Average Error: 39.4 → 0.0
Time: 3.5s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}\]
↓
\[\frac{(e^{x} - 1)^*}{x}\]

Error

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Target

Original39.4
Target38.6
Herbie0.0
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \lt 1 \land x \gt -1:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{\log \left(e^{x}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 39.4

    \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}\]

  2. Simplified0.0

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{(e^{x} - 1)^*}{x}}\]

  3. Final simplification0.0

    \[\leadsto \frac{(e^{x} - 1)^*}{x}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019026 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Kahan's exp quotient"

  :herbie-target
  (if (and (< x 1) (> x -1)) (/ (- (exp x) 1) (log (exp x))) (/ (- (exp x) 1) x))

  (/ (- (exp x) 1) x))