expax (section 3.5)

Percentage Accurate: 54.1% → 100.0%

Time: 2.3s

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

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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: 54.1% 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

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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 54.1%

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

   1. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   2. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   3. lift-exp.f64 N/A

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

   4. lower-expm1.f64 N/A

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

   5. *-commutative N/A

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

   6. lower-*.f64 100.0

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

3. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

Alternative 2: 70.5% accurate, 3.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \cdot x \leq -2:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\frac{a}{x} \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, x \cdot a, 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot a\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (* a x) -2.0)
   (- (* (* (/ a x) x) x) 1.0)
   (* (* (fma 0.5 (* x a) 1.0) x) a)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((a * x) <= -2.0) {
		tmp = (((a / x) * x) * x) - 1.0;
	} else {
		tmp = (fma(0.5, (x * a), 1.0) * x) * a;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(a * x) <= -2.0)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a / x) * x) * x) - 1.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(fma(0.5, Float64(x * a), 1.0) * x) * a);
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[N[(a * x), $MachinePrecision], -2.0], N[(N[(N[(N[(a / x), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(0.5 * N[(x * a), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * a), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (*.f64 a x) < -2

   1. Initial program 100.0%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   4. Applied rewrites 3.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a + 1\right) - 1 \]

      3. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right), \color{blue}{a}, 1\right) - 1 \]

      4. +-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + x, a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      5. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + x, a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      6. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      7. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{2} \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      8. lower-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{2} \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      9. unpow2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      10. lower-*.f64 1.3

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

   7. Applied rewrites 1.3%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in x around inf

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

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

      2. pow2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right) - 1 \]

      3. associate-*r* N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      4. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right)\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      5. lower-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right)\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      6. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      7. lower-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      8. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left({a}^{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      9. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left({a}^{2}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      10. unpow2 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      11. lower-*.f64 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      12. lower-/.f64 6.6

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

   10. Applied rewrites 6.6%

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

   11. Taylor expanded in a around 0

       \[\leadsto \left(\frac{a}{x} \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]
   12. Step-by-step derivation

       1. lift-/.f64 15.3

          \[\leadsto \left(\frac{a}{x} \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

   13. Applied rewrites 15.3%

       \[\leadsto \left(\frac{a}{x} \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

   if -2 < (*.f64 a x)

   1. Initial program 30.9%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      1. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

      2. associate-*l* N/A

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

      3. unpow2 N/A

         \[\leadsto x \cdot a + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \]

      4. associate-*r* N/A

         \[\leadsto x \cdot a + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot a\right) \]

      5. associate-*r* N/A

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

      6. *-commutative N/A

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

      7. associate-*r* N/A

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

      8. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto x \cdot a + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(\left(x \cdot a\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* N/A

         \[\leadsto x \cdot a + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot x\right) \]

      10. unpow2 N/A

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

      11. *-commutative N/A

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

      12. associate-*l* N/A

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

      13. *-commutative N/A

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

      14. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

      15. *-commutative N/A

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

      16. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   4. Applied rewrites 92.3%

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

      1. lift-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + a\right) \cdot x \]

      2. lift-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + a\right) \cdot x \]

      3. lift-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + a\right) \cdot x \]

      4. associate-*l* N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + a\right) \cdot x \]

      5. associate-*r* N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) + a\right) \cdot x \]

      6. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) + a\right) \cdot x \]

      7. *-rgt-identity N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) + a \cdot 1\right) \cdot x \]

      8. distribute-lft-in N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right) + 1\right)\right) \cdot x \]

      9. +-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot \left(1 + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right)\right) \cdot x \]

      10. *-commutative N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(1 + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]

      11. lower-*.f64 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(1 + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]

      12. +-commutative N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right) + 1\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]

      13. lower-fma.f64 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, a \cdot x, 1\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]

      14. lower-*.f64 98.5

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

   6. Applied rewrites 98.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, a \cdot x, 1\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. lift-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, a \cdot x, 1\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot \color{blue}{x} \]

      2. lift-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, a \cdot x, 1\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]

