symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 53.1% → 98.2%

Time: 17.5s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 2.9×

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  1. a = 1.1783950047575345e+285
  2. b = 5.20084045340573e+45

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: 53.1% 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: 98.2% 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 76.6%

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

   1. log1p-define 77.0%

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

5. Simplified 77.0%

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

6. Final simplification 77.0%

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

Alternative 2: 97.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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 9.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.6%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.6%

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

   5. Simplified 98.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.6%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.8%

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

      1. log1p-define 69.4%

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

   5. Simplified 69.4%

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

4. Final simplification 77.5%

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

Alternative 3: 97.1% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

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

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) (* a (+ 0.5 (* a 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) + (a * (0.5 + (a * 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) + (a * (0.5d0 + (a * 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) + (a * (0.5 + (a * 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) + (a * (0.5 + (a * 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(a * Float64(0.5 + Float64(a * 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) + (a * (0.5 + (a * 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[(a * N[(0.5 + N[(a * 0.125), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 9.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.6%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.6%

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

   5. Simplified 98.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.6%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.8%

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

      1. log1p-define 69.4%

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

   5. Simplified 69.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.4%

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

4. Final simplification 76.8%

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

Alternative 4: 96.9% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-41}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + a \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 2e-41) (/ b (+ (exp a) 1.0)) (+ (log 2.0) (* a 0.5))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 2e-41) {
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = log(2.0) + (a * 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) <= 2d-41) then
        tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0d0)
    else
        tmp = log(2.0d0) + (a * 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) <= 2e-41) {
		tmp = b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0);
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log(2.0) + (a * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if math.exp(a) <= 2e-41:
		tmp = b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)
	else:
		tmp = math.log(2.0) + (a * 0.5)
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(a) <= 2e-41)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0));
	else
		tmp = Float64(log(2.0) + Float64(a * 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) <= 2e-41)
		tmp = b / (exp(a) + 1.0);
	else
		tmp = log(2.0) + (a * 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], 2e-41], N[(b / N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 2.00000000000000001e-41

   1. Initial program 9.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 97.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.7%

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

   5. Simplified 98.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.4%

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

   if 2.00000000000000001e-41 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 73.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.2%

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

      1. log1p-define 69.2%

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

   5. Simplified 69.2%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.6%

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

4. Final simplification 76.7%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-41}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + a \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 5: 56.2% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + a \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -1.35) (/ b 2.0) (+ (log 2.0) (* a 0.5))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.35) {
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = log(2.0) + (a * 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 <= (-1.35d0)) then
        tmp = b / 2.0d0
    else
        tmp = log(2.0d0) + (a * 0.5d0)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -1.35) {
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log(2.0) + (a * 0.5);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -1.35:
		tmp = b / 2.0
	else:
		tmp = math.log(2.0) + (a * 0.5)
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -1.35)
		tmp = Float64(b / 2.0);
	else
		tmp = Float64(log(2.0) + Float64(a * 0.5));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -1.35)
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	else
		tmp = log(2.0) + (a * 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, -1.35], N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(a * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -1.3500000000000001

   1. Initial program 9.1%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 97.4%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.7%

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

   5. Simplified 98.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 97.4%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 18.4%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{2}} \]

   if -1.3500000000000001 < a

   1. Initial program 73.4%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 69.2%

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

      1. log1p-define 69.2%

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

   5. Simplified 69.2%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.6%

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

4. Final simplification 54.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -1.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log 2 + a \cdot 0.5\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 56.2% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -170:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (if (<= a -170.0) (/ b 2.0) (log (+ b 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -170.0) {
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	} 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 <= (-170.0d0)) then
        tmp = b / 2.0d0
    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 <= -170.0) {
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log((b + 2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -170.0:
		tmp = b / 2.0
	else:
		tmp = math.log((b + 2.0))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -170.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / 2.0);
	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 <= -170.0)
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	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, -170.0], N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(b + 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -170

   1. Initial program 9.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.6%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.6%

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

   5. Simplified 98.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.6%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 18.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{2}} \]

   if -170 < a

   1. Initial program 73.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in a around 0 68.7%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in b around 0 66.3%

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

4. Final simplification 53.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -170:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(b + 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 55.7% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -130.0) {
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	} 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 <= (-130.0d0)) then
        tmp = b / 2.0d0
    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 <= -130.0) {
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log(2.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -130.0:
		tmp = b / 2.0
	else:
		tmp = math.log(2.0)
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -130.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / 2.0);
	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 <= -130.0)
		tmp = b / 2.0;
	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, -130.0], N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -130

   1. Initial program 9.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 98.6%

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

      1. log1p-define 98.6%

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

   5. Simplified 98.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 98.6%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 18.5%

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{2}} \]

   if -130 < a

   1. Initial program 73.0%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 68.8%

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

      1. log1p-define 69.4%

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

   5. Simplified 69.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0 67.7%

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

Alternative 8: 12.1% accurate, 101.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{b}{2} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (/ b 2.0))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return b / 2.0;
}

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 / 2.0d0
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return b / 2.0;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return b / 2.0

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(b / 2.0)
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = b / 2.0;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(b / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 55.3%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0 76.6%

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

   1. log1p-define 77.0%

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

5. Simplified 77.0%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around inf 29.7%

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

7. Taylor expanded in a around 0 7.4%

   \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{2}} \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024096 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))