Average Error: 29.6 → 0.3
Time: 12.2s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \le -0.0007656553037481052:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\left(\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)\right) - 1}{1 + \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x} + 1}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + \left(\frac{1}{2} + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

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Target

Original29.6
Target0.2
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|a \cdot x\right| \lt \frac{1}{10}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(1 + \left(\frac{a \cdot x}{2} + \frac{{\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2}}{6}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a \cdot x} - 1\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (* a x) < -0.0007656553037481052

    1. Initial program 0.0

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--0.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \cdot 1}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied flip--0.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) - \left(1 \cdot 1\right) \cdot \left(1 \cdot 1\right)}{e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x} + 1 \cdot 1}}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\]
    6. Using strategy rm
    7. Applied flip--0.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)\right) - \left(\left(1 \cdot 1\right) \cdot \left(1 \cdot 1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(1 \cdot 1\right) \cdot \left(1 \cdot 1\right)\right)}{\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) + \left(1 \cdot 1\right) \cdot \left(1 \cdot 1\right)}}}{e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x} + 1 \cdot 1}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\]

    if -0.0007656553037481052 < (* a x)

    1. Initial program 44.6

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
    2. Taylor expanded around 0 13.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + \left(a \cdot x + \frac{1}{6} \cdot \left({a}^{3} \cdot {x}^{3}\right)\right)}\]
    3. Simplified0.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot \frac{1}{6}\right) + \frac{1}{2}\right) + a \cdot x}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \le -0.0007656553037481052:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\frac{\left(\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)\right) - 1}{1 + \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right) \cdot \left(e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x}\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x} + 1}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + \left(\frac{1}{2} + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019002 
(FPCore (a x)
  :name "expax (section 3.5)"

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs (* a x)) 1/10) (* (* a x) (+ 1 (+ (/ (* a x) 2) (/ (pow (* a x) 2) 6)))) (- (exp (* a x)) 1))

  (- (exp (* a x)) 1))

Details

Time bar (total: 11.4s)Debug log

sample72.0ms

Algorithm
intervals

simplify5.0ms

Counts
1 → 1
Calls

1 calls. Slowest were:

5.0ms
(- (exp (* a x)) 1)

prune5.0ms

Pruning

1 alts after pruning (1 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 29.9b

localize13.0ms

Local error

Found 2 expressions with local error:

3.3b
(- (exp (* a x)) 1)
0.0b
(exp (* a x))

rewrite5.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
2 → 21
Calls

2 calls. Slowest were:

4.0ms
(- (exp (* a x)) 1)
1.0ms
(exp (* a x))

series37.0ms

Counts
2 → 6
Calls

2 calls. Slowest were:

26.0ms
(- (exp (* a x)) 1)
11.0ms
(exp (* a x))

simplify494.0ms

Counts
9 → 27
Calls

9 calls. Slowest were:

384.0ms
(+ (* 1/2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))) (+ (* a x) (* 1/6 (* (pow a 3) (pow x 3)))))
91.0ms
(+ (* a x) (+ (* 1/2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))) 1))
5.0ms
(- (exp (* a x)) 1)

prune181.0ms

Pruning

4 alts after pruning (4 fresh and 0 done)

Merged error: 0.1b

localize16.0ms

Local error

Found 4 expressions with local error:

0.3b
(* x 1/6)
0.2b
(* (* a x) (* a x))
0.2b
(* a (* x 1/6))
0.1b
(* (* (* a x) (* a x)) (+ (* a (* x 1/6)) 1/2))

rewrite17.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
4 → 55
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

12.0ms
(* (* (* a x) (* a x)) (+ (* a (* x 1/6)) 1/2))
3.0ms
(* (* a x) (* a x))
1.0ms
(* a (* x 1/6))

series120.0ms

Counts
4 → 12
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

72.0ms
(* (* (* a x) (* a x)) (+ (* a (* x 1/6)) 1/2))
23.0ms
(* (* a x) (* a x))
18.0ms
(* a (* x 1/6))
8.0ms
(* x 1/6)

simplify3.1s

Counts
32 → 67
Calls

32 calls. Slowest were:

644.0ms
(* (* (* (* a x) (* a x)) (* a x)) (* (* (* a x) (* a x)) (* a x)))
340.0ms
(+ (* 1/6 (* (pow a 3) (pow x 3))) (* 1/2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))))
286.0ms
(+ (* 1/6 (* (pow a 3) (pow x 3))) (* 1/2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))))

prune637.0ms

Pruning

4 alts after pruning (3 fresh and 1 done)

Merged error: 0.1b

localize28.0ms

Local error

Found 4 expressions with local error:

3.3b
(- (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))) (* 1 1))
0.0b
(exp (* a x))
0.0b
(exp (* a x))
0.0b
(exp (* a x))

rewrite26.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
4 → 40
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

16.0ms
(- (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))) (* 1 1))
6.0ms
(exp (* a x))
2.0ms
(exp (* a x))

series72.0ms

Counts
4 → 12
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

32.0ms
(- (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))) (* 1 1))
17.0ms
(exp (* a x))
11.0ms
(exp (* a x))
11.0ms
(exp (* a x))

simplify942.0ms

Counts
21 → 52
Calls

21 calls. Slowest were:

374.0ms
(+ (* 2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))) (+ (* 2 (* a x)) (* 4/3 (* (pow a 3) (pow x 3)))))
139.0ms
(+ (* a x) (+ (* 1/2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))) 1))
133.0ms
(+ (* a x) (+ (* 1/2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))) 1))

prune553.0ms

Pruning

6 alts after pruning (5 fresh and 1 done)

Merged error: 0.1b

localize17.0ms

Local error

Found 4 expressions with local error:

3.2b
(- (* (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))) (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x)))) (* (* 1 1) (* 1 1)))
0.0b
(exp (* a x))
0.0b
(exp (* a x))
0.0b
(exp (* a x))

rewrite46.0ms

Algorithm
rewrite-expression-head
Counts
4 → 40
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

43.0ms
(- (* (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))) (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x)))) (* (* 1 1) (* 1 1)))
1.0ms
(exp (* a x))
1.0ms
(exp (* a x))

series98.0ms

Counts
4 → 12
Calls

4 calls. Slowest were:

46.0ms
(- (* (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))) (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x)))) (* (* 1 1) (* 1 1)))
18.0ms
(exp (* a x))
17.0ms
(exp (* a x))
17.0ms
(exp (* a x))

simplify1.3s

Counts
21 → 52
Calls

21 calls. Slowest were:

683.0ms
(+ (* 8 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))) (+ (* 4 (* a x)) (* 32/3 (* (pow a 3) (pow x 3)))))
157.0ms
(/ (exp (* (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))) (* (exp (* a x)) (exp (* a x))))) (exp (* (* 1 1) (* 1 1))))
135.0ms
(+ (* a x) (+ (* 1/2 (* (pow a 2) (pow x 2))) 1))

prune554.0ms

Pruning

6 alts after pruning (5 fresh and 1 done)

Merged error: 0.1b

regimes429.0ms

Accuracy

98.6% (0.3b remaining)

Error of 0.3b against oracle of 0.1b and baseline of 21.0b

bsearch10.0ms

end0.0ms

sample2.6s

Algorithm
intervals