Kahan's exp quotient

Percentage Accurate: 52.8% → 100.0%
Time: 7.4s
Alternatives: 9
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 9 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: 52.8% 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 52.5%

    \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
  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: 69.2% accurate, 3.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (/
  (*
   (fma (fma (fma 0.041666666666666664 x 0.16666666666666666) x 0.5) x 1.0)
   x)
  x))
double code(double x) {
	return (fma(fma(fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666), x, 0.5), x, 1.0) * x) / x;
}
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(fma(fma(fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666), x, 0.5), x, 1.0) * x) / x)
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(0.041666666666666664 * x + 0.16666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 52.5%

    \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{24} \cdot x + \frac{1}{6}}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \]
    10. lower-fma.f6470.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \]
  5. Applied rewrites70.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}}{x} \]
  6. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 68.4% accurate, 3.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.041666666666666664, x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* (fma (* (* x x) 0.041666666666666664) x 1.0) x) x))
double code(double x) {
	return (fma(((x * x) * 0.041666666666666664), x, 1.0) * x) / x;
}
function code(x)
	return Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(x * x) * 0.041666666666666664), x, 1.0) * x) / x)
end
code[x_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.041666666666666664), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.041666666666666664, x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 52.5%

    \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{24} \cdot x + \frac{1}{6}}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \]
    10. lower-fma.f6470.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \]
  5. Applied rewrites70.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}}{x} \]
  6. Taylor expanded in x around inf

    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}, x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites70.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.041666666666666664, x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 4: 67.8% accurate, 5.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2:\\ \;\;\;\;1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (x)
     :precision binary64
     (if (<= x 2.0)
       1.0
       (* (* (fma 0.041666666666666664 x 0.16666666666666666) x) x)))
    double code(double x) {
    	double tmp;
    	if (x <= 2.0) {
    		tmp = 1.0;
    	} else {
    		tmp = (fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666) * x) * x;
    	}
    	return tmp;
    }
    
    function code(x)
    	tmp = 0.0
    	if (x <= 2.0)
    		tmp = 1.0;
    	else
    		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666) * x) * x);
    	end
    	return tmp
    end
    
    code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 2.0], 1.0, N[(N[(N[(0.041666666666666664 * x + 0.16666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision]]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \begin{array}{l}
    \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2:\\
    \;\;\;\;1\\
    
    \mathbf{else}:\\
    \;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x\\
    
    
    \end{array}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Split input into 2 regimes
    2. if x < 2

      1. Initial program 37.6%

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
      4. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites67.0%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]

        if 2 < x

        1. Initial program 100.0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{24} \cdot x + \frac{1}{6}}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right), x, 1\right) \]
          8. lower-fma.f6479.9

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \]
        5. Applied rewrites79.9%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)} \]
        6. Taylor expanded in x around inf

          \[\leadsto {x}^{3} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{24} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
        7. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites79.9%

            \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]
        8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
        9. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 5: 67.6% accurate, 6.1× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (x)
         :precision binary64
         (fma (fma (fma 0.041666666666666664 x 0.16666666666666666) x 0.5) x 1.0))
        double code(double x) {
        	return fma(fma(fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666), x, 0.5), x, 1.0);
        }
        
        function code(x)
        	return fma(fma(fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666), x, 0.5), x, 1.0)
        end
        
        code[x_] := N[(N[(N[(0.041666666666666664 * x + 0.16666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 52.5%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{24} \cdot x + \frac{1}{6}}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right), x, 1\right) \]
          8. lower-fma.f6469.6

