Average Error: 38.9 → 0.4
Time: 4.7s
Precision: 64
\[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000000004809:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{2}}\right), \mathsf{fma}\left(0.333333333333333315, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}, 1 \cdot x\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\log \left(1 + x\right)
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000000004809:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{2}}\right), \mathsf{fma}\left(0.333333333333333315, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}, 1 \cdot x\right)\right)\right)\right)\\

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

\end{array}
double f(double x) {
        double r83144 = 1.0;
        double r83145 = x;
        double r83146 = r83144 + r83145;
        double r83147 = log(r83146);
        return r83147;
}

double f(double x) {
        double r83148 = 1.0;
        double r83149 = x;
        double r83150 = r83148 + r83149;
        double r83151 = 1.000000000000481;
        bool r83152 = r83150 <= r83151;
        double r83153 = -r83148;
        double r83154 = 3.0;
        double r83155 = pow(r83149, r83154);
        double r83156 = 2.0;
        double r83157 = pow(r83148, r83156);
        double r83158 = r83155 / r83157;
        double r83159 = fma(r83149, r83149, r83158);
        double r83160 = 0.3333333333333333;
        double r83161 = pow(r83148, r83154);
        double r83162 = r83155 / r83161;
        double r83163 = 0.5;
        double r83164 = pow(r83149, r83156);
        double r83165 = r83164 / r83157;
        double r83166 = r83148 * r83149;
        double r83167 = fma(r83163, r83165, r83166);
        double r83168 = fma(r83148, r83155, r83167);
        double r83169 = fma(r83160, r83162, r83168);
        double r83170 = fma(r83153, r83159, r83169);
        double r83171 = log(r83150);
        double r83172 = r83152 ? r83170 : r83171;
        return r83172;
}

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original38.9
Target0.2
Herbie0.4
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x = 1:\\ \;\;\;\;x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x \cdot \log \left(1 + x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) - 1}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (+ 1.0 x) < 1.000000000000481

    1. Initial program 59.3

      \[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied flip3-+59.4

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{{1}^{3} + {x}^{3}}{1 \cdot 1 + \left(x \cdot x - 1 \cdot x\right)}\right)}\]
    4. Applied log-div59.4

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left({1}^{3} + {x}^{3}\right) - \log \left(1 \cdot 1 + \left(x \cdot x - 1 \cdot x\right)\right)}\]
    5. Taylor expanded around 0 0.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.333333333333333315 \cdot \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{3}} + \left(1 \cdot {x}^{3} + \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}} + 1 \cdot x\right)\right)\right) - \left(1 \cdot {x}^{2} + 1 \cdot \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{2}}\right)}\]
    6. Simplified0.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{2}}\right), \mathsf{fma}\left(0.333333333333333315, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}, 1 \cdot x\right)\right)\right)\right)}\]

    if 1.000000000000481 < (+ 1.0 x)

    1. Initial program 0.8

      \[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification0.4

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \le 1.0000000000004809:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(-1, \mathsf{fma}\left(x, x, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{2}}\right), \mathsf{fma}\left(0.333333333333333315, \frac{{x}^{3}}{{1}^{3}}, \mathsf{fma}\left(1, {x}^{3}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \frac{{x}^{2}}{{1}^{2}}, 1 \cdot x\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020056 +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)))