\left(\left(\log \left(x + y\right) + \log z\right) - t\right) + \left(a - 0.5\right) \cdot \log t
\left(\log \left(x + y\right) + \left(\log z + \log t \cdot -0.5\right)\right) - \left(t - \log t \cdot a\right)
(FPCore (x y z t a) :precision binary64 (+ (- (+ (log (+ x y)) (log z)) t) (* (- a 0.5) (log t))))
(FPCore (x y z t a) :precision binary64 (- (+ (log (+ x y)) (+ (log z) (* (log t) -0.5))) (- t (* (log t) a))))
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t, double a) {
return ((log(x + y) + log(z)) - t) + ((a - 0.5) * log(t));
}
double code(double x, double y, double z, double t, double a) {
return (log(x + y) + (log(z) + (log(t) * -0.5))) - (t - (log(t) * a));
}













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Bits error versus a
Results
| Original | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Target | 0.3 |
| Herbie | 0.3 |
| Alternative 1 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 0.3 |
| Cost | 20032 |
| Alternative 2 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 1.1 |
| Cost | 20488 |
| Alternative 3 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 4.2 |
| Cost | 20225 |
| Alternative 4 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 9.2 |
| Cost | 20225 |
| Alternative 5 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 9.3 |
| Cost | 14225 |
| Alternative 6 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 14.7 |
| Cost | 6848 |
| Alternative 7 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 23.8 |
| Cost | 6920 |
| Alternative 8 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 38.3 |
| Cost | 449 |
| Alternative 9 | |
|---|---|
| Error | 61.2 |
| Cost | 64 |

Initial program 0.3
Taylor expanded around inf 0.3
Simplified0.3
Simplified0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2021044
(FPCore (x y z t a)
:name "Numeric.SpecFunctions:logGammaL from math-functions-0.1.5.2"
:precision binary64
:herbie-target
(+ (log (+ x y)) (+ (- (log z) t) (* (- a 0.5) (log t))))
(+ (- (+ (log (+ x y)) (log z)) t) (* (- a 0.5) (log t))))