Hyperbolic arc-cosine

Percentage Accurate: 51.6% → 99.5%

Time: 5.7s

Alternatives: 3

Speedup: 1.2×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (log (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) 1.0)))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return log((x + sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = log((x + sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0d0))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.log((x + Math.sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.log((x + math.sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))))

Julia

function code(x)
	return log(Float64(x + sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - 1.0))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = log((x + sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[Log[N[(x + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 51.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (log (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) 1.0)))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return log((x + sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = log((x + sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0d0))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.log((x + Math.sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.log((x + math.sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))))

Julia

function code(x)
	return log(Float64(x + sqrt(Float64(Float64(x * x) - 1.0))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = log((x + sqrt(((x * x) - 1.0))));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[Log[N[(x + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(x * x), $MachinePrecision] - 1.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 99.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(\left(x - \frac{0.5}{x}\right) + x\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (log (+ (- x (/ 0.5 x)) x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return log(((x - (0.5 / x)) + x));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = log(((x - (0.5d0 / x)) + x))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.log(((x - (0.5 / x)) + x));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.log(((x - (0.5 / x)) + x))

Julia

function code(x)
	return log(Float64(Float64(x - Float64(0.5 / x)) + x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = log(((x - (0.5 / x)) + x));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[Log[N[(N[(x - N[(0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.3%

   \[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right) \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{x \cdot \left(1 - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)}\right) \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. sub-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)}\right) \]

   2. distribute-lft-in N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(x \cdot 1 + x \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)}\right) \]

   3. *-rgt-identity N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(\color{blue}{x} + x \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

   4. distribute-rgt-neg-out N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]

   5. unsub-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(x - x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)}\right) \]

   6. remove-double-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]

   7. distribute-rgt-neg-out N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{x \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)}\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

   8. distribute-lft-neg-out N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]

   9. mul-1-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

   10. *-commutative N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot x\right)}\right)\right) \]

   11. lower--.f64 N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(x - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right) \cdot \left(-1 \cdot x\right)\right)}\right) \]

   12. *-commutative N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot x\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]

   13. mul-1-neg N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x\right)\right)} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

   14. distribute-lft-neg-out N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right) \]

   15. *-commutative N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \frac{1}{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

   16. distribute-rgt-neg-in N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{1}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

   17. metadata-eval N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(x \cdot \left(\frac{1}{{x}^{2}} \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

   18. associate-*r* N/A

       \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \left(x - \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(x \cdot \frac{1}{{x}^{2}}\right) \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}\right)\right)\right)\right) \]

5. Applied rewrites 99.5%

   \[\leadsto \log \left(x + \color{blue}{\left(x - \frac{0.5}{x}\right)}\right) \]

6. Final simplification 99.5%

   \[\leadsto \log \left(\left(x - \frac{0.5}{x}\right) + x\right) \]
7. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 99.1% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ -\log \left(\frac{0.5}{x}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (- (log (/ 0.5 x))))

C

double code(double x) {
	return -log((0.5 / x));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = -log((0.5d0 / x))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return -Math.log((0.5 / x));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return -math.log((0.5 / x))

Julia

function code(x)
	return Float64(-log(Float64(0.5 / x)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = -log((0.5 / x));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := (-N[Log[N[(0.5 / x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.3%

   \[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right) \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log 2 + -1 \cdot \log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. +-commutative N/A

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

   2. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   3. mul-1-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\log \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)\right)\right)} + \log 2 \]

   4. log-rec N/A

      \[\leadsto \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\log x\right)\right)}\right)\right) + \log 2 \]

   5. remove-double-neg N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log x} + \log 2 \]

   6. lower-log.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log x} + \log 2 \]

   7. lower-log.f64 99.1

      \[\leadsto \log x + \color{blue}{\log 2} \]

5. Applied rewrites 99.1%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log x + \log 2} \]
6. Step-by-step derivation

7. Applied rewrites 99.3%

   \[\leadsto -\log \left(\frac{0.5}{x}\right) \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 99.1% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(2 \cdot x\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (x) :precision binary64 (log (* 2.0 x)))

C

double code(double x) {
	return log((2.0 * x));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(x)
    real(8), intent (in) :: x
    code = log((2.0d0 * x))
end function

Java

public static double code(double x) {
	return Math.log((2.0 * x));
}

Python

def code(x):
	return math.log((2.0 * x))

Julia

function code(x)
	return log(Float64(2.0 * x))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(x)
	tmp = log((2.0 * x));
end

Wolfram

code[x_] := N[Log[N[(2.0 * x), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.3%

   \[\log \left(x + \sqrt{x \cdot x - 1}\right) \]
2. Add Preprocessing

3. Taylor expanded in x around inf

   \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lower-*.f64 98.9

      \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]

5. Applied rewrites 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \log \color{blue}{\left(2 \cdot x\right)} \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024242 
(FPCore (x)
  :name "Hyperbolic arc-cosine"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ x (sqrt (- (* x x) 1.0)))))