symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 53.5% → 98.3%

Time: 10.2s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 1.5×

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  1. a = 2.9638668602064782e+134
  2. b = 1.1195889638980926e-226

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))

C

double code(double a, double b) {
	return log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = log((exp(a) + exp(b)))
end function

Java

public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return Math.log((Math.exp(a) + Math.exp(b)));
}

Python

def code(a, b):
	return math.log((math.exp(a) + math.exp(b)))

Julia

function code(a, b)
	return log(Float64(exp(a) + exp(b)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = log((exp(a) + exp(b)));
end

Wolfram

code[a_, b_] := N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 53.5% 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: 98.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0)) + log1p(exp(a)))
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.1%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 73.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 73.2%

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

Alternative 2: 57.8% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ 0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (+ (* 0.5 b) (log1p (exp a))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a));
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * b) + Math.log1p(Math.exp(a));
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (0.5 * b) + math.log1p(math.exp(a))

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a)))
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(0.5 * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[Log[1 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.1%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 73.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 73.2%

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

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 50.3%

   \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 51.7% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

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 = log((exp(a) + (1.0d0 + b)))
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return log(Float64(exp(a) + Float64(1.0 + b)))
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = log((exp(a) + (1.0 + b)));
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   1. lower-+.f64 46.5

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

5. Applied rewrites 46.5%

   \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{a} + \color{blue}{\left(1 + b\right)}\right) \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 50.5% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.1%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 46.7

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

5. Applied rewrites 46.7%

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

Alternative 5: 49.3% 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 49.1%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 73.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 73.2%

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

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 45.8%

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

Alternative 6: 49.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return log1p(Float64(1.0 + b))
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   2. lower-exp.f64 46.4

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

5. Applied rewrites 46.4%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

8. Applied rewrites 44.9%

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

Alternative 7: 48.5% 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 49.1%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 46.7

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

5. Applied rewrites 46.7%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

8. Applied rewrites 45.8%

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

Alternative 8: 4.2% accurate, 14.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(-0.005208333333333333 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (* (* b b) (* -0.005208333333333333 (* b b))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b));
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(a, b)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    code = (b * b) * ((-0.005208333333333333d0) * (b * b))
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b));
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b))

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(-0.005208333333333333 * Float64(b * b)))
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b));
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] * N[(-0.005208333333333333 * N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.1%

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

3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   2. lower-exp.f64 46.4

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

5. Applied rewrites 46.4%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

   \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{b \cdot \left(\frac{1}{2} + b \cdot \left(\frac{1}{8} + \frac{-1}{192} \cdot {b}^{2}\right)\right)} \]
7. Step-by-step derivation

8. Applied rewrites 45.1%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, -0.005208333333333333, 0.125\right), b, 0.5\right), \color{blue}{b}, \log 2\right) \]

9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

   \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{192} \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{4}} \]
10. Step-by-step derivation

11. Applied rewrites 3.4%

    \[\leadsto {b}^{4} \cdot -0.005208333333333333 \]
12. Step-by-step derivation

13. Applied rewrites 3.4%

    \[\leadsto \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(-0.005208333333333333 \cdot \left(b \cdot \color{blue}{b}\right)\right) \]
14. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 2.6% accurate, 50.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ 0.5 \cdot a \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5 * a;
}

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 = 0.5d0 * a
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return 0.5 * a;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return 0.5 * a

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(0.5 * a)
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.5 * a;
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 49.1%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 46.7

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

5. Applied rewrites 46.7%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

8. Applied rewrites 45.6%

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

9. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

11. Applied rewrites 7.4%

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \cdot a \]
12. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024319 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))