2log (problem 3.3.6)

Percentage Accurate: 23.5% → 99.4%
Time: 10.4s
Alternatives: 9
Speedup: 17.3×

Specification

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\[N > 1 \land N < 10^{+40}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N) :precision binary64 (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)))
double code(double N) {
	return log((N + 1.0)) - log(N);
}
real(8) function code(n)
    real(8), intent (in) :: n
    code = log((n + 1.0d0)) - log(n)
end function
public static double code(double N) {
	return Math.log((N + 1.0)) - Math.log(N);
}
def code(N):
	return math.log((N + 1.0)) - math.log(N)
function code(N)
	return Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N))
end
function tmp = code(N)
	tmp = log((N + 1.0)) - log(N);
end
code[N_] := N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 9 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 23.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 99.4% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.0008:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - N}{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, N, -1\right)}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (N)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)) 0.0008)
   (/
    1.0
    (fma
     0.041666666666666664
     (/ 1.0 (* N N))
     (fma (+ 0.5 (/ -0.08333333333333333 N)) 1.0 N)))
   (- (log (/ (- (* N N) N) (fma N N -1.0))))))
double code(double N) {
	double tmp;
	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.0008) {
		tmp = 1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, (1.0 / (N * N)), fma((0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N));
	} else {
		tmp = -log((((N * N) - N) / fma(N, N, -1.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(N)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.0008)
		tmp = Float64(1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, Float64(1.0 / Float64(N * N)), fma(Float64(0.5 + Float64(-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(-log(Float64(Float64(Float64(N * N) - N) / fma(N, N, -1.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 0.0008], N[(1.0 / N[(0.041666666666666664 * N[(1.0 / N[(N * N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(0.5 + N[(-0.08333333333333333 / N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 1.0 + N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], (-N[Log[N[(N[(N[(N * N), $MachinePrecision] - N), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N * N + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.0008:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - N}{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, N, -1\right)}\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N #s(literal 1 binary64))) (log.f64 N)) < 8.00000000000000038e-4

    1. Initial program 21.0%

      \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites99.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites99.6%

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{N}{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}}} \]
      2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{\frac{1}{12}}{{N}^{2}}\right)}} \]
      3. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites99.8%

          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \color{blue}{N \cdot \left(\frac{0.041666666666666664}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)} + \frac{0.5 - \frac{0.08333333333333333}{N}}{N}\right)}} \]
        2. Applied rewrites99.8%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}} \]

        if 8.00000000000000038e-4 < (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N #s(literal 1 binary64))) (log.f64 N))

        1. Initial program 91.1%

          \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Step-by-step derivation
          1. lift--.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N} \]
          2. lift-log.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right)} - \log N \]
          3. lift-log.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \log \left(N + 1\right) - \color{blue}{\log N} \]
          4. diff-logN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
          5. lift-+.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \log \left(\frac{\color{blue}{N + 1}}{N}\right) \]
          6. flip-+N/A

            \[\leadsto \log \left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}{N - 1}}}{N}\right) \]
          7. associate-/l/N/A

            \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}{N \cdot \left(N - 1\right)}\right)} \]
          8. clear-numN/A

            \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 1\right)}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}}\right)} \]
          9. log-recN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 1\right)}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)\right)} \]
          10. lower-neg.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 1\right)}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)\right)} \]
          11. lower-log.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N \cdot \left(N - 1\right)}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)}\right) \]
          12. distribute-rgt-out--N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot N}}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)\right) \]
          13. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot N}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)}\right) \]
          14. *-lft-identityN/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - \color{blue}{N}}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)\right) \]
          15. lower--.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot N - N}}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)\right) \]
          16. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{\color{blue}{N \cdot N} - N}{N \cdot N - 1 \cdot 1}\right)\right) \]
          17. metadata-evalN/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - N}{N \cdot N - \color{blue}{1}}\right)\right) \]
          18. sub-negN/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - N}{\color{blue}{N \cdot N + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)}}\right)\right) \]
          19. lower-fma.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - N}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, N, \mathsf{neg}\left(1\right)\right)}}\right)\right) \]
          20. metadata-eval93.9

