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

↓

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

Error

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

Derivation

Initial program 17.2
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R\]
Initial simplification17.2
\[\leadsto R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left((\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right))_*\right)\]
Using strategy rm
Applied cos-diff3.8
\[\leadsto R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left((\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} + \left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right))_*\right)\]
Using strategy rm
Applied log1p-expm1-u3.8
\[\leadsto R \cdot \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\log_* (1 + (e^{(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right))_*} - 1)^*)\right)}\]
Final simplification3.8
\[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\log_* (1 + (e^{(\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right))_*} - 1)^*)\right) \cdot R\]

Runtime

herbie shell --seed 2018249 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))