expax (section 3.5)

Percentage Accurate: 54.5% → 100.0%

Time: 16.7s

Alternatives: 7

Speedup: 35.0×

• 25.1% of points produce a very large (infinite) output. You may want to add a precondition.

• could not determine a ground truth

  1. a = -1.4750744640997714e+105
  2. x = 4.312007031122999e+211

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = exp((a * x)) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(exp(Float64(a * x)) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(N[Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 54.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = exp((a * x)) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(exp(Float64(a * x)) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(N[Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (expm1 (* a x)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return expm1((a * x));
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.expm1((a * x));
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return math.expm1((a * x))

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return expm1(Float64(a * x))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

   \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. expm1-def 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

3. Simplified 99.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

4. Final simplification 99.9%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right) \]

Alternative 2: 88.1% accurate, 7.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* a x) 5e-11) (* a x) (* a (+ x (* a (* x (* x 0.5)))))))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * x) <= 5e-11) {
		tmp = a * x;
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a * x) <= 5d-11) then
        tmp = a * x
    else
        tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * x) <= 5e-11) {
		tmp = a * x;
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if (a * x) <= 5e-11:
		tmp = a * x
	else:
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(a * x) <= 5e-11)
		tmp = Float64(a * x);
	else
		tmp = Float64(a * Float64(x + Float64(a * Float64(x * Float64(x * 0.5)))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a * x) <= 5e-11)
		tmp = a * x;
	else
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], 5e-11], N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], N[(a * N[(x + N[(a * N[(x * N[(x * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (*.f64 a x) < 5.00000000000000018e-11

   1. Initial program 33.6%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]

   if 5.00000000000000018e-11 < (*.f64 a x)

   1. Initial program 99.2%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 99.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 66.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 66.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot 0.5} + a \cdot x \]

      2. associate-*l* 66.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      3. unpow2 66.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + a \cdot x \]

      4. associate-*l* 68.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      5. distribute-lft-out 68.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right)} \]

      6. unpow2 68.6%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right) \]

      7. associate-*l* 68.6%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + x\right) \]

   6. Simplified 68.6%

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

4. Final simplification 87.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 87.3% accurate, 7.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-229}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + x \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a 5.8e-229)
   (+ (* a x) (* x (* (* a x) (* a 0.5))))
   (* a (+ x (* a (* x (* x 0.5)))))))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 5.8e-229) {
		tmp = (a * x) + (x * ((a * x) * (a * 0.5)));
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= 5.8d-229) then
        tmp = (a * x) + (x * ((a * x) * (a * 0.5d0)))
    else
        tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 5.8e-229) {
		tmp = (a * x) + (x * ((a * x) * (a * 0.5)));
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 5.8e-229:
		tmp = (a * x) + (x * ((a * x) * (a * 0.5)))
	else:
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 5.8e-229)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(a * x) + Float64(x * Float64(Float64(a * x) * Float64(a * 0.5))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(a * Float64(x + Float64(a * Float64(x * Float64(x * 0.5)))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 5.8e-229)
		tmp = (a * x) + (x * ((a * x) * (a * 0.5)));
	else
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[a, 5.8e-229], N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] + N[(x * N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(a * N[(x + N[(a * N[(x * N[(x * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 5.7999999999999999e-229

   1. Initial program 58.1%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 78.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 78.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)} \]

      2. associate-*r* 78.9%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {x}^{2}} \]

      3. unpow2 78.9%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \]

      4. associate-*r* 83.9%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x} \]

      5. distribute-rgt-out 83.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right)} \]

      6. *-commutative 83.9%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}\right) \]

      7. *-commutative 83.9%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)}\right) \]

      8. unpow2 83.9%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \]

      9. associate-*l* 83.9%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 83.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 83.9%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right) + a\right)} \]

      2. distribute-lft-in 83.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right) + x \cdot a} \]

      3. associate-*r* 86.7%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(x \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + x \cdot a \]

      4. *-commutative 86.7%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot x\right)} \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right) + x \cdot a \]

      5. *-commutative 86.7%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]

   8. Applied egg-rr 86.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right) + a \cdot x} \]

   if 5.7999999999999999e-229 < a

   1. Initial program 55.8%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 99.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 80.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 80.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot 0.5} + a \cdot x \]

      2. associate-*l* 80.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      3. unpow2 80.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + a \cdot x \]

      4. associate-*l* 85.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      5. distribute-lft-out 85.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right)} \]

      6. unpow2 85.7%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right) \]

      7. associate-*l* 85.7%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + x\right) \]

