\[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
e^{a \cdot x} - 1
double f(double a, double x) {
        double r8406 = a;
        double r8407 = x;
        double r8408 = r8406 * r8407;
        double r8409 = exp(r8408);
        double r8410 = 1.0;
        double r8411 = r8409 - r8410;
        return r8411;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (a x)
  :name "expax (section 3.5)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 14

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs (* a x)) 0.10000000000000001) (* (* a x) (+ 1 (+ (/ (* a x) 2) (/ (pow (* a x) 2) 6)))) (- (exp (* a x)) 1))

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

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h1LC
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt498
egraph-add-exprs/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt1220
egraph-run/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt550
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt380
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt2230
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt3450
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128