\frac{1}{2} \cdot \log \left(\frac{1 + x}{1 - x}\right)
0.5 \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(x\right) - \mathsf{log1p}\left(-x\right)\right)\right)
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* (/ 1.0 2.0) (log (/ (+ 1.0 x) (- 1.0 x)))))
(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 (expm1 (log1p (- (log1p x) (log1p (- x)))))))
double code(double x) {
return (1.0 / 2.0) * log((1.0 + x) / (1.0 - x));
}
double code(double x) {
return 0.5 * expm1(log1p(log1p(x) - log1p(-x)));
}



Bits error versus x
Results
Initial program 58.6
Simplified0.0
Applied expm1-log1p-u_binary640.1
Final simplification0.1
herbie shell --seed 2021352
(FPCore (x)
:name "Hyperbolic arc-(co)tangent"
:precision binary64
(* (/ 1.0 2.0) (log (/ (+ 1.0 x) (- 1.0 x)))))