Quotient of sum of exps

Percentage Accurate: 98.9% → 100.0%
Time: 8.6s
Alternatives: 12
Speedup: 2.9×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (exp a) (+ (exp a) (exp b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(a) / (Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b));
}
def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(a) / (math.exp(a) + math.exp(b))
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(exp(a) / Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 12 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 98.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ (exp a) (+ (exp a) (exp b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(a) / (Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b));
}
def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(a) / (math.exp(a) + math.exp(b))
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(exp(a) / Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = exp(a) / (exp(a) + exp(b));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ e^{-\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (exp (- (log1p (exp (- b a))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(-log1p(exp((b - a))));
}
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(-Math.log1p(Math.exp((b - a))));
}
def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(-math.log1p(math.exp((b - a))))
function code(a, b)
	return exp(Float64(-log1p(exp(Float64(b - a)))))
end
code[a_, b_] := N[Exp[(-N[Log[1 + N[Exp[N[(b - a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
e^{-\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 98.4%

    \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-lft-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. associate-/l*98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
    3. remove-double-div98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
    4. exp-neg98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r/98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    6. /-rgt-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    7. *-commutative98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
    8. distribute-rgt-in70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    9. exp-neg70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    10. rgt-mult-inverse99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    11. prod-exp100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
    12. unsub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-log-exp99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}}\right)} \]
    2. *-un-lft-identity99.8%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(1 \cdot e^{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}}\right)} \]
    3. log-prod99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 1 + \log \left(e^{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}}\right)} \]
    4. metadata-eval99.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} + \log \left(e^{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}}\right) \]
    5. add-log-exp100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    6. add-exp-log100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}\right)}} \]
    7. log-rec100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + e^{\color{blue}{-\log \left(1 + e^{b - a}\right)}} \]
    8. log1p-udef100.0%

      \[\leadsto 0 + e^{-\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)}} \]
  5. Applied egg-rr100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 + e^{-\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-lft-identity100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{-\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)}} \]
  7. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{-\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)}} \]
  8. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto e^{-\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)} \]

Alternative 2: 99.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{b} \leq 0.9999 \lor \neg \left(e^{b} \leq 2\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= (exp b) 0.9999) (not (<= (exp b) 2.0)))
   (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp b)))
   (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp (- a))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((exp(b) <= 0.9999) || !(exp(b) <= 2.0)) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(b));
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(-a));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((exp(b) <= 0.9999d0) .or. (.not. (exp(b) <= 2.0d0))) then
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (1.0d0 + exp(b))
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (1.0d0 + exp(-a))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((Math.exp(b) <= 0.9999) || !(Math.exp(b) <= 2.0)) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.exp(b));
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.exp(-a));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (math.exp(b) <= 0.9999) or not (math.exp(b) <= 2.0):
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + math.exp(b))
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + math.exp(-a))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((exp(b) <= 0.9999) || !(exp(b) <= 2.0))
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 + exp(b)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 + exp(Float64(-a))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((exp(b) <= 0.9999) || ~((exp(b) <= 2.0)))
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(b));
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(-a));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision], 0.9999], N[Not[LessEqual[N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision], 2.0]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[(-a)], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;e^{b} \leq 0.9999 \lor \neg \left(e^{b} \leq 2\right):\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (exp.f64 b) < 0.99990000000000001 or 2 < (exp.f64 b)

    1. Initial program 98.5%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity98.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*98.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in79.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg79.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse98.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

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

    if 0.99990000000000001 < (exp.f64 b) < 2

    1. Initial program 98.4%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*98.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative98.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in60.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg60.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 99.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{b} \leq 0.9999 \lor \neg \left(e^{b} \leq 2\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 98.2% accurate, 2.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3200000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -3200000.0) (/ (exp a) a) (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp b)))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3200000.0) {
		tmp = exp(a) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-3200000.0d0)) then
        tmp = exp(a) / a
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (1.0d0 + exp(b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -3200000.0) {
		tmp = Math.exp(a) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.exp(b));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -3200000.0:
		tmp = math.exp(a) / a
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + math.exp(b))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -3200000.0)
		tmp = Float64(exp(a) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 + exp(b)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -3200000.0)
		tmp = exp(a) / a;
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -3200000.0], N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3200000:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -3.2e6

