# Fluctuating line graph in pfgplots

I'd like to plot the following function between 0 and 0.5 using pgfplots.

However I get as a result the fluctuating line in picture. I'd like to get a smooth line, as the function is.

Is this a numerical approximation error?

Here is a mwe

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle,
width=\linewidth, height=0.5\linewidth,
xmin = 0, xmax=0.5]
\addplot[smooth, domain=0:0.5, samples = 100] {
exp(0.1*x)-sin(deg(0.1*x))
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


Output:

Yes, these are numerical issues. In what follows I describe two ways to resolve them: using lualatex as compiler or using xfp for the computation. Both of them give smooth results, which agree.

Once I add \pgfplotsset{compat=1.16} and compile

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.16}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle,
width=\linewidth, height=0.5\linewidth,
xmin = 0, xmax=0.5]
\addplot[smooth, domain=0:0.5, samples = 100] {
exp(0.1*x)-sin(deg(0.1*x))
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


with lualatex I get

If you do not want to use lualatex you could employ xfp instead.

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
%\pgfplotsset{compat=1.16}
\usepackage{xfp}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\foreach \X [count=\Y] in {0,0.005,...,0.5}
{\ifnum\Y=1
\xdef\Lst{(\X,\fpeval{exp(0.1*\X)-sin(0.1*\X)})}
\else
\xdef\Lst{\Lst (\X,\fpeval{exp(0.1*\X)-sin(0.1*\X)})}
\fi}
\begin{axis}[axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle,
width=\linewidth, height=0.5\linewidth,
xmin = 0, xmax=0.5,ytick=\empty]