expax (section 3.5)

Percentage Accurate: 53.4% → 100.0%
Time: 8.9s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 18.2×

Specification

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\[710 > a \cdot x\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))
double code(double a, double x) {
	return exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}
real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = exp((a * x)) - 1.0d0
end function
public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}
def code(a, x):
	return math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0
function code(a, x)
	return Float64(exp(Float64(a * x)) - 1.0)
end
function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
end
code[a_, x_] := N[(N[Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
e^{a \cdot x} - 1
\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 6 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: 53.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
e^{a \cdot x} - 1
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (expm1 (* a x)))
double code(double a, double x) {
	return expm1((a * x));
}
public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.expm1((a * x));
}
def code(a, x):
	return math.expm1((a * x))
function code(a, x)
	return expm1(Float64(a * x))
end
code[a_, x_] := N[(Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 57.9%

    \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{a \cdot x} - 1} \]
    2. lift-exp.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{a \cdot x}} - 1 \]
    3. lower-expm1.f64100.0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 98.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x}\\ \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(t\_0, t\_0, -1\right)}{t\_0 - -1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (/ 1.0 (- 1.0 (* a x)))))
   (if (<= (* a x) -200.0)
     (/ (fma t_0 t_0 -1.0) (- t_0 -1.0))
     (* x (fma (* a x) (* a (fma (* a x) 0.16666666666666666 0.5)) a)))))
double code(double a, double x) {
	double t_0 = 1.0 / (1.0 - (a * x));
	double tmp;
	if ((a * x) <= -200.0) {
		tmp = fma(t_0, t_0, -1.0) / (t_0 - -1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = x * fma((a * x), (a * fma((a * x), 0.16666666666666666, 0.5)), a);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, x)
	t_0 = Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 - Float64(a * x)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(a * x) <= -200.0)
		tmp = Float64(fma(t_0, t_0, -1.0) / Float64(t_0 - -1.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(x * fma(Float64(a * x), Float64(a * fma(Float64(a * x), 0.16666666666666666, 0.5)), a));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 - N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], -200.0], N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(t$95$0 - -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(x * N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.16666666666666666 + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x}\\
\mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(t\_0, t\_0, -1\right)}{t\_0 - -1}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (*.f64 a x) < -200

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + a \cdot x\right)} - 1 \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot x + 1\right)} - 1 \]
      2. lower-fma.f645.2

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
    5. Applied rewrites5.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites4.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1 - a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - a \cdot x}} - 1 \]
      2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} - a \cdot x} - 1 \]
      3. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites97.3%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} - a \cdot x} - 1 \]
        2. Step-by-step derivation
          1. lift--.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - 1} \]
          2. sub-negN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
          3. flip-+N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} \cdot \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)}} \]
          4. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} \cdot \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \color{blue}{-1} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
          5. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} \cdot \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - -1 \cdot \color{blue}{-1}}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
          6. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} \cdot \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \color{blue}{1}}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
          7. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} \cdot \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \color{blue}{1 \cdot 1}}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)} \]
        3. Applied rewrites97.3%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x}, \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x}, -1\right)}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - -1}} \]

        if -200 < (*.f64 a x)

        1. Initial program 33.9%

          \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
          2. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + x\right)} \]
          3. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right)\right)} + x\right) \]
          4. associate-*r*N/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot {x}^{3}}\right) + x\right) \]
          5. cube-multN/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)}\right) + x\right) \]
          6. unpow2N/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right) + x\right) \]
          7. associate-*r*N/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot {x}^{2}}\right) + x\right) \]
          8. distribute-rgt-outN/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left({x}^{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right)\right)} + x\right) \]
          9. associate-*r*N/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right)} + x\right) \]
          10. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}\right)} + x\right) \]
          11. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}, \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}, x\right)} \]
        5. Applied rewrites90.5%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right), \mathsf{fma}\left(a, x \cdot 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), x\right)} \]
        6. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites99.1%

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{a}, \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right) \cdot a\right)\right) \]
          2. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites99.0%

              \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot a, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot a, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)} \]
          3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          4. Final simplification98.4%

            \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x}, \frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x}, -1\right)}{\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} - -1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)\\ \end{array} \]
          5. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 3: 98.5% accurate, 2.5× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (a x)
           :precision binary64
           (if (<= (* a x) -200.0)
             (+ (/ 1.0 (- 1.0 (* a x))) -1.0)
             (* x (fma (* a x) (* a (fma (* a x) 0.16666666666666666 0.5)) a))))
          double code(double a, double x) {
          	double tmp;
          	if ((a * x) <= -200.0) {
          		tmp = (1.0 / (1.0 - (a * x))) + -1.0;
          	} else {
          		tmp = x * fma((a * x), (a * fma((a * x), 0.16666666666666666, 0.5)), a);
          	}
          	return tmp;
          }
          
          function code(a, x)
          	tmp = 0.0
          	if (Float64(a * x) <= -200.0)
          		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 - Float64(a * x))) + -1.0);
          	else
          		tmp = Float64(x * fma(Float64(a * x), Float64(a * fma(Float64(a * x), 0.16666666666666666, 0.5)), a));
          	end
          	return tmp
          end
          
          code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], -200.0], N[(N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 - N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(x * N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * N[(N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.16666666666666666 + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \begin{array}{l}
          \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\
          \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} + -1\\
          
