e^{x} - 1x + \left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(0.5 + x \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (exp x) 1.0))
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (+ x (* (* x x) (+ 0.5 (* x 0.16666666666666666)))))
double code(double x) {
return exp(x) - 1.0;
}
double code(double x) {
return x + ((x * x) * (0.5 + (x * 0.16666666666666666)));
}




Bits error versus x
Results
| Original | 58.6 |
|---|---|
| Target | 0.5 |
| Herbie | 0.5 |
Initial program 58.6
Taylor expanded around 0 0.5
Simplified0.5
Final simplification0.5
herbie shell --seed 2020224
(FPCore (x)
:name "expm1 (example 3.7)"
:precision binary64
:pre (< -0.00017 x)
:herbie-target
(* x (+ (+ 1.0 (/ x 2.0)) (/ (* x x) 6.0)))
(- (exp x) 1.0))