    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%

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{2 + a}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{a + 2}} \]
    5. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{a + 2}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

    if -3.2e6 < a

    1. Initial program 97.8%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*97.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -3200000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 100.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{e^{b - a} + 1} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (+ (exp (- b a)) 1.0)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (exp((b - a)) + 1.0);
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 1.0d0 / (exp((b - a)) + 1.0d0)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (Math.exp((b - a)) + 1.0);
}
def code(a, b):
	return 1.0 / (math.exp((b - a)) + 1.0)
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(exp(Float64(b - a)) + 1.0))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 1.0 / (exp((b - a)) + 1.0);
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N[Exp[N[(b - a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{e^{b - a} + 1}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 98.4%

    \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-lft-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. associate-/l*98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
    3. remove-double-div98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
    4. exp-neg98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r/98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    6. /-rgt-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    7. *-commutative98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
    8. distribute-rgt-in70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    9. exp-neg70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    10. rgt-mult-inverse99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    11. prod-exp100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
    12. unsub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
  4. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{b - a} + 1} \]

Alternative 5: 71.6% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1150000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1150000.0) (/ (exp a) a) (/ 1.0 (+ (+ b 2.0) (* 0.5 (* b b))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1150000.0) {
		tmp = exp(a) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-1150000.0d0)) then
        tmp = exp(a) / a
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / ((b + 2.0d0) + (0.5d0 * (b * b)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1150000.0) {
		tmp = Math.exp(a) / a;
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1150000.0:
		tmp = math.exp(a) / a
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1150000.0)
		tmp = Float64(exp(a) / a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(b + 2.0) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(b * b))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1150000.0)
		tmp = exp(a) / a;
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1150000.0], N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] / a), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(N[(b + 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1150000:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -1.15e6

    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%

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{2 + a}} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{a + 2}} \]
    5. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{e^{a}}{\color{blue}{a + 2}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

    if -1.15e6 < a

    1. Initial program 97.8%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*97.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 59.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(b + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+59.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right) + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative59.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow259.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified59.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification71.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1150000:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{e^{a}}{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 69.1% accurate, 8.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := 2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.32 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - t_0 \cdot t_0}{b - t_0}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{b \cdot b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (+ 2.0 (* b (* b 0.5)))))
   (if (<= b 9.5e+54)
     (/ 1.0 (+ (- 2.0 a) (* a (* a 0.5))))
     (if (<= b 1.32e+154)
       (/ 1.0 (/ (- (* b b) (* t_0 t_0)) (- b t_0)))
       (/ 2.0 (* b b))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = 2.0 + (b * (b * 0.5));
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 9.5e+54) {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)));
	} else if (b <= 1.32e+154) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (((b * b) - (t_0 * t_0)) / (b - t_0));
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = 2.0d0 + (b * (b * 0.5d0))
    if (b <= 9.5d+54) then
        tmp = 1.0d0 / ((2.0d0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5d0)))
    else if (b <= 1.32d+154) then
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (((b * b) - (t_0 * t_0)) / (b - t_0))
    else
        tmp = 2.0d0 / (b * b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double t_0 = 2.0 + (b * (b * 0.5));
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 9.5e+54) {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)));
	} else if (b <= 1.32e+154) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (((b * b) - (t_0 * t_0)) / (b - t_0));
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	t_0 = 2.0 + (b * (b * 0.5))
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 9.5e+54:
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)))
	elif b <= 1.32e+154:
		tmp = 1.0 / (((b * b) - (t_0 * t_0)) / (b - t_0))
	else:
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	t_0 = Float64(2.0 + Float64(b * Float64(b * 0.5)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 9.5e+54)
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(2.0 - a) + Float64(a * Float64(a * 0.5))));
	elseif (b <= 1.32e+154)
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(t_0 * t_0)) / Float64(b - t_0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(2.0 / Float64(b * b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	t_0 = 2.0 + (b * (b * 0.5));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 9.5e+54)
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)));
	elseif (b <= 1.32e+154)
		tmp = 1.0 / (((b * b) - (t_0 * t_0)) / (b - t_0));
	else
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(2.0 + N[(b * N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[b, 9.5e+54], N[(1.0 / N[(N[(2.0 - a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(a * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[b, 1.32e+154], N[(1.0 / N[(N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := 2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\

\mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.32 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - t_0 \cdot t_0}{b - t_0}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2}{b \cdot b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if b < 9.4999999999999999e54

    1. Initial program 97.8%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*97.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in69.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg69.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 74.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 57.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(-1 \cdot a + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+57.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + -1 \cdot a\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}}} \]
      2. neg-mul-157.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 + \color{blue}{\left(-a\right)}\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      3. unsub-neg57.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      4. *-commutative57.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 0.5}} \]
      5. unpow257.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
      6. associate-*l*57.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified57.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]

    if 9.4999999999999999e54 < b < 1.31999999999999998e154

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in78.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg78.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 7.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(b + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+7.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right) + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative7.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow27.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified7.6%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+l+7.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{b + \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}} \]
      2. flip-+70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{b - \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}}} \]
      3. *-commutative70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 0.5}\right) \cdot \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{b - \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}} \]
      4. associate-*l*70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)}\right) \cdot \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}{b - \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}} \]
      5. *-commutative70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 0.5}\right)}{b - \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}} \]
      6. associate-*l*70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}{b - \left(2 + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right)}} \]
      7. *-commutative70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}{b - \left(2 + \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot 0.5}\right)}} \]
      8. associate-*l*70.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}{b - \left(2 + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)}} \]
    9. Applied egg-rr70.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}{b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}}} \]

    if 1.31999999999999998e154 < b

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in68.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg68.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(b + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right) + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{b}^{2}}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow2100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} \]
    10. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{b \cdot b}} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification66.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9.5 \cdot 10^{+54}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;b \leq 1.32 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\frac{b \cdot b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}{b - \left(2 + b \cdot \left(b \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{b \cdot b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 60.6% accurate, 23.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.62 \cdot 10^{+97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{a \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1.62e+97) (/ 2.0 (* a a)) (/ 1.0 (+ (+ b 2.0) (* 0.5 (* b b))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.62e+97) {
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a);
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-1.62d+97)) then
        tmp = 2.0d0 / (a * a)
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / ((b + 2.0d0) + (0.5d0 * (b * b)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.62e+97) {
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a);
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1.62e+97:
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a)
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1.62e+97)
		tmp = Float64(2.0 / Float64(a * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(b + 2.0) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(b * b))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1.62e+97)
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a);
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1.62e+97], N[(2.0 / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(N[(b + 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.62 \cdot 10^{+97}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2}{a \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -1.62e97

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg0.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 71.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(-1 \cdot a + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+71.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + -1 \cdot a\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}}} \]
      2. neg-mul-171.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 + \color{blue}{\left(-a\right)}\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      3. unsub-neg71.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      4. *-commutative71.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 0.5}} \]
      5. unpow271.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
      6. associate-*l*71.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified71.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 71.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{a}^{2}}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow271.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \]
    10. Simplified71.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{a \cdot a}} \]

