Average Error: 0 → 0
Time: 6.4m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
↓
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \cos \phi_1} + \lambda_1\]

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0

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

  2. Final simplification0

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019050 
(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)))))))