Average Error: 61.4 → 2.4
Time: 9.2s
Precision: binary64
\[-1 \lt \varepsilon \land \varepsilon \lt 1\]
\[\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}{\left(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{b \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}\]
↓
\[\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}\]
\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}{\left(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{b \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}
↓
\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}
double code(double a, double b, double eps) {
	return ((double) (((double) (eps * ((double) (((double) exp(((double) (((double) (a + b)) * eps)))) - 1.0)))) / ((double) (((double) (((double) exp(((double) (a * eps)))) - 1.0)) * ((double) (((double) exp(((double) (b * eps)))) - 1.0))))));
}
↓
double code(double a, double b, double eps) {
	return ((double) (((double) (1.0 / b)) + ((double) (1.0 / a))));
}

Error

Bits error versus a

Bits error versus b

Bits error versus eps

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Target

Original61.4
Target14.2
Herbie2.4
\[\frac{a + b}{a \cdot b}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 61.4

    \[\frac{\varepsilon \cdot \left(e^{\left(a + b\right) \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}{\left(e^{a \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right) \cdot \left(e^{b \cdot \varepsilon} - 1\right)}\]

  2. Taylor expanded around 0 2.4

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}}\]

  3. Final simplification2.4

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{a}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020157 
(FPCore (a b eps)
  :name "expq3 (problem 3.4.2)"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (< -1.0 eps) (< eps 1.0))

  :herbie-target
  (/ (+ a b) (* a b))

  (/ (* eps (- (exp (* (+ a b) eps)) 1.0)) (* (- (exp (* a eps)) 1.0) (- (exp (* b eps)) 1.0))))