Average Error: 58.5 → 3.3
Time: 1.8m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}{\left(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{b \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \le 1.79082072733423 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{(e^{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1)^* \cdot \varepsilon}{(e^{\varepsilon \cdot b} - 1)^*}}{(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1)^*}\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus eps

Target

Original58.5
Target14.2
Herbie3.3
\[\frac{a + b}{a \cdot b}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if eps < 1.79082072733423e-78

    1. Initial program 59.3

      \[\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}{\left(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{b \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}\]
    2. Simplified41.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1)^* \cdot \varepsilon}{(e^{\varepsilon \cdot b} - 1)^* \cdot (e^{\varepsilon \cdot a} - 1)^*}}\]
    3. Taylor expanded around 0 2.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}}\]

    if 1.79082072733423e-78 < eps

    1. Initial program 51.8

      \[\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}{\left(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{b \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}\]
    2. Simplified18.6

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1)^* \cdot \varepsilon}{(e^{\varepsilon \cdot b} - 1)^* \cdot (e^{\varepsilon \cdot a} - 1)^*}}\]
    3. Using strategy rm
    4. Applied associate-/r*8.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1)^* \cdot \varepsilon}{(e^{\varepsilon \cdot b} - 1)^*}}{(e^{\varepsilon \cdot a} - 1)^*}}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification3.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\varepsilon \le 1.79082072733423 \cdot 10^{-78}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{(e^{\left(b + a\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1)^* \cdot \varepsilon}{(e^{\varepsilon \cdot b} - 1)^*}}{(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1)^*}\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019050 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a b eps)
  :name "expq3 (problem 3.4.2)"
  :pre (and (< -1 eps) (< eps 1))

  :herbie-target
  (/ (+ a b) (* a b))

  (/ (* eps (- (exp (* (+ a b) eps)) 1)) (* (- (exp (* a eps)) 1) (- (exp (* b eps)) 1))))