Average Error: 29.4 → 0.3
Time: 1.1min
Precision: binary64
Cost: 33217
\[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -0.0020509167217338674:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\log \left(e^{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2} + -1}\right)}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + \left({\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{4} \cdot 0.041666666666666664 + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.5 + \left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]
e^{a \cdot x} - 1
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -0.0020509167217338674:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\log \left(e^{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2} + -1}\right)}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;a \cdot x + \left({\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{4} \cdot 0.041666666666666664 + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.5 + \left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)\right)\\

\end{array}
(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))
(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* a x) -0.0020509167217338674)
   (/ (log (exp (+ (pow (exp (* a x)) 2.0) -1.0))) (+ (exp (* a x)) 1.0))
   (+
    (* a x)
    (+
     (* (pow (* a x) 4.0) 0.041666666666666664)
     (* (pow (* a x) 2.0) (+ 0.5 (* (* a x) 0.16666666666666666)))))))
double code(double a, double x) {
	return exp(a * x) - 1.0;
}
double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * x) <= -0.0020509167217338674) {
		tmp = log(exp(pow(exp(a * x), 2.0) + -1.0)) / (exp(a * x) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = (a * x) + ((pow((a * x), 4.0) * 0.041666666666666664) + (pow((a * x), 2.0) * (0.5 + ((a * x) * 0.16666666666666666))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original29.4
Target0.2
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\left|a \cdot x\right| < 0.1:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(1 + \left(\frac{a \cdot x}{2} + \frac{{\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2}}{6}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a \cdot x} - 1\\ \end{array}\]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error0.3
Cost14721
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -0.0020509167217338674:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 + e^{a \cdot \left(x + x\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + \left({\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{4} \cdot 0.041666666666666664 + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.5 + \left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 2
Error0.3
Cost14273
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -0.0020509167217338674:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 + e^{a \cdot \left(x + x\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + \left({\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot e^{\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.3333333333333333}\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 3
Error0.3
Cost14081
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -0.0020509167217338674:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{-1 + e^{a \cdot \left(x + x\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.5 + \left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 4
Error0.3
Cost7873
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -0.0020509167217338674:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a \cdot x} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.5 + \left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 5
Error0.4
Cost7169
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -6.310949614038394 \cdot 10^{-06}:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a \cdot x} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 6
Error0.9
Cost1153
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -112941.26366565312:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 7
Error0.9
Cost1153
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -112941.26366565312:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + 0.5 \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 8
Error1.2
Cost641
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -1.1071065083608937:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 9
Error34.5
Cost706
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3.1034993266129114 \cdot 10^{-153}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq 5.735578023165714 \cdot 10^{-118}:\\ \;\;\;\;0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-1\\ \end{array}\]
Alternative 10
Error41.3
Cost64
\[-1\]

Error

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 a x) < -0.0020509167217338674

    1. Initial program 0.0

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip--_binary64_14170.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{e^{a \cdot x} \cdot e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \cdot 1}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}}\]
    4. Simplified0.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2} + -1}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\]
    5. Using strategy rm
    6. Applied add-log-exp_binary64_14810.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{-1}\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\]
    7. Applied add-log-exp_binary64_14810.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2}}\right)} + \log \left(e^{-1}\right)}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\]
    8. Applied sum-log_binary64_15330.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2}} \cdot e^{-1}\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\]
    9. Simplified0.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\log \color{blue}{\left(e^{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2} + -1}\right)}}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\]
    10. Simplified0.0

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

    if -0.0020509167217338674 < (*.f64 a x)

    1. Initial program 44.2

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied pow1_binary64_150344.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{\left(e^{a \cdot x} - 1\right)}^{1}}\]
    4. Taylor expanded around 0 18.0

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot x + \left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left({a}^{3} \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \left(0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + 0.041666666666666664 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {x}^{4}\right)\right)\right)\right)}}^{1}\]
    5. Simplified0.4

      \[\leadsto {\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot x + \left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{3} + \left(0.5 \cdot {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} + 0.041666666666666664 \cdot {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{4}\right)\right)\right)}}^{1}\]
    6. Taylor expanded around 0 18.0

      \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left({a}^{3} \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \left(0.041666666666666664 \cdot \left({a}^{4} \cdot {x}^{4}\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}\right)}^{1}\]
    7. Simplified0.4

      \[\leadsto {\left(a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(0.041666666666666664 \cdot {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{4} + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right) + 0.5\right)\right)}\right)}^{1}\]
    8. Simplified0.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x + \left({\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{4} \cdot 0.041666666666666664 + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.5 + \left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)\right)}\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -0.0020509167217338674:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\log \left(e^{{\left(e^{a \cdot x}\right)}^{2} + -1}\right)}{e^{a \cdot x} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + \left({\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{4} \cdot 0.041666666666666664 + {\left(a \cdot x\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(0.5 + \left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.16666666666666666\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2021014 
(FPCore (a x)
  :name "expax (section 3.5)"
  :precision binary64
  :herbie-expected 14

  :herbie-target
  (if (< (fabs (* a x)) 0.1) (* (* a x) (+ 1.0 (+ (/ (* a x) 2.0) (/ (pow (* a x) 2.0) 6.0)))) (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))

  (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))