Average Error: 18.5 → 0.3
Time: 4.8s
Precision: 64
\[1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;y \le -79025762686.63672:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \left(\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y}\right) + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;y \le 4.14547202165829592 \cdot 10^{23}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \left(\log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right) + \log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \frac{\frac{-\frac{1}{y}}{y} + \frac{x}{\frac{{y}^{4}}{x}}}{\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} + \frac{1}{y}} + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\ \end{array}\]
1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;y \le -79025762686.63672:\\
\;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \left(\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y}\right) + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;y \le 4.14547202165829592 \cdot 10^{23}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 - \left(\log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right) + \log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \frac{\frac{-\frac{1}{y}}{y} + \frac{x}{\frac{{y}^{4}}{x}}}{\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} + \frac{1}{y}} + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\

\end{array}
double code(double x, double y) {
	return (1.0 - log((1.0 - ((x - y) / (1.0 - y)))));
}
double code(double x, double y) {
	double temp;
	if ((y <= -79025762686.63672)) {
		temp = (1.0 - log(((1.0 * ((x / pow(y, 2.0)) - (1.0 / y))) + (x / y))));
	} else {
		double temp_1;
		if ((y <= 4.145472021658296e+23)) {
			temp_1 = (1.0 - (log(sqrt((1.0 - ((x - y) / (1.0 - y))))) + log(sqrt((1.0 - ((x - y) / (1.0 - y)))))));
		} else {
			temp_1 = (1.0 - log(((1.0 * (((-(1.0 / y) / y) + (x / (pow(y, 4.0) / x))) / ((x / pow(y, 2.0)) + (1.0 / y)))) + (x / y))));
		}
		temp = temp_1;
	}
	return temp;
}

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Target

Original18.5
Target0.1
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;y \lt -81284752.619472414:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(\frac{x}{y \cdot y} - \left(\frac{1}{y} - \frac{x}{y}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;y \lt 3.0094271212461764 \cdot 10^{25}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{e^{1}}{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(\frac{x}{y \cdot y} - \left(\frac{1}{y} - \frac{x}{y}\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if y < -79025762686.63672

    1. Initial program 52.6

      \[1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 0.1

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

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

    if -79025762686.63672 < y < 4.145472021658296e+23

    1. Initial program 0.2

      \[1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)\]
    2. Using strategy rm
    3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt0.2

      \[\leadsto 1 - \log \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}} \cdot \sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right)}\]
    4. Applied log-prod0.2

      \[\leadsto 1 - \color{blue}{\left(\log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right) + \log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right)\right)}\]

    if 4.145472021658296e+23 < y

    1. Initial program 32.5

      \[1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 0.0

      \[\leadsto 1 - \log \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{x}{y} + 1 \cdot \frac{x}{{y}^{2}}\right) - 1 \cdot \frac{1}{y}\right)}\]
    3. Simplified0.0

      \[\leadsto 1 - \log \color{blue}{\left(1 \cdot \left(\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y}\right) + \frac{x}{y}\right)}\]
    4. Using strategy rm
    5. Applied flip--1.8

      \[\leadsto 1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} \cdot \frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}}{\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} + \frac{1}{y}}} + \frac{x}{y}\right)\]
    6. Simplified1.8

      \[\leadsto 1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{-\frac{1}{y}}{y} + \frac{x}{\frac{{y}^{4}}{x}}}}{\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} + \frac{1}{y}} + \frac{x}{y}\right)\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;y \le -79025762686.63672:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \left(\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y}\right) + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;y \le 4.14547202165829592 \cdot 10^{23}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \left(\log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right) + \log \left(\sqrt{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \frac{\frac{-\frac{1}{y}}{y} + \frac{x}{\frac{{y}^{4}}{x}}}{\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} + \frac{1}{y}} + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020057 
(FPCore (x y)
  :name "Numeric.SpecFunctions:invIncompleteGamma from math-functions-0.1.5.2, B"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< y -81284752.61947241) (- 1 (log (- (/ x (* y y)) (- (/ 1 y) (/ x y))))) (if (< y 3.0094271212461764e+25) (log (/ (exp 1) (- 1 (/ (- x y) (- 1 y))))) (- 1 (log (- (/ x (* y y)) (- (/ 1 y) (/ x y)))))))

  (- 1 (log (- 1 (/ (- x y) (- 1 y))))))