Average Error: 30.2 → 0.7
Time: 4.9s
Precision: binary64
\[\left(e^{x} - 2\right) + e^{-x}\]
↓
\[{x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{360} \cdot {x}^{6} + \frac{1}{12} \cdot {x}^{4}\right)\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original30.2
Target0.0
Herbie0.7
\[4 \cdot {\left(\sinh \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 30.2

    \[\left(e^{x} - 2\right) + e^{-x}\]

  2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.7

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{360} \cdot {x}^{6} + \frac{1}{12} \cdot {x}^{4}\right)}\]

  3. Final simplification0.7

    \[\leadsto {x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{360} \cdot {x}^{6} + \frac{1}{12} \cdot {x}^{4}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020155 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "exp2 (problem 3.3.7)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (* 4.0 (pow (sinh (/ x 2.0)) 2.0))

  (+ (- (exp x) 2.0) (exp (neg x))))