Average Error: 40.2 → 0.3
Time: 29.9s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0001225895464600437:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} \cdot e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} \cdot e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - 1\right)}}{\sqrt[3]{\left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - -1\right) \cdot \left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - -1\right)}}}{x \cdot \left(\left(1 + e^{x}\right) + e^{x} \cdot e^{x}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot x\right) + 1\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original40.2
Target39.4
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \lt 1 \land x \gt -1:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{\log \left(e^{x}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if x < -0.0001225895464600437

    1. Initial program 0.0

      \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}\]
    2. Using strategy rm

    3. Applied flip3--0.1

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

    4. Applied associate-/l/0.1

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

    5. Simplified0.0

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

    7. Applied add-cbrt-cube0.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(e^{x + \left(x + x\right)} + -1\right) \cdot \left(e^{x + \left(x + x\right)} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(e^{x + \left(x + x\right)} + -1\right)}}}{x \cdot \left(e^{x} \cdot e^{x} + \left(1 \cdot 1 + e^{x} \cdot 1\right)\right)}\]
    8. Using strategy rm

    9. Applied flip-+0.0

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

    10. Applied flip-+0.0

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

    11. Applied associate-*l/0.0

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

    12. Applied frac-times0.0

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

    13. Applied cbrt-div0.0

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

    if -0.0001225895464600437 < x

    1. Initial program 60.2

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.4

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

    3. Simplified0.4

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

  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -0.0001225895464600437:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} \cdot e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} + -1\right)\right) \cdot \left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} \cdot e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - 1\right)}}{\sqrt[3]{\left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - -1\right) \cdot \left(e^{\left(x + x\right) + x} - -1\right)}}}{x \cdot \left(\left(1 + e^{x}\right) + e^{x} \cdot e^{x}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot x\right) + 1\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019100 
(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))