symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 54.0% → 98.6%
Time: 9.8s
Alternatives: 8
Speedup: 1.4×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = log((exp(a) + exp(b)))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log((Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b)));
}
def code(a, b):
	return math.log((math.exp(a) + math.exp(b)))
function code(a, b)
	return log(Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)
\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 8 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: 54.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))
double code(double a, double b) {
	return log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
}
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = log((exp(a) + exp(b)))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log((Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b)));
}
def code(a, b):
	return math.log((math.exp(a) + math.exp(b)))
function code(a, b)
	return log(Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
end
code[a_, b_] := N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right)
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 98.6% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
      2. *-rgt-identityN/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-+.f64N/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-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b}}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      7. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      8. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      9. lower-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      10. lower-exp.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a}} + 1} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      11. lower-log1p.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
      12. lower-exp.f6498.4

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites98.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites98.4%

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

      if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

      1. Initial program 69.7%

        \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
    8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
    9. Final simplification76.6%

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

    Alternative 2: 98.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} \end{array} \]
    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)))))
    assert(a < b);
    double code(double a, double b) {
    	return log1p(exp(a)) + (b / (1.0 + exp(a)));
    }
    
    assert a < b;
    public static double code(double a, double b) {
    	return Math.log1p(Math.exp(a)) + (b / (1.0 + Math.exp(a)));
    }
    
    [a, b] = sort([a, b])
    def code(a, b):
    	return math.log1p(math.exp(a)) + (b / (1.0 + math.exp(a)))
    
    a, b = sort([a, b])
    function code(a, b)
    	return Float64(log1p(exp(a)) + Float64(b / Float64(1.0 + exp(a))))
    end
    
    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]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
    \\
    \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) + \frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}
    \end{array}
    
    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. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
      2. *-rgt-identityN/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-+.f64N/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-identityN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b}}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      7. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      8. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      9. lower-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      10. lower-exp.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a}} + 1} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
      11. lower-log1p.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
      12. lower-exp.f6475.1

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites75.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
    6. Final simplification75.1%

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

    Alternative 3: 98.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
        2. *-rgt-identityN/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-+.f64N/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-identityN/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b}}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
        7. lower-/.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
        8. +-commutativeN/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
        9. lower-+.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
        10. lower-exp.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a}} + 1} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
        11. lower-log1p.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
        12. lower-exp.f6498.4

          \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
      5. Applied rewrites98.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
      6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
      7. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites98.4%

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

        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. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
          2. *-rgt-identityN/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-+.f64N/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-identityN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b}}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
          7. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
          8. +-commutativeN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
          9. lower-+.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
          10. lower-exp.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a}} + 1} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
          11. lower-log1p.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
          12. lower-exp.f6467.7

            \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
        5. Applied rewrites67.7%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
        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
          1. Applied rewrites67.7%

            \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
        8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
        9. Final simplification75.1%

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

        Alternative 4: 97.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
            2. *-rgt-identityN/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-+.f64N/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-identityN/A

              \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b}}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
            7. lower-/.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
            8. +-commutativeN/A

              \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
            9. lower-+.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
            10. lower-exp.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a}} + 1} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
            11. lower-log1p.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
            12. lower-exp.f6498.4

              \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
          5. Applied rewrites98.4%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
          6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

            \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
          7. Step-by-step derivation
            1. Applied rewrites98.4%

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

            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.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
              2. lower-exp.f6467.6

                \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
            5. Applied rewrites67.6%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
          8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
          9. Final simplification75.0%

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

          Alternative 5: 97.2% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

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

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
              2. *-rgt-identityN/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-+.f64N/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-identityN/A

                \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b}}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
              7. lower-/.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
              8. +-commutativeN/A

                \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
              9. lower-+.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
              10. lower-exp.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a}} + 1} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
              11. lower-log1p.f64N/A

                \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
              12. lower-exp.f6498.4

                \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
            5. Applied rewrites98.4%

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
            6. Taylor expanded in b around inf

              \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{1 + e^{a}}} \]
            7. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites98.4%

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

              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.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
                2. lower-exp.f6467.6

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
              5. Applied rewrites67.6%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
              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
                1. Applied rewrites66.7%

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, a, 0.5\right), \color{blue}{a}, \log 2\right) \]
              8. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
              9. Final simplification74.4%

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

              Alternative 6: 49.7% accurate, 2.8× speedup?

              \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, b, \log 2\right) \end{array} \]
              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)))
              assert(a < b);
              double code(double a, double b) {
              	return fma(0.5, b, log(2.0));
              }
              
              a, b = sort([a, b])
              function code(a, b)
              	return fma(0.5, b, log(2.0))
              end
              
              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]
              
              \begin{array}{l}
              [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
              \\
              \mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, b, \log 2\right)
              \end{array}
              
              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. +-commutativeN/A

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right)} \]
                2. *-rgt-identityN/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-+.f64N/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-identityN/A

                  \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{b}}{1 + e^{a}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
                7. lower-/.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
                8. +-commutativeN/A

                  \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
                9. lower-+.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a} + 1}} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
                10. lower-exp.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \frac{b}{\color{blue}{e^{a}} + 1} + \log \left(1 + e^{a}\right) \]
                11. lower-log1p.f64N/A

                  \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
                12. lower-exp.f6475.1

                  \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
              5. Applied rewrites75.1%

                \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
              6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot b} \]
              7. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites51.1%

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

                Alternative 7: 48.9% accurate, 3.0× speedup?

                \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \end{array} \]
                NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
                (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log1p 1.0))
                assert(a < b);
                double code(double a, double b) {
                	return log1p(1.0);
                }
                
                assert a < b;
                public static double code(double a, double b) {
                	return Math.log1p(1.0);
                }
                
                [a, b] = sort([a, b])
                def code(a, b):
                	return math.log1p(1.0)
                
                a, b = sort([a, b])
                function code(a, b)
                	return log1p(1.0)
                end
                
                NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
                code[a_, b_] := N[Log[1 + 1.0], $MachinePrecision]
                
                \begin{array}{l}
                [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
                \\
                \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right)
                \end{array}
                
                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.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
                  2. lower-exp.f6452.6

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
                5. Applied rewrites52.6%

                  \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
                6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

                  \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \]
                7. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites50.9%

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

                  Alternative 8: 3.2% accurate, 27.6× speedup?

                  \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.125 \end{array} \]
                  NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
                  (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (* a a) 0.125))
                  assert(a < b);
                  double code(double a, double b) {
                  	return (a * a) * 0.125;
                  }
                  
                  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
                  
                  assert a < b;
                  public static double code(double a, double b) {
                  	return (a * a) * 0.125;
                  }
                  
                  [a, b] = sort([a, b])
                  def code(a, b):
                  	return (a * a) * 0.125
                  
                  a, b = sort([a, b])
                  function code(a, b)
                  	return Float64(Float64(a * a) * 0.125)
                  end
                  
                  a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
                  function tmp = code(a, b)
                  	tmp = (a * a) * 0.125;
                  end
                  
                  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]
                  
                  \begin{array}{l}
                  [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
                  \\
                  \left(a \cdot a\right) \cdot 0.125
                  \end{array}
                  
                  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.f64N/A

                      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
                    2. lower-exp.f6452.6

                      \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
                  5. Applied rewrites52.6%

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
                  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
                    1. Applied rewrites51.0%

                      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, a, 0.5\right), \color{blue}{a}, \log 2\right) \]
                    2. Taylor expanded in a around inf

                      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{8} \cdot {a}^{\color{blue}{2}} \]
                    3. Step-by-step derivation
                      1. Applied rewrites4.1%

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

                      Reproduce

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