\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right)
\log 2 - \left(0.09375 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{4}} + \left(\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) + \left(0.052083333333333336 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{6}} + 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (log (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) 1.0)))))
(FPCore (x)
:precision binary64
(-
(log 2.0)
(+
(* 0.09375 (/ 1.0 (pow x 4.0)))
(+
(log (/ 1.0 x))
(+
(* 0.052083333333333336 (/ 1.0 (pow x 6.0)))
(* 0.25 (/ 1.0 (pow x 2.0))))))))double code(double x) {
return log(x + sqrt((x * x) - 1.0));
}
double code(double x) {
return log(2.0) - ((0.09375 * (1.0 / pow(x, 4.0))) + (log(1.0 / x) + ((0.052083333333333336 * (1.0 / pow(x, 6.0))) + (0.25 * (1.0 / pow(x, 2.0))))));
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 32.1
Simplified32.1
Taylor expanded in x around inf 0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2021344
(FPCore (x)
:name "Hyperbolic arc-cosine"
:precision binary64
(log (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) 1.0)))))