      3. lift-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2}, a \cdot x, 1\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]

      4. lift-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right) + 1\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot x \]

      5. *-commutative N/A

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

      6. associate-*r* N/A

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

      7. distribute-lft-in N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) + x \cdot 1\right) \cdot a \]

      8. *-rgt-identity N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) + x\right) \cdot a \]

      9. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\left(a \cdot x\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) + x\right) \cdot a \]

      10. associate-*r* N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(x \cdot \left(a \cdot x\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + x\right) \cdot a \]

      11. *-commutative N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(x \cdot \left(x \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + x\right) \cdot a \]

      12. associate-*l* N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot a\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + x\right) \cdot a \]

      13. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   8. Applied rewrites 98.5%

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, x \cdot a, 1\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot \color{blue}{a} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 66.7% accurate, 3.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \leq 2.75 \cdot 10^{+268}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot a\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= x 2.75e+268) (* x a) (- (* (* (* (* a a) 0.5) x) x) 1.0)))

C

double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.75e+268) {
		tmp = x * a;
	} else {
		tmp = ((((a * a) * 0.5) * x) * x) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (x <= 2.75d+268) then
        tmp = x * a
    else
        tmp = ((((a * a) * 0.5d0) * x) * x) - 1.0d0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double x) {
	double tmp;
	if (x <= 2.75e+268) {
		tmp = x * a;
	} else {
		tmp = ((((a * a) * 0.5) * x) * x) - 1.0;
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

def code(a, x):
	tmp = 0
	if x <= 2.75e+268:
		tmp = x * a
	else:
		tmp = ((((a * a) * 0.5) * x) * x) - 1.0
	return tmp

Julia

function code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (x <= 2.75e+268)
		tmp = Float64(x * a);
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(a * a) * 0.5) * x) * x) - 1.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

function tmp_2 = code(a, x)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (x <= 2.75e+268)
		tmp = x * a;
	else
		tmp = ((((a * a) * 0.5) * x) * x) - 1.0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

code[a_, x_] := If[LessEqual[x, 2.75e+268], N[(x * a), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if x < 2.7499999999999998e268

   1. Initial program 53.2%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

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

      2. lower-*.f64 67.7

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

   4. Applied rewrites 67.7%

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

   if 2.7499999999999998e268 < x

   1. Initial program 97.6%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   4. Applied rewrites 3.1%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right)\right) \cdot a + 1\right) - 1 \]

      3. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right), \color{blue}{a}, 1\right) - 1 \]

      4. +-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) + x, a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      5. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} + x, a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      6. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot {x}^{2}, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      7. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{2} \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      8. lower-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left({x}^{2} \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      9. unpow2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(x \cdot x\right) \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, x\right), a, 1\right) - 1 \]

      10. lower-*.f64 0.7

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

   7. Applied rewrites 0.7%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in x around inf

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

      1. *-commutative N/A

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

      2. pow2 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot \left(x \cdot x\right) - 1 \]

      3. associate-*r* N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      4. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right)\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      5. lower-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right)\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      6. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      7. lower-*.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot {a}^{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      8. *-commutative N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\left({a}^{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      9. lower-fma.f64 N/A

         \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left({a}^{2}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      10. unpow2 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      11. lower-*.f64 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{a}{x}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

      12. lower-/.f64 21.1

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

   10. Applied rewrites 21.1%

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

   11. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

       1. *-commutative N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left({a}^{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

       2. lower-*.f64 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left({a}^{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

       3. pow2 N/A

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

       4. lift-*.f64 21.1

          \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]

   13. Applied rewrites 21.1%

       \[\leadsto \left(\left(\left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot x\right) \cdot x - 1 \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 66.4% 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

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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 54.1%

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

2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   1. *-commutative N/A

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

   2. lower-*.f64 66.4

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

4. Applied rewrites 66.4%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot a} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 19.1% 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

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, x)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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 54.1%

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

2. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

4. Applied rewrites 19.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{1} - 1 \]
5. 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 2025095 
(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))