Average Error: 29.4 → 0.7
Time: 8.7s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\left(e^{x} - 2\right) + e^{-x}\]
↓
\[(\frac{1}{12} \cdot \left({x}^{4}\right) + \left((\frac{1}{360} \cdot \left({x}^{6}\right) + \left(x \cdot x\right))_*\right))_*\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original29.4
Target0.0
Herbie0.7
\[4 \cdot {\left(\sinh \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 29.4

    \[\left(e^{x} - 2\right) + e^{-x}\]

  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.7

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{12} \cdot {x}^{4} + \frac{1}{360} \cdot {x}^{6}\right)}\]

  3. Simplified0.7

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{(\frac{1}{12} \cdot \left({x}^{4}\right) + \left((\frac{1}{360} \cdot \left({x}^{6}\right) + \left(x \cdot x\right))_*\right))_*}\]

  4. Final simplification0.7

    \[\leadsto (\frac{1}{12} \cdot \left({x}^{4}\right) + \left((\frac{1}{360} \cdot \left({x}^{6}\right) + \left(x \cdot x\right))_*\right))_*\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019030 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "exp2 (problem 3.3.7)"

  :herbie-target
  (* 4 (pow (sinh (/ x 2)) 2))

  (+ (- (exp x) 2) (exp (- x))))