            \[\leadsto -\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - N}{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, N, \color{blue}{-1}\right)}\right) \]
        4. Applied rewrites93.9%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log \left(\frac{N \cdot N - N}{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, N, -1\right)}\right)} \]
      4. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
      5. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 2: 99.5% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.0008:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (N)
       :precision binary64
       (if (<= (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)) 0.0008)
         (/
          1.0
          (fma
           0.041666666666666664
           (/ 1.0 (* N N))
           (fma (+ 0.5 (/ -0.08333333333333333 N)) 1.0 N)))
         (- (log (/ N (+ N 1.0))))))
      double code(double N) {
      	double tmp;
      	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.0008) {
      		tmp = 1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, (1.0 / (N * N)), fma((0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N));
      	} else {
      		tmp = -log((N / (N + 1.0)));
      	}
      	return tmp;
      }
      
      function code(N)
      	tmp = 0.0
      	if (Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.0008)
      		tmp = Float64(1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, Float64(1.0 / Float64(N * N)), fma(Float64(0.5 + Float64(-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N)));
      	else
      		tmp = Float64(-log(Float64(N / Float64(N + 1.0))));
      	end
      	return tmp
      end
      
      code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 0.0008], N[(1.0 / N[(0.041666666666666664 * N[(1.0 / N[(N * N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(0.5 + N[(-0.08333333333333333 / N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 1.0 + N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], (-N[Log[N[(N / N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \begin{array}{l}
      \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.0008:\\
      \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}\\
      
      \mathbf{else}:\\
      \;\;\;\;-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\\
      
      
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Split input into 2 regimes
      2. if (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N #s(literal 1 binary64))) (log.f64 N)) < 8.00000000000000038e-4

        1. Initial program 21.0%

          \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
        4. Applied rewrites99.6%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
        5. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites99.6%

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{N}{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}}} \]
          2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

            \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{\frac{1}{12}}{{N}^{2}}\right)}} \]
          3. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites99.8%

              \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \color{blue}{N \cdot \left(\frac{0.041666666666666664}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)} + \frac{0.5 - \frac{0.08333333333333333}{N}}{N}\right)}} \]
            2. Applied rewrites99.8%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}} \]

            if 8.00000000000000038e-4 < (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N #s(literal 1 binary64))) (log.f64 N))

            1. Initial program 91.1%

              \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Step-by-step derivation
              1. lift--.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N} \]
              2. lift-log.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right)} - \log N \]
              3. lift-log.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \log \left(N + 1\right) - \color{blue}{\log N} \]
              4. diff-logN/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
              5. clear-numN/A

                \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{\frac{N}{N + 1}}\right)} \]
              6. neg-logN/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)\right)} \]
              7. diff-logN/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\log N - \log \left(N + 1\right)\right)}\right) \]
              8. lift-log.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\color{blue}{\log N} - \log \left(N + 1\right)\right)\right) \]
              9. lift-log.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\log N - \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
              10. lower-neg.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\log N - \log \left(N + 1\right)\right)\right)} \]
              11. lift-log.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\color{blue}{\log N} - \log \left(N + 1\right)\right)\right) \]
              12. lift-log.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\log N - \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right)}\right)\right) \]
              13. diff-logN/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)}\right) \]
              14. lower-log.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)}\right) \]
              15. lower-/.f6493.8

                \[\leadsto -\log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)} \]
            4. Applied rewrites93.8%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\log \left(\frac{N}{N + 1}\right)} \]
          4. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          5. Add Preprocessing

