Average Error: 17.5 → 0.1
Time: 5.5s
Precision: 64
\[1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;y \le -130359106.13960069 \lor \neg \left(y \le 44557667.85617049\right):\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \left(\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y}\right) + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 - \left(x - y\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1 - y}\right)\\ \end{array}\]
1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;y \le -130359106.13960069 \lor \neg \left(y \le 44557667.85617049\right):\\
\;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \left(\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y}\right) + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 - \left(x - y\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1 - 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 VAR;
	if (((y <= -130359106.1396007) || !(y <= 44557667.85617049))) {
		VAR = (1.0 - log(((1.0 * ((x / pow(y, 2.0)) - (1.0 / y))) + (x / y))));
	} else {
		VAR = (1.0 - log((1.0 - ((x - y) * (1.0 / (1.0 - y))))));
	}
	return VAR;
}

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Target

Original17.5
Target0.1
Herbie0.1
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;y \lt -81284752.619472414:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(\frac{x}{y \cdot y} - \left(\frac{1}{y} - \frac{x}{y}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;y \lt 3.0094271212461764 \cdot 10^{25}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{e^{1}}{1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(\frac{x}{y \cdot y} - \left(\frac{1}{y} - \frac{x}{y}\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if y < -130359106.1396007 or 44557667.85617049 < y

    1. Initial program 45.3

      \[1 - \log \left(1 - \frac{x - y}{1 - y}\right)\]

    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 -130359106.1396007 < y < 44557667.85617049

    1. Initial program 0.1

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

    3. Applied div-inv0.1

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

  4. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;y \le -130359106.13960069 \lor \neg \left(y \le 44557667.85617049\right):\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 \cdot \left(\frac{x}{{y}^{2}} - \frac{1}{y}\right) + \frac{x}{y}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;1 - \log \left(1 - \left(x - y\right) \cdot \frac{1}{1 - y}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020091 
(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))))))