Average Error: 13.4 → 0.2
Time: 58.2s
Precision: 64
Internal precision: 128
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
⬇
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\]

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 13.4

    \[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied sub-neg 13.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]

  4. Applied sin-sum 6.8

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]

  5. Applied simplify 6.8

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
  6. Using strategy rm

  7. Applied sub-neg 6.8

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

  8. Applied cos-sum 0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

  9. Applied simplify 0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1} - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\]
  10. Removed slow pow expressions

Runtime

Time bar (total: 58.2s) Debug log

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie --seed '#(1267978416 3417927290 2285011453 1752691980 2843127420 1559326965)'
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))