2μs -> 50.5μs (37.1% faster)


def test_large_n_linear_function():
    # Large n, integrate f(x) = x over [0, 100], should be 5000
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 100, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 61.9μs -> 43.7μs (41.6% faster)


def test_large_n_sine_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = sin(x) over [0, pi], should be 2
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(math.sin, 0, math.pi, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 69.8μs -> 54.2μs (28.9% faster)


def test_large_n_exponential_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = exp(x) over [0, 1], should be e - 1 ≈ 1.71828
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(math.exp, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 64.3μs -> 46.7μs (37.9% faster)


def test_large_n_polynomial_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = x^3 over [0, 1], should be 1/4 = 0.25
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x**3, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 110μs -> 96.4μs (14.5% faster)


def test_large_n_with_nonuniform_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1/(1+x^2) over [0, 1], should be arctan(1) - arctan(0) = pi/4
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(
        lambda x: 1 / (1 + x**2), 0, 1, 1000
    )
    result = codeflash_output  # 145μs -> 124μs (17.6% faster)


# -------------------- ADDITIONAL EDGE CASES --------------------


def test_function_with_very_small_interval():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [0, 1e-8], should be about 0.5e-8
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 1e-8, 10)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.92μs -> 1.71μs (12.2% faster)


def test_function_with_very_large_interval():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1 over [0, 1000], should be 1000
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 1, 0, 1000, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 69.2μs -> 50.5μs (36.9% faster)


def test_function_with_step_behavior():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1 if x < 0.5 else 0 over [0, 1], should be 0.5
    def f(x):
        return 1 if x < 0.5 else 0

    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(f, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 76.8μs -> 56.6μs (35.8% faster)


def test_function_with_abs():
    # Integrate f(x) = |x| over [-1, 1], should be 1
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: abs(x), -1, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 72.7μs -> 53.6μs (35.6% faster)


def test_function_with_odd_function_on_symmetric_interval():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [-1, 1], should be 0
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, -1, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 61.5μs -> 43.1μs (42.5% faster)


# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

import math  # used for math functions in test cases

# function to test
# src/numerical/calculus.py
from typing import Callable

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.numerical.calculus import numerical_integration_rectangle

# unit tests

# =========================
# 1. Basic Test Cases
# =========================


def test_constant_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = 5 over [0, 2], expected area = 5*2 = 10
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 5, 0, 2, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 7.96μs -> 6.17μs (29.1% faster)


def test_linear_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [0, 1], expected area = 0.5
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 7.25μs -> 5.25μs (38.1% faster)


def test_quadratic_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = x^2 over [0, 1], expected area = 1/3
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x**2, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 12.6μs -> 10.8μs (16.6% faster)


def test_sine_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = sin(x) over [0, pi], expected area = 2
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(math.sin, 0, math.pi, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 8.21μs -> 6.92μs (18.7% faster)


def test_reverse_interval():
    # Should handle a > b by swapping: integrate f(x) = x from 2 to 0
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 2, 0, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 7.17μs -> 5.29μs (35.5% faster)
    # Should be same as integrating from 0 to 2
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 2, 100)
    expected = codeflash_output  # 6.42μs -> 4.50μs (42.6% faster)


# =========================
# 2. Edge Test Cases
# =========================


def test_zero_width_interval():
    # Integrate over [1, 1]; area should be 0 regardless of function
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x**2, 1, 1, 10)
    result = codeflash_output  # 2.04μs -> 1.96μs (4.29% faster)


def test_single_rectangle():
    # Only one rectangle; integrate f(x) = x over [0, 1]
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 1, 1)
    result = codeflash_output  # 958ns -> 917ns (4.47% faster)


def test_negative_bounds():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [-1, 1], should be close to 0
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, -1, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 6.96μs -> 5.17μs (34.7% faster)


def test_function_with_discontinuity():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1/(x-0.5) over [0, 1], excluding the singularity at x=0.5
    def f(x):
        if abs(x - 0.5) < 1e-8:
            return 0.0  # avoid division by zero
        return 1 / (x - 0.5)

    # Should not raise, but result will be large due to discontinuity
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(f, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 13.2μs -> 11.1μs (19.6% faster)


def test_function_returns_nan():
    # Integrate a function that returns NaN at some points
    def f(x):
        if x == 0.5:
            return float("nan")
        return x

    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(f, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 8.08μs -> 6.08μs (32.9% faster)


def test_n_is_zero():
    # n=0 should raise ZeroDivisionError
    with pytest.raises(ZeroDivisionError):
        numerical_integration_rectangle(
            lambda x: x, 0, 1, 0
        )  # 708ns -> 667ns (6.15% faster)


def test_function_with_large_values():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1e10 over [0,1], expected area = 1e10
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 1e10, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 6.96μs -> 5.04μs (38.0% faster)


def test_function_with_small_values():
    # Integrate f(x) = 1e-10 over [0,1], expected area = 1e-10
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: 1e-10, 0, 1, 100)
    result = codeflash_output  # 6.92μs -> 5.04μs (37.2% faster)


# =========================
# 3. Large Scale Test Cases
# =========================


def test_large_n_high_accuracy():
    # Integrate f(x) = x^2 over [0, 1] with large n for high accuracy
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x**2, 0, 1, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 112μs -> 95.3μs (18.1% faster)


def test_large_interval():
    # Integrate f(x) = x over [0, 100], expected area = 0.5*100*100 = 5000
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(lambda x: x, 0, 100, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 62.0μs -> 43.3μs (43.3% faster)


def test_large_scale_sine():
    # Integrate f(x) = sin(x) over [0, 100], no simple closed form, but should not crash
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(math.sin, 0, 100, 1000)
    result = codeflash_output  # 71.7μs -> 56.3μs (27.4% faster)


def test_large_scale_abs_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = |x| over [-500, 500], expected area = 2 * (1/2 * 500^2) = 250000
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(
        lambda x: abs(x), -500, 500, 1000
    )
    result = codeflash_output  # 72.4μs -> 53.5μs (35.4% faster)


def test_large_scale_with_oscillating_function():
    # Integrate f(x) = sin(50x) over [0, 2*pi], should be close to 0 due to oscillation
    codeflash_output = numerical_integration_rectangle(
        lambda x: math.sin(50 * x), 0, 2 * math.pi, 1000
    )
    result = codeflash_output  # 114μs -> 92.6μs (23.4% faster)


# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-numerical_integration_rectangle-mjhv43nc and push.