    if -1.62e97 < a

    1. Initial program 98.1%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*98.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div98.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg98.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative98.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in85.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg85.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse99.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 90.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 55.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(b + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+55.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right) + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative55.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow255.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified55.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification58.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.62 \cdot 10^{+97}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{a \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 63.4% accurate, 23.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{+113}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 9.2e+113)
   (/ 1.0 (+ (- 2.0 a) (* a (* a 0.5))))
   (/ 1.0 (+ (+ b 2.0) (* 0.5 (* b b))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 9.2e+113) {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)));
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 9.2d+113) then
        tmp = 1.0d0 / ((2.0d0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5d0)))
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / ((b + 2.0d0) + (0.5d0 * (b * b)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 9.2e+113) {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)));
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 9.2e+113:
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)))
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)))
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 9.2e+113)
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(2.0 - a) + Float64(a * Float64(a * 0.5))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(Float64(b + 2.0) + Float64(0.5 * Float64(b * b))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 9.2e+113)
		tmp = 1.0 / ((2.0 - a) + (a * (a * 0.5)));
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / ((b + 2.0) + (0.5 * (b * b)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 9.2e+113], N[(1.0 / N[(N[(2.0 - a), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(a * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(N[(b + 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.5 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{+113}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 9.19999999999999987e113

    1. Initial program 98.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity98.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*98.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div97.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg97.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/98.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity98.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative98.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse99.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 71.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 54.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(-1 \cdot a + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+54.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + -1 \cdot a\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}}} \]
      2. neg-mul-154.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 + \color{blue}{\left(-a\right)}\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      3. unsub-neg54.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      4. *-commutative54.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 0.5}} \]
      5. unpow254.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
      6. associate-*l*54.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified54.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]

    if 9.19999999999999987e113 < b

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in70.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg70.2%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 84.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(b + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+84.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right) + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative84.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow284.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified84.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification61.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 9.2 \cdot 10^{+113}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 53.2% accurate, 43.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{a \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 + a \cdot 0.25\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1.35) (/ 2.0 (* a a)) (+ 0.5 (* a 0.25))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.35) {
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a);
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 + (a * 0.25);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-1.35d0)) then
        tmp = 2.0d0 / (a * a)
    else
        tmp = 0.5d0 + (a * 0.25d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.35) {
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a);
	} else {
		tmp = 0.5 + (a * 0.25);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1.35:
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a)
	else:
		tmp = 0.5 + (a * 0.25)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1.35)
		tmp = Float64(2.0 / Float64(a * a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(0.5 + Float64(a * 0.25));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1.35)
		tmp = 2.0 / (a * a);
	else
		tmp = 0.5 + (a * 0.25);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -1.35], N[(2.0 / N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 + N[(a * 0.25), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.35:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2}{a \cdot a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;0.5 + a \cdot 0.25\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if a < -1.3500000000000001

    1. Initial program 98.7%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity98.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*98.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div98.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg98.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/98.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity98.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative98.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in2.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg2.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse98.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 97.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 45.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(-1 \cdot a + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+45.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + -1 \cdot a\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}}} \]
      2. neg-mul-145.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 + \color{blue}{\left(-a\right)}\right) + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      3. unsub-neg45.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {a}^{2}} \]
      4. *-commutative45.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 0.5}} \]
      5. unpow245.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.5} \]
      6. associate-*l*45.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(2 - a\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified45.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 - a\right) + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in a around inf 45.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{a}^{2}}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow245.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{a \cdot a}} \]
    10. Simplified45.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{a \cdot a}} \]

    if -1.3500000000000001 < a

    1. Initial program 98.3%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*98.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg98.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse99.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 48.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 46.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 + 0.25 \cdot a} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative46.2%

        \[\leadsto 0.5 + \color{blue}{a \cdot 0.25} \]
    7. Simplified46.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 + a \cdot 0.25} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification46.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{a \cdot a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 + a \cdot 0.25\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 53.1% accurate, 43.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.28 \cdot 10^{+41}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2 - a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{b \cdot b}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= b 1.28e+41) (/ 1.0 (- 2.0 a)) (/ 2.0 (* b b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.28e+41) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (b <= 1.28d+41) then
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (2.0d0 - a)
    else
        tmp = 2.0d0 / (b * b)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (b <= 1.28e+41) {
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
	} else {
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if b <= 1.28e+41:
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 - a)
	else:
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b)
	return tmp
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (b <= 1.28e+41)
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(2.0 - a));
	else
		tmp = Float64(2.0 / Float64(b * b));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (b <= 1.28e+41)
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
	else
		tmp = 2.0 / (b * b);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[b, 1.28e+41], N[(1.0 / N[(2.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(2.0 / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.28 \cdot 10^{+41}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2 - a}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{2}{b \cdot b}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if b < 1.27999999999999992e41

