Average Error: 39.8 → 0.3
Time: 4.4s
Precision: 64
\[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000000447056:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 1, \log 1 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\log \left(1 + x\right)
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000000447056:\\
\;\;\;\;\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 r87240 = 1.0;
        double r87241 = x;
        double r87242 = r87240 + r87241;
        double r87243 = log(r87242);
        return r87243;
}
↓
double f(double x) {
        double r87244 = 1.0;
        double r87245 = x;
        double r87246 = r87244 + r87245;
        double r87247 = 1.0000000000447056;
        bool r87248 = r87246 <= r87247;
        double r87249 = log(r87244);
        double r87250 = 0.5;
        double r87251 = 2.0;
        double r87252 = pow(r87245, r87251);
        double r87253 = pow(r87244, r87251);
        double r87254 = r87252 / r87253;
        double r87255 = r87250 * r87254;
        double r87256 = r87249 - r87255;
        double r87257 = fma(r87245, r87244, r87256);
        double r87258 = log(r87246);
        double r87259 = r87248 ? r87257 : r87258;
        return r87259;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original39.8
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) < 1.0000000000447056

    1. Initial program 59.5

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.2

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

    3. Simplified0.2

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

    if 1.0000000000447056 < (+ 1.0 x)

    1. Initial program 0.5

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

  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000000447056:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(x, 1, \log 1 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020035 +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)))