Average Error: 16.5 → 3.8
Time: 1.4m
Precision: 64
Internal Precision: 128
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R\]
↓
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot R\]

Error

Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 16.5

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

  3. Applied cos-diff3.8

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R\]
  4. Using strategy rm

  5. Applied flip-+3.8

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

  6. Applied associate-*r/3.8

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

  8. Applied associate-*l*3.8

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

  9. Final simplification3.8

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019094 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))