Average Error: 39.1 → 0.3
Time: 4.5s
Precision: 64
\[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000482441602:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 1, \log 1 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\log \left(1 + x\right)
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000482441602:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 1, \log 1 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\

\end{array}
double f(double x) {
        double r117531 = 1.0;
        double r117532 = x;
        double r117533 = r117531 + r117532;
        double r117534 = log(r117533);
        return r117534;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r117535 = 1.0;
        double r117536 = x;
        double r117537 = r117535 + r117536;
        double r117538 = 1.0000000482441602;
        bool r117539 = r117537 <= r117538;
        double r117540 = log(r117535);
        double r117541 = 0.5;
        double r117542 = 2.0;
        double r117543 = pow(r117536, r117542);
        double r117544 = pow(r117535, r117542);
        double r117545 = r117543 / r117544;
        double r117546 = r117541 * r117545;
        double r117547 = r117540 - r117546;
        double r117548 = fma(r117536, r117535, r117547);
        double r117549 = log(r117537);
        double r117550 = r117539 ? r117548 : r117549;
        return r117550;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original39.1
Target0.2
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x = 1:\\ \;\;\;\;x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x \cdot \log \left(1 + x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) - 1}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if (+ 1.0 x) < 1.0000000482441602

    1. Initial program 59.3

      \[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.3

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

    3. Simplified0.3

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

    if 1.0000000482441602 < (+ 1.0 x)

    1. Initial program 0.2

      \[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000482441602:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 1, \log 1 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020033 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (x)
  :name "ln(1 + x)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (== (+ 1 x) 1) x (/ (* x (log (+ 1 x))) (- (+ 1 x) 1)))

  (log (+ 1 x)))