symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 54.1% → 99.0%

Time: 18.6s

Alternatives: 10

Speedup: 2.9×

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  1. a = 1.268255720535563e-299
  2. b = 2.841639973819897e+281

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = log((exp(a) + exp(b)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log((Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b)));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.log((math.exp(a) + math.exp(b)))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return log(Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 54.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = log((exp(a) + exp(b)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log((Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b)));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.log((math.exp(a) + math.exp(b)))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return log(Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 99.0% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -280:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -280.0)
   (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0))
   (if (<= a -4e-16) (log1p (exp a)) (log1p (exp b)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -280.0) {
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else if (a <= -4e-16) {
		tmp = log1p(exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = log1p(exp(b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -280.0) {
		tmp = b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else if (a <= -4e-16) {
		tmp = Math.log1p(Math.exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log1p(Math.exp(b));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -280.0:
		tmp = b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)
	elif a <= -4e-16:
		tmp = math.log1p(math.exp(a))
	else:
		tmp = math.log1p(math.exp(b))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -280.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0));
	elseif (a <= -4e-16)
		tmp = log1p(exp(a));
	else
		tmp = log1p(exp(b));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -280.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[a, -4e-16], N[Log[1 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], N[Log[1 + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 3 regimes

2. if a < -280

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   if -280 < a < -3.9999999999999999e-16

   1. Initial program 93.7%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 79.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 80.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]

   5. Simplified 80.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]

   if -3.9999999999999999e-16 < a

   1. Initial program 68.8%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 67.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{b}\right)} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 67.2%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b}\right)} \]

   5. Simplified 67.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b}\right)} \]
3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 74.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -280:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;a \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.8% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 0.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (log (+ (exp a) (exp b)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (exp(a) <= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (Math.exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log((Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if math.exp(a) <= 0.0:
		tmp = b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.log((math.exp(a) + math.exp(b)))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	else
		tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], 0.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 70.1%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 76.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 98.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ (log1p (exp a)) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return log1p(exp(a)) + (b / (exp(a) + 1.0));
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log1p(Math.exp(a)) + (b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0));
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return math.log1p(math.exp(a)) + (b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0))

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(log1p(exp(a)) + Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0)))
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[Log[1 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 55.3%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. log1p-def 73.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

5. Simplified 73.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

6. Final simplification 73.9%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} \]
7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 98.1% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -37:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + \left(b + 1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -37.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (log (+ (exp a) (+ b 1.0)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -37.0) {
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = log((exp(a) + (b + 1.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-37.0d0)) then
        tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = log((exp(a) + (b + 1.0d0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -37.0) {
		tmp = b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log((Math.exp(a) + (b + 1.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -37.0:
		tmp = b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.log((math.exp(a) + (b + 1.0)))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -37.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(exp(a) + Float64(b + 1.0)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -37.0)
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	else
		tmp = log((exp(a) + (b + 1.0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -37.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -37

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   if -37 < a

   1. Initial program 70.1%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(b + e^{a}\right)\right)} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-+r+ 66.0%

         \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + b\right) + e^{a}\right)} \]

      2. +-commutative 66.0%

         \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + \left(1 + b\right)\right)} \]

   5. Simplified 66.0%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(e^{a} + \left(1 + b\right)\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 73.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -37:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + \left(b + 1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 97.8% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -380:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -380.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (log1p (exp a))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -380.0) {
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = log1p(exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -380.0) {
		tmp = b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log1p(Math.exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -380.0:
		tmp = b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.log1p(math.exp(a))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -380.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = log1p(exp(a));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -380.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[1 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -380

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   if -380 < a

   1. Initial program 70.1%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 66.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]

   5. Simplified 66.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 73.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -380:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 57.1% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -150:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -150.0) (* b 0.5) (+ (log 2.0) (* b 0.5))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -150.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = log(2.0) + (b * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-150.0d0)) then
        tmp = b * 0.5d0
    else
        tmp = log(2.0d0) + (b * 0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -150.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log(2.0) + (b * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -150.0:
		tmp = b * 0.5
	else:
		tmp = math.log(2.0) + (b * 0.5)
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -150.0)
		tmp = Float64(b * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = Float64(log(2.0) + Float64(b * 0.5));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -150.0)
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	else
		tmp = log(2.0) + (b * 0.5);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -150.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -150

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 4.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + 0.5 \cdot b} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot b} \]

   if -150 < a

   1. Initial program 70.1%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 66.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 66.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 64.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + 0.5 \cdot b} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 53.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -150:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 97.1% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -98:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -98.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (+ (log 2.0) (* b 0.5))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -98.0) {
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = log(2.0) + (b * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-98.0d0)) then
        tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = log(2.0d0) + (b * 0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -98.0) {
		tmp = b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log(2.0) + (b * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -98.0:
		tmp = b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.log(2.0) + (b * 0.5)
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -98.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(log(2.0) + Float64(b * 0.5));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -98.0)
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	else
		tmp = log(2.0) + (b * 0.5);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -98.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -98

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   if -98 < a

   1. Initial program 70.1%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 66.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 66.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 64.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + 0.5 \cdot b} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 71.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -98:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 57.0% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -112:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a -112.0) (* b 0.5) (log (+ b 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -112.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = log((b + 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-112.0d0)) then
        tmp = b * 0.5d0
    else
        tmp = log((b + 2.0d0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -112.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log((b + 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -112.0:
		tmp = b * 0.5
	else:
		tmp = math.log((b + 2.0))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -112.0)
		tmp = Float64(b * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(b + 2.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -112.0)
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	else
		tmp = log((b + 2.0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -112.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(b + 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -112

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 4.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + 0.5 \cdot b} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot b} \]

   if -112 < a

   1. Initial program 70.1%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 66.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{b}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.2%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 52.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -112:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 56.6% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -105:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a -105.0) (* b 0.5) (log 2.0)))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -105.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = log(2.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-105.0d0)) then
        tmp = b * 0.5d0
    else
        tmp = log(2.0d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -105.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log(2.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -105.0:
		tmp = b * 0.5
	else:
		tmp = math.log(2.0)
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -105.0)
		tmp = Float64(b * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = log(2.0);
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -105.0)
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	else
		tmp = log(2.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -105.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -105

   1. Initial program 7.0%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 96.9%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

   5. Simplified 96.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 4.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + 0.5 \cdot b} \]

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot b} \]

   if -105 < a

   1. Initial program 70.1%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   2. Add Preprocessing

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. log1p-def 66.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]

   5. Simplified 66.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 63.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 53.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -105:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 10: 11.9% accurate, 101.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ b \cdot 0.5 \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* b 0.5))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return b * 0.5;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = b * 0.5d0
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return b * 0.5;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return b * 0.5

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(b * 0.5)
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = b * 0.5;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 55.3%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. log1p-def 73.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \]

5. Simplified 73.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} \]

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 50.0%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + 0.5 \cdot b} \]

7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 7.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0.5 \cdot b} \]

8. Final simplification 7.1%

   \[\leadsto b \cdot 0.5 \]
9. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024014 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))