Average Error: 52.9 → 0.3
Time: 5.6s
Precision: 64
\[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + 1}\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -1.0067122684563858:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{0.125}{{x}^{3}} - \left(\frac{0.5}{x} - \frac{-0.0625}{{x}^{5}}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.89590836592584222:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\log \left(\sqrt{1}\right) + \frac{x}{\sqrt{1}}\right) - \frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{{x}^{3}}{{\left(\sqrt{1}\right)}^{3}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(x + \left(\left(x + \frac{0.5}{x}\right) - \frac{0.125}{{x}^{3}}\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus x

Target

Original52.9
Target44.9
Herbie0.3
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \lt 0.0:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{-1}{x - \sqrt{x \cdot x + 1}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + 1}\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if x < -1.0067122684563858

    1. Initial program 62.8

      \[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + 1}\right)\]
    2. Taylor expanded around -inf 0.3

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(0.125 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}} - \left(0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{x} + 0.0625 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{5}}\right)\right)}\]
    3. Simplified0.3

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{0.125}{{x}^{3}} - \left(\frac{0.5}{x} - \frac{-0.0625}{{x}^{5}}\right)\right)}\]

    if -1.0067122684563858 < x < 0.8959083659258422

    1. Initial program 58.6

      \[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + 1}\right)\]
    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\log \left(\sqrt{1}\right) + \frac{x}{\sqrt{1}}\right) - \frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{{x}^{3}}{{\left(\sqrt{1}\right)}^{3}}}\]

    if 0.8959083659258422 < x

    1. Initial program 31.3

      \[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x + 1}\right)\]
    2. Taylor expanded around inf 0.3

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{x}\right) - 0.125 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{3}}\right)}\right)\]
    3. Simplified0.3

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(\left(x + \frac{0.5}{x}\right) - \frac{0.125}{{x}^{3}}\right)}\right)\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x \le -1.0067122684563858:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{0.125}{{x}^{3}} - \left(\frac{0.5}{x} - \frac{-0.0625}{{x}^{5}}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x \le 0.89590836592584222:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(\log \left(\sqrt{1}\right) + \frac{x}{\sqrt{1}}\right) - \frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{{x}^{3}}{{\left(\sqrt{1}\right)}^{3}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(x + \left(\left(x + \frac{0.5}{x}\right) - \frac{0.125}{{x}^{3}}\right)\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020130 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Hyperbolic arcsine"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< x 0.0) (log (/ -1.0 (- x (sqrt (+ (* x x) 1.0))))) (log (+ x (sqrt (+ (* x x) 1.0)))))

  (log (+ x (sqrt (+ (* x x) 1.0)))))