   6. Simplified 85.7%

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

4. Final simplification 86.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-229}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x + x \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 88.4% accurate, 8.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq 4 \cdot 10^{+24}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* a x) 4e+24) (* a x) (* 0.5 (* (* a a) (* x x)))))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * x) <= 4e+24) {
		tmp = a * x;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 * ((a * a) * (x * x));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((a * x) <= 4d+24) then
        tmp = a * x
    else
        tmp = 0.5d0 * ((a * a) * (x * x))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * x) <= 4e+24) {
		tmp = a * x;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 * ((a * a) * (x * x));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if (a * x) <= 4e+24:
		tmp = a * x
	else:
		tmp = 0.5 * ((a * a) * (x * x))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(a * x) <= 4e+24)
		tmp = Float64(a * x);
	else
		tmp = Float64(0.5 * Float64(Float64(a * a) * Float64(x * x)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((a * x) <= 4e+24)
		tmp = a * x;
	else
		tmp = 0.5 * ((a * a) * (x * x));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], 4e+24], N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (*.f64 a x) < 3.9999999999999999e24

   1. Initial program 38.7%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 99.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 90.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]

   if 3.9999999999999999e24 < (*.f64 a x)

   1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 77.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 77.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)} \]

      2. associate-*r* 77.1%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {x}^{2}} \]

      3. unpow2 77.1%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \]

      4. associate-*r* 76.6%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x} \]

      5. distribute-rgt-out 76.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right)} \]

      6. *-commutative 76.6%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}\right) \]

      7. *-commutative 76.6%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)}\right) \]

      8. unpow2 76.6%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \]

      9. associate-*l* 76.6%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 76.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in x around inf 77.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 77.1%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 77.1%

         \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)}\right) \]

   9. Simplified 77.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 86.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq 4 \cdot 10^{+24}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 87.3% accurate, 8.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 2.05 \cdot 10^{-227}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right) + 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a 2.05e-227)
   (* x (* a (+ (* a (* x 0.5)) 1.0)))
   (* a (+ x (* a (* x (* x 0.5)))))))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 2.05e-227) {
		tmp = x * (a * ((a * (x * 0.5)) + 1.0));
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= 2.05d-227) then
        tmp = x * (a * ((a * (x * 0.5d0)) + 1.0d0))
    else
        tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 2.05e-227) {
		tmp = x * (a * ((a * (x * 0.5)) + 1.0));
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 2.05e-227:
		tmp = x * (a * ((a * (x * 0.5)) + 1.0))
	else:
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 2.05e-227)
		tmp = Float64(x * Float64(a * Float64(Float64(a * Float64(x * 0.5)) + 1.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(a * Float64(x + Float64(a * Float64(x * Float64(x * 0.5)))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 2.05e-227)
		tmp = x * (a * ((a * (x * 0.5)) + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[a, 2.05e-227], N[(x * N[(a * N[(N[(a * N[(x * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(a * N[(x + N[(a * N[(x * N[(x * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 2.05000000000000005e-227

   1. Initial program 57.7%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 79.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)} \]

      2. associate-*r* 79.0%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {x}^{2}} \]

      3. unpow2 79.0%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \]

      4. associate-*r* 84.0%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x} \]

      5. distribute-rgt-out 84.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right)} \]

      6. *-commutative 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}\right) \]

      7. *-commutative 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)}\right) \]

      8. unpow2 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \]

      9. associate-*l* 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 84.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 84.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot x\right)}\right) \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot x\right)\right) \]

      2. associate-*r* 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)}\right) \]

      3. *-commutative 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot a\right)}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.5}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5\right) \]

      6. associate-*r* 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}\right) \]

      7. associate-*l* 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]

   9. Simplified 86.8%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]
   10. Step-by-step derivation

       1. *-commutative 86.8%

          \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot a}\right) \]

       2. distribute-rgt1-in 86.8%

          \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right) + 1\right) \cdot a\right)} \]

   11. Applied egg-rr 86.8%

       \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right) + 1\right) \cdot a\right)} \]

   if 2.05000000000000005e-227 < a

   1. Initial program 56.3%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 99.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 80.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 80.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot 0.5} + a \cdot x \]

      2. associate-*l* 80.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      3. unpow2 80.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + a \cdot x \]

      4. associate-*l* 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      5. distribute-lft-out 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right)} \]

      6. unpow2 85.6%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right) \]

      7. associate-*l* 85.6%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + x\right) \]

