2log (problem 3.3.6)

Percentage Accurate: 53.9% → 99.9%
Time: 8.1s
Alternatives: 7
Speedup: 2.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N) :precision binary64 (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)))
double code(double N) {
	return log((N + 1.0)) - log(N);
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    code = log((n + 1.0d0)) - log(n)
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	return Math.log((N + 1.0)) - Math.log(N);
}
def code(N):
	return math.log((N + 1.0)) - math.log(N)
function code(N)
	return Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N))
end
function tmp = code(N)
	tmp = log((N + 1.0)) - log(N);
end
code[N_] := N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 7 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 53.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N) :precision binary64 (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)))
double code(double N) {
	return log((N + 1.0)) - log(N);
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    code = log((n + 1.0d0)) - log(n)
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	return Math.log((N + 1.0)) - Math.log(N);
}
def code(N):
	return math.log((N + 1.0)) - math.log(N)
function code(N)
	return Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N))
end
function tmp = code(N)
	tmp = log((N + 1.0)) - log(N);
end
code[N_] := N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.9% accurate, 0.4× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.0002:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \frac{0.25}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)) 0.0002)
   (+
    (/ 1.0 N)
    (+
     (/ 0.3333333333333333 (pow N 3.0))
     (- (/ -0.5 (pow N 2.0)) (/ 0.25 (pow N 4.0)))))
   (log (/ (+ N 1.0) N))))
double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.0002) {
		tmp = (1.0 / N) + ((0.3333333333333333 / pow(N, 3.0)) + ((-0.5 / pow(N, 2.0)) - (0.25 / pow(N, 4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = log(((N + 1.0) / N));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((log((n + 1.0d0)) - log(n)) <= 0.0002d0) then
        tmp = (1.0d0 / n) + ((0.3333333333333333d0 / (n ** 3.0d0)) + (((-0.5d0) / (n ** 2.0d0)) - (0.25d0 / (n ** 4.0d0))))
    else
        tmp = log(((n + 1.0d0) / n))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if ((Math.log((N + 1.0)) - Math.log(N)) <= 0.0002) {
		tmp = (1.0 / N) + ((0.3333333333333333 / Math.pow(N, 3.0)) + ((-0.5 / Math.pow(N, 2.0)) - (0.25 / Math.pow(N, 4.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log(((N + 1.0) / N));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(N):
	tmp = 0
	if (math.log((N + 1.0)) - math.log(N)) <= 0.0002:
		tmp = (1.0 / N) + ((0.3333333333333333 / math.pow(N, 3.0)) + ((-0.5 / math.pow(N, 2.0)) - (0.25 / math.pow(N, 4.0))))
	else:
		tmp = math.log(((N + 1.0) / N))
	return tmp
function code(N)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.0002)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(1.0 / N) + Float64(Float64(0.3333333333333333 / (N ^ 3.0)) + Float64(Float64(-0.5 / (N ^ 2.0)) - Float64(0.25 / (N ^ 4.0)))));
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(Float64(N + 1.0) / N));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(N)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.0002)
		tmp = (1.0 / N) + ((0.3333333333333333 / (N ^ 3.0)) + ((-0.5 / (N ^ 2.0)) - (0.25 / (N ^ 4.0))));
	else
		tmp = log(((N + 1.0) / N));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 0.0002], N[(N[(1.0 / N), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(0.3333333333333333 / N[Power[N, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(-0.5 / N[Power[N, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(0.25 / N[Power[N, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.0002:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \frac{0.25}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N 1)) (log.f64 N)) < 2.0000000000000001e-4

    1. Initial program 8.2%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}} + \frac{1}{N}\right) - \left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}} + \frac{1}{N}\right) + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{N} + 0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right) \]
      3. associate-+l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} + \left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
      4. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot 1}{{N}^{3}}} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{{N}^{3}} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)\right) \]
      6. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}} + 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)}\right)\right) \]
      7. distribute-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right) + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right)}\right) \]
      8. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right) - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)}\right) \]
      9. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\left(-\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{{N}^{2}}}\right) - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\left(-\frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      11. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}}} - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{{N}^{2}} - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      13. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \color{blue}{\frac{0.25 \cdot 1}{{N}^{4}}}\right)\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.25}}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
    4. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \frac{0.25}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right)} \]

    if 2.0000000000000001e-4 < (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N 1)) (log.f64 N))

