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

↓

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

Error

The X axis uses an exponential scale — Bits error versus `lambda1`

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Derivation

Initial program 0.8
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
Using strategy rm
Applied flip3-+0.9
\[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\cos \phi_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_1 + \left(\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}}}\]

Runtime

herbie shell --seed 2018199 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Midpoint on a great circle"
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))