Kahan's exp quotient

Percentage Accurate: 53.1% → 100.0%
Time: 7.3s
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: 53.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 100.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

\\
\frac{\mathsf{expm1}\left(x\right)}{x}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 54.8%

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative 2: 70.0% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \leq 2:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.027777777777777776}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, -0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.041666666666666664, x \cdot x, x\right)}{x}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (/ (- (exp x) 1.0) x) 2.0)
   (fma
    (fma
     (/
      -0.027777777777777776
      (fma 0.041666666666666664 x -0.16666666666666666))
     x
     0.5)
    x
    1.0)
   (/ (fma (* (* x x) 0.041666666666666664) (* x x) x) x)))
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (((exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0) {
		tmp = fma(fma((-0.027777777777777776 / fma(0.041666666666666664, x, -0.16666666666666666)), x, 0.5), x, 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = fma(((x * x) * 0.041666666666666664), (x * x), x) / x;
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(Float64(exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0)
		tmp = fma(fma(Float64(-0.027777777777777776 / fma(0.041666666666666664, x, -0.16666666666666666)), x, 0.5), x, 1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(fma(Float64(Float64(x * x) * 0.041666666666666664), Float64(x * x), x) / x);
	end
	return tmp
end
code[x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Exp[x], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], N[(N[(N[(-0.027777777777777776 / N[(0.041666666666666664 * x + -0.16666666666666666), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] * 0.041666666666666664), $MachinePrecision] * N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \leq 2:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.027777777777777776}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, -0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot 0.041666666666666664, x \cdot x, x\right)}{x}\\


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

    1. Initial program 42.8%

      \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
    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.f6461.7

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites61.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites61.7%

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.001736111111111111, x \cdot x, -0.027777777777777776\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, -0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \]
      2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{-1}{36}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{24}, x, \frac{-1}{6}\right)}, x, \frac{1}{2}\right), x, 1\right) \]
      3. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites62.8%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-0.027777777777777776}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, -0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \]

        if 2 < (/.f64 (-.f64 (exp.f64 x) #s(literal 1 binary64)) x)

        1. Initial program 100.0%

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

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right)\right)}}{x} \]
        6. Applied rewrites68.1%

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

          \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{24} \cdot {x}^{2}, \color{blue}{x} \cdot x, x\right)}{x} \]
        8. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites68.1%

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

        Alternative 3: 67.8% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \leq 2:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (x)
         :precision binary64
         (if (<= (/ (- (exp x) 1.0) x) 2.0)
           (fma (fma 0.16666666666666666 x 0.5) x 1.0)
           (* (* (fma 0.041666666666666664 x 0.16666666666666666) x) x)))
        double code(double x) {
        	double tmp;
        	if (((exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0) {
        		tmp = fma(fma(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5), x, 1.0);
        	} else {
        		tmp = (fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666) * x) * x;
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }
        
        function code(x)
        	tmp = 0.0
        	if (Float64(Float64(exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0)
        		tmp = fma(fma(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5), x, 1.0);
        	else
        		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666) * x) * x);
        	end
        	return tmp
        end
        
        code[x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Exp[x], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], N[(N[(0.16666666666666666 * x + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x + 1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(0.041666666666666664 * x + 0.16666666666666666), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision]]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \begin{array}{l}
        \mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \leq 2:\\
        \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)\\
        
        \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 (/.f64 (-.f64 (exp.f64 x) #s(literal 1 binary64)) x) < 2

          1. Initial program 42.8%

            \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
          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.f6462.4

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right)}, x, 1\right) \]
          5. Applied rewrites62.4%

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

          if 2 < (/.f64 (-.f64 (exp.f64 x) #s(literal 1 binary64)) x)

          1. Initial program 100.0%

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

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot x\right)\right)} \]
          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.f6456.3

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \]
          5. Applied rewrites56.3%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right), x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right)} \]
          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 rewrites56.3%

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

          Alternative 4: 63.6% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \leq 2:\\ \;\;\;\;1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x\right) \cdot x\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (x)
           :precision binary64
           (if (<= (/ (- (exp x) 1.0) x) 2.0) 1.0 (* (* 0.16666666666666666 x) x)))
          double code(double x) {
          	double tmp;
          	if (((exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0) {
          		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 (((exp(x) - 1.0d0) / x) <= 2.0d0) 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 (((Math.exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0) {
          		tmp = 1.0;
          	} else {
          		tmp = (0.16666666666666666 * x) * x;
          	}
          	return tmp;
          }
          
          def code(x):
          	tmp = 0
          	if ((math.exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0:
          		tmp = 1.0
          	else:
          		tmp = (0.16666666666666666 * x) * x
          	return tmp
          
          function code(x)
          	tmp = 0.0
          	if (Float64(Float64(exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0)
          		tmp = 1.0;
          	else
          		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.16666666666666666 * x) * x);
          	end
          	return tmp
          end
          
          function tmp_2 = code(x)
          	tmp = 0.0;
          	if (((exp(x) - 1.0) / x) <= 2.0)
          		tmp = 1.0;
          	else
          		tmp = (0.16666666666666666 * x) * x;
          	end
          	tmp_2 = tmp;
          end
          
          code[x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[(N[Exp[x], $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / x), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], 1.0, N[(N[(0.16666666666666666 * x), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision]]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \begin{array}{l}
          \mathbf{if}\;\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \leq 2:\\
          \;\;\;\;1\\
          
          \mathbf{else}:\\
          \;\;\;\;\left(0.16666666666666666 \cdot x\right) \cdot x\\
          
          
          \end{array}
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Split input into 2 regimes
          2. if (/.f64 (-.f64 (exp.f64 x) #s(literal 1 binary64)) x) < 2

            1. Initial program 42.8%

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
            4. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites61.9%

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

              if 2 < (/.f64 (-.f64 (exp.f64 x) #s(literal 1 binary64)) x)

              1. Initial program 100.0%

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

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1 + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{6} \cdot x\right)} \]
              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.f6448.9

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right)}, x, 1\right) \]
              5. Applied rewrites48.9%

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

                \[\leadsto {x}^{2} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
              7. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites48.9%

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

                  \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot x\right) \cdot x \]
                3. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites48.9%

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

                Alternative 5: 69.3% 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 54.8%

                  \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
                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.f6463.1

                    \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \cdot x}{x} \]
                5. Applied rewrites63.1%

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

                Alternative 6: 67.4% 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 54.8%

                  \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
                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.f6460.6

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, x, 0.16666666666666666\right)}, x, 0.5\right), x, 1\right) \]
                5. Applied rewrites60.6%

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

                Alternative 7: 63.9% 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 54.8%

                  \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
                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.f6459.6

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, x, 0.5\right)}, x, 1\right) \]
                5. Applied rewrites59.6%

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

                Alternative 8: 51.3% 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 54.8%

                  \[\frac{e^{x} - 1}{x} \]
                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.f6449.5

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, x, 1\right)} \]
                5. Applied rewrites49.5%

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

                Alternative 9: 51.1% 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 54.8%

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

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} \]
                4. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites49.5%

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

                  Developer Target 1: 52.7% 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 2024325 
                  (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))