symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 54.0% → 98.6%

Time: 9.8s

Alternatives: 8

Speedup: 1.4×

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  1. a = -3.212483908973145e+35
  2. b = 5.765853403935534e+167

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: 54.0% 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: 98.6% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

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

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 (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (log (+ (exp b) (exp a)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = log((exp(b) + exp(a)));
	}
	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 / (1.0d0 + exp(a))
    else
        tmp = log((exp(b) + exp(a)))
    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 / (1.0 + Math.exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log((Math.exp(b) + 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 / (1.0 + math.exp(a))
	else:
		tmp = math.log((math.exp(b) + 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(1.0 + exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(exp(b) + exp(a)));
	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 / (1.0 + exp(a));
	else
		tmp = log((exp(b) + exp(a)));
	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[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 7.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      3. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      12. lower-exp.f64 98.4

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

   5. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

   8. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 69.7%

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

4. Final simplification 76.6%

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

Alternative 2: 98.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return log1p(exp(a)) + (b / (1.0 + exp(a)));
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log1p(Math.exp(a)) + (b / (1.0 + Math.exp(a)));
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return math.log1p(math.exp(a)) + (b / (1.0 + math.exp(a)))

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(log1p(exp(a)) + Float64(b / Float64(1.0 + exp(a))))
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[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.5%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   1. +-commutative N/A

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

   2. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   3. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   8. +-commutative N/A

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

   9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

   11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   12. lower-exp.f64 75.1

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

5. Applied rewrites 75.1%

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

6. Final simplification 75.1%

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

Alternative 3: 98.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

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 (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (+ (* 0.5 b) (log1p (exp a)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + 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 / (1.0 + Math.exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + 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 / (1.0 + math.exp(a))
	else:
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + 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(1.0 + exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 * b) + 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[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.5 * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[Log[1 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 7.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      3. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      12. lower-exp.f64 98.4

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

   5. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

   8. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 69.7%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      3. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      12. lower-exp.f64 67.7

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.7%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

   8. Applied rewrites 67.7%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 75.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 97.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

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 (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (log1p (exp a))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} 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 / (1.0 + Math.exp(a));
	} 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 / (1.0 + math.exp(a))
	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(1.0 + exp(a)));
	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[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $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 7.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      3. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      12. lower-exp.f64 98.4

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

   5. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

   8. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 69.7%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      2. lower-exp.f64 67.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.6%

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

4. Final simplification 75.0%

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

Alternative 5: 97.2% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 0.0)
   (/ b (+ 1.0 (exp a)))
   (fma (fma 0.125 a 0.5) a (log 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = fma(fma(0.125, a, 0.5), a, log(2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(1.0 + exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = fma(fma(0.125, a, 0.5), a, log(2.0));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision], 0.0], N[(b / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.125 * a + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 7.2%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. +-commutative N/A

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

      2. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      3. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      12. lower-exp.f64 98.4

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

   5. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

   8. Applied rewrites 98.4%

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

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 69.7%

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

   3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

      1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      2. lower-exp.f64 67.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{8} \cdot a\right)} \]
   7. Step-by-step derivation

   8. Applied rewrites 66.7%

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

4. Final simplification 74.4%

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

Alternative 6: 49.7% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, b, \log 2\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (fma 0.5 b (log 2.0)))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return fma(0.5, b, log(2.0));
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return fma(0.5, b, log(2.0))
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(0.5 * b + N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.5%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   1. +-commutative N/A

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

   2. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   3. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   8. +-commutative N/A

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

   9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

   11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   12. lower-exp.f64 75.1

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

5. Applied rewrites 75.1%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

   \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot b} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

8. Applied rewrites 51.1%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, \color{blue}{b}, \log 2\right) \]
9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 48.9% accurate, 3.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log1p 1.0))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return log1p(1.0);
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log1p(1.0);
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return math.log1p(1.0)

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return log1p(1.0)
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[Log[1 + 1.0], $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.5%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   2. lower-exp.f64 52.6

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

5. Applied rewrites 52.6%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

8. Applied rewrites 50.9%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \]
9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 3.2% accurate, 27.6× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.125 \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (* a a) 0.125))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) * 0.125;
}

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 = (a * a) * 0.125d0
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (a * a) * 0.125;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (a * a) * 0.125

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(a * a) * 0.125)
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (a * a) * 0.125;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * 0.125), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.5%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   2. lower-exp.f64 52.6

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

5. Applied rewrites 52.6%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

   \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{8} \cdot a\right)} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

8. Applied rewrites 51.0%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, a, 0.5\right), \color{blue}{a}, \log 2\right) \]

9. Taylor expanded in a around inf

   \[\leadsto \frac{1}{8} \cdot {a}^{\color{blue}{2}} \]
10. Step-by-step derivation

11. Applied rewrites 4.1%

    \[\leadsto \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.125 \]
12. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024248 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))