          Alternative 3: 99.4% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.001:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
          (FPCore (N)
           :precision binary64
           (if (<= (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)) 0.001)
             (/
              1.0
              (fma
               0.041666666666666664
               (/ 1.0 (* N N))
               (fma (+ 0.5 (/ -0.08333333333333333 N)) 1.0 N)))
             (log (/ (+ N 1.0) N))))
          double code(double N) {
          	double tmp;
          	if ((log((N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.001) {
          		tmp = 1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, (1.0 / (N * N)), fma((0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N));
          	} else {
          		tmp = log(((N + 1.0) / N));
          	}
          	return tmp;
          }
          
          function code(N)
          	tmp = 0.0
          	if (Float64(log(Float64(N + 1.0)) - log(N)) <= 0.001)
          		tmp = Float64(1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, Float64(1.0 / Float64(N * N)), fma(Float64(0.5 + Float64(-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N)));
          	else
          		tmp = log(Float64(Float64(N + 1.0) / N));
          	end
          	return tmp
          end
          
          code[N_] := If[LessEqual[N[(N[Log[N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Log[N], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 0.001], N[(1.0 / N[(0.041666666666666664 * N[(1.0 / N[(N * N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(0.5 + N[(-0.08333333333333333 / N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 1.0 + N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(N[(N + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] / N), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]
          
          \begin{array}{l}
          
          \\
          \begin{array}{l}
          \mathbf{if}\;\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \leq 0.001:\\
          \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}\\
          
          \mathbf{else}:\\
          \;\;\;\;\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)\\
          
          
          \end{array}
          \end{array}
          
          Derivation
          1. Split input into 2 regimes
          2. if (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N #s(literal 1 binary64))) (log.f64 N)) < 1e-3

            1. Initial program 21.3%

              \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
            2. Add Preprocessing
            3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
            4. Applied rewrites99.5%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
            5. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites99.6%

                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{N}{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}}} \]
              2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{\frac{1}{12}}{{N}^{2}}\right)}} \]
              3. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites99.7%

                  \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \color{blue}{N \cdot \left(\frac{0.041666666666666664}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)} + \frac{0.5 - \frac{0.08333333333333333}{N}}{N}\right)}} \]
                2. Applied rewrites99.7%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}} \]

                if 1e-3 < (-.f64 (log.f64 (+.f64 N #s(literal 1 binary64))) (log.f64 N))

                1. Initial program 90.9%

                  \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
                2. Add Preprocessing
                3. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. lift--.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N} \]
                  2. lift-log.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(N + 1\right)} - \log N \]
                  3. lift-log.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \log \left(N + 1\right) - \color{blue}{\log N} \]
                  4. diff-logN/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
                  5. lower-log.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
                  6. lower-/.f6493.4

                    \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
                4. Applied rewrites93.4%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(\frac{N + 1}{N}\right)} \]
              4. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
              5. Add Preprocessing

              Alternative 4: 96.9% accurate, 3.8× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)} \end{array} \]
              (FPCore (N)
               :precision binary64
               (/
                1.0
                (fma
                 0.041666666666666664
                 (/ 1.0 (* N N))
                 (fma (+ 0.5 (/ -0.08333333333333333 N)) 1.0 N))))
              double code(double N) {
              	return 1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, (1.0 / (N * N)), fma((0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N));
              }
              
              function code(N)
              	return Float64(1.0 / fma(0.041666666666666664, Float64(1.0 / Float64(N * N)), fma(Float64(0.5 + Float64(-0.08333333333333333 / N)), 1.0, N)))
              end
              
              code[N_] := N[(1.0 / N[(0.041666666666666664 * N[(1.0 / N[(N * N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(0.5 + N[(-0.08333333333333333 / N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * 1.0 + N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              
              \\
              \frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}
              \end{array}
              
              Derivation
              1. Initial program 24.6%

                \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
              2. Add Preprocessing
              3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
              4. Applied rewrites97.4%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
              5. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites97.5%

                  \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{N}{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}}} \]
                2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                  \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{\frac{1}{12}}{{N}^{2}}\right)}} \]
                3. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites97.8%

                    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \color{blue}{N \cdot \left(\frac{0.041666666666666664}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)} + \frac{0.5 - \frac{0.08333333333333333}{N}}{N}\right)}} \]
                  2. Applied rewrites97.8%

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.041666666666666664, \frac{1}{N \cdot N}, \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}, 1, N\right)\right)}} \]
                  3. Add Preprocessing

                  Alternative 5: 96.9% accurate, 4.8× speedup?