    1. Initial program 99.9%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. diff-log100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification100.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.0002:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \frac{0.25}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 99.9% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{N}, \frac{N + -0.5}{N}, 0.3333333333333333 \cdot {N}^{-3}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)) 5e-6)
   (fma (/ 1.0 N) (/ (+ N -0.5) N) (* 0.3333333333333333 (pow N -3.0)))
   (- (log (/ N (+ N 1.0))))))
double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 5e-6) {
		tmp = fma((1.0 / N), ((N + -0.5) / N), (0.3333333333333333 * pow(N, -3.0)));
	} else {
		tmp = -log((N / (N + 1.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(N)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 5e-6)
		tmp = fma(Float64(1.0 / N), Float64(Float64(N + -0.5) / N), Float64(0.3333333333333333 * (N ^ -3.0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-log(Float64(N / Float64(N + 1.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 5e-6], N[(N[(1.0 / N), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N + -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision] + N[(0.3333333333333333 * N[Power[N, -3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], (-N[Log[N[(N / N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{N}, \frac{N + -0.5}{N}, 0.3333333333333333 \cdot {N}^{-3}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N 1)) (log.f64 N)) < 5.00000000000000041e-6

    1. Initial program 7.6%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}} + \frac{1}{N}\right) - \left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}} + \frac{1}{N}\right) + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)} \]
      2. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{N} + 0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right) \]
      3. associate-+l+100.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} + \left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)} \]
      4. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot 1}{{N}^{3}}} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)\right) \]
      5. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{{N}^{3}} + \left(-\left(0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}} + 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)\right)\right) \]
      6. +-commutative100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(-\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}} + 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)}\right)\right) \]
      7. distribute-neg-in100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right) + \left(-0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right)}\right) \]
      8. unsub-neg100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \color{blue}{\left(\left(-0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right) - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)}\right) \]
      9. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\left(-\color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{{N}^{2}}}\right) - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      10. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\left(-\frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      11. distribute-neg-frac100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}}} - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{-0.5}}{{N}^{2}} - 0.25 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
      13. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \color{blue}{\frac{0.25 \cdot 1}{{N}^{4}}}\right)\right) \]
      14. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.25}}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right) \]
    4. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} + \left(\frac{-0.5}{{N}^{2}} - \frac{0.25}{{N}^{4}}\right)\right)} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in N around inf 100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \color{blue}{\left(0.3333333333333333 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\color{blue}{\frac{0.3333333333333333 \cdot 1}{{N}^{3}}} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right) \]
      2. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{\color{blue}{0.3333333333333333}}{{N}^{3}} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}\right) \]
      3. associate-*r/100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} - \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{{N}^{2}}}\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval100.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{{N}^{2}}\right) \]
    7. Simplified100.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} + \color{blue}{\left(\frac{0.3333333333333333}{{N}^{3}} - \frac{0.5}{{N}^{2}}\right)} \]
    8. Applied egg-rr100.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{N}, \frac{N + -0.5}{N}, 0.3333333333333333 \cdot {N}^{-3}\right)} \]

    if 5.00000000000000041e-6 < (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N 1)) (log.f64 N))

    1. Initial program 99.7%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. diff-log99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
      2. clear-num99.9%

