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

↓

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

Error

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

Derivation

Initial program 16.9
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R\]
Using strategy rm
Applied sub-neg16.9
\[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R\]
Applied cos-sum3.7
\[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R\]
Applied simplify3.7
\[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R\]
Using strategy rm
Applied add-log-exp3.8
\[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2}\right)} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R\]

Runtime

herbie shell --seed '#(1070706311 3771791028 4128836681 4194990999 2341756049 504035650)' 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))