Quotient of sum of exps

Percentage Accurate: 98.9% → 100.0%

Time: 5.0s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 2.9×

• could not determine a ground truth

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

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 98.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ e^{-\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b - a}\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (exp (- (log1p (exp (- b a))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return exp(-log1p(exp((b - a))));
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.exp(-Math.log1p(Math.exp((b - a))));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.exp(-math.log1p(math.exp((b - a))))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return exp(Float64(-log1p(exp(Float64(b - a)))))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[Exp[(-N[Log[1 + N[Exp[N[(b - a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-lft-identity 98.8%

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

   2. associate-/l* 98.8%

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

   3. remove-double-div 98.8%

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

   4. exp-neg 98.8%

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

   5. associate-/r/ 98.8%

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

   6. /-rgt-identity 98.8%

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

   7. *-commutative 98.8%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-in 72.2%

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

   9. exp-neg 72.2%

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

   10. rgt-mult-inverse 99.2%

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

   11. prod-exp 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

   12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   1. add-exp-log 100.0%

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

   2. log-rec 100.0%

      \[\leadsto e^{\color{blue}{-\log \left(1 + e^{b - a}\right)}} \]

   3. log1p-udef 100.0%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 100.0%

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

6. Final simplification 100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 98.5% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -800:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -800.0) (exp a) (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp b)))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -800.0) {
		tmp = exp(a);
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-800.0d0)) then
        tmp = exp(a)
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (1.0d0 + exp(b))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -800.0) {
		tmp = Math.exp(a);
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.exp(b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -800.0:
		tmp = math.exp(a)
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + math.exp(b))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -800.0)
		tmp = exp(a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 + exp(b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -800.0)
		tmp = exp(a);
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(b));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -800.0], N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -800

   1. Initial program 98.6%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-log1p-u 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-udef 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}\right)} - 1} \]

      3. add-exp-log 100.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}\right)}}\right)} - 1 \]

      4. log-div 100.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{a}\right) - \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)}}\right)} - 1 \]

      5. add-log-exp 100.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{\color{blue}{a} - \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

      6. log1p-udef 100.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a - \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}}\right)} - 1 \]

   4. Applied egg-rr 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}\right)} - 1} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 100.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-log1p 100.0%

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

   6. Simplified 100.0%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around inf 100.0%

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

   if -800 < a

   1. Initial program 98.9%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-lft-identity 98.9%

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

      2. associate-/l* 98.9%

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

      3. remove-double-div 98.9%

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

      4. exp-neg 98.9%

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

      5. associate-/r/ 98.9%

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

      6. /-rgt-identity 98.9%

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

      7. *-commutative 98.9%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-in 98.9%

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

      9. exp-neg 98.9%

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

      10. rgt-mult-inverse 99.4%

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

      11. prod-exp 100.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

      12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in a around 0 97.6%

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

4. Final simplification 98.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -800:\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + e^{b}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 100.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-lft-identity 98.8%

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

   2. associate-/l* 98.8%

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

   3. remove-double-div 98.8%

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

   4. exp-neg 98.8%

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

   5. associate-/r/ 98.8%

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

   6. /-rgt-identity 98.8%

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

   7. *-commutative 98.8%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-in 72.2%

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

   9. exp-neg 72.2%

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

   10. rgt-mult-inverse 99.2%

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

   11. prod-exp 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

   12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Final simplification 100.0%

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

Alternative 4: 71.7% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -0.000475 \lor \neg \left(b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{+17}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2 + a \cdot \left(-1 + a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= b -0.000475) (not (<= b 4e+17)))
   (exp a)
   (/ 1.0 (+ 2.0 (* a (+ -1.0 (* a 0.5)))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b <= -0.000475) || !(b <= 4e+17)) {
		tmp = exp(a);
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((b <= (-0.000475d0)) .or. (.not. (b <= 4d+17))) then
        tmp = exp(a)
    else
        tmp = 1.0d0 / (2.0d0 + (a * ((-1.0d0) + (a * 0.5d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if ((b <= -0.000475) || !(b <= 4e+17)) {
		tmp = Math.exp(a);
	} else {
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if (b <= -0.000475) or not (b <= 4e+17):
		tmp = math.exp(a)
	else:
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))))
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((b <= -0.000475) || !(b <= 4e+17))
		tmp = exp(a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / Float64(2.0 + Float64(a * Float64(-1.0 + Float64(a * 0.5)))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((b <= -0.000475) || ~((b <= 4e+17)))
		tmp = exp(a);
	else
		tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := If[Or[LessEqual[b, -0.000475], N[Not[LessEqual[b, 4e+17]], $MachinePrecision]], N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], N[(1.0 / N[(2.0 + N[(a * N[(-1.0 + N[(a * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if b < -4.74999999999999999e-4 or 4e17 < b

   1. Initial program 98.2%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in b around 0 28.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   3. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-log1p-u 28.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-udef 28.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}\right)} - 1} \]

      3. add-exp-log 28.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\frac{e^{a}}{1 + e^{a}}\right)}}\right)} - 1 \]

      4. log-div 28.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{a}\right) - \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)}}\right)} - 1 \]

      5. add-log-exp 28.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{\color{blue}{a} - \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)}\right)} - 1 \]

