\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\]

⬇

\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}^3}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\]

Error

The X axis uses an exponential scale — Bits error versus `R`

Derivation

Initial program 24.1
\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\]
Using strategy rm
Applied add-cbrt-cube 24.1
\[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^2 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}^3}}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\]
Removed slow pow expressions

Runtime

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed '#(1064524629 4159152179 2999149171 575749698 4006532819 692958815)'
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Distance on a great circle"
  (* R (* 2 (atan2 (sqrt (+ (sqr (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2))) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))))) (sqrt (- 1 (+ (sqr (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2))) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))))))))))