Kahan's exp quotient

Percentage Accurate: 53.1% → 100.0%
Time: 11.2s
Alternatives: 15
Speedup: 8.8×

Specification

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

\\
\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}
\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 15 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: 53.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(x\right)}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 50.6%

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative 2: 70.5% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} + -1}{x} \leq 5:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.25 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, t\_0, -1\right)}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.25, 0.5\right), 1\right), \frac{-1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot x, 0.25, -1\right)} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.5, 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t\_0 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot 0.001736111111111111, -0.027777777777777776\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.041666666666666664, -0.16666666666666666\right)}}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* x (* x x))))
   (if (<= (/ (+ (exp x) -1.0) x) 5.0)
     (fma
      (/ (* 0.25 (* x x)) (fma 0.125 t_0 -1.0))
      (fma x (fma x 0.25 0.5) 1.0)
      (* (/ -1.0 (fma (* x x) 0.25 -1.0)) (fma x 0.5 1.0)))
     (/
      (/
       (* t_0 (fma x (* x 0.001736111111111111) -0.027777777777777776))
       (fma x 0.041666666666666664 -0.16666666666666666))
      x))))
double code(double x) {
	double t_0 = x * (x * x);
	double tmp;
	if (((exp(x) + -1.0) / x) <= 5.0) {
		tmp = fma(((0.25 * (x * x)) / fma(0.125, t_0, -1.0)), fma(x, fma(x, 0.25, 0.5), 1.0), ((-1.0 / fma((x * x), 0.25, -1.0)) * fma(x, 0.5, 1.0)));
	} else {
		tmp = ((t_0 * fma(x, (x * 0.001736111111111111), -0.027777777777777776)) / fma(x, 0.041666666666666664, -0.16666666666666666)) / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x)
	t_0 = Float64(x * Float64(x * x))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(exp(x) + -1.0) / x) <= 5.0)
		tmp = fma(Float64(Float64(0.25 * Float64(x * x)) / fma(0.125, t_0, -1.0)), fma(x, fma(x, 0.25, 0.5), 1.0), Float64(Float64(-1.0 / fma(Float64(x * x), 0.25, -1.0)) * fma(x, 0.5, 1.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(t_0 * fma(x, Float64(x * 0.001736111111111111), -0.027777777777777776)) / fma(x, 0.041666666666666664, -0.16666666666666666)) / x);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(x * N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Exp[x], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision], 5.0], N[(N[(N[(0.25 * N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(0.125 * t$95$0 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(x * N[(x * 0.25 + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-1.0 / N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.25 + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(x * 0.5 + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(t$95$0 * N[(x * N[(x * 0.001736111111111111), $MachinePrecision] + -0.027777777777777776), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(x * 0.041666666666666664 + -0.16666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} + -1}{x} \leq 5:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.25 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, t\_0, -1\right)}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.25, 0.5\right), 1\right), \frac{-1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot x, 0.25, -1\right)} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.5, 1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{t\_0 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot 0.001736111111111111, -0.027777777777777776\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.041666666666666664, -0.16666666666666666\right)}}{x}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f64 (-.f64 (exp.f64 x) #s(literal 1 binary64)) x) < 5

    1. Initial program 37.7%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 + \frac{1}{2} \cdot x} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot x + 1} \]
      2. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + 1 \]
      3. lower-fma.f6466.3

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.5, 1\right)} \]
    5. Applied rewrites66.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.5, 1\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites67.0%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.25 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right), -1\right)}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.25, 0.5\right), 1\right)}, -\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.5, -1\right)}\right) \]
      2. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites67.0%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.25 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right), -1\right)}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.25, 0.5\right), \color{blue}{1}\right), \frac{-1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot x, 0.25, -1\right)} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.5, 1\right)\right) \]

        if 5 < (/.f64 (-.f64 (exp.f64 x) #s(literal 1 binary64)) x)

        1. Initial program 100.0%

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

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}}{x} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right) + 1\right)}}{x} \]
          2. distribute-lft-inN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right)\right) + x \cdot 1}}{x} \]
          3. *-rgt-identityN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{x \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right)\right) + \color{blue}{x}}{x} \]
          4. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right), x\right)}}{x} \]
          5. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right)}, x\right)}{x} \]
          6. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right) + \frac{1}{2}\right)}, x\right)}{x} \]
          7. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, \frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x, \frac{1}{2}\right)}, x\right)}{x} \]
          8. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{\frac{1}{24} \cdot x + \frac{1}{6}}, \frac{1}{2}\right), x\right)}{x} \]
          9. *-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{x \cdot \frac{1}{24}} + \frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{2}\right), x\right)}{x} \]
          10. lower-fma.f6476.9

