Average Error: 58.7 → 0.3
Time: 4.9s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \log \left(\frac{1 + x}{1 - x}\right)\]
↓
\[0.5 \cdot \left(2 \cdot x + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot {x}^{3}\right)\]
\frac{1}{2} \cdot \log \left(\frac{1 + x}{1 - x}\right)
↓
0.5 \cdot \left(2 \cdot x + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot {x}^{3}\right)
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* (/ 1.0 2.0) (log (/ (+ 1.0 x) (- 1.0 x)))))
↓
(FPCore (x)
 :precision binary64
 (* 0.5 (+ (* 2.0 x) (* 0.6666666666666666 (pow x 3.0)))))
double code(double x) {
	return (1.0 / 2.0) * log((1.0 + x) / (1.0 - x));
}
↓
double code(double x) {
	return 0.5 * ((2.0 * x) + (0.6666666666666666 * pow(x, 3.0)));
}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 58.7

    \[\frac{1}{2} \cdot \log \left(\frac{1 + x}{1 - x}\right)\]

  2. Simplified58.7

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

  3. Taylor expanded around 0 0.3

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot {x}^{3}\right)}\]

  4. Final simplification0.3

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot \left(2 \cdot x + 0.6666666666666666 \cdot {x}^{3}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2021139 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Hyperbolic arc-(co)tangent"
  :precision binary64
  (* (/ 1.0 2.0) (log (/ (+ 1.0 x) (- 1.0 x)))))