expax (section 3.5)

Percentage Accurate: 54.5% → 100.0%
Time: 7.7s
Alternatives: 8
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 8 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: 54.5% 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 52.7%

    \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
  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. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{expm1}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot x}\right) \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{expm1}\left(\color{blue}{x \cdot a}\right) \]
    6. lower-*.f64100.0

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

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
  5. Final simplification100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 67.8% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a \cdot x} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot a - 1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp (* a x)) 0.0)
   (- (* (* (* x x) (* 0.5 a)) a) 1.0)
   (* (fma (* 0.5 a) x 1.0) (* a x))))
double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp((a * x)) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = (((x * x) * (0.5 * a)) * a) - 1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = fma((0.5 * a), x, 1.0) * (a * x);
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(Float64(a * x)) <= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(x * x) * Float64(0.5 * a)) * a) - 1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(0.5 * a), x, 1.0) * Float64(a * x));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 0.0], N[(N[(N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] * N[(0.5 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(0.5 * a), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;e^{a \cdot x} \leq 0:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot a - 1\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (exp.f64 (*.f64 a x)) < 0.0

    1. Initial program 100.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(1 + a \cdot \left(x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right)\right)} - 1 \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. distribute-lft-inN/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(1 + \left(a \cdot x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)}\right)\right) - 1 \]
      8. distribute-rgt1-inN/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(1 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot a} + 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) - 1 \]
      11. distribute-rgt1-inN/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \left(a + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left({a}^{2} \cdot x\right)\right)\right) \cdot 1}\right) - 1 \]
    5. Applied rewrites1.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x, 0.5, a\right), x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites0.8%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot a, 0.5, a\right), x, 1\right) - 1 \]
      2. Taylor expanded in a around inf

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left({a}^{2} \cdot {x}^{2}\right)} - 1 \]
      3. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites8.2%

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} - 1 \]
        2. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites7.0%

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

          if 0.0 < (exp.f64 (*.f64 a x))

          1. Initial program 31.3%

            \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
          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. Applied rewrites99.4%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
          5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right) \]
          6. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites98.8%

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right) \]
          7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          8. Final simplification70.1%

            \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a \cdot x} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot a - 1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array} \]
          9. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 3: 98.7% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, -1\right)} \cdot -1 - 1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664 \cdot x, a, 0.16666666666666666\right), a \cdot x, 0.5\right) \cdot x, a, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (a x)
           :precision binary64
           (if (<= (* a x) -200.0)
             (- (* (/ 1.0 (fma a x -1.0)) -1.0) 1.0)
             (*
              (fma
               (*
                (fma (fma (* 0.041666666666666664 x) a 0.16666666666666666) (* a x) 0.5)
                x)
               a
               1.0)
              (* a x))))
          double code(double a, double x) {
          	double tmp;
          	if ((a * x) <= -200.0) {
          		tmp = ((1.0 / fma(a, x, -1.0)) * -1.0) - 1.0;
          	} else {
          		tmp = fma((fma(fma((0.041666666666666664 * x), a, 0.16666666666666666), (a * x), 0.5) * x), a, 1.0) * (a * x);
          	}
          	return tmp;
          }
          
          function code(a, x)
          	tmp = 0.0
          	if (Float64(a * x) <= -200.0)
          		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(1.0 / fma(a, x, -1.0)) * -1.0) - 1.0);
          	else
          		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(fma(fma(Float64(0.041666666666666664 * x), a, 0.16666666666666666), Float64(a * x), 0.5) * x), a, 1.0) * Float64(a * x));
          	end
          	return tmp
          end
          
          code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], -200.0], N[(N[(N[(1.0 / N[(a * x + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * -1.0), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(0.041666666666666664 * x), $MachinePrecision] * a + 0.16666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * a + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \begin{array}{l}
          \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\
          \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, -1\right)} \cdot -1 - 1\\
          
          \mathbf{else}:\\
          \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664 \cdot x, a, 0.16666666666666666\right), a \cdot x, 0.5\right) \cdot x, a, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\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. *-commutativeN/A

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

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, a, 1\right)} - 1 \]
            6. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites9.8%

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

                \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, -1\right)} - 1 \]
              3. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites97.5%

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

                if -200 < (*.f64 a x)

                1. Initial program 30.9%

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

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(x + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {x}^{2} + a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{24} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{4}\right) + \frac{1}{6} \cdot {x}^{3}\right)\right)\right)} \]
                4. Applied rewrites100.0%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664 \cdot x, a, 0.16666666666666666\right), x \cdot a, 0.5\right) \cdot x, a, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
              4. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
              5. Final simplification99.2%

                \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -200:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, -1\right)} \cdot -1 - 1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664 \cdot x, a, 0.16666666666666666\right), a \cdot x, 0.5\right) \cdot x, a, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\\ \end{array} \]
              6. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 4: 98.6% accurate, 2.2× speedup?

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

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

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

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, a, 1\right)} - 1 \]
                6. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites9.8%

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

                    \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, -1\right)} - 1 \]
                  3. Step-by-step derivation
                    1. Applied rewrites97.5%

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

                    if -200 < (*.f64 a x)

                    1. Initial program 30.9%

                      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                    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. Applied rewrites99.9%

                      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
                    5. Step-by-step derivation
                      1. Applied rewrites99.9%

                        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x, \color{blue}{x \cdot a}, x \cdot a\right) \]
                    6. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
                    7. Final simplification99.1%

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

                    Alternative 5: 98.6% accurate, 2.5× speedup?

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

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

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

                        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, a, 1\right)} - 1 \]
                      6. Step-by-step derivation
                        1. Applied rewrites9.8%

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

                          \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, -1\right)} - 1 \]
                        3. Step-by-step derivation
                          1. Applied rewrites97.5%

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

                          if -200 < (*.f64 a x)

                          1. Initial program 30.9%

                            \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                          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. Applied rewrites99.9%

                            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
                        4. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
                        5. Final simplification99.1%

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

                        Alternative 6: 98.3% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

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

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

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

                            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(x, a, 1\right)} - 1 \]
                          6. Step-by-step derivation
                            1. Applied rewrites9.8%

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

                              \[\leadsto -1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(a, x, -1\right)} - 1 \]
                            3. Step-by-step derivation
                              1. Applied rewrites97.5%

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

                              if -200 < (*.f64 a x)

                              1. Initial program 30.9%

                                \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
                              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. Applied rewrites99.9%

                                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
                              5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right) \]
                              6. Step-by-step derivation
                                1. Applied rewrites99.4%

                                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right) \]
                              7. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
                              8. Final simplification98.8%

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

                              Alternative 7: 66.6% 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 52.7%

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

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

                                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]
                                2. lower-*.f6468.8

                                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]
                              5. Applied rewrites68.8%

                                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]
                              6. Final simplification68.8%

                                \[\leadsto a \cdot x \]
                              7. Add Preprocessing

                              Alternative 8: 19.6% 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 52.7%

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

                                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
                              4. Step-by-step derivation
                                1. Applied rewrites20.3%

                                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
                                2. 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 2024235 
                                (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))