\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) + \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) + \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) + \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}} + \lambda_1double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r1782335 = lambda1;
double r1782336 = phi2;
double r1782337 = cos(r1782336);
double r1782338 = lambda2;
double r1782339 = r1782335 - r1782338;
double r1782340 = sin(r1782339);
double r1782341 = r1782337 * r1782340;
double r1782342 = phi1;
double r1782343 = cos(r1782342);
double r1782344 = cos(r1782339);
double r1782345 = r1782337 * r1782344;
double r1782346 = r1782343 + r1782345;
double r1782347 = atan2(r1782341, r1782346);
double r1782348 = r1782335 + r1782347;
return r1782348;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r1782349 = phi2;
double r1782350 = cos(r1782349);
double r1782351 = lambda1;
double r1782352 = sin(r1782351);
double r1782353 = lambda2;
double r1782354 = cos(r1782353);
double r1782355 = r1782352 * r1782354;
double r1782356 = cos(r1782351);
double r1782357 = sin(r1782353);
double r1782358 = r1782356 * r1782357;
double r1782359 = r1782355 - r1782358;
double r1782360 = r1782350 * r1782359;
double r1782361 = r1782356 * r1782354;
double r1782362 = r1782357 * r1782352;
double r1782363 = r1782361 + r1782362;
double r1782364 = r1782350 * r1782363;
double r1782365 = phi1;
double r1782366 = cos(r1782365);
double r1782367 = r1782364 + r1782366;
double r1782368 = r1782367 * r1782367;
double r1782369 = r1782367 * r1782368;
double r1782370 = cbrt(r1782369);
double r1782371 = atan2(r1782360, r1782370);
double r1782372 = r1782371 + r1782351;
return r1782372;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 0.8
rmApplied cos-diff0.8
rmApplied sin-diff0.2
rmApplied add-cbrt-cube0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2019152
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Midpoint on a great circle"
(+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))