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




Bits error versus x
Results
| Original | 58.7 |
|---|---|
| Target | 0.4 |
| Herbie | 0.4 |
Initial program 58.7
Taylor expanded around 0 0.4
Simplified0.4
Final simplification0.4
herbie shell --seed 2020231
(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))