          \mathbf{else}:\\
          \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)\\
          
          
          \end{array}
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Split input into 2 regimes
          2. if (*.f64 a x) < -200

            1. Initial program 100.0%

              \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + a \cdot x\right)} - 1 \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. +-commutativeN/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot x + 1\right)} - 1 \]
              2. lower-fma.f645.2

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
            5. Applied rewrites5.2%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
            6. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites4.0%

                \[\leadsto \frac{1 - a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - a \cdot x}} - 1 \]
              2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} - a \cdot x} - 1 \]
              3. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites97.3%

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

                if -200 < (*.f64 a x)

                1. Initial program 33.9%

                  \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                2. Add Preprocessing
                3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
                4. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. lower-*.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
                  2. +-commutativeN/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + x\right)} \]
                  3. +-commutativeN/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right)\right)} + x\right) \]
                  4. associate-*r*N/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot {x}^{3}}\right) + x\right) \]
                  5. cube-multN/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)}\right) + x\right) \]
                  6. unpow2N/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right) + x\right) \]
                  7. associate-*r*N/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot {x}^{2}}\right) + x\right) \]
                  8. distribute-rgt-outN/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left({x}^{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right)\right)} + x\right) \]
                  9. associate-*r*N/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right)} + x\right) \]
                  10. +-commutativeN/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}\right)} + x\right) \]
                  11. lower-fma.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}, \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}, x\right)} \]
                5. Applied rewrites90.5%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right), \mathsf{fma}\left(a, x \cdot 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), x\right)} \]
                6. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites99.1%

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{a}, \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right) \cdot a\right)\right) \]
                  2. Step-by-step derivation
                    1. Applied rewrites99.0%

                      \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot a, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot a, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)} \]
                  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
                  4. Final simplification98.4%

                    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), a\right)\\ \end{array} \]
                  5. Add Preprocessing

                  Alternative 4: 98.2% accurate, 3.2× speedup?

                  \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right), 0.5, a\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
                  (FPCore (a x)
                   :precision binary64
                   (if (<= (* a x) -200.0)
                     (+ (/ 1.0 (- 1.0 (* a x))) -1.0)
                     (* x (fma (* a (* a x)) 0.5 a))))
                  double code(double a, double x) {
                  	double tmp;
                  	if ((a * x) <= -200.0) {
                  		tmp = (1.0 / (1.0 - (a * x))) + -1.0;
                  	} else {
                  		tmp = x * fma((a * (a * x)), 0.5, a);
                  	}
                  	return tmp;
                  }
                  
                  function code(a, x)
                  	tmp = 0.0
                  	if (Float64(a * x) <= -200.0)
                  		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 - Float64(a * x))) + -1.0);
                  	else
                  		tmp = Float64(x * fma(Float64(a * Float64(a * x)), 0.5, a));
                  	end
                  	return tmp
                  end
                  
                  code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], -200.0], N[(N[(1.0 / N[(1.0 - N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(x * N[(N[(a * N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
                  
                  \begin{array}{l}
                  
                  \\
                  \begin{array}{l}
                  \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\
                  \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} + -1\\
                  
                  \mathbf{else}:\\
                  \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right), 0.5, a\right)\\
                  
                  
                  \end{array}
                  \end{array}
                  
                  Derivation
                  1. Split input into 2 regimes
                  2. if (*.f64 a x) < -200

                    1. Initial program 100.0%

                      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                    2. Add Preprocessing
                    3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + a \cdot x\right)} - 1 \]
                    4. Step-by-step derivation
                      1. +-commutativeN/A

                        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot x + 1\right)} - 1 \]
                      2. lower-fma.f645.2

                        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
                    5. Applied rewrites5.2%

                      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
                    6. Step-by-step derivation
                      1. Applied rewrites4.0%

                        \[\leadsto \frac{1 - a \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{1 - a \cdot x}} - 1 \]
                      2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1} - a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                      3. Step-by-step derivation
                        1. Applied rewrites97.3%

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

                        if -200 < (*.f64 a x)

                        1. Initial program 33.9%

                          \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                        2. Add Preprocessing
                        3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
                        4. Step-by-step derivation
                          1. lower-*.f64N/A

