\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)\right)}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r1656881 = lambda1;
double r1656882 = lambda2;
double r1656883 = r1656881 - r1656882;
double r1656884 = sin(r1656883);
double r1656885 = phi2;
double r1656886 = cos(r1656885);
double r1656887 = r1656884 * r1656886;
double r1656888 = phi1;
double r1656889 = cos(r1656888);
double r1656890 = sin(r1656885);
double r1656891 = r1656889 * r1656890;
double r1656892 = sin(r1656888);
double r1656893 = r1656892 * r1656886;
double r1656894 = cos(r1656883);
double r1656895 = r1656893 * r1656894;
double r1656896 = r1656891 - r1656895;
double r1656897 = atan2(r1656887, r1656896);
return r1656897;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r1656898 = lambda2;
double r1656899 = cos(r1656898);
double r1656900 = lambda1;
double r1656901 = sin(r1656900);
double r1656902 = r1656899 * r1656901;
double r1656903 = cos(r1656900);
double r1656904 = sin(r1656898);
double r1656905 = r1656903 * r1656904;
double r1656906 = r1656902 - r1656905;
double r1656907 = phi2;
double r1656908 = cos(r1656907);
double r1656909 = r1656906 * r1656908;
double r1656910 = sin(r1656907);
double r1656911 = phi1;
double r1656912 = cos(r1656911);
double r1656913 = r1656910 * r1656912;
double r1656914 = r1656899 * r1656903;
double r1656915 = sin(r1656911);
double r1656916 = r1656915 * r1656908;
double r1656917 = r1656914 * r1656916;
double r1656918 = expm1(r1656917);
double r1656919 = log1p(r1656918);
double r1656920 = log1p(r1656919);
double r1656921 = expm1(r1656920);
double r1656922 = r1656904 * r1656901;
double r1656923 = r1656916 * r1656922;
double r1656924 = r1656921 + r1656923;
double r1656925 = r1656913 - r1656924;
double r1656926 = atan2(r1656909, r1656925);
return r1656926;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 13.2
rmApplied sin-diff6.7
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
Applied distribute-lft-in0.2
rmApplied expm1-log1p-u0.2
rmApplied log1p-expm1-u0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2019151 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Bearing on a great circle"
(atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))