                  \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{N + \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, \mathsf{fma}\left(N, 0.5, -0.08333333333333333\right), 0.041666666666666664\right)}{N \cdot N}} \end{array} \]
                  (FPCore (N)
                   :precision binary64
                   (/
                    1.0
                    (+
                     N
                     (/ (fma N (fma N 0.5 -0.08333333333333333) 0.041666666666666664) (* N N)))))
                  double code(double N) {
                  	return 1.0 / (N + (fma(N, fma(N, 0.5, -0.08333333333333333), 0.041666666666666664) / (N * N)));
                  }
                  
                  function code(N)
                  	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(N + Float64(fma(N, fma(N, 0.5, -0.08333333333333333), 0.041666666666666664) / Float64(N * N))))
                  end
                  
                  code[N_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N + N[(N[(N * N[(N * 0.5 + -0.08333333333333333), $MachinePrecision] + 0.041666666666666664), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N * N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
                  
                  \begin{array}{l}
                  
                  \\
                  \frac{1}{N + \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, \mathsf{fma}\left(N, 0.5, -0.08333333333333333\right), 0.041666666666666664\right)}{N \cdot N}}
                  \end{array}
                  
                  Derivation
                  1. Initial program 24.6%

                    \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
                  2. Add Preprocessing
                  3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
                  4. Applied rewrites97.4%

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
                  5. Step-by-step derivation
                    1. Applied rewrites97.5%

                      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{N}{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}}} \]
                    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{\frac{1}{12}}{{N}^{2}}\right)}} \]
                    3. Step-by-step derivation
                      1. Applied rewrites97.8%

                        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \color{blue}{N \cdot \left(\frac{0.041666666666666664}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)} + \frac{0.5 - \frac{0.08333333333333333}{N}}{N}\right)}} \]
                      2. Taylor expanded in N around 0

                        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \frac{\frac{1}{24} + N \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot N - \frac{1}{12}\right)}{{N}^{\color{blue}{2}}}} \]
                      3. Step-by-step derivation
                        1. Applied rewrites97.8%

                          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, \mathsf{fma}\left(N, 0.5, -0.08333333333333333\right), 0.041666666666666664\right)}{N \cdot \color{blue}{N}}} \]
                        2. Add Preprocessing

                        Alternative 6: 96.1% accurate, 4.9× speedup?

                        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, \mathsf{fma}\left(N, N + -0.5, 0.3333333333333333\right), -0.25\right)}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)\right)} \end{array} \]
                        (FPCore (N)
                         :precision binary64
                         (/ (fma N (fma N (+ N -0.5) 0.3333333333333333) -0.25) (* N (* N (* N N)))))
                        double code(double N) {
                        	return fma(N, fma(N, (N + -0.5), 0.3333333333333333), -0.25) / (N * (N * (N * N)));
                        }
                        
                        function code(N)
                        	return Float64(fma(N, fma(N, Float64(N + -0.5), 0.3333333333333333), -0.25) / Float64(N * Float64(N * Float64(N * N))))
                        end
                        
                        code[N_] := N[(N[(N * N[(N * N[(N + -0.5), $MachinePrecision] + 0.3333333333333333), $MachinePrecision] + -0.25), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N * N[(N * N[(N * N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
                        
                        \begin{array}{l}
                        
                        \\
                        \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, \mathsf{fma}\left(N, N + -0.5, 0.3333333333333333\right), -0.25\right)}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)\right)}
                        \end{array}
                        
