expax (section 3.5)

Percentage Accurate: 54.2% → 100.0%
Time: 5.0s
Alternatives: 5
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 5 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: 54.2% 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?

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

\\
\mathsf{expm1}\left(x \cdot a\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 56.3%

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

Alternative 2: 67.0% accurate, 2.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{+194}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot a\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 2.6e+194)
   (* (* (fma (* (fma (* 0.16666666666666666 x) a 0.5) a) x 1.0) x) a)
   (- (* (* (* (* a a) x) 0.5) x) 1.0)))
double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.6e+194) {
		tmp = (fma((fma((0.16666666666666666 * x), a, 0.5) * a), x, 1.0) * x) * a;
	} else {
		tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 2.6e+194)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(Float64(fma(Float64(0.16666666666666666 * x), a, 0.5) * a), x, 1.0) * x) * a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 2.6e+194], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(0.16666666666666666 * x), $MachinePrecision] * a + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{+194}:\\
\;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot a\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if x < 2.5999999999999999e194

    1. Initial program 53.6%

      \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
    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 rewrites72.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites72.4%

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

      if 2.5999999999999999e194 < 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-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 rewrites2.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x, 0.5, a\right), x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
      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
        1. Applied rewrites27.2%

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} - 1 \]
      8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
      9. Final simplification69.8%

        \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{+194}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x, a, 0.5\right) \cdot a, x, 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot a\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \end{array} \]
      10. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 3: 67.6% accurate, 3.1× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -50000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot a\right) \cdot a, 0.5, a\right) \cdot x\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a x)
       :precision binary64
       (if (<= (* a x) -50000000000000.0)
         (- (* (* (* (* a a) x) 0.5) x) 1.0)
         (* (fma (* (* x a) a) 0.5 a) x)))
      double code(double a, double x) {
      	double tmp;
      	if ((a * x) <= -50000000000000.0) {
      		tmp = ((((a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0;
      	} else {
      		tmp = fma(((x * a) * a), 0.5, a) * x;
      	}
      	return tmp;
      }
      
      function code(a, x)
      	tmp = 0.0
      	if (Float64(a * x) <= -50000000000000.0)
      		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * x) * 0.5) * x) - 1.0);
      	else
      		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(x * a) * a), 0.5, a) * x);
      	end
      	return tmp
      end
      
      code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], -50000000000000.0], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(x * a), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + a), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision]]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \begin{array}{l}
      \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -50000000000000:\\
      \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x - 1\\
      
      \mathbf{else}:\\
      \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot a\right) \cdot a, 0.5, a\right) \cdot x\\
      
      
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Split input into 2 regimes
      2. if (*.f64 a x) < -5e13

        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 rewrites1.2%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x, 0.5, a\right), x, 1\right)} - 1 \]
        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
          1. Applied rewrites8.4%

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

          if -5e13 < (*.f64 a x)

          1. Initial program 37.1%

            \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
          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.f6499.9

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(a \cdot x\right)} \]
            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-*.f6499.9

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{expm1}\left(\color{blue}{x \cdot a}\right) \]
          4. Applied rewrites99.9%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(x \cdot a\right)} \]
          5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({a}^{2} \cdot x, \frac{1}{2}, a\right)} \cdot x \]
            17. lower-*.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot x}, \frac{1}{2}, a\right) \cdot x \]
            18. unpow2N/A

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot x, \frac{1}{2}, a\right) \cdot x \]
            19. lower-*.f6486.2

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot x, 0.5, a\right) \cdot x \]
          7. Applied rewrites86.2%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x, 0.5, a\right) \cdot x} \]
          8. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites95.9%

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot a\right) \cdot a, 0.5, a\right) \cdot x \]
          9. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          10. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 4: 66.7% accurate, 18.2× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ x \cdot a \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (a x) :precision binary64 (* x a))
          double code(double a, double x) {
          	return x * a;
          }
          
          real(8) function code(a, x)
              real(8), intent (in) :: a
              real(8), intent (in) :: x
              code = x * a
          end function
          
          public static double code(double a, double x) {
          	return x * a;
          }
          
          def code(a, x):
          	return x * a
          
          function code(a, x)
          	return Float64(x * a)
          end
          
          function tmp = code(a, x)
          	tmp = x * a;
          end
          
          code[a_, x_] := N[(x * a), $MachinePrecision]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          x \cdot a
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Initial program 56.3%

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

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]
            2. lower-*.f6467.2

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]
          5. Applied rewrites67.2%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]
          6. Final simplification67.2%

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

          Alternative 5: 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 56.3%

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

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
          4. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites21.7%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
            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 2024319 
            (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))