Average Error: 0.8 → 0.2
Time: 23.5s
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 1344
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
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\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1\right) + \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2} + \lambda_1\]

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.8

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

  3. Applied sub-neg0.8

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

  4. Applied sin-sum0.8

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

  5. Simplified0.8

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

  7. Applied cos-diff0.2

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

  8. Applied distribute-lft-in0.2

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

  9. Applied associate-+r+0.2

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

  10. Final simplification0.2

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

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herbie shell --seed 2018221 
(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)))))))