Average Error: 41.5 → 0.7
Time: 3.4s
Precision: 64
\[\frac{e^{x}}{e^{x} - 1}\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{x} \le 0.8526603959516880770763691543834283947945:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt[3]{e^{x}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{e^{x}}}{\sqrt{e^{x}} + \sqrt{1}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{e^{x}}}{\sqrt{e^{x}} - \sqrt{1}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{12} \cdot x + \frac{1}{x}\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\frac{e^{x}}{e^{x} - 1}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;e^{x} \le 0.8526603959516880770763691543834283947945:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt[3]{e^{x}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{e^{x}}}{\sqrt{e^{x}} + \sqrt{1}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{e^{x}}}{\sqrt{e^{x}} - \sqrt{1}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{12} \cdot x + \frac{1}{x}\right)\\

\end{array}
double f(double x) {
        double r64732 = x;
        double r64733 = exp(r64732);
        double r64734 = 1.0;
        double r64735 = r64733 - r64734;
        double r64736 = r64733 / r64735;
        return r64736;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r64737 = x;
        double r64738 = exp(r64737);
        double r64739 = 0.8526603959516881;
        bool r64740 = r64738 <= r64739;
        double r64741 = cbrt(r64738);
        double r64742 = r64741 * r64741;
        double r64743 = sqrt(r64738);
        double r64744 = 1.0;
        double r64745 = sqrt(r64744);
        double r64746 = r64743 + r64745;
        double r64747 = r64742 / r64746;
        double r64748 = r64743 - r64745;
        double r64749 = r64741 / r64748;
        double r64750 = r64747 * r64749;
        double r64751 = 0.5;
        double r64752 = 0.08333333333333333;
        double r64753 = r64752 * r64737;
        double r64754 = 1.0;
        double r64755 = r64754 / r64737;
        double r64756 = r64753 + r64755;
        double r64757 = r64751 + r64756;
        double r64758 = r64740 ? r64750 : r64757;
        return r64758;
}

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Target

Original41.5
Target41.0
Herbie0.7
\[\frac{1}{1 - e^{-x}}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if (exp x) < 0.8526603959516881

    1. Initial program 0.0

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

    3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt0.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{x}}{e^{x} - \color{blue}{\sqrt{1} \cdot \sqrt{1}}}\]

    4. Applied add-sqr-sqrt0.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{x}}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{x}} \cdot \sqrt{e^{x}}} - \sqrt{1} \cdot \sqrt{1}}\]

    5. Applied difference-of-squares0.0

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

    6. Applied add-cube-cbrt0.0

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

    7. Applied times-frac0.0

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

    if 0.8526603959516881 < (exp x)

    1. Initial program 62.0

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 1.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{12} \cdot x + \frac{1}{x}\right)}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.7

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{x} \le 0.8526603959516880770763691543834283947945:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\sqrt[3]{e^{x}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{e^{x}}}{\sqrt{e^{x}} + \sqrt{1}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{e^{x}}}{\sqrt{e^{x}} - \sqrt{1}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{12} \cdot x + \frac{1}{x}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019353 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "expq2 (section 3.11)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (/ 1 (- 1 (exp (- x))))

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