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \]
        5. Applied rewrites69.6%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)} \]
        6. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 6: 63.9% accurate, 6.8× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.5:\\ \;\;\;\;1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x\right) \cdot x\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (x)
         :precision binary64
         (if (<= x 2.5) 1.0 (* (* 0.16666666666666666 x) x)))
        double code(double x) {
        	double tmp;
        	if (x <= 2.5) {
        		tmp = 1.0;
        	} else {
        		tmp = (0.16666666666666666 * x) * x;
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }
        
        real(8) function code(x)
            real(8), intent (in) :: x
            real(8) :: tmp
            if (x <= 2.5d0) then
                tmp = 1.0d0
            else
                tmp = (0.16666666666666666d0 * x) * x
            end if
            code = tmp
        end function
        
        public static double code(double x) {
        	double tmp;
        	if (x <= 2.5) {
        		tmp = 1.0;
        	} else {
        		tmp = (0.16666666666666666 * x) * x;
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }
        
        def code(x):
        	tmp = 0
        	if x <= 2.5:
        		tmp = 1.0
        	else:
        		tmp = (0.16666666666666666 * x) * x
        	return tmp
        
        function code(x)
        	tmp = 0.0
        	if (x <= 2.5)
        		tmp = 1.0;
        	else
        		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.16666666666666666 * x) * x);
        	end
        	return tmp
        end
        
        function tmp_2 = code(x)
        	tmp = 0.0;
        	if (x <= 2.5)
        		tmp = 1.0;
        	else
        		tmp = (0.16666666666666666 * x) * x;
        	end
        	tmp_2 = tmp;
        end
        
        code[x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 2.5], 1.0, N[(N[(0.16666666666666666 * x), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision]]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \begin{array}{l}
        \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.5:\\
        \;\;\;\;1\\
        
        \mathbf{else}:\\
        \;\;\;\;\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x\right) \cdot x\\
        
        
        \end{array}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Split input into 2 regimes
        2. if x < 2.5

          1. Initial program 37.6%

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

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
          4. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites67.0%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]

            if 2.5 < x

            1. Initial program 100.0%

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

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

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

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

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

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{6} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}, x, 1\right) \]
              5. lower-fma.f6467.5

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right)}, x, 1\right) \]
            5. Applied rewrites67.5%

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

              \[\leadsto \frac{1}{6} \cdot \color{blue}{{x}^{2}} \]
            7. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites67.5%

                \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{0.16666666666666666} \]
              2. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites67.5%

                  \[\leadsto \left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x\right) \cdot x \]
              3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
              4. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 7: 64.1% accurate, 8.8× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \end{array} \]
              (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (fma (fma 0.16666666666666666 x 0.5) x 1.0))
              double code(double x) {
              	return fma(fma(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5), x, 1.0);
              }
              
              function code(x)
              	return fma(fma(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5), x, 1.0)
              end
              
              code[x_] := N[(N[(0.16666666666666666 * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              
              \\
              \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)
              \end{array}
              
              Derivation
              1. Initial program 52.5%

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

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

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

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

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

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{6} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2}}, x, 1\right) \]
                5. lower-fma.f6467.1

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right)}, x, 1\right) \]
              5. Applied rewrites67.1%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)} \]
              6. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 8: 51.6% accurate, 16.4× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, x, 1\right) \end{array} \]
              (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (fma 0.5 x 1.0))
              double code(double x) {
              	return fma(0.5, x, 1.0);
              }
              
              function code(x)
              	return fma(0.5, x, 1.0)
              end
              
              code[x_] := N[(0.5 * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              
              \\
              \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, x, 1\right)
              \end{array}
              
              Derivation
              1. Initial program 52.5%

                \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
              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. lower-fma.f6451.9

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, x, 1\right)} \]
              5. Applied rewrites51.9%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, x, 1\right)} \]
              6. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 9: 51.4% accurate, 115.0× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ 1 \end{array} \]
              (FPCore (x) :precision binary64 1.0)
              double code(double x) {
              	return 1.0;
              }
              
              real(8) function code(x)
                  real(8), intent (in) :: x
                  code = 1.0d0
              end function
              
              public static double code(double x) {
              	return 1.0;
              }
              
              def code(x):
              	return 1.0
              
              function code(x)
              	return 1.0
              end
              
              function tmp = code(x)
              	tmp = 1.0;
              end
              
              code[x_] := 1.0
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              
              \\
              1
              \end{array}
              
              Derivation
              1. Initial program 52.5%

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

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
              4. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites51.8%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
                2. Add Preprocessing

                Developer Target 1: 52.3% 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

                ?
                herbie shell --seed 2024268 
                (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))