symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 53.6% → 98.8%

Time: 16.6s

Alternatives: 11

Speedup: 2.9×

• could not determine a ground truth

  1. a = 1.7554126252243302e+37
  2. b = 8.633526235968648e+214

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: 53.6% 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: 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 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

4. Final simplification 79.3%

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

Alternative 2: 98.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		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 (exp(a) <= 0.0d0) 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 (Math.exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		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 math.exp(a) <= 0.0:
		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 (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		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 (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		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[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[(b + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.7%

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

      1. associate-+r+ 69.7%

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

      2. +-commutative 69.7%

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

   5. Simplified 69.7%

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

4. Final simplification 76.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + \left(b + 1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
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 58.2%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 76.8%

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

   1. log1p-define 76.8%

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

5. Simplified 76.8%

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

6. Final simplification 76.8%

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

Alternative 4: 97.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 0.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (log1p (exp a))))

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 = log1p(exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

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.log1p(Math.exp(a));
	}
	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.log1p(math.exp(a))
	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 = 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[N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], 0.0], 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 (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.1%

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

      1. log1p-define 70.1%

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

   5. Simplified 70.1%

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

4. Final simplification 76.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 97.3% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.125 + 0.5\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

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 2.0) (* a (+ (* a 0.125) 0.5)))))

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(2.0) + (a * ((a * 0.125) + 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 (exp(a) <= 0.0d0) then
        tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = log(2.0d0) + (a * ((a * 0.125d0) + 0.5d0))
    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(2.0) + (a * ((a * 0.125) + 0.5));
	}
	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(2.0) + (a * ((a * 0.125) + 0.5))
	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 = Float64(log(2.0) + Float64(a * Float64(Float64(a * 0.125) + 0.5)));
	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(2.0) + (a * ((a * 0.125) + 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[N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], 0.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(N[(a * 0.125), $MachinePrecision] + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.1%

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

      1. log1p-define 70.1%

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

   5. Simplified 70.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
   6. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-log1p-u 70.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)\right)} \]

      2. expm1-undefine 69.1%

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

   7. Applied egg-rr 69.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)} - 1} \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-define 70.1%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)\right)} \]

   9. Simplified 70.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)\right)} \]

   10. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.8%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + \left(0.125 \cdot {a}^{2} + 0.5 \cdot a\right)} \]
   11. Step-by-step derivation

       1. *-commutative 69.8%

          \[\leadsto \log 2 + \left(\color{blue}{{a}^{2} \cdot 0.125} + 0.5 \cdot a\right) \]

       2. unpow2 69.8%

          \[\leadsto \log 2 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(a \cdot a\right)} \cdot 0.125 + 0.5 \cdot a\right) \]

       3. associate-*l* 69.8%

          \[\leadsto \log 2 + \left(\color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.125\right)} + 0.5 \cdot a\right) \]

       4. *-commutative 69.8%

          \[\leadsto \log 2 + \left(a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.125\right) + \color{blue}{a \cdot 0.5}\right) \]

       5. distribute-lft-out 69.8%

          \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.125 + 0.5\right)} \]

   12. Simplified 69.8%

       \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.125 + 0.5\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 76.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + a \cdot \left(a \cdot 0.125 + 0.5\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 97.0% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 0.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (+ (log 2.0) (* b 0.5))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		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 (exp(a) <= 0.0d0) 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 (Math.exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		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 math.exp(a) <= 0.0:
		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 (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		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 (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		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[N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], 0.0], 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 (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.5%

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

      1. log1p-define 70.5%

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

   5. Simplified 70.5%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.5%

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

4. Final simplification 75.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 56.5% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -130:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -130.0) (* b 0.5) (+ (log 2.0) (* b 0.5))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -130.0) {
		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 <= (-130.0d0)) 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 <= -130.0) {
		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 <= -130.0:
		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 <= -130.0)
		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 <= -130.0)
		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, -130.0], 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 < -130

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 3.5%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.5%

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

   if -130 < a

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.5%

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

      1. log1p-define 70.5%

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

   5. Simplified 70.5%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.5%

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

4. Final simplification 57.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -130:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 56.4% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -125:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a -125.0) (* b 0.5) (log (+ b 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -125.0) {
		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 <= (-125.0d0)) 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 <= -125.0) {
		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 <= -125.0:
		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 <= -125.0)
		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 <= -125.0)
		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, -125.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(b + 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -125

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 3.5%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.5%

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

   if -125 < a

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.7%

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

4. Final simplification 56.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -125:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 56.4% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -110:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(b + 1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -110.0) (* b 0.5) (log1p (+ b 1.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -110.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = log1p((b + 1.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -110.0) {
		tmp = b * 0.5;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log1p((b + 1.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -110.0:
		tmp = b * 0.5
	else:
		tmp = math.log1p((b + 1.0))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -110.0)
		tmp = Float64(b * 0.5);
	else
		tmp = log1p(Float64(b + 1.0));
	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, -110.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[1 + N[(b + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -110

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 3.5%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.5%

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

   if -110 < a

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 69.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 67.7%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right)} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. *-un-lft-identity 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(1 \cdot \left(2 + b\right)\right)} \]

      2. log-prod 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 1 + \log \left(2 + b\right)} \]

      3. metadata-eval 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0} + \log \left(2 + b\right) \]

   6. Applied egg-rr 67.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{0 + \log \left(2 + b\right)} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-lft-identity 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(2 + b\right)} \]

      2. +-commutative 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} \]

      3. metadata-eval 67.7%

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

      4. associate-+l+ 67.7%

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

      5. metadata-eval 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \log \left(\left(b + \color{blue}{\left(2 - 1\right)}\right) + 1\right) \]

      6. associate--l+ 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \log \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(b + 2\right) - 1\right)} + 1\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \log \left(\left(\color{blue}{\left(2 + b\right)} - 1\right) + 1\right) \]

      8. +-commutative 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(\left(2 + b\right) - 1\right)\right)} \]

      9. log1p-undefine 67.7%

         \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(2 + b\right) - 1\right)} \]

      10. +-commutative 67.7%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\left(b + 2\right)} - 1\right) \]

      11. associate--l+ 67.7%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{b + \left(2 - 1\right)}\right) \]

      12. metadata-eval 67.7%

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

      13. +-commutative 67.7%

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

   8. Simplified 67.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + b\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 56.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -110:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(b + 1\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 10: 56.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -108:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a -108.0) (* b 0.5) (log 2.0)))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -108.0) {
		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 <= (-108.0d0)) 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 <= -108.0) {
		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 <= -108.0:
		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 <= -108.0)
		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 <= -108.0)
		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, -108.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -108

   1. Initial program 5.3%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.4%

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

   5. Simplified 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 3.5%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.5%

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

   if -108 < a

   1. Initial program 73.8%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 70.1%

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

      1. log1p-define 70.1%

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

   5. Simplified 70.1%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.1%

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

4. Final simplification 56.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -108:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 11: 12.0% 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 58.2%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 76.8%

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

   1. log1p-define 76.8%

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

5. Simplified 76.8%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 53.7%

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

7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 6.7%

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

8. Final simplification 6.7%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024039 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))