Quotient of sum of exps

Percentage Accurate: 98.8% → 98.8%

Time: 3.2s

Alternatives: 6

Speedup: 1.0×

• could not determine a ground truth

  1. a = -2.00000000000000007e154
  2. b = -2.00000000000000007e154

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (exp a) (+ (exp a) (exp b))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(a) / (Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(a) / (math.exp(a) + math.exp(b))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(exp(a) / Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 98.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (exp a) (+ (exp a) (exp b))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(a) / (Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(a) / (math.exp(a) + math.exp(b))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(exp(a) / Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 98.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (exp a) (+ (exp a) (exp b))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(a) / (Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(a) / (math.exp(a) + math.exp(b))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(exp(a) / Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

2. Final simplification 98.8%

   \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

Alternative 2: 98.2% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -380000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{e^{b} + 1}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -380000000.0) (/ (exp a) 2.0) (/ 1.0 (+ (exp b) 1.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -380000000.0) {
		tmp = exp(a) / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (exp(b) + 1.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-380000000.0d0)) then
        tmp = exp(a) / 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (exp(b) + 1.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -380000000.0) {
		tmp = Math.exp(a) / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (Math.exp(b) + 1.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -380000000.0:
		tmp = math.exp(a) / 2.0
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / (math.exp(b) + 1.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -380000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(exp(a) / 2.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(exp(b) + 1.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -380000000.0)
		tmp = exp(a) / 2.0;
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / (exp(b) + 1.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -380000000.0], N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -3.8e8

   1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{2}} \]

   if -3.8e8 < a

   1. Initial program 98.5%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in a around 0 98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 98.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -380000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{e^{b} + 1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 67.4% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.65 \cdot 10^{+50}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.020833333333333332 \cdot {a}^{3}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 2.65e+50) (/ (exp a) 2.0) (* -0.020833333333333332 (pow a 3.0))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.65e+50) {
		tmp = exp(a) / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.020833333333333332 * pow(a, 3.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 2.65d+50) then
        tmp = exp(a) / 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = (-0.020833333333333332d0) * (a ** 3.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 2.65e+50) {
		tmp = Math.exp(a) / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = -0.020833333333333332 * Math.pow(a, 3.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 2.65e+50:
		tmp = math.exp(a) / 2.0
	else:
		tmp = -0.020833333333333332 * math.pow(a, 3.0)
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 2.65e+50)
		tmp = Float64(exp(a) / 2.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-0.020833333333333332 * (a ^ 3.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 2.65e+50)
		tmp = exp(a) / 2.0;
	else
		tmp = -0.020833333333333332 * (a ^ 3.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 2.65e+50], N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(-0.020833333333333332 * N[Power[a, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < 2.6500000000000001e50

   1. Initial program 98.5%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 78.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{2}} \]

   if 2.6500000000000001e50 < b

   1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 23.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 2.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.020833333333333332 \cdot {a}^{3} + \left(0.5 + 0.25 \cdot a\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around inf 56.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-0.020833333333333332 \cdot {a}^{3}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 73.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 2.65 \cdot 10^{+50}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-0.020833333333333332 \cdot {a}^{3}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 64.7% accurate, 3.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{e^{a}}{2} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (exp a) 2.0))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(a) / 2.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = exp(a) / 2.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(a) / 2.0;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(a) / 2.0

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(exp(a) / 2.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = exp(a) / 2.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{2}} \]

4. Final simplification 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{2} \]

Alternative 5: 39.9% accurate, 61.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 + a \cdot 0.25 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ 0.5 (* a 0.25)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5 + (a * 0.25);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 0.5d0 + (a * 0.25d0)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5 + (a * 0.25);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return 0.5 + (a * 0.25)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(0.5 + Float64(a * 0.25))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.5 + (a * 0.25);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(0.5 + N[(a * 0.25), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 46.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 + 0.25 \cdot a} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative 46.0%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 + \color{blue}{a \cdot 0.25} \]

5. Simplified 46.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 + a \cdot 0.25} \]

6. Final simplification 46.0%

   \[\leadsto 0.5 + a \cdot 0.25 \]

Alternative 6: 39.7% accurate, 305.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 0.5)

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 0.5d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return 0.5

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return 0.5
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.5;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := 0.5

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]

2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 45.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5} \]

4. Final simplification 45.5%

   \[\leadsto 0.5 \]

Developer target: 100.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp (- b a)))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (1.0 + exp((b - a)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 1.0d0 / (1.0d0 + exp((b - a)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.exp((b - a)));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return 1.0 / (1.0 + math.exp((b - a)))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 + exp(Float64(b - a))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp((b - a)));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[N[(b - a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023258 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "Quotient of sum of exps"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp (- b a))))

  (/ (exp a) (+ (exp a) (exp b))))