/* * 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 */ /* * VDT is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ #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