                        Derivation
                        1. Initial program 24.6%

                          \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
                        2. Add Preprocessing
                        3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
                        4. Applied rewrites97.4%

                          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
                        5. Step-by-step derivation
                          1. Applied rewrites97.4%

                            \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{-0.5}{N} - \left(\frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N \cdot N} - 1\right)}{N} \]
                          2. Taylor expanded in N around 0

                            \[\leadsto \frac{N \cdot \left(\frac{1}{3} + N \cdot \left(N - \frac{1}{2}\right)\right) - \frac{1}{4}}{\color{blue}{{N}^{4}}} \]
                          3. Step-by-step derivation
                            1. Applied rewrites97.1%

                              \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, \mathsf{fma}\left(N, N + -0.5, 0.3333333333333333\right), -0.25\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)\right) \cdot N}} \]
                            2. Final simplification97.1%

                              \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(N, \mathsf{fma}\left(N, N + -0.5, 0.3333333333333333\right), -0.25\right)}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)\right)} \]
                            3. Add Preprocessing

                            Alternative 7: 95.7% accurate, 7.1× speedup?

                            \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{N + \left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}\right)} \end{array} \]
                            (FPCore (N)
                             :precision binary64
                             (/ 1.0 (+ N (+ 0.5 (/ -0.08333333333333333 N)))))
                            double code(double N) {
                            	return 1.0 / (N + (0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)));
                            }
                            
                            real(8) function code(n)
                                real(8), intent (in) :: n
                                code = 1.0d0 / (n + (0.5d0 + ((-0.08333333333333333d0) / n)))
                            end function
                            
                            public static double code(double N) {
                            	return 1.0 / (N + (0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)));
                            }
                            
                            def code(N):
                            	return 1.0 / (N + (0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)))
                            
                            function code(N)
                            	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(N + Float64(0.5 + Float64(-0.08333333333333333 / N))))
                            end
                            
                            function tmp = code(N)
                            	tmp = 1.0 / (N + (0.5 + (-0.08333333333333333 / N)));
                            end
                            
                            code[N_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N + N[(0.5 + N[(-0.08333333333333333 / N), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
                            
                            \begin{array}{l}
                            
                            \\
                            \frac{1}{N + \left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{N}\right)}
                            \end{array}
                            
                            Derivation
                            1. Initial program 24.6%

                              \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
                            2. Add Preprocessing
                            3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
                            4. Applied rewrites97.4%

                              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
                            5. Step-by-step derivation
                              1. Applied rewrites97.5%

                                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{N}{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}}} \]
                              2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                                \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{\frac{1}{12}}{{N}^{2}}\right)}} \]
                              3. Step-by-step derivation
                                1. Applied rewrites97.8%

                                  \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \color{blue}{N \cdot \left(\frac{0.041666666666666664}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)} + \frac{0.5 - \frac{0.08333333333333333}{N}}{N}\right)}} \]
                                2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                                  \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \left(\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{12} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N}}\right)} \]
                                3. Step-by-step derivation
                                  1. Applied rewrites96.5%

                                    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \left(0.5 + \frac{-0.08333333333333333}{\color{blue}{N}}\right)} \]
                                  2. Add Preprocessing

                                  Alternative 8: 93.3% accurate, 13.8× speedup?

