Average Error: 58.1 → 0.8
Time: 27.8s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{e^{x} - e^{-x}}{e^{x} + e^{-x}}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le 2.0634884741685034 \cdot 10^{-07}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(x + \frac{2}{15} \cdot {x}^{5}\right) - \frac{1}{3} \cdot {x}^{3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\tanh x} \cdot \sqrt{\tanh x}\\ \end{array}\]

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 2.0634884741685034e-07

    1. Initial program 58.8

      \[\frac{e^{x} - e^{-x}}{e^{x} + e^{-x}}\]
    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.8

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + \frac{2}{15} \cdot {x}^{5}\right) - \frac{1}{3} \cdot {x}^{3}}\]

    if 2.0634884741685034e-07 < x

    1. Initial program 29.6

      \[\frac{e^{x} - e^{-x}}{e^{x} + e^{-x}}\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied tanh-undef0.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\tanh x}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied add-sqr-sqrt0.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{\tanh x} \cdot \sqrt{\tanh x}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification0.8

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le 2.0634884741685034 \cdot 10^{-07}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(x + \frac{2}{15} \cdot {x}^{5}\right) - \frac{1}{3} \cdot {x}^{3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\tanh x} \cdot \sqrt{\tanh x}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2018360 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Hyperbolic tangent"
  (/ (- (exp x) (exp (- x))) (+ (exp x) (exp (- x)))))

Details

Time bar (total: 9.4s)Debug log

start448.0ms

Algorithm
intervals

setup67.0ms

Pruning

1 alts after pruning (1 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 57.3b

localize27.0ms

Local error

Found 3 expressions with local error:

5.7b
(- (exp x) (exp (- x)))
1.5b
(/ (- (exp x) (exp (- x))) (+ (exp x) (exp (- x))))
0.0b
(+ (exp x) (exp (- x)))

rewrite30.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
3 → 94
Calls

3 calls. Slowest were:

16.0ms
(/ (- (exp x) (exp (- x))) (+ (exp x) (exp (- x))))
8.0ms
(- (exp x) (exp (- x)))
4.0ms
(+ (exp x) (exp (- x)))

series569.0ms

Counts
3 → 9
Calls

3 calls. Slowest were:

403.0ms
(- (exp x) (exp (- x)))
121.0ms
(/ (- (exp x) (exp (- x))) (+ (exp x) (exp (- x))))
44.0ms
(+ (exp x) (exp (- x)))

simplify2.2s

Counts
91 → 103
Calls

91 calls. Slowest were:

400.0ms
(/ (* (* (- (exp x) (exp (- x))) (- (exp x) (exp (- x)))) (- (exp x) (exp (- x)))) (* (* (+ (exp x) (exp (- x))) (+ (exp x) (exp (- x)))) (+ (exp x) (exp (- x)))))
201.0ms
(- (* (exp x) (exp x)) (* (exp (- x)) (exp (- x))))
138.0ms
(+ (* (exp x) (exp x)) (- (* (exp (- x)) (exp (- x))) (* (exp x) (exp (- x)))))

prune510.0ms

Pruning

3 alts after pruning (3 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 0.0b

localize3.0ms

Local error

Found 1 expressions with local error:

0.0b
(tanh x)

rewrite0.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
1 → 12
Calls

1 calls. Slowest were:

0.0ms
(tanh x)

series107.0ms

Counts
1 → 3
Calls

1 calls. Slowest were:

107.0ms
(tanh x)

simplify238.0ms

Counts
3 → 15
Calls

3 calls. Slowest were:

156.0ms
(- (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (* 1/3 (pow x 3)))
46.0ms
(/ (- (exp x) (exp (- x))) (+ (exp x) (exp (- x))))
35.0ms
(/ (- (exp x) (exp (* -1 x))) (+ (exp (* -1 x)) (exp x)))

prune113.0ms

Pruning

3 alts after pruning (3 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 0b

localize34.0ms

Local error

Found 3 expressions with local error:

0.2b
(* 1/3 (pow x 3))
0.0b
(* 2/15 (pow x 5))
0.0b
(- (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (* 1/3 (pow x 3)))

rewrite15.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
3 → 49
Calls

3 calls. Slowest were:

10.0ms
(- (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (* 1/3 (pow x 3)))
2.0ms
(* 1/3 (pow x 3))
2.0ms
(* 2/15 (pow x 5))

series103.0ms

Counts
3 → 9
Calls

3 calls. Slowest were:

39.0ms
(- (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (* 1/3 (pow x 3)))
37.0ms
(* 2/15 (pow x 5))
27.0ms
(* 1/3 (pow x 3))

simplify1.1s

Counts
25 → 58
Calls

25 calls. Slowest were:

155.0ms
(- (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (* 1/3 (pow x 3)))
153.0ms
(fma 1 (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (- (* (pow x 3) 1/3)))
143.0ms
(fma (sqrt (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5)))) (sqrt (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5)))) (- (* (pow x 3) 1/3)))

prune707.0ms

Pruning

3 alts after pruning (2 fresh and 1 done)

Merged error: 0b

localize11.0ms

Local error

Found 3 expressions with local error:

0.2b
(* (sqrt (tanh x)) (sqrt (tanh x)))
0.0b
(tanh x)
0.0b
(tanh x)

rewrite13.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
3 → 71
Calls

3 calls. Slowest were:

11.0ms
(* (sqrt (tanh x)) (sqrt (tanh x)))
0.0ms
(tanh x)
0.0ms
(tanh x)

series346.0ms

Counts
3 → 9
Calls

3 calls. Slowest were:

127.0ms
(tanh x)
121.0ms
(tanh x)
98.0ms
(* (sqrt (tanh x)) (sqrt (tanh x)))

simplify1.9s

Counts
54 → 80
Calls

54 calls. Slowest were:

197.0ms
(* (* (* (sqrt (tanh x)) (sqrt (tanh x))) (sqrt (tanh x))) (* (* (sqrt (tanh x)) (sqrt (tanh x))) (sqrt (tanh x))))
132.0ms
(- (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (* 1/3 (pow x 3)))
115.0ms
(- (+ x (* 2/15 (pow x 5))) (* 1/3 (pow x 3)))

prune779.0ms

Pruning

3 alts after pruning (1 fresh and 2 done)

Merged error: 0b

regimes26.0ms

Accuracy

51.4% (0.8b remaining)

Error of 0.8b against oracle of 0.0b and baseline of 1.7b

bsearch29.0ms