\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(\log \left(e^{\left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r5502882 = lambda1;
double r5502883 = lambda2;
double r5502884 = r5502882 - r5502883;
double r5502885 = sin(r5502884);
double r5502886 = phi2;
double r5502887 = cos(r5502886);
double r5502888 = r5502885 * r5502887;
double r5502889 = phi1;
double r5502890 = cos(r5502889);
double r5502891 = sin(r5502886);
double r5502892 = r5502890 * r5502891;
double r5502893 = sin(r5502889);
double r5502894 = r5502893 * r5502887;
double r5502895 = cos(r5502884);
double r5502896 = r5502894 * r5502895;
double r5502897 = r5502892 - r5502896;
double r5502898 = atan2(r5502888, r5502897);
return r5502898;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r5502899 = lambda2;
double r5502900 = cos(r5502899);
double r5502901 = lambda1;
double r5502902 = sin(r5502901);
double r5502903 = r5502900 * r5502902;
double r5502904 = cos(r5502901);
double r5502905 = sin(r5502899);
double r5502906 = r5502904 * r5502905;
double r5502907 = r5502903 - r5502906;
double r5502908 = phi2;
double r5502909 = cos(r5502908);
double r5502910 = r5502907 * r5502909;
double r5502911 = sin(r5502908);
double r5502912 = phi1;
double r5502913 = cos(r5502912);
double r5502914 = r5502911 * r5502913;
double r5502915 = r5502905 * r5502902;
double r5502916 = sin(r5502912);
double r5502917 = r5502909 * r5502916;
double r5502918 = r5502915 * r5502917;
double r5502919 = exp(r5502918);
double r5502920 = log(r5502919);
double r5502921 = r5502900 * r5502904;
double r5502922 = r5502921 * r5502917;
double r5502923 = r5502920 + r5502922;
double r5502924 = r5502914 - r5502923;
double r5502925 = atan2(r5502910, r5502924);
return r5502925;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 13.1
rmApplied sin-diff6.9
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
Applied distribute-rgt-in0.2
rmApplied add-log-exp0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2019162 +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))))))