        \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{\frac{N}{N + 1}}\right)} \]
      3. log-rec99.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr99.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{N}, \frac{N + -0.5}{N}, 0.3333333333333333 \cdot {N}^{-3}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 99.8% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)) 1.5e-6)
   (/ (/ (+ N -0.5) N) N)
   (- (log (/ N (+ N 1.0))))))
double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 1.5e-6) {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	} else {
		tmp = -log((N / (N + 1.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((log((n + 1.0d0)) - log(n)) <= 1.5d-6) then
        tmp = ((n + (-0.5d0)) / n) / n
    else
        tmp = -log((n / (n + 1.0d0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if ((Math.log((N + 1.0)) - Math.log(N)) <= 1.5e-6) {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	} else {
		tmp = -Math.log((N / (N + 1.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(N):
	tmp = 0
	if (math.log((N + 1.0)) - math.log(N)) <= 1.5e-6:
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N
	else:
		tmp = -math.log((N / (N + 1.0)))
	return tmp
function code(N)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 1.5e-6)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(N + -0.5) / N) / N);
	else
		tmp = Float64(-log(Float64(N / Float64(N + 1.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(N)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 1.5e-6)
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	else
		tmp = -log((N / (N + 1.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 1.5e-6], N[(N[(N[(N + -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision], (-N[Log[N[(N / N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N 1)) (log.f64 N)) < 1.5e-6

    1. Initial program 6.6%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf 99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{{N}^{2}} \]
    4. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - \frac{0.5}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub31.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot {N}^{2} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity31.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{N}^{2}} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow231.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot N} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      4. distribute-lft-out--31.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      5. unpow231.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N \cdot N\right)}} \]
      6. cube-mult31.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{\color{blue}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr31.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*34.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N - 0.5}}} \]
      2. associate-/r/34.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg34.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N + \left(-0.5\right)\right)} \]
      4. metadata-eval34.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + \color{blue}{-0.5}\right) \]
    8. Simplified34.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. clear-num34.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. pow134.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{\color{blue}{{N}^{1}}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      3. pow-div50.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{N}^{\left(3 - 1\right)}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval50.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{{N}^{\color{blue}{2}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      5. pow250.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt50.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      7. sqrt-div51.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval51.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      9. sqrt-unprod50.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt51.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      11. sqrt-div51.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval51.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      13. sqrt-unprod52.6%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      14. add-sqr-sqrt52.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    10. Applied egg-rr52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{N}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. un-div-inv52.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N}}{N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. associate-*l/99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}} \]
      3. associate-*l/99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}}}{N} \]
      4. *-un-lft-identity99.7%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{N + -0.5}}{N}}{N} \]
    12. Applied egg-rr99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}} \]

    if 1.5e-6 < (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N 1)) (log.f64 N))

    1. Initial program 99.3%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. diff-log99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
      2. clear-num99.5%

        \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{\frac{N}{N + 1}}\right)} \]
      3. log-rec99.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 99.8% accurate, 1.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;N \leq 300000:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= N 300000.0) (log (/ (+ N 1.0) N)) (/ (/ (+ N -0.5) N) N)))
double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if (N <= 300000.0) {
		tmp = log(((N + 1.0) / N));
	} else {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (n <= 300000.0d0) then
        tmp = log(((n + 1.0d0) / n))
    else
        tmp = ((n + (-0.5d0)) / n) / n
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if (N <= 300000.0) {
		tmp = Math.log(((N + 1.0) / N));
	} else {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(N):
	tmp = 0
	if N <= 300000.0:
		tmp = math.log(((N + 1.0) / N))
	else:
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N
	return tmp
function code(N)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (N <= 300000.0)
		tmp = log(Float64(Float64(N + 1.0) / N));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(N + -0.5) / N) / N);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(N)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (N <= 300000.0)
		tmp = log(((N + 1.0) / N));
	else
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N, 300000.0], N[Log[N[(N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N + -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;N \leq 300000:\\
\;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if N < 3e5

