symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 54.1% → 98.9%

Time: 20.2s

Alternatives: 12

Speedup: 2.9×

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  1. a = 2.1197475772194543e+279
  2. b = -9153975055885.541

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: 98.9% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -35:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -35.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (log (+ (exp a) (exp b)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -35.0) {
		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 (a <= (-35.0d0)) 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 (a <= -35.0) {
		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 a <= -35.0:
		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 (a <= -35.0)
		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 (a <= -35.0)
		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[a, -35.0], 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 a < -35

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   if -35 < a

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

4. Final simplification 76.2%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -35:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 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 52.6%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.1%

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

   1. log1p-define 73.1%

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

5. Simplified 73.1%

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

6. Final simplification 73.1%

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

Alternative 3: 97.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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)) (log1p (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 = log1p(exp(b));
	}
	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(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.log1p(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 = 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[N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], 0.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[1 + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 65.7%

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

      1. log1p-define 65.7%

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

   5. Simplified 65.7%

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

4. Final simplification 74.5%

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

Alternative 4: 97.8% accurate, 1.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + \left(b \cdot 0.5 + a \cdot \left(\left(0.5 + a \cdot \left(0.125 - \left(b \cdot -0.125 + b \cdot 0.125\right)\right)\right) - b \cdot 0.25\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

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 2.0)
    (+
     (* b 0.5)
     (*
      a
      (- (+ 0.5 (* a (- 0.125 (+ (* b -0.125) (* b 0.125))))) (* b 0.25)))))))

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) + (a * ((0.5 + (a * (0.125 - ((b * -0.125) + (b * 0.125))))) - (b * 0.25))));
	}
	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) + (a * ((0.5d0 + (a * (0.125d0 - ((b * (-0.125d0)) + (b * 0.125d0))))) - (b * 0.25d0))))
    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) + (a * ((0.5 + (a * (0.125 - ((b * -0.125) + (b * 0.125))))) - (b * 0.25))));
	}
	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) + (a * ((0.5 + (a * (0.125 - ((b * -0.125) + (b * 0.125))))) - (b * 0.25))))
	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(Float64(b * 0.5) + Float64(a * Float64(Float64(0.5 + Float64(a * Float64(0.125 - Float64(Float64(b * -0.125) + Float64(b * 0.125))))) - Float64(b * 0.25)))));
	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) + (a * ((0.5 + (a * (0.125 - ((b * -0.125) + (b * 0.125))))) - (b * 0.25))));
	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[(N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * N[(N[(0.5 + N[(a * N[(0.125 - N[(N[(b * -0.125), $MachinePrecision] + N[(b * 0.125), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(b * 0.25), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.7%

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

      1. log1p-define 63.7%

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

   5. Simplified 63.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 63.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + \left(0.5 \cdot b + a \cdot \left(\left(0.5 + a \cdot \left(0.125 - \left(-0.125 \cdot b + 0.125 \cdot b\right)\right)\right) - 0.25 \cdot b\right)\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 72.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + \left(b \cdot 0.5 + a \cdot \left(\left(0.5 + a \cdot \left(0.125 - \left(b \cdot -0.125 + b \cdot 0.125\right)\right)\right) - b \cdot 0.25\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 97.0% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

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

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 (+ 2.0 (* b (+ 1.0 (* 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 * (1.0 + (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 * (1.0d0 + (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 * (1.0 + (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 * (1.0 + (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 = log(Float64(2.0 + Float64(b * Float64(1.0 + 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 * (1.0 + (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[Log[N[(2.0 + N[(b * N[(1.0 + N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 65.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.1%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(2 + b \cdot \left(1 + 0.5 \cdot b\right)\right)} \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 63.1%

         \[\leadsto \log \left(2 + b \cdot \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot b + 1\right)}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 63.1%

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(2 + b \cdot \left(0.5 \cdot b + 1\right)\right)} \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 72.6%

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

Alternative 6: 97.1% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

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

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) (* b (+ 0.5 (* b 0.125))))))

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 + (b * 0.125)));
	}
	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 + (b * 0.125d0)))
    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 + (b * 0.125)));
	}
	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 + (b * 0.125)))
	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 * Float64(0.5 + Float64(b * 0.125))));
	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 + (b * 0.125)));
	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 * N[(0.5 + N[(b * 0.125), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 65.7%

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

      1. log1p-define 65.7%

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

   5. Simplified 65.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.1%

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

      1. *-commutative 63.1%

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

   8. Simplified 63.1%

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

4. Final simplification 72.6%

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

Alternative 7: 96.9% 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 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.7%

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

      1. log1p-define 63.7%

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

   5. Simplified 63.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 62.9%

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

4. Final simplification 72.4%

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

Alternative 8: 97.5% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -100:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -100.0) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (log (+ 1.0 (exp b)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -100.0) {
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = log((1.0 + 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 (a <= (-100.0d0)) then
        tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = log((1.0d0 + exp(b)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -100.0) {
		tmp = b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log((1.0 + Math.exp(b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -100.0:
		tmp = b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.log((1.0 + math.exp(b)))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -100.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(1.0 + exp(b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -100.0)
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	else
		tmp = log((1.0 + 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[a, -100.0], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(1.0 + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -100

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 100.0%

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

   if -100 < a

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 65.7%

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

4. Final simplification 74.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -100:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(1 + e^{b}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 57.0% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -160:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -160.0) (* b 0.5) (+ (log 2.0) (* b 0.5))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -160.0) {
		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 <= (-160.0d0)) 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 <= -160.0) {
		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 <= -160.0:
		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 <= -160.0)
		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 <= -160.0)
		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, -160.0], 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 < -160

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 4.1%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.8%

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

   if -160 < a

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.7%

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

      1. log1p-define 63.7%

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

   5. Simplified 63.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 62.9%

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

4. Final simplification 51.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -160:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + b \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 10: 56.9% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -165:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a -165.0) (* b 0.5) (log (+ b 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -165.0) {
		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 <= (-165.0d0)) 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 <= -165.0) {
		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 <= -165.0:
		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 <= -165.0)
		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 <= -165.0)
		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, -165.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(b + 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -165

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 4.1%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.8%

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

   if -165 < a

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 65.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 61.9%

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

4. Final simplification 50.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -165:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 11: 56.4% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -110:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a -110.0) (* b 0.5) (log 2.0)))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -110.0) {
		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 <= (-110.0d0)) 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 <= -110.0) {
		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 <= -110.0:
		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 <= -110.0)
		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 <= -110.0)
		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, -110.0], N[(b * 0.5), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -110

   1. Initial program 8.6%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 100.0%

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

      1. log1p-define 100.0%

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

   5. Simplified 100.0%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 4.1%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 18.8%

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

   if -110 < a

   1. Initial program 67.9%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 65.7%

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

      1. log1p-define 65.7%

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

   5. Simplified 65.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0 63.0%

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

4. Final simplification 51.6%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -110:\\ \;\;\;\;b \cdot 0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 12: 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 52.6%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 73.1%

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

   1. log1p-define 73.1%

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

5. Simplified 73.1%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 47.7%

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

7. Taylor expanded in b around inf 7.5%

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

8. Final simplification 7.5%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024074 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))