                            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
                          2. +-commutativeN/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + x\right)} \]
                          3. +-commutativeN/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{3}\right)\right)} + x\right) \]
                          4. associate-*r*N/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot {x}^{3}}\right) + x\right) \]
                          5. cube-multN/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)}\right) + x\right) \]
                          6. unpow2N/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right) + x\right) \]
                          7. associate-*r*N/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot {x}^{2}}\right) + x\right) \]
                          8. distribute-rgt-outN/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(a \cdot \color{blue}{\left({x}^{2} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right)\right)} + x\right) \]
                          9. associate-*r*N/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right)} + x\right) \]
                          10. +-commutativeN/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}\right)} + x\right) \]
                          11. lower-fma.f64N/A

                            \[\leadsto a \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}, \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot a\right) \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}, x\right)} \]
                        5. Applied rewrites90.5%

                          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right), \mathsf{fma}\left(a, x \cdot 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right), x\right)} \]
                        6. Step-by-step derivation
                          1. Applied rewrites99.1%

                            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{a}, \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot x, 0.16666666666666666, 0.5\right) \cdot a\right)\right) \]
                          2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x, a, \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot a\right)\right) \]
                          3. Step-by-step derivation
                            1. Applied rewrites98.9%

                              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x, a, \left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot a\right)\right) \]
                            2. Step-by-step derivation
                              1. Applied rewrites98.9%

                                \[\leadsto x \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right), 0.5, a\right)} \]
                            3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
                            4. Final simplification98.3%

                              \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 - a \cdot x} + -1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right), 0.5, a\right)\\ \end{array} \]
                            5. Add Preprocessing

                            Alternative 5: 67.0% accurate, 18.2× speedup?

                            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot x \end{array} \]
                            (FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (* a x))
                            double code(double a, double x) {
                            	return a * x;
                            }
                            
                            real(8) function code(a, x)
                                real(8), intent (in) :: a
                                real(8), intent (in) :: x
                                code = a * x
                            end function
                            
                            public static double code(double a, double x) {
                            	return a * x;
                            }
                            
                            def code(a, x):
                            	return a * x
                            
                            function code(a, x)
                            	return Float64(a * x)
                            end
                            
                            function tmp = code(a, x)
                            	tmp = a * x;
                            end
                            
                            code[a_, x_] := N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]
                            
                            \begin{array}{l}
                            
                            \\
                            a \cdot x
                            \end{array}
                            
                            Derivation
                            1. Initial program 57.9%

                              \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                            2. Add Preprocessing
                            3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]
                            4. Step-by-step derivation
                              1. lower-*.f6464.0

                                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]
                            5. Applied rewrites64.0%

                              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]
                            6. Add Preprocessing

                            Alternative 6: 19.1% accurate, 27.3× speedup?

                            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ -1 + 1 \end{array} \]
                            (FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (+ -1.0 1.0))
                            double code(double a, double x) {
                            	return -1.0 + 1.0;
                            }
                            
                            real(8) function code(a, x)
                                real(8), intent (in) :: a
                                real(8), intent (in) :: x
                                code = (-1.0d0) + 1.0d0
                            end function
                            
                            public static double code(double a, double x) {
                            	return -1.0 + 1.0;
                            }
                            
                            def code(a, x):
                            	return -1.0 + 1.0
                            
                            function code(a, x)
                            	return Float64(-1.0 + 1.0)
                            end
                            
                            function tmp = code(a, x)
                            	tmp = -1.0 + 1.0;
                            end
                            
                            code[a_, x_] := N[(-1.0 + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
                            
                            \begin{array}{l}
                            
                            \\
                            -1 + 1
                            \end{array}
                            
                            Derivation
                            1. Initial program 57.9%

                              \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                            2. Add Preprocessing
                            3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
                            4. Step-by-step derivation
                              1. Applied rewrites20.4%

                                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
                              2. Final simplification20.4%

                                \[\leadsto -1 + 1 \]
                              3. Add Preprocessing

                              Developer Target 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

                              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right) \end{array} \]
                              (FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (expm1 (* a x)))
                              double code(double a, double x) {
                              	return expm1((a * x));
                              }
                              
                              public static double code(double a, double x) {
                              	return Math.expm1((a * x));
                              }
                              
                              def code(a, x):
                              	return math.expm1((a * x))
                              
                              function code(a, x)
                              	return expm1(Float64(a * x))
                              end
                              
                              code[a_, x_] := N[(Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]
                              
                              \begin{array}{l}
                              
                              \\
                              \mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)
                              \end{array}
                              

                              Reproduce

                              ?
                              herbie shell --seed 2024221 
                              (FPCore (a x)
                                :name "expax (section 3.5)"
                                :precision binary64
                                :pre (> 710.0 (* a x))
                              
                                :alt
                                (! :herbie-platform default (expm1 (* a x)))
                              
                                (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))