    1. Initial program 99.5%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. diff-log99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
    3. Applied egg-rr99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]

    if 3e5 < N

    1. Initial program 7.1%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf 99.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/99.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval99.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{{N}^{2}} \]
    4. Simplified99.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - \frac{0.5}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub31.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot {N}^{2} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity31.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{N}^{2}} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow231.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot N} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      4. distribute-lft-out--31.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      5. unpow231.5%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N \cdot N\right)}} \]
      6. cube-mult31.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{\color{blue}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr31.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*34.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N - 0.5}}} \]
      2. associate-/r/34.9%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg34.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N + \left(-0.5\right)\right)} \]
      4. metadata-eval34.9%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + \color{blue}{-0.5}\right) \]
    8. Simplified34.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. clear-num34.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. pow134.8%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{\color{blue}{{N}^{1}}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      3. pow-div51.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{N}^{\left(3 - 1\right)}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval51.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{{N}^{\color{blue}{2}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      5. pow251.1%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt51.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      7. sqrt-div51.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval51.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      9. sqrt-unprod51.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt51.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      11. sqrt-div51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      13. sqrt-unprod52.8%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      14. add-sqr-sqrt53.0%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    10. Applied egg-rr53.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{N}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. un-div-inv53.1%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N}}{N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. associate-*l/99.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}} \]
      3. associate-*l/99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}}}{N} \]
      4. *-un-lft-identity99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{N + -0.5}}{N}}{N} \]
    12. Applied egg-rr99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;N \leq 300000:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 99.1% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;N \leq 0.9:\\ \;\;\;\;N - \log N\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= N 0.9) (- N (log N)) (/ (/ (+ N -0.5) N) N)))
double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if (N <= 0.9) {
		tmp = N - log(N);
	} else {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (n <= 0.9d0) then
        tmp = n - log(n)
    else
        tmp = ((n + (-0.5d0)) / n) / n
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if (N <= 0.9) {
		tmp = N - Math.log(N);
	} else {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(N):
	tmp = 0
	if N <= 0.9:
		tmp = N - math.log(N)
	else:
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N
	return tmp
function code(N)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (N <= 0.9)
		tmp = Float64(N - log(N));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(N + -0.5) / N) / N);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(N)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (N <= 0.9)
		tmp = N - log(N);
	else
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N, 0.9], N[(N - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N + -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;N \leq 0.9:\\
\;\;\;\;N - \log N\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if N < 0.900000000000000022

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around 0 99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{N + -1 \cdot \log N} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-199.7%

        \[\leadsto N + \color{blue}{\left(-\log N\right)} \]
      2. unsub-neg99.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{N - \log N} \]
    4. Simplified99.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{N - \log N} \]

    if 0.900000000000000022 < N

    1. Initial program 8.8%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf 98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{{N}^{2}} \]
    4. Simplified98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - \frac{0.5}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub32.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot {N}^{2} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity32.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{N}^{2}} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow232.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot N} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      4. distribute-lft-out--32.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      5. unpow232.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N \cdot N\right)}} \]
      6. cube-mult32.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{\color{blue}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr32.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*35.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N - 0.5}}} \]
      2. associate-/r/35.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg35.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N + \left(-0.5\right)\right)} \]
      4. metadata-eval35.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + \color{blue}{-0.5}\right) \]
    8. Simplified35.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. clear-num35.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. pow135.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{\color{blue}{{N}^{1}}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      3. pow-div51.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{N}^{\left(3 - 1\right)}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval51.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{{N}^{\color{blue}{2}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      5. pow251.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt51.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      7. sqrt-div51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      9. sqrt-unprod51.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      11. sqrt-div51.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      13. sqrt-unprod52.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      14. add-sqr-sqrt53.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    10. Applied egg-rr53.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{N}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. un-div-inv53.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N}}{N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. associate-*l/98.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}} \]
      3. associate-*l/98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}}}{N} \]
      4. *-un-lft-identity98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{N + -0.5}}{N}}{N} \]
    12. Applied egg-rr98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification99.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;N \leq 0.9:\\ \;\;\;\;N - \log N\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 98.6% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;N \leq 0.67:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log N\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= N 0.67) (- (log N)) (/ (/ (+ N -0.5) N) N)))
double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if (N <= 0.67) {
		tmp = -log(N);
	} else {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (n <= 0.67d0) then
        tmp = -log(n)
    else
        tmp = ((n + (-0.5d0)) / n) / n
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if (N <= 0.67) {
		tmp = -Math.log(N);
	} else {
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(N):
	tmp = 0
	if N <= 0.67:
		tmp = -math.log(N)
	else:
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N
	return tmp
function code(N)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (N <= 0.67)
		tmp = Float64(-log(N));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(Float64(N + -0.5) / N) / N);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(N)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (N <= 0.67)
		tmp = -log(N);
	else
		tmp = ((N + -0.5) / N) / N;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N, 0.67], (-N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), N[(N[(N[(N + -0.5), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;N \leq 0.67:\\
\;\;\;\;-\log N\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if N < 0.67000000000000004