                                  \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{N + 0.5} \end{array} \]
                                  (FPCore (N) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (+ N 0.5)))
                                  double code(double N) {
                                  	return 1.0 / (N + 0.5);
                                  }
                                  
                                  real(8) function code(n)
                                      real(8), intent (in) :: n
                                      code = 1.0d0 / (n + 0.5d0)
                                  end function
                                  
                                  public static double code(double N) {
                                  	return 1.0 / (N + 0.5);
                                  }
                                  
                                  def code(N):
                                  	return 1.0 / (N + 0.5)
                                  
                                  function code(N)
                                  	return Float64(1.0 / Float64(N + 0.5))
                                  end
                                  
                                  function tmp = code(N)
                                  	tmp = 1.0 / (N + 0.5);
                                  end
                                  
                                  code[N_] := N[(1.0 / N[(N + 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
                                  
                                  \begin{array}{l}
                                  
                                  \\
                                  \frac{1}{N + 0.5}
                                  \end{array}
                                  
                                  Derivation
                                  1. Initial program 24.6%

                                    \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
                                  2. Add Preprocessing
                                  3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(1 + \frac{\frac{1}{3}}{{N}^{2}}\right) - \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)}{N}} \]
                                  4. Applied rewrites97.4%

                                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}{N}} \]
                                  5. Step-by-step derivation
                                    1. Applied rewrites97.5%

                                      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{N}{1 + \frac{-0.5 - \frac{\frac{0.25}{N} + -0.3333333333333333}{N}}{N}}}} \]
                                    2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                                      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(1 + \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{N} + \frac{1}{24} \cdot \frac{1}{{N}^{3}}\right)\right) - \frac{\frac{1}{12}}{{N}^{2}}\right)}} \]
                                    3. Step-by-step derivation
                                      1. Applied rewrites97.8%

                                        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \color{blue}{N \cdot \left(\frac{0.041666666666666664}{N \cdot \left(N \cdot N\right)} + \frac{0.5 - \frac{0.08333333333333333}{N}}{N}\right)}} \]
                                      2. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                                        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + \frac{1}{2}} \]
                                      3. Step-by-step derivation
                                        1. Applied rewrites93.3%

                                          \[\leadsto \frac{1}{N + 0.5} \]
                                        2. Add Preprocessing

                                        Alternative 9: 84.7% accurate, 17.3× speedup?

                                        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{1}{N} \end{array} \]
                                        (FPCore (N) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 N))
                                        double code(double N) {
                                        	return 1.0 / N;
                                        }
                                        
                                        real(8) function code(n)
                                            real(8), intent (in) :: n
                                            code = 1.0d0 / n
                                        end function
                                        
                                        public static double code(double N) {
                                        	return 1.0 / N;
                                        }
                                        
                                        def code(N):
                                        	return 1.0 / N
                                        
                                        function code(N)
                                        	return Float64(1.0 / N)
                                        end
                                        
                                        function tmp = code(N)
                                        	tmp = 1.0 / N;
                                        end
                                        
                                        code[N_] := N[(1.0 / N), $MachinePrecision]
                                        
                                        \begin{array}{l}
                                        
                                        \\
                                        \frac{1}{N}
                                        \end{array}
                                        
                                        Derivation
                                        1. Initial program 24.6%

                                          \[\log \left(N + 1\right) - \log N \]
                                        2. Add Preprocessing
                                        3. Taylor expanded in N around inf

                                          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N}} \]
                                        4. Step-by-step derivation
                                          1. lower-/.f6484.0

                                            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N}} \]
                                        5. Applied rewrites84.0%

                                          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{N}} \]
                                        6. Add Preprocessing

                                        Developer Target 1: 99.8% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

                                        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{1}{N}\right) \end{array} \]
                                        (FPCore (N) :precision binary64 (log1p (/ 1.0 N)))
                                        double code(double N) {
                                        	return log1p((1.0 / N));
                                        }
                                        
                                        public static double code(double N) {
                                        	return Math.log1p((1.0 / N));
                                        }
                                        
                                        def code(N):
                                        	return math.log1p((1.0 / N))
                                        
                                        function code(N)
                                        	return log1p(Float64(1.0 / N))
                                        end
                                        
                                        code[N_] := N[Log[1 + N[(1.0 / N), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
                                        
                                        \begin{array}{l}
                                        
                                        \\
                                        \mathsf{log1p}\left(\frac{1}{N}\right)
                                        \end{array}
                                        

                                        Developer Target 2: 26.2% accurate, 1.8× speedup?

