\left|\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}} \cdot \left(\left(\left(2 \cdot \left|x\right| + \frac{2}{3} \cdot \left(\left(\left|x\right| \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right)\right) + \frac{1}{5} \cdot \left(\left(\left(\left(\left|x\right| \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right)\right) + \frac{1}{21} \cdot \left(\left(\left(\left(\left(\left(\left|x\right| \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right) \cdot \left|x\right|\right)\right)\right|
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sqrt{\frac{1}{\pi}}\\
\left|0.2 \cdot \left({x}^{5} \cdot t_0\right) + \left(2 \cdot \left(x \cdot t_0\right) + \left(0.6666666666666666 \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + 0.047619047619047616 \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot {x}^{7}\right)\right)\right)\right|
\end{array}
(FPCore (x)
:precision binary64
(fabs
(*
(/ 1.0 (sqrt PI))
(+
(+
(+ (* 2.0 (fabs x)) (* (/ 2.0 3.0) (* (* (fabs x) (fabs x)) (fabs x))))
(*
(/ 1.0 5.0)
(* (* (* (* (fabs x) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x))))
(*
(/ 1.0 21.0)
(*
(* (* (* (* (* (fabs x) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x))
(fabs x)))))))(FPCore (x)
:precision binary64
(let* ((t_0 (sqrt (/ 1.0 PI))))
(fabs
(+
(* 0.2 (* (pow x 5.0) t_0))
(+
(* 2.0 (* x t_0))
(+
(* 0.6666666666666666 (* t_0 (pow x 3.0)))
(* 0.047619047619047616 (* t_0 (pow x 7.0)))))))))double code(double x) {
return fabs((1.0 / sqrt((double) M_PI)) * ((((2.0 * fabs(x)) + ((2.0 / 3.0) * ((fabs(x) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)))) + ((1.0 / 5.0) * ((((fabs(x) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)))) + ((1.0 / 21.0) * ((((((fabs(x) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)) * fabs(x)))));
}
double code(double x) {
double t_0 = sqrt(1.0 / ((double) M_PI));
return fabs((0.2 * (pow(x, 5.0) * t_0)) + ((2.0 * (x * t_0)) + ((0.6666666666666666 * (t_0 * pow(x, 3.0))) + (0.047619047619047616 * (t_0 * pow(x, 7.0))))));
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 0.2
Simplified0.6
Taylor expanded around 0 0.1
Final simplification0.1
herbie shell --seed 2021196
(FPCore (x)
:name "Jmat.Real.erfi, branch x less than or equal to 0.5"
:precision binary64
:pre (<= x 0.5)
(fabs (* (/ 1.0 (sqrt PI)) (+ (+ (+ (* 2.0 (fabs x)) (* (/ 2.0 3.0) (* (* (fabs x) (fabs x)) (fabs x)))) (* (/ 1.0 5.0) (* (* (* (* (fabs x) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)))) (* (/ 1.0 21.0) (* (* (* (* (* (* (fabs x) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)) (fabs x)))))))