    1. Initial program 100.0%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around 0 98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \log N} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-198.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log N} \]
    4. Simplified98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log N} \]

    if 0.67000000000000004 < N

    1. Initial program 8.8%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf 98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - 0.5 \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r/98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \color{blue}{\frac{0.5 \cdot 1}{{N}^{2}}} \]
      2. metadata-eval98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} - \frac{\color{blue}{0.5}}{{N}^{2}} \]
    4. Simplified98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N} - \frac{0.5}{{N}^{2}}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. frac-sub32.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot {N}^{2} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}}} \]
      2. *-un-lft-identity32.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{{N}^{2}} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow232.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot N} - N \cdot 0.5}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      4. distribute-lft-out--32.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}}{N \cdot {N}^{2}} \]
      5. unpow232.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N \cdot N\right)}} \]
      6. cube-mult32.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{\color{blue}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    6. Applied egg-rr32.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)}{{N}^{3}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-/l*35.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N - 0.5}}} \]
      2. associate-/r/35.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N - 0.5\right)} \]
      3. sub-neg35.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(N + \left(-0.5\right)\right)} \]
      4. metadata-eval35.4%

        \[\leadsto \frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + \color{blue}{-0.5}\right) \]
    8. Simplified35.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{N}{{N}^{3}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. clear-num35.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{N}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. pow135.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{{N}^{3}}{\color{blue}{{N}^{1}}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      3. pow-div51.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{{N}^{\left(3 - 1\right)}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      4. metadata-eval51.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{{N}^{\color{blue}{2}}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      5. pow251.3%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      6. add-sqr-sqrt51.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      7. sqrt-div51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      8. metadata-eval51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      9. sqrt-unprod51.2%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      10. add-sqr-sqrt51.3%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1}{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      11. sqrt-div51.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      12. metadata-eval51.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\sqrt{N \cdot N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      13. sqrt-unprod52.9%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{N} \cdot \sqrt{N}}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      14. add-sqr-sqrt53.1%

        \[\leadsto \left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{N}}\right) \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    10. Applied egg-rr53.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{N} \cdot \frac{1}{N}\right)} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
    11. Step-by-step derivation
      1. un-div-inv53.2%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N}}{N}} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right) \]
      2. associate-*l/98.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{N} \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}} \]
      3. associate-*l/98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1 \cdot \left(N + -0.5\right)}{N}}}{N} \]
      4. *-un-lft-identity98.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{\color{blue}{N + -0.5}}{N}}{N} \]
    12. Applied egg-rr98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification98.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;N \leq 0.67:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log N\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{\frac{N + -0.5}{N}}{N}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 51.8% accurate, 68.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{N} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 N))
double code(double N) {
	return 1.0 / N;
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    code = 1.0d0 / n
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	return 1.0 / N;
}
def code(N):
	return 1.0 / N
function code(N)
	return Float64(1.0 / N)
end
function tmp = code(N)
	tmp = 1.0 / N;
end
code[N_] := N[(1.0 / N), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{1}{N}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 53.3%

    \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
  2. Taylor expanded in N around inf 52.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N}} \]
  3. Final simplification52.5%

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N} \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023320 
(FPCore (N)
  :name "2log (problem 3.3.6)"
  :precision binary64
  (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)))