\frac{1}{2} \cdot \log \left(\frac{1 + x}{1 - x}\right)0.5 \cdot \left({x}^{3} \cdot 0.6666666666666666 + \left(0.4 \cdot {x}^{5} + \left(x + x\right)\right)\right)(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* (/ 1.0 2.0) (log (/ (+ 1.0 x) (- 1.0 x)))))
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (+ (* (pow x 3.0) 0.6666666666666666) (+ (* 0.4 (pow x 5.0)) (+ x x)))))
double code(double x) {
return (1.0 / 2.0) * log((1.0 + x) / (1.0 - x));
}
double code(double x) {
return 0.5 * ((pow(x, 3.0) * 0.6666666666666666) + ((0.4 * pow(x, 5.0)) + (x + x)));
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 58.3
Simplified58.3
Taylor expanded around 0 0.2
Simplified0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2020232
(FPCore (x)
:name "Hyperbolic arc-(co)tangent"
:precision binary64
(* (/ 1.0 2.0) (log (/ (+ 1.0 x) (- 1.0 x)))))