symmetry log of sum of exp

Percentage Accurate: 53.5% → 98.3%

Time: 10.8s

Alternatives: 9

Speedup: 2.5×

• could not determine a ground truth

  1. a = 8.037102870239299e+282
  2. b = -1.3831840587047595e+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

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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

module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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 54.8%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   3. +-commutative N/A

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

   4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   8. +-commutative N/A

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

   9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

   11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   12. lower-exp.f64 75.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 75.2%

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

Alternative 2: 98.3% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -250:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5 \cdot b + \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -250.0) (/ b (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (+ (* 0.5 b) (log1p (exp a)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -250.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -250.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + Math.exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + Math.log1p(Math.exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -250.0:
		tmp = b / (1.0 + math.exp(a))
	else:
		tmp = (0.5 * b) + math.log1p(math.exp(a))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -250.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(1.0 + exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(Float64(0.5 * b) + log1p(exp(a)));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -250.0], N[(b / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(0.5 * b), $MachinePrecision] + N[Log[1 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -250

   1. Initial program 10.9%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      3. +-commutative 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 100.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   7. Applied rewrites 59.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)}^{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   10. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   if -250 < a

   1. Initial program 69.2%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      12. lower-exp.f64 67.1

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.1%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 67.1%

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

Alternative 3: 98.0% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -36:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\log \left(e^{a} + \left(1 + b\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -36.0) (/ b (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (log (+ (exp a) (+ 1.0 b)))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -36.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = log((exp(a) + (1.0 + b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (a <= (-36.0d0)) then
        tmp = b / (1.0d0 + exp(a))
    else
        tmp = log((exp(a) + (1.0d0 + b)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -36.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + Math.exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log((Math.exp(a) + (1.0 + b)));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -36.0:
		tmp = b / (1.0 + math.exp(a))
	else:
		tmp = math.log((math.exp(a) + (1.0 + b)))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -36.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(1.0 + exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = log(Float64(exp(a) + Float64(1.0 + b)));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

a, b = num2cell(sort([a, b])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (a <= -36.0)
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	else
		tmp = log((exp(a) + (1.0 + b)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -36.0], N[(b / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[N[(N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision] + N[(1.0 + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -36

   1. Initial program 10.9%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      3. +-commutative 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 100.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   7. Applied rewrites 59.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)}^{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   10. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   if -36 < a

   1. Initial program 69.2%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 66.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 66.0%

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

Alternative 4: 97.7% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -250:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -250.0) (/ b (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (log1p (exp a))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -250.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = log1p(exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

assert a < b;
public static double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -250.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + Math.exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = Math.log1p(Math.exp(a));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[a, b] = sort([a, b])
def code(a, b):
	tmp = 0
	if a <= -250.0:
		tmp = b / (1.0 + math.exp(a))
	else:
		tmp = math.log1p(math.exp(a))
	return tmp

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -250.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(1.0 + exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = log1p(exp(a));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[a_, b_] := If[LessEqual[a, -250.0], N[(b / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[Log[1 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -250

   1. Initial program 10.9%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      3. +-commutative 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 100.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   7. Applied rewrites 59.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)}^{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   10. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   if -250 < a

   1. Initial program 69.2%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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 67.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.0%

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

Alternative 5: 97.0% accurate, 2.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [a, b] = \mathsf{sort}([a, b])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -29:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, b, \log 2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: a and b should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (a b)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= a -29.0) (/ b (+ 1.0 (exp a))) (fma 0.5 b (log 2.0))))

C

assert(a < b);
double code(double a, double b) {
	double tmp;
	if (a <= -29.0) {
		tmp = b / (1.0 + exp(a));
	} else {
		tmp = fma(0.5, b, log(2.0));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Julia

a, b = sort([a, b])
function code(a, b)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (a <= -29.0)
		tmp = Float64(b / Float64(1.0 + exp(a)));
	else
		tmp = fma(0.5, b, 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[a, -29.0], N[(b / N[(1.0 + N[Exp[a], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(0.5 * b + N[Log[2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if a < -29

   1. Initial program 10.9%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      3. +-commutative 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 100.0

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

   5. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   7. Applied rewrites 59.2%

      \[\leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\right)}^{2} - {\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)\right)}^{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}} - \mathsf{log1p}\left(e^{a}\right)}} \]

   8. Taylor expanded in b around inf

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

   10. Applied rewrites 100.0%

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

   if -29 < a

   1. Initial program 69.2%

      \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
   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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      3. +-commutative N/A

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

      4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

      6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

      7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

      8. +-commutative N/A

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

      9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

      10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

      11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

      12. lower-exp.f64 67.1

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

   5. Applied rewrites 67.1%

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

   6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

   8. Applied rewrites 65.3%

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

4. Final simplification 73.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;a \leq -29:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{b}{1 + e^{a}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(0.5, b, \log 2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 49.1% accurate, 2.8× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.8%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   2. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   3. +-commutative N/A

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

   4. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   5. associate-*r/ N/A

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

   6. *-rgt-identity N/A

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

   7. lower-/.f64 N/A

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

   8. +-commutative N/A

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

   9. lower-+.f64 N/A

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

   10. lower-exp.f64 N/A

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

   11. lower-log1p.f64 N/A

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

   12. lower-exp.f64 75.2

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

5. Applied rewrites 75.2%

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

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 50.3%

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

9. Final simplification 50.3%

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

Alternative 7: 48.8% 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 54.8%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 51.4

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

5. Applied rewrites 51.4%

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

6. Taylor expanded in b around 0

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

8. Applied rewrites 49.6%

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

Alternative 8: 48.3% accurate, 3.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 54.8%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 51.8

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

5. Applied rewrites 51.8%

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

6. Taylor expanded in a around 0

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

8. Applied rewrites 50.3%

   \[\leadsto \mathsf{log1p}\left(1\right) \]
9. 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.
module fmin_fmax_functions
    implicit none
    private
    public fmax
    public fmin

    interface fmax
        module procedure fmax88
        module procedure fmax44
        module procedure fmax84
        module procedure fmax48
    end interface
    interface fmin
        module procedure fmin88
        module procedure fmin44
        module procedure fmin84
        module procedure fmin48
    end interface
contains
    real(8) function fmax88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmax44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, max(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, max(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmax48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), max(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin88(x, y) result (res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(4) function fmin44(x, y) result (res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(x, min(x, y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin84(x, y) result(res)
        real(8), intent (in) :: x
        real(4), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(dble(y), merge(x, min(x, dble(y)), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
    real(8) function fmin48(x, y) result(res)
        real(4), intent (in) :: x
        real(8), intent (in) :: y
        res = merge(y, merge(dble(x), min(dble(x), y), y /= y), x /= x)
    end function
end module

real(8) function code(a, b)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    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 54.8%

   \[\log \left(e^{a} + e^{b}\right) \]
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 51.8

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

5. Applied rewrites 51.8%

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

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 50.3%

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

9. Taylor expanded in a around inf

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

11. Applied rewrites 7.1%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024359 
(FPCore (a b)
  :name "symmetry log of sum of exp"
  :precision binary64
  (log (+ (exp a) (exp b))))