Average Error: 37.5 → 28.9
Time: 4.4m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 1344
\[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]
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\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \le -8.917492376340804 \cdot 10^{+111}:\\ \;\;\;\;-R \cdot \phi_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \le 2.9876771121893728 \cdot 10^{+146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \cdot R\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_1\\ \end{array}\]

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Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

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Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if phi1 < -8.917492376340804e+111

    1. Initial program 54.0

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]

    2. Initial simplification54.0

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) + \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right)} \cdot R\]
    3. Using strategy rm

    4. Applied add-exp-log54.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\sqrt{\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) + \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right)}\right)}} \cdot R\]

    5. Taylor expanded around -inf 26.2

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{-\log \left(\frac{-1}{\phi_1}\right)}} \cdot R\]

    6. Simplified22.1

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right)} \cdot R\]

    if -8.917492376340804e+111 < phi1 < 2.9876771121893728e+146

    1. Initial program 31.4

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]

    2. Initial simplification31.4

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) + \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right)} \cdot R\]

    if 2.9876771121893728e+146 < phi1

    1. Initial program 59.7

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]

    2. Initial simplification59.7

      \[\leadsto \sqrt{\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) + \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right)} \cdot R\]
    3. Using strategy rm

    4. Applied add-exp-log59.9

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{\log \left(\sqrt{\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) + \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right)}\right)}} \cdot R\]

    5. Taylor expanded around inf 24.7

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{e^{-\log \left(\frac{1}{\phi_1}\right)}} \cdot R\]

    6. Simplified20.5

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_1} \cdot R\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification28.9

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \le -8.917492376340804 \cdot 10^{+111}:\\ \;\;\;\;-R \cdot \phi_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \le 2.9876771121893728 \cdot 10^{+146}:\\ \;\;\;\;\sqrt{\left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \cdot R\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_1\\ \end{array}\]

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herbie shell --seed 2018249 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))