R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\left(2 \cdot R\right) \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\log \left(e^{\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}\right)\right)\right)\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r3894762 = R;
double r3894763 = 2.0;
double r3894764 = phi1;
double r3894765 = phi2;
double r3894766 = r3894764 - r3894765;
double r3894767 = r3894766 / r3894763;
double r3894768 = sin(r3894767);
double r3894769 = pow(r3894768, r3894763);
double r3894770 = cos(r3894764);
double r3894771 = cos(r3894765);
double r3894772 = r3894770 * r3894771;
double r3894773 = lambda1;
double r3894774 = lambda2;
double r3894775 = r3894773 - r3894774;
double r3894776 = r3894775 / r3894763;
double r3894777 = sin(r3894776);
double r3894778 = r3894772 * r3894777;
double r3894779 = r3894778 * r3894777;
double r3894780 = r3894769 + r3894779;
double r3894781 = sqrt(r3894780);
double r3894782 = 1.0;
double r3894783 = r3894782 - r3894780;
double r3894784 = sqrt(r3894783);
double r3894785 = atan2(r3894781, r3894784);
double r3894786 = r3894763 * r3894785;
double r3894787 = r3894762 * r3894786;
return r3894787;
}
double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r3894788 = 2.0;
double r3894789 = R;
double r3894790 = r3894788 * r3894789;
double r3894791 = lambda1;
double r3894792 = lambda2;
double r3894793 = r3894791 - r3894792;
double r3894794 = r3894793 / r3894788;
double r3894795 = sin(r3894794);
double r3894796 = phi2;
double r3894797 = cos(r3894796);
double r3894798 = phi1;
double r3894799 = cos(r3894798);
double r3894800 = r3894799 * r3894795;
double r3894801 = r3894797 * r3894800;
double r3894802 = r3894798 / r3894788;
double r3894803 = sin(r3894802);
double r3894804 = r3894796 / r3894788;
double r3894805 = cos(r3894804);
double r3894806 = r3894803 * r3894805;
double r3894807 = cos(r3894802);
double r3894808 = sin(r3894804);
double r3894809 = r3894807 * r3894808;
double r3894810 = r3894806 - r3894809;
double r3894811 = pow(r3894810, r3894788);
double r3894812 = fma(r3894795, r3894801, r3894811);
double r3894813 = sqrt(r3894812);
double r3894814 = 1.0;
double r3894815 = exp(r3894795);
double r3894816 = log(r3894815);
double r3894817 = log1p(r3894816);
double r3894818 = expm1(r3894817);
double r3894819 = r3894799 * r3894818;
double r3894820 = r3894797 * r3894819;
double r3894821 = fma(r3894795, r3894820, r3894811);
double r3894822 = r3894814 - r3894821;
double r3894823 = sqrt(r3894822);
double r3894824 = atan2(r3894813, r3894823);
double r3894825 = r3894790 * r3894824;
return r3894825;
}



Bits error versus R



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 24.9
Simplified24.9
rmApplied div-sub24.9
Applied sin-diff24.3
rmApplied div-sub24.3
Applied sin-diff14.4
rmApplied expm1-log1p-u14.4
rmApplied add-log-exp14.4
Final simplification14.4
herbie shell --seed 2019174 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Distance on a great circle"
(* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))) (sqrt (- 1.0 (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))))))))