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)}\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right)\right), \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)\right), \left(\left(\lambda_2 \cdot \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) - \mathsf{fma}\left(\left(\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right)\right), \left(\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right) \cdot \lambda_1\right), \left(\left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)\right), \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot Rdouble f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r4418999 = R;
double r4419000 = lambda1;
double r4419001 = lambda2;
double r4419002 = r4419000 - r4419001;
double r4419003 = phi1;
double r4419004 = phi2;
double r4419005 = r4419003 + r4419004;
double r4419006 = 2.0;
double r4419007 = r4419005 / r4419006;
double r4419008 = cos(r4419007);
double r4419009 = r4419002 * r4419008;
double r4419010 = r4419009 * r4419009;
double r4419011 = r4419003 - r4419004;
double r4419012 = r4419011 * r4419011;
double r4419013 = r4419010 + r4419012;
double r4419014 = sqrt(r4419013);
double r4419015 = r4418999 * r4419014;
return r4419015;
}
double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r4419016 = 0.5;
double r4419017 = phi2;
double r4419018 = r4419016 * r4419017;
double r4419019 = cos(r4419018);
double r4419020 = lambda1;
double r4419021 = phi1;
double r4419022 = r4419021 * r4419016;
double r4419023 = cos(r4419022);
double r4419024 = r4419020 * r4419023;
double r4419025 = lambda2;
double r4419026 = sin(r4419018);
double r4419027 = r4419025 * r4419026;
double r4419028 = sin(r4419022);
double r4419029 = r4419027 * r4419028;
double r4419030 = r4419028 * r4419020;
double r4419031 = r4419019 * r4419025;
double r4419032 = r4419031 * r4419023;
double r4419033 = fma(r4419026, r4419030, r4419032);
double r4419034 = r4419029 - r4419033;
double r4419035 = fma(r4419019, r4419024, r4419034);
double r4419036 = r4419021 - r4419017;
double r4419037 = hypot(r4419035, r4419036);
double r4419038 = R;
double r4419039 = r4419037 * r4419038;
return r4419039;
}



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Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 37.1
Simplified3.7
rmApplied log1p-expm1-u3.8
Taylor expanded around inf 3.7
rmApplied distribute-rgt-in3.7
Applied cos-sum0.1
Taylor expanded around -inf 0.1
Simplified0.1
Final simplification0.1
herbie shell --seed 2019132 +o rules:numerics
(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))))))