\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := 1 + e^{a}\\
t_1 := \frac{b}{t_0}\\
\log t_0 + \left(t_1 + \left(b \cdot t_1\right) \cdot \left(0.5 + \frac{-0.5}{t_0}\right)\right)
\end{array}
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (let* ((t_0 (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (t_1 (/ b t_0))) (+ (log t_0) (+ t_1 (* (* b t_1) (+ 0.5 (/ -0.5 t_0)))))))
double code(double a, double b) {
return log(exp(a) + exp(b));
}
double code(double a, double b) {
double t_0 = 1.0 + exp(a);
double t_1 = b / t_0;
return log(t_0) + (t_1 + ((b * t_1) * (0.5 + (-0.5 / t_0))));
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b
Results
Initial program 29.7
Taylor expanded around 0 1.2
Simplified1.1
Final simplification1.1
herbie shell --seed 2021198
(FPCore (a b)
:name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
:precision binary64
(log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))