Average Error: 14.9 → 0.2
Time: 2.9s
Precision: binary64
\[x \cdot \log \left(\frac{x}{y}\right) - z\]
↓
\[\left(x \cdot \left(\log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right) \cdot 2\right) + x \cdot \log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right)\right) - z\]
x \cdot \log \left(\frac{x}{y}\right) - z
↓
\left(x \cdot \left(\log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right) \cdot 2\right) + x \cdot \log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right)\right) - z
(FPCore (x y z) :precision binary64 (- (* x (log (/ x y))) z))
↓
(FPCore (x y z)
 :precision binary64
 (-
  (+
   (* x (* (log (/ (cbrt x) (cbrt y))) 2.0))
   (* x (log (/ (cbrt x) (cbrt y)))))
  z))
double code(double x, double y, double z) {
	return ((double) (((double) (x * ((double) log((x / y))))) - z));
}
↓
double code(double x, double y, double z) {
	return ((double) (((double) (((double) (x * ((double) (((double) log((((double) cbrt(x)) / ((double) cbrt(y))))) * 2.0)))) + ((double) (x * ((double) log((((double) cbrt(x)) / ((double) cbrt(y))))))))) - z));
}

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Target

Original14.9
Target7.6
Herbie0.2
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;y < 7.595077799083773 \cdot 10^{-308}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \log \left(\frac{x}{y}\right) - z\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(\log x - \log y\right) - z\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Initial program Error: 14.9 bits

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

  3. Applied add-cube-cbrtError: 14.9 bits

    \[\leadsto x \cdot \log \left(\frac{x}{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{y} \cdot \sqrt[3]{y}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{y}}}\right) - z\]

  4. Applied add-cube-cbrtError: 14.9 bits

    \[\leadsto x \cdot \log \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{x} \cdot \sqrt[3]{x}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{x}}}{\left(\sqrt[3]{y} \cdot \sqrt[3]{y}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{y}}\right) - z\]

  5. Applied times-fracError: 14.9 bits

    \[\leadsto x \cdot \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x} \cdot \sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y} \cdot \sqrt[3]{y}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right)} - z\]

  6. Applied log-prodError: 3.6 bits

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

  7. Applied distribute-lft-inError: 3.6 bits

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

  8. SimplifiedError: 0.2 bits

    \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right) \cdot 2\right)} + x \cdot \log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right)\right) - z\]

  9. Final simplificationError: 0.2 bits

    \[\leadsto \left(x \cdot \left(\log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right) \cdot 2\right) + x \cdot \log \left(\frac{\sqrt[3]{x}}{\sqrt[3]{y}}\right)\right) - z\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020203 
(FPCore (x y z)
  :name "Numeric.SpecFunctions.Extra:bd0 from math-functions-0.1.5.2"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< y 7.595077799083773e-308) (- (* x (log (/ x y))) z) (- (* x (- (log x) (log y))) z))

  (- (* x (log (/ x y))) z))