    1. Initial program 97.8%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity97.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*97.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div97.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg97.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/97.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity97.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative97.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in70.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg70.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse98.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 75.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 46.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + -1 \cdot a}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-146.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + \color{blue}{\left(-a\right)}} \]
      2. unsub-neg46.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 - a}} \]
    7. Simplified46.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 - a}} \]

    if 1.27999999999999992e41 < b

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-lft-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
      2. associate-/l*100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
      3. remove-double-div100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
      4. exp-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      6. /-rgt-identity100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      7. *-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
      8. distribute-rgt-in70.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
      9. exp-neg70.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      10. rgt-mult-inverse100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
      11. prod-exp100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
    3. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 65.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + \left(b + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}\right)}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+65.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right) + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative65.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} + 0.5 \cdot {b}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow265.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    7. Simplified65.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)}} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in b around inf 65.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{{b}^{2}}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow265.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{2}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}} \]
    10. Simplified65.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{2}{b \cdot b}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification52.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq 1.28 \cdot 10^{+41}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2 - a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2}{b \cdot b}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11: 40.5% accurate, 61.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{2 - a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (- 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 1.0d0 / (2.0d0 - a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
}
def code(a, b):
	return 1.0 / (2.0 - a)
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(2.0 - a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(1.0 / N[(2.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{2 - a}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 98.4%

    \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-lft-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. associate-/l*98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
    3. remove-double-div98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
    4. exp-neg98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r/98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    6. /-rgt-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    7. *-commutative98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
    8. distribute-rgt-in70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    9. exp-neg70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    10. rgt-mult-inverse99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    11. prod-exp100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
    12. unsub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 62.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{-a}}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 34.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + -1 \cdot a}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. neg-mul-134.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + \color{blue}{\left(-a\right)}} \]
    2. unsub-neg34.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 - a}} \]
  7. Simplified34.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 - a}} \]
  8. Final simplification34.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 - a} \]

Alternative 12: 39.7% accurate, 305.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 0.5 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 0.5)
double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5;
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 0.5d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5;
}
def code(a, b):
	return 0.5
function code(a, b)
	return 0.5
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.5;
end
code[a_, b_] := 0.5
\begin{array}{l}

\\
0.5
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 98.4%

    \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-lft-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot e^{a}}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
    2. associate-/l*98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{e^{a}}}} \]
    3. remove-double-div98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}}}}} \]
    4. exp-neg98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{\frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a}}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r/98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{e^{a} + e^{b}}{1} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    6. /-rgt-identity98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    7. *-commutative98.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{-a} \cdot \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)}} \]
    8. distribute-rgt-in70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{e^{a} \cdot e^{-a} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}}} \]
    9. exp-neg70.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{e^{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{e^{a}}} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    10. rgt-mult-inverse99.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} + e^{b} \cdot e^{-a}} \]
    11. prod-exp100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]
    12. unsub-neg100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{\color{blue}{b - a}}} \]
  3. Simplified100.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 80.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in b around 0 33.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5} \]
  6. Final simplification33.4%

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \]

Developer target: 100.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp (- b a)))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (1.0 + exp((b - a)));
}
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
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.exp((b - a)));
}
def code(a, b):
	return 1.0 / (1.0 + math.exp((b - a)))
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 + exp(Float64(b - a))))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp((b - a)));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[N[(b - a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{1 + e^{b - a}}
\end{array}

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023283 
(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))))