expax (section 3.5)

Percentage Accurate: 54.9% → 100.0%

Time: 5.5s

Alternatives: 4

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: 54.9% 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

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.1%

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

Alternative 2: 66.8% accurate, 3.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, a \cdot x, 0.5\right) \cdot a, a \cdot x, a\right) \cdot x \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (* (fma (* (fma 0.16666666666666666 (* a x) 0.5) a) (* a x) a) x))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	return fma((fma(0.16666666666666666, (a * x), 0.5) * a), (a * x), a) * x;
}

Julia

function code(a, x)
	return Float64(fma(Float64(fma(0.16666666666666666, Float64(a * x), 0.5) * a), Float64(a * x), a) * x)
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(0.16666666666666666 * N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision] * N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision] + a), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.1%

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

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(a + x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{6} \cdot \left({a}^{3} \cdot x\right) + \frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

   1. *-commutative N/A

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

   2. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

7. Applied rewrites 67.7%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, a \cdot x, 0.5\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot a, x, a\right) \cdot x} \]
8. Step-by-step derivation

9. Applied rewrites 71.2%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.16666666666666666, a \cdot x, 0.5\right) \cdot a, a \cdot x, a\right) \cdot x \]
10. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 66.3% accurate, 18.2× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.1%

   \[e^{a \cdot x} - 1 \]
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 70.6

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

5. Applied rewrites 70.6%

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

6. Final simplification 70.6%

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

Alternative 4: 20.0% 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 52.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

5. Applied rewrites 21.3%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
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 2024326 
(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))