Average Error: 39.4 → 0.2
Time: 3.7s
Precision: binary64
\[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \leq 1.0000456952497132:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(1 + x \cdot \left(-0.5 + x \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]
\log \left(1 + x\right)
↓
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;1 + x \leq 1.0000456952497132:\\
\;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(1 + x \cdot \left(-0.5 + x \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\

\end{array}
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (log (+ 1.0 x)))
↓
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (+ 1.0 x) 1.0000456952497132)
   (* x (+ 1.0 (* x (+ -0.5 (* x 0.3333333333333333)))))
   (log (+ 1.0 x))))
double code(double x) {
	return log(1.0 + x);
}
↓
double code(double x) {
	double tmp;
	if ((1.0 + x) <= 1.0000456952497132) {
		tmp = x * (1.0 + (x * (-0.5 + (x * 0.3333333333333333))));
	} else {
		tmp = log(1.0 + x);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Error

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Results

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Target

Original39.4
Target0.3
Herbie0.2
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x = 1:\\ \;\;\;\;x\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x \cdot \log \left(1 + x\right)}{\left(1 + x\right) - 1}\\ \end{array}\]

Derivation

  1. Split input into 2 regimes

  2. if (+.f64 1 x) < 1.00004569524971321

    1. Initial program 58.9

      \[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 0.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(x + 0.3333333333333333 \cdot {x}^{3}\right) - 0.5 \cdot {x}^{2}}\]

    3. Simplified0.3

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 + x \cdot \left(-0.5 + x \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)\right)}\]

    if 1.00004569524971321 < (+.f64 1 x)

    1. Initial program 0.1

      \[\log \left(1 + x\right)\]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;1 + x \leq 1.0000456952497132:\\ \;\;\;\;x \cdot \left(1 + x \cdot \left(-0.5 + x \cdot 0.3333333333333333\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + x\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020281 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "ln(1 + x)"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (== (+ 1.0 x) 1.0) x (/ (* x (log (+ 1.0 x))) (- (+ 1.0 x) 1.0)))

  (log (+ 1.0 x)))