      6. log1p-udef 28.0%

         \[\leadsto e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a - \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}}\right)} - 1 \]

   4. Applied egg-rr 28.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}\right)} - 1} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-def 28.0%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-log1p 28.0%

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

   6. Simplified 28.0%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around inf 63.4%

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

   if -4.74999999999999999e-4 < b < 4e17

   1. Initial program 99.3%

      \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-lft-identity 99.3%

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

      2. associate-/l* 99.3%

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

      3. remove-double-div 99.3%

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

      4. exp-neg 99.3%

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

      5. associate-/r/ 99.3%

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

      6. /-rgt-identity 99.3%

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

      7. *-commutative 99.3%

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

      8. distribute-rgt-in 65.5%

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

      9. exp-neg 65.5%

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

      10. rgt-mult-inverse 100.0%

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

      11. prod-exp 100.0%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

      12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

   3. Simplified 100.0%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.4%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 80.7%

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

      1. *-commutative 80.7%

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

      2. *-commutative 80.7%

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

      3. unpow2 80.7%

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

      4. associate-*l* 80.7%

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

      5. distribute-lft-out 80.7%

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

   7. Simplified 80.7%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 + a \cdot \left(-1 + a \cdot 0.5\right)}} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 73.0%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;b \leq -0.000475 \lor \neg \left(b \leq 4 \cdot 10^{+17}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;e^{a}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{2 + a \cdot \left(-1 + a \cdot 0.5\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 53.4% accurate, 27.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{2 + a \cdot \left(-1 + a \cdot 0.5\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (+ 2.0 (* a (+ -1.0 (* a 0.5))))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 1.0d0 / (2.0d0 + (a * ((-1.0d0) + (a * 0.5d0))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(2.0 + Float64(a * Float64(-1.0 + Float64(a * 0.5)))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 + (a * (-1.0 + (a * 0.5))));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(1.0 / N[(2.0 + N[(a * N[(-1.0 + N[(a * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-lft-identity 98.8%

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

   2. associate-/l* 98.8%

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

   3. remove-double-div 98.8%

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

   4. exp-neg 98.8%

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

   5. associate-/r/ 98.8%

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

   6. /-rgt-identity 98.8%

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

   7. *-commutative 98.8%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-in 72.2%

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

   9. exp-neg 72.2%

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

   10. rgt-mult-inverse 99.2%

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

   11. prod-exp 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

   12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 65.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 51.8%

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

   1. *-commutative 51.8%

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

   2. *-commutative 51.8%

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

   3. unpow2 51.8%

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

   4. associate-*l* 51.8%

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

   5. distribute-lft-out 51.8%

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

7. Simplified 51.8%

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

8. Final simplification 51.8%

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

Alternative 6: 40.0% accurate, 61.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-lft-identity 98.8%

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

   2. associate-/l* 98.8%

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

   3. remove-double-div 98.8%

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

   4. exp-neg 98.8%

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

   5. associate-/r/ 98.8%

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

   6. /-rgt-identity 98.8%

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

   7. *-commutative 98.8%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-in 72.2%

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

   9. exp-neg 72.2%

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

   10. rgt-mult-inverse 99.2%

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

   11. prod-exp 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

   12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 65.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 38.3%

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

   1. *-commutative 38.3%

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

7. Simplified 38.3%

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

8. Final simplification 38.3%

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

Alternative 7: 40.6% accurate, 61.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{2 - a} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (- 2.0 a)))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = 1.0d0 / (2.0d0 - a)
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return 1.0 / (2.0 - a)

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(2.0 - a))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 1.0 / (2.0 - a);
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[(1.0 / N[(2.0 - a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-lft-identity 98.8%

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

   2. associate-/l* 98.8%

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

   3. remove-double-div 98.8%

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

   4. exp-neg 98.8%

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

   5. associate-/r/ 98.8%

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

   6. /-rgt-identity 98.8%

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

   7. *-commutative 98.8%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-in 72.2%

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

   9. exp-neg 72.2%

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

   10. rgt-mult-inverse 99.2%

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

   11. prod-exp 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

   12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 65.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 39.0%

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

   1. neg-mul-1 39.0%

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

   2. unsub-neg 39.0%

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

7. Simplified 39.0%

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

8. Final simplification 39.0%

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

Alternative 8: 39.8% accurate, 305.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 0.5)

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

def code(a, b):
	return 0.5

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return 0.5
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := 0.5

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.8%

   \[\frac{e^{a}}{e^{a} + e^{b}} \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-lft-identity 98.8%

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

   2. associate-/l* 98.8%

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

   3. remove-double-div 98.8%

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

   4. exp-neg 98.8%

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

   5. associate-/r/ 98.8%

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

   6. /-rgt-identity 98.8%

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

   7. *-commutative 98.8%

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

   8. distribute-rgt-in 72.2%

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

   9. exp-neg 72.2%

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

   10. rgt-mult-inverse 99.2%

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

   11. prod-exp 100.0%

       \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \color{blue}{e^{b + \left(-a\right)}}} \]

   12. unsub-neg 100.0%

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

3. Simplified 100.0%

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

4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 65.9%

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

5. Taylor expanded in a around 0 38.2%

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

6. Final simplification 38.2%

   \[\leadsto 0.5 \]

Developer target: 100.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023308 
(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))))