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.041666666666666664, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, 0.5\right), x\right)}{x} \]
        5. Applied rewrites76.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.041666666666666664, 0.16666666666666666\right), 0.5\right), x\right)}}{x} \]
        6. Taylor expanded in x around inf

          \[\leadsto \frac{{x}^{4} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{24} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)}}{x} \]
        7. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites76.9%

            \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.041666666666666664, 0.16666666666666666\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)}}{x} \]
          2. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites81.1%

              \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot 0.001736111111111111, -0.027777777777777776\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, \color{blue}{0.041666666666666664}, -0.16666666666666666\right)}}{x} \]
          3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          4. Final simplification70.5%

            \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} + -1}{x} \leq 5:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.25 \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right), -1\right)}, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.25, 0.5\right), 1\right), \frac{-1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x \cdot x, 0.25, -1\right)} \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.5, 1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x \cdot 0.001736111111111111, -0.027777777777777776\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 0.041666666666666664, -0.16666666666666666\right)}}{x}\\ \end{array} \]
          5. Add Preprocessing

          Developer Target 1: 52.5% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := e^{x} - 1\\ \mathbf{if}\;x < 1 \land x > -1:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0}{\log \left(e^{x}\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (x)
           :precision binary64
           (let* ((t_0 (- (exp x) 1.0)))
             (if (and (< x 1.0) (> x -1.0)) (/ t_0 (log (exp x))) (/ t_0 x))))
          double code(double x) {
          	double t_0 = exp(x) - 1.0;
          	double tmp;
          	if ((x < 1.0) && (x > -1.0)) {
          		tmp = t_0 / log(exp(x));
          	} else {
          		tmp = t_0 / x;
          	}
          	return tmp;
          }
          
          real(8) function code(x)
              real(8), intent (in) :: x
              real(8) :: t_0
              real(8) :: tmp
              t_0 = exp(x) - 1.0d0
              if ((x < 1.0d0) .and. (x > (-1.0d0))) then
                  tmp = t_0 / log(exp(x))
              else
                  tmp = t_0 / x
              end if
              code = tmp
          end function
          
          public static double code(double x) {
          	double t_0 = Math.exp(x) - 1.0;
          	double tmp;
          	if ((x < 1.0) && (x > -1.0)) {
          		tmp = t_0 / Math.log(Math.exp(x));
          	} else {
          		tmp = t_0 / x;
          	}
          	return tmp;
          }
          
          def code(x):
          	t_0 = math.exp(x) - 1.0
          	tmp = 0
          	if (x < 1.0) and (x > -1.0):
          		tmp = t_0 / math.log(math.exp(x))
          	else:
          		tmp = t_0 / x
          	return tmp
          
          function code(x)
          	t_0 = Float64(exp(x) - 1.0)
          	tmp = 0.0
          	if ((x < 1.0) && (x > -1.0))
          		tmp = Float64(t_0 / log(exp(x)));
          	else
          		tmp = Float64(t_0 / x);
          	end
          	return tmp
          end
          
          function tmp_2 = code(x)
          	t_0 = exp(x) - 1.0;
          	tmp = 0.0;
          	if ((x < 1.0) && (x > -1.0))
          		tmp = t_0 / log(exp(x));
          	else
          		tmp = t_0 / x;
          	end
          	tmp_2 = tmp;
          end
          
          code[x_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Exp[x], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]}, If[And[Less[x, 1.0], Greater[x, -1.0]], N[(t$95$0 / N[Log[N[Exp[x], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(t$95$0 / x), $MachinePrecision]]]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \begin{array}{l}
          t_0 := e^{x} - 1\\
          \mathbf{if}\;x < 1 \land x > -1:\\
          \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0}{\log \left(e^{x}\right)}\\
          
          \mathbf{else}:\\
          \;\;\;\;\frac{t\_0}{x}\\
          
          
          \end{array}
          \end{array}
          

          Reproduce

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          herbie shell --seed 2024222 
          (FPCore (x)
            :name "Kahan's exp quotient"
            :precision binary64
          
            :alt
            (! :herbie-platform default (if (and (< x 1) (> x -1)) (/ (- (exp x) 1) (log (exp x))) (/ (- (exp x) 1) x)))
          
            (/ (- (exp x) 1.0) x))