Average Error: 31.7 → 0.1
Time: 3.3s
Precision: binary64
\[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right)\]
\[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x + \sqrt{1}} \cdot \sqrt{x - \sqrt{1}}\right)\]
\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right)
\log \left(x + \sqrt{x + \sqrt{1}} \cdot \sqrt{x - \sqrt{1}}\right)
double code(double x) {
	return ((double) log(((double) (x + ((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) (x * x)) - 1.0))))))));
}
double code(double x) {
	return ((double) log(((double) (x + ((double) (((double) sqrt(((double) (x + ((double) sqrt(1.0)))))) * ((double) sqrt(((double) (x - ((double) sqrt(1.0))))))))))));
}

Error

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 31.7

    \[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right)\]
  2. Using strategy rm
  3. Applied add-sqr-sqrt31.7

    \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - \color{blue}{\sqrt{1} \cdot \sqrt{1}}}\right)\]
  4. Applied difference-of-squares31.7

    \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(x + \sqrt{1}\right) \cdot \left(x - \sqrt{1}\right)}}\right)\]
  5. Applied sqrt-prod0.1

    \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{\sqrt{x + \sqrt{1}} \cdot \sqrt{x - \sqrt{1}}}\right)\]
  6. Final simplification0.1

    \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \sqrt{x + \sqrt{1}} \cdot \sqrt{x - \sqrt{1}}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020196 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Hyperbolic arc-cosine"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) 1.0)))))