Average Error: 16.9 → 3.9
Time: 2.5m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 1920
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R\]
↓
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \frac{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R\]

Error

Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 16.9

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

  3. Applied sub-neg16.9

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

  4. Applied cos-sum3.8

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

  5. Applied simplify3.8

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

  7. Applied flip--3.9

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

  8. Applied associate-*r/3.9

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

  9. Applied simplify3.9

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

Runtime

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herbie shell --seed '#(1070100504 930361288 1279167582 284574201 1450237281 2578255382)' 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))