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

                                        Developer Target 3: 96.4% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

                                        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \left(\left(\frac{1}{N} + \frac{-1}{2 \cdot {N}^{2}}\right) + \frac{1}{3 \cdot {N}^{3}}\right) + \frac{-1}{4 \cdot {N}^{4}} \end{array} \]
                                        (FPCore (N)
                                         :precision binary64
                                         (+
                                          (+ (+ (/ 1.0 N) (/ -1.0 (* 2.0 (pow N 2.0)))) (/ 1.0 (* 3.0 (pow N 3.0))))
                                          (/ -1.0 (* 4.0 (pow N 4.0)))))
                                        double code(double N) {
                                        	return (((1.0 / N) + (-1.0 / (2.0 * pow(N, 2.0)))) + (1.0 / (3.0 * pow(N, 3.0)))) + (-1.0 / (4.0 * pow(N, 4.0)));
                                        }
                                        
                                        real(8) function code(n)
                                            real(8), intent (in) :: n
                                            code = (((1.0d0 / n) + ((-1.0d0) / (2.0d0 * (n ** 2.0d0)))) + (1.0d0 / (3.0d0 * (n ** 3.0d0)))) + ((-1.0d0) / (4.0d0 * (n ** 4.0d0)))
                                        end function
                                        
                                        public static double code(double N) {
                                        	return (((1.0 / N) + (-1.0 / (2.0 * Math.pow(N, 2.0)))) + (1.0 / (3.0 * Math.pow(N, 3.0)))) + (-1.0 / (4.0 * Math.pow(N, 4.0)));
                                        }
                                        
                                        def code(N):
                                        	return (((1.0 / N) + (-1.0 / (2.0 * math.pow(N, 2.0)))) + (1.0 / (3.0 * math.pow(N, 3.0)))) + (-1.0 / (4.0 * math.pow(N, 4.0)))
                                        
                                        function code(N)
                                        	return Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(1.0 / N) + Float64(-1.0 / Float64(2.0 * (N ^ 2.0)))) + Float64(1.0 / Float64(3.0 * (N ^ 3.0)))) + Float64(-1.0 / Float64(4.0 * (N ^ 4.0))))
                                        end
                                        
                                        function tmp = code(N)
                                        	tmp = (((1.0 / N) + (-1.0 / (2.0 * (N ^ 2.0)))) + (1.0 / (3.0 * (N ^ 3.0)))) + (-1.0 / (4.0 * (N ^ 4.0)));
                                        end
                                        
                                        code[N_] := N[(N[(N[(N[(1.0 / N), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / N[(2.0 * N[Power[N, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 / N[(3.0 * N[Power[N, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(-1.0 / N[(4.0 * N[Power[N, 4.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
                                        
                                        \begin{array}{l}
                                        
                                        \\
                                        \left(\left(\frac{1}{N} + \frac{-1}{2 \cdot {N}^{2}}\right) + \frac{1}{3 \cdot {N}^{3}}\right) + \frac{-1}{4 \cdot {N}^{4}}
                                        \end{array}
                                        

                                        Reproduce

                                        ?
                                        herbie shell --seed 2024221 
                                        (FPCore (N)
                                          :name "2log (problem 3.3.6)"
                                          :precision binary64
                                          :pre (and (> N 1.0) (< N 1e+40))
                                        
                                          :alt
                                          (! :herbie-platform default (log1p (/ 1 N)))
                                        
                                          :alt
                                          (! :herbie-platform default (log (+ 1 (/ 1 N))))
                                        
                                          :alt
                                          (! :herbie-platform default (+ (/ 1 N) (/ -1 (* 2 (pow N 2))) (/ 1 (* 3 (pow N 3))) (/ -1 (* 4 (pow N 4)))))
                                        
                                          (- (log (+ N 1.0)) (log N)))