\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := 1 + e^{a}\\
\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{t_0} + \left(e^{\log \left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)} + \frac{b}{t_0}\right)\right) - 0.5 \cdot \frac{{b}^{2}}{{t_0}^{2}}
\end{array}
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))
(FPCore (a b)
:precision binary64
(let* ((t_0 (+ 1.0 (exp a))))
(-
(+ (* 0.5 (/ (pow b 2.0) t_0)) (+ (exp (log (log1p (exp a)))) (/ b t_0)))
(* 0.5 (/ (pow b 2.0) (pow t_0 2.0))))))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);
return ((0.5 * (pow(b, 2.0) / t_0)) + (exp(log(log1p(exp(a)))) + (b / t_0))) - (0.5 * (pow(b, 2.0) / pow(t_0, 2.0)));
}



Bits error versus a



Bits error versus b
Results
Initial program 29.3
Taylor expanded in b around 0 1.0
Applied egg-rr0.9
Final simplification0.9
herbie shell --seed 2022129
(FPCore (a b)
:name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
:precision binary64
(log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))