Average Error: 29.2 → 0.6
Time: 3.2s
Precision: 64
\[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \le -115.9376399895593:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt[3]{{\left(e^{a \cdot x} - 1\right)}^{3}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, {\left(x \cdot a\right)}^{2}, a \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array}\]
e^{a \cdot x} - 1
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \le -115.9376399895593:\\
\;\;\;\;\sqrt[3]{{\left(e^{a \cdot x} - 1\right)}^{3}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, {\left(x \cdot a\right)}^{2}, a \cdot x\right)\\

\end{array}
double code(double a, double x) {
	return (exp((a * x)) - 1.0);
}
↓
double code(double a, double x) {
	double VAR;
	if (((a * x) <= -115.9376399895593)) {
		VAR = cbrt(pow((exp((a * x)) - 1.0), 3.0));
	} else {
		VAR = fma(0.5, pow((x * a), 2.0), (a * x));
	}
	return VAR;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original29.2
Target0.2
Herbie0.6
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|a \cdot x\right| \lt 0.10000000000000001:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(1 + \left(\frac{a \cdot x}{2} + \frac{{\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2}}{6}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a \cdot x} - 1\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if (* a x) < -115.9376399895593

    1. Initial program 0

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

    3. Applied add-cbrt-cube0

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

    4. Simplified0

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

    if -115.9376399895593 < (* a x)

    1. Initial program 43.9

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 14.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left({a}^{3} \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + a \cdot x\right)}\]

    3. Simplified14.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, {a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}, \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{6}, {a}^{3} \cdot {x}^{3}, a \cdot x\right)\right)}\]

    4. Taylor expanded around 0 8.7

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

    5. Simplified8.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, {a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}, a \cdot x\right)}\]
    6. Using strategy rm

    7. Applied pow-prod-down1.0

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{{\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2}}, a \cdot x\right)\]

    8. Simplified1.0

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, {\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot a\right)}}^{2}, a \cdot x\right)\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.6

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \le -115.9376399895593:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt[3]{{\left(e^{a \cdot x} - 1\right)}^{3}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, {\left(x \cdot a\right)}^{2}, a \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020102 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (a x)
  :name "expax (section 3.5)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 14

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs (* a x)) 0.1) (* (* a x) (+ 1 (+ (/ (* a x) 2) (/ (pow (* a x) 2) 6)))) (- (exp (* a x)) 1))

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