symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 53.5% → 98.3%
Time: 10.2s
Alternatives: 9
Speedup: 1.5×

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 9 alternatives:

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

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

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) \end{array} \]
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))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b / (exp(a) + 1.0)) + log1p(exp(a));
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b / (Math.exp(a) + 1.0)) + Math.log1p(Math.exp(a));
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (b / (math.exp(a) + 1.0)) + math.log1p(math.exp(a))
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(b / Float64(exp(a) + 1.0)) + log1p(exp(a)))
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)
\end{array}
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. +-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.f6473.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
  5. Applied rewrites73.2%

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

Alternative 2: 57.8% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ 0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right) \end{array} \]
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))))
assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a));
}
assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.5 * b) + Math.log1p(Math.exp(a));
}
[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	return (0.5 * b) + math.log1p(math.exp(a))
a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(Float64(0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a)))
end
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]
\begin{array}{l}
[a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
\\
0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)
\end{array}
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. +-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.f6473.2

      \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
  5. Applied rewrites73.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
  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
    1. Applied rewrites50.3%

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

    Alternative 3: 51.7% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \log \left(e^{a} + \left(1 + b\right)\right) \end{array} \]
    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))))
    assert(a < b);
    double code(double a, double b) {
    	return log((exp(a) + (1.0 + b)));
    }
    
    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
    
    assert a < b;
    public static double code(double a, double b) {
    	return Math.log((Math.exp(a) + (1.0 + b)));
    }
    
    [a, b] = sort([a, b])
    def code(a, b):
    	return math.log((math.exp(a) + (1.0 + b)))
    
    a, b = sort([a, b])
    function code(a, b)
    	return log(Float64(exp(a) + Float64(1.0 + b)))
    end
    
    a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
    function tmp = code(a, b)
    	tmp = log((exp(a) + (1.0 + b)));
    end
    
    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]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
    \\
    \log \left(e^{a} + \left(1 + b\right)\right)
    \end{array}
    
    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-+.f6446.5

        \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{a} + \color{blue}{\left(1 + b\right)}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites46.5%

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

    Alternative 4: 50.5% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
      2. lower-exp.f6446.7

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites46.7%

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

    Alternative 5: 49.3% 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 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. +-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.f6473.2

        \[\leadsto \frac{b}{e^{a} + 1} + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
    5. Applied rewrites73.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot b} \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites45.8%

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

      Alternative 6: 49.0% accurate, 2.9× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + b\right) \end{array} \]
      NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
      (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (log1p (+ 1.0 b)))
      assert(a < b);
      double code(double a, double b) {
      	return log1p((1.0 + b));
      }
      
      assert a < b;
      public static double code(double a, double b) {
      	return Math.log1p((1.0 + b));
      }
      
      [a, b] = sort([a, b])
      def code(a, b):
      	return math.log1p((1.0 + b))
      
      a, b = sort([a, b])
      function code(a, b)
      	return log1p(Float64(1.0 + b))
      end
      
      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]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
      \\
      \mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + b\right)
      \end{array}
      
      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.f64N/A

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b}\right)} \]
        2. lower-exp.f6446.4

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{b}}\right) \]
      5. Applied rewrites46.4%

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + b\right) \]
      7. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites44.9%

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

        Alternative 7: 48.5% 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 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.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
          2. lower-exp.f6446.7

            \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
        5. Applied rewrites46.7%

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

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \]
        7. Step-by-step derivation
          1. Applied rewrites45.8%

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

          Alternative 8: 4.2% accurate, 14.5× speedup?

          \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \left(b \cdot b\right) \cdot \left(-0.005208333333333333 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right)\right) \end{array} \]
          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))))
          assert(a < b);
          double code(double a, double b) {
          	return (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b));
          }
          
          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
          
          assert a < b;
          public static double code(double a, double b) {
          	return (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b));
          }
          
          [a, b] = sort([a, b])
          def code(a, b):
          	return (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b))
          
          a, b = sort([a, b])
          function code(a, b)
          	return Float64(Float64(b * b) * Float64(-0.005208333333333333 * Float64(b * b)))
          end
          
          a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
          function tmp = code(a, b)
          	tmp = (b * b) * (-0.005208333333333333 * (b * b));
          end
          
          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]
          
          \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}
          
          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.f64N/A

              \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b}\right)} \]
            2. lower-exp.f6446.4

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{b}}\right) \]
          5. Applied rewrites46.4%

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{b}\right)} \]
          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
            1. Applied rewrites45.1%

              \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(b \cdot b, -0.005208333333333333, 0.125\right), b, 0.5\right), \color{blue}{b}, \log 2\right) \]
            2. Taylor expanded in b around inf

              \[\leadsto \frac{-1}{192} \cdot {b}^{\color{blue}{4}} \]
            3. Step-by-step derivation
              1. Applied rewrites3.4%

                \[\leadsto {b}^{4} \cdot -0.005208333333333333 \]
              2. Step-by-step derivation
                1. Applied rewrites3.4%

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

                Alternative 9: 2.6% accurate, 50.7× speedup?

                \[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ 0.5 \cdot a \end{array} \]
                NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
                (FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* 0.5 a))
                assert(a < b);
                double code(double a, double b) {
                	return 0.5 * a;
                }
                
                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
                
                assert a < b;
                public static double code(double a, double b) {
                	return 0.5 * a;
                }
                
                [a, b] = sort([a, b])
                def code(a, b):
                	return 0.5 * a
                
                a, b = sort([a, b])
                function code(a, b)
                	return Float64(0.5 * a)
                end
                
                a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
                function tmp = code(a, b)
                	tmp = 0.5 * a;
                end
                
                NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
                code[a_, b_] := N[(0.5 * a), $MachinePrecision]
                
                \begin{array}{l}
                [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\
                \\
                0.5 \cdot a
                \end{array}
                
                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.f64N/A

                    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)} \]
                  2. lower-exp.f6446.7

                    \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{e^{a}}\right) \]
                5. Applied rewrites46.7%

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

                  \[\leadsto \log 2 + \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot a} \]
                7. Step-by-step derivation
                  1. Applied rewrites45.6%

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

                    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \cdot a \]
                  3. Step-by-step derivation
                    1. Applied rewrites7.4%

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

                    Reproduce

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