source: stable/HeuristicLab.ExtLibs/HeuristicLab.NativeInterpreter/0.1/NativeInterpreter-0.1/lib/vdt/tanh.h @ 18091

/*
 * tanh.h
 * The basic idea is to exploit Pade polynomials.
 * Implemented by Manuel Schiller for LHCb.
 * 
 *  Created on: Sep 23, 2017
 *      Author: Paul Seyfert, Manuel Schiller
 */

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 */

#ifndef TANH_H_
#define TANH_H_

#include "vdtcore_common.h"

namespace vdt{




/// Fast tanh implementation double precision
inline double fast_tanh(double x){
  // for very large |x| > 20, tanh(x) is x/|x| anyway (at least to double
  // precision)
  //
  // NB: branch-free code takes longer to execute
  if (std::abs(x) > 20.) return std::copysign(1., x);
  // strategy for large arguments: tanh(2x) = 2 tanh(x)/(1 + tanh^2(x))
  // idea is to use this "argument halving" a couple of times, and use a
  // very short Padé approximation for the rest of the way
  const auto xx = x * 0.125;
  const auto xx2 = xx * xx;
  const auto numer = 135135 + xx2 * (17325 + xx2 * ( 378 + xx2 *  1));
  const auto denom = 135135 + xx2 * (62370 + xx2 * (3150 + xx2 * 28));

  auto tanh = xx * numer / denom;
  tanh = 2 * tanh / (tanh * tanh + 1);
  tanh = 2 * tanh / (tanh * tanh + 1);
  return 2 * tanh / (tanh * tanh + 1);
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// Fast tanh implementation single precision
inline float fast_tanhf( float x ) {
  // same strategy as double version above, but even shorter Padé
  // approximation is sufficient for float
  //
  // NB: branch-free code takes longer to execute
  if (std::abs(x) > 9.1f) return std::copysign(1.f, x);
  const auto xx = x * 0.125f;
  const auto xx2 = xx * xx;
  auto tanh = xx * (xx2 + 15) / (6 * xx2 + 15);
  tanh = 2 * tanh / (tanh * tanh + 1);
  tanh = 2 * tanh / (tanh * tanh + 1);
  return 2 * tanh / (tanh * tanh + 1);
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Vector signatures

}// end of vdt

#endif // end of tanh