   6. Simplified 85.6%

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

4. Final simplification 86.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 2.05 \cdot 10^{-227}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right) + 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 87.3% accurate, 8.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-228}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(a + a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a 4e-228)
   (* x (+ a (* a (* a (* x 0.5)))))
   (* a (+ x (* a (* x (* x 0.5)))))))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 4e-228) {
		tmp = x * (a + (a * (a * (x * 0.5))));
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= 4d-228) then
        tmp = x * (a + (a * (a * (x * 0.5d0))))
    else
        tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= 4e-228) {
		tmp = x * (a + (a * (a * (x * 0.5))));
	} else {
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= 4e-228:
		tmp = x * (a + (a * (a * (x * 0.5))))
	else:
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= 4e-228)
		tmp = Float64(x * Float64(a + Float64(a * Float64(a * Float64(x * 0.5)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(a * Float64(x + Float64(a * Float64(x * Float64(x * 0.5)))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= 4e-228)
		tmp = x * (a + (a * (a * (x * 0.5))));
	else
		tmp = a * (x + (a * (x * (x * 0.5))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[a, 4e-228], N[(x * N[(a + N[(a * N[(a * N[(x * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(a * N[(x + N[(a * N[(x * N[(x * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < 4.00000000000000013e-228

   1. Initial program 57.7%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 79.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 79.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x + 0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)} \]

      2. associate-*r* 79.0%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot {x}^{2}} \]

      3. unpow2 79.0%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \]

      4. associate-*r* 84.0%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x} \]

      5. distribute-rgt-out 84.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right) \cdot x\right)} \]

      6. *-commutative 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}\right) \]

      7. *-commutative 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)}\right) \]

      8. unpow2 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \]

      9. associate-*l* 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 84.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in x around 0 84.0%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot x\right)}\right) \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 84.0%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot x\right)\right) \]

      2. associate-*r* 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)}\right) \]

      3. *-commutative 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot a\right)}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{\left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.5}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)} \cdot 0.5\right) \]

      6. associate-*r* 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}\right) \]

      7. associate-*l* 86.8%

         \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]

   9. Simplified 86.8%

      \[\leadsto x \cdot \left(a + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right) \]

   if 4.00000000000000013e-228 < a

   1. Initial program 56.3%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 99.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   3. Simplified 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 80.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + a \cdot x} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative 80.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot 0.5} + a \cdot x \]

      2. associate-*l* 80.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      3. unpow2 80.4%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + a \cdot x \]

      4. associate-*l* 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + a \cdot x \]

      5. distribute-lft-out 85.6%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left({x}^{2} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right)} \]

      6. unpow2 85.6%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot x\right)} \cdot 0.5\right) + x\right) \]

      7. associate-*l* 85.6%

         \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} + x\right) \]

   6. Simplified 85.6%

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

4. Final simplification 86.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-228}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(a + a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 74.1% accurate, 35.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot x \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (* a x))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return a * x;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = a * x
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return a * x;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return a * x

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(a * x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = a * x;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

   \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. expm1-def 99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

3. Simplified 99.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]

4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 72.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]

5. Final simplification 72.1%

   \[\leadsto a \cdot x \]

Developer target: 99.6% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (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)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (fabs((a * x)) < 0.1) {
		tmp = (a * x) * (1.0 + (((a * x) / 2.0) + (pow((a * x), 2.0) / 6.0)));
	} else {
		tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (abs((a * x)) < 0.1d0) then
        tmp = (a * x) * (1.0d0 + (((a * x) / 2.0d0) + (((a * x) ** 2.0d0) / 6.0d0)))
    else
        tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (Math.abs((a * x)) < 0.1) {
		tmp = (a * x) * (1.0 + (((a * x) / 2.0) + (Math.pow((a * x), 2.0) / 6.0)));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if math.fabs((a * x)) < 0.1:
		tmp = (a * x) * (1.0 + (((a * x) / 2.0) + (math.pow((a * x), 2.0) / 6.0)))
	else:
		tmp = math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (abs(Float64(a * x)) < 0.1)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(a * x) * Float64(1.0 + Float64(Float64(Float64(a * x) / 2.0) + Float64((Float64(a * x) ^ 2.0) / 6.0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(exp(Float64(a * x)) - 1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (abs((a * x)) < 0.1)
		tmp = (a * x) * (1.0 + (((a * x) / 2.0) + (((a * x) ^ 2.0) / 6.0)));
	else
		tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[Less[N[Abs[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 0.1], N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 + N[(N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Power[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] / 6.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023278 
(FPCore (a x)
  :name "expax (section 3.5)"
  :precision binary64

  :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))