Average Error: 37.2 → 30.2
Time: 4.3m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]
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\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \le -1.3364894689592911 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(-R\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \left(\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)}{\phi_1} \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \frac{\lambda_2}{\frac{\frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}}{\lambda_1}}\right) + \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \le 2.1444229811653471 \cdot 10^{+92}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) + \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Error

Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Split input into 3 regimes

  2. if phi2 < -1.3364894689592911e+154

    1. Initial program 60.8

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

    2. Taylor expanded around inf 60.9

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\left({\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot {\lambda_1}^{2} + {\lambda_2}^{2} \cdot {\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}^{2}\right) - 2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 \cdot {\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)} + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]

    3. Simplified60.9

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - 2 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]

    4. Taylor expanded around inf 46.8

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\frac{{\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\lambda_2 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}{\phi_1} + \left(\frac{{\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\lambda_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}{{\phi_1}^{2}} + \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\]

    5. Simplified45.2

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\phi_2 + \frac{\cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)}{\phi_1} \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \frac{\lambda_2}{\frac{\frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}}{\lambda_1}}\right)\right)\right)}\]

    if -1.3364894689592911e+154 < phi2 < 2.1444229811653471e+92

    1. Initial program 30.2

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

    if 2.1444229811653471e+92 < phi2

    1. Initial program 52.5

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

    2. Taylor expanded around 0 20.0

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)}\]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.

  4. Final simplification30.2

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \le -1.3364894689592911 \cdot 10^{+154}:\\ \;\;\;\;\left(-R\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \left(\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)}{\phi_1} \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \frac{\lambda_2}{\frac{\frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}}{\lambda_1}}\right) + \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \le 2.1444229811653471 \cdot 10^{+92}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) + \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019051 
(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))))))