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(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right), \lambda_2, \left(\cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) - \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-\sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right), \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right), \sin \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot Rdouble f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r3847777 = R;
double r3847778 = lambda1;
double r3847779 = lambda2;
double r3847780 = r3847778 - r3847779;
double r3847781 = phi1;
double r3847782 = phi2;
double r3847783 = r3847781 + r3847782;
double r3847784 = 2.0;
double r3847785 = r3847783 / r3847784;
double r3847786 = cos(r3847785);
double r3847787 = r3847780 * r3847786;
double r3847788 = r3847787 * r3847787;
double r3847789 = r3847781 - r3847782;
double r3847790 = r3847789 * r3847789;
double r3847791 = r3847788 + r3847790;
double r3847792 = sqrt(r3847791);
double r3847793 = r3847777 * r3847792;
return r3847793;
}
double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r3847794 = 0.5;
double r3847795 = phi2;
double r3847796 = r3847794 * r3847795;
double r3847797 = sin(r3847796);
double r3847798 = phi1;
double r3847799 = r3847798 * r3847794;
double r3847800 = sin(r3847799);
double r3847801 = r3847797 * r3847800;
double r3847802 = lambda2;
double r3847803 = cos(r3847796);
double r3847804 = cos(r3847799);
double r3847805 = r3847803 * r3847804;
double r3847806 = lambda1;
double r3847807 = r3847806 - r3847802;
double r3847808 = r3847805 * r3847807;
double r3847809 = r3847806 * r3847800;
double r3847810 = r3847809 * r3847797;
double r3847811 = r3847808 - r3847810;
double r3847812 = fma(r3847801, r3847802, r3847811);
double r3847813 = -r3847797;
double r3847814 = fma(r3847813, r3847800, r3847801);
double r3847815 = r3847814 * r3847807;
double r3847816 = r3847812 + r3847815;
double r3847817 = r3847798 - r3847795;
double r3847818 = hypot(r3847816, r3847817);
double r3847819 = R;
double r3847820 = r3847818 * r3847819;
return r3847820;
}



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Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 37.3
Simplified3.6
Taylor expanded around -inf 3.6
rmApplied distribute-lft-in3.6
Applied cos-sum0.1
rmApplied prod-diff0.1
Applied distribute-lft-in0.1
Simplified0.1
Taylor expanded around -inf 0.1
Simplified0.1
Final simplification0.1
herbie shell --seed 2019142 +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))))))