expax (section 3.5)

Percentage Accurate: 54.0% → 100.0%

Time: 5.3s

Alternatives: 5

Speedup: 18.2×

Specification

\[710 > a \cdot x\]

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = exp((a * x)) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(exp(Float64(a * x)) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(N[Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 54.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (- (exp (* a x)) 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = exp((a * x)) - 1.0d0
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return math.exp((a * x)) - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(exp(Float64(a * x)) - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = exp((a * x)) - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(N[Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (expm1 (* a x)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return expm1((a * x));
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.expm1((a * x));
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return math.expm1((a * x))

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return expm1(Float64(a * x))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.3%

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

   1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   2. lift-exp.f64 N/A

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

   3. lower-expm1.f64 100.0

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

   4. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   5. *-commutative N/A

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

   6. lower-*.f64 100.0

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

4. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

5. Final simplification 100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 67.9% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{+247}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 2.6e+247)
   (* (fma (* (fma (* 0.16666666666666666 x) a 0.5) a) x 1.0) (* a x))
   (- (* (* (* (* a a) x) 0.5) x) 1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.6e+247) {
		tmp = fma((fma((0.16666666666666666 * x), a, 0.5) * a), x, 1.0) * (a * x);
	} else {
		tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 2.6e+247)
		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(fma(Float64(0.16666666666666666 * x), a, 0.5) * a), x, 1.0) * Float64(a * x));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 2.6e+247], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(0.16666666666666666 * x), $MachinePrecision] * a + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if x < 2.59999999999999991e247

   1. Initial program 50.3%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 70.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)} \]

   if 2.59999999999999991e247 < x

   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-in N/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. unpow2 N/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. *-commutative N/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. *-commutative N/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-in N/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. *-commutative N/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-in N/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. unpow2 N/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. *-commutative N/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-in N/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-identity N/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 rewrites 3.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

   8. Applied rewrites 40.4%

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

4. Final simplification 69.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{+247}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 67.3% accurate, 3.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+247}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 2.5e+247) (* a x) (- (* (* (* (* a a) x) 0.5) x) 1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.5e+247) {
		tmp = a * x;
	} else {
		tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 2.5d+247) then
        tmp = a * x
    else
        tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5d0) * x) - 1.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.5e+247) {
		tmp = a * x;
	} else {
		tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 2.5e+247:
		tmp = a * x
	else:
		tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 2.5e+247)
		tmp = Float64(a * x);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 2.5e+247)
		tmp = a * x;
	else
		tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 2.5e+247], N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if x < 2.50000000000000011e247

   1. Initial program 50.3%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]

      2. lower-*.f64 69.8

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]

   5. Applied rewrites 69.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]

   if 2.50000000000000011e247 < x

   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-in N/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. unpow2 N/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. *-commutative N/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. *-commutative N/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-in N/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. *-commutative N/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-in N/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. unpow2 N/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. *-commutative N/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-in N/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-identity N/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 rewrites 3.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

   8. Applied rewrites 40.4%

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

4. Final simplification 68.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+247}:\\ \;\;\;\;a \cdot x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 67.0% accurate, 18.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ a \cdot x \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (* a x))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return a * x;
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = a * x
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return a * x;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return a * x

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(a * x)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = a * x;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.3%

   \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{a \cdot x} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]

   2. lower-*.f64 67.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]

5. Applied rewrites 67.2%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]

6. Final simplification 67.2%

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

Alternative 5: 19.5% accurate, 27.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ 1 - 1 \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (- 1.0 1.0))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return 1.0 - 1.0;
}

Fortran

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

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return 1.0 - 1.0;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return 1.0 - 1.0

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(1.0 - 1.0)
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, x)
	tmp = 1.0 - 1.0;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(1.0 - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.3%

   \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

5. Applied rewrites 18.3%

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

Developer Target 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (expm1 (* a x)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return expm1((a * x));
}

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	return Math.expm1((a * x));
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	return math.expm1((a * x))

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return expm1(Float64(a * x))
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(Exp[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024296 
(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))