symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 53.3% → 98.4%

Time: 7.7s

Alternatives: 14

Speedup: 1.5×

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  1. a = 2.3333751812608804e+51
  2. b = 9.89099374239273e+96

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: 53.3% 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: 98.4% 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 52.2%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 71.7

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

5. Applied rewrites 71.7%

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

6. Final simplification 71.7%

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

Alternative 2: 57.3% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(exp(b) + exp(a)) <= 1.0)
		tmp = Float64(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b);
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(Float64(1.0 + b) + 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[(N[Exp[b], $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 1.0], N[(N[(0.125 * b + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * b), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(N[(1.0 + b), $MachinePrecision] + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (+.f64 (exp.f64 a) (exp.f64 b)) < 1

   1. Initial program 7.3%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 5.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 5.6%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 2.7%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   11. Applied rewrites 9.8%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]

   if 1 < (+.f64 (exp.f64 a) (exp.f64 b))

   1. Initial program 96.4%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 93.6

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

   5. Applied rewrites 93.6%

      \[\leadsto \log \left(e^{a} + \color{blue}{\left(1 + b\right)}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 52.0%

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

Alternative 3: 58.8% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{b} \leq 1.0000000000000004:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{b} + e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp b) 1.0000000000000004)
   (+ (* 0.5 b) (log1p (exp a)))
   (log (+ (exp b) (exp a)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(b) <= 1.0000000000000004) {
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = log((exp(b) + exp(a)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (Math.exp(b) <= 1.0000000000000004) {
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + Math.log1p(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(b) <= 1.0000000000000004:
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + math.log1p(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(b) <= 1.0000000000000004)
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(exp(b) + 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[b], $MachinePrecision], 1.0000000000000004], N[(N[(0.5 * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[Log[1 + 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 b) < 1.0000000000000004

   1. Initial program 52.2%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 72.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 72.0%

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

   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 52.8%

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

   if 1.0000000000000004 < (exp.f64 b)

   1. Initial program 51.7%

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

4. Final simplification 52.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{b} \leq 1.0000000000000004:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{b} + e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 56.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

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) (* (fma 0.125 b 0.5) b) (log1p (exp a))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b;
	} else {
		tmp = log1p(exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b);
	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[(N[(0.125 * b + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * b), $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 8.8%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 3.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 3.8%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 3.9%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   11. Applied rewrites 18.4%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 66.3%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 63.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 63.3%

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

Alternative 5: 56.2% accurate, 1.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, -0.005208333333333333, 0.125\right), a, 0.5\right), a, \log 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 2e-39)
   (* (fma 0.125 b 0.5) b)
   (fma (fma (fma (* a a) -0.005208333333333333 0.125) a 0.5) a (log 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 2e-39) {
		tmp = fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b;
	} else {
		tmp = fma(fma(fma((a * a), -0.005208333333333333, 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) <= 2e-39)
		tmp = Float64(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b);
	else
		tmp = fma(fma(fma(Float64(a * a), -0.005208333333333333, 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], 2e-39], N[(N[(0.125 * b + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * b), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(N[(N[(a * a), $MachinePrecision] * -0.005208333333333333 + 0.125), $MachinePrecision] * a + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 1.99999999999999986e-39

   1. Initial program 8.8%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 3.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 3.8%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 3.9%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   11. Applied rewrites 18.4%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]

   if 1.99999999999999986e-39 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 66.3%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 63.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 63.3%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 62.7%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(a \cdot a, -0.005208333333333333, 0.125\right), a, 0.5\right), \color{blue}{a}, \log 2\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 56.1% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

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

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)
   (* (fma 0.125 b 0.5) b)
   (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 = fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b;
	} 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(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b);
	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[(N[(0.125 * b + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * b), $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 8.8%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 3.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 3.8%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 3.9%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   11. Applied rewrites 18.4%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 66.3%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 63.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 63.3%

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

   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 62.7%

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

Alternative 7: 55.8% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, a, \log 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 2e-39) (* (fma 0.125 b 0.5) b) (fma 0.5 a (log 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 2e-39) {
		tmp = fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b;
	} else {
		tmp = fma(0.5, a, log(2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(a) <= 2e-39)
		tmp = Float64(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b);
	else
		tmp = fma(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], 2e-39], N[(N[(0.125 * b + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * b), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * a + N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 1.99999999999999986e-39

   1. Initial program 8.8%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 3.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 3.8%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 3.9%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   11. Applied rewrites 18.4%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]

   if 1.99999999999999986e-39 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 66.3%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 63.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 63.3%

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

   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 62.5%

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

Alternative 8: 55.8% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + a\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (exp a) 2e-39) (* (fma 0.125 b 0.5) b) (log1p (+ 1.0 a))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 2e-39) {
		tmp = fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b;
	} else {
		tmp = log1p((1.0 + a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(a) <= 2e-39)
		tmp = Float64(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b);
	else
		tmp = log1p(Float64(1.0 + 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], 2e-39], N[(N[(0.125 * b + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * b), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[1 + N[(1.0 + a), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 1.99999999999999986e-39

   1. Initial program 8.8%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 3.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 3.8%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 3.9%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   11. Applied rewrites 18.4%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]

   if 1.99999999999999986e-39 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 66.3%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 63.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 63.3%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 62.4%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1 + a\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 57.6% 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 52.2%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 71.7

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

5. Applied rewrites 71.7%

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

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 52.0%

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

Alternative 10: 55.4% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;e^{a} \leq 0:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

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) (* (fma 0.125 b 0.5) b) (log1p 1.0)))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0) {
		tmp = fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b;
	} else {
		tmp = log1p(1.0);
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (exp(a) <= 0.0)
		tmp = Float64(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b);
	else
		tmp = log1p(1.0);
	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[(N[(0.125 * b + 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * b), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[1 + 1.0], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (exp.f64 a) < 0.0

   1. Initial program 8.8%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 3.8

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

   5. Applied rewrites 3.8%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 3.9%

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

   9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   11. Applied rewrites 18.4%

       \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]

   if 0.0 < (exp.f64 a)

   1. Initial program 66.3%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 63.3

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

   5. Applied rewrites 63.3%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 62.0%

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 11: 11.9% accurate, 25.3× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b) :precision binary64 (* (fma 0.125 b 0.5) b))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b;
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	return Float64(fma(0.125, b, 0.5) * b)
end

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.2%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 49.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 49.2%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

8. Applied rewrites 47.3%

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

9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

11. Applied rewrites 6.9%

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(0.125, b, 0.5\right) \cdot b \]
12. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 12: 5.3% accurate, 27.6× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (b * b) * 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 = (b * b) * 0.125d0
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.2%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 49.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 49.2%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

8. Applied rewrites 47.3%

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

9. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

11. Applied rewrites 4.0%

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

Alternative 13: 3.2% accurate, 27.6× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	return (0.125 * a) * 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 = (0.125d0 * a) * a
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 52.2%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   2. lower-exp.f64 49.0

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

5. Applied rewrites 49.0%

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

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 47.8%

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

9. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

11. Applied rewrites 4.3%

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

Alternative 14: 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 52.2%

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

3. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

   1. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   2. lower-exp.f64 49.0

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

5. Applied rewrites 49.0%

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

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 47.8%

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

9. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

11. Applied rewrites 7.6%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024332 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))