\[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]
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)}
double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r8183 = R;
        double r8184 = lambda1;
        double r8185 = lambda2;
        double r8186 = r8184 - r8185;
        double r8187 = phi1;
        double r8188 = phi2;
        double r8189 = r8187 + r8188;
        double r8190 = 2.0;
        double r8191 = r8189 / r8190;
        double r8192 = cos(r8191);
        double r8193 = r8186 * r8192;
        double r8194 = r8193 * r8193;
        double r8195 = r8187 - r8188;
        double r8196 = r8195 * r8195;
        double r8197 = r8194 + r8196;
        double r8198 = sqrt(r8197);
        double r8199 = r8183 * r8198;
        return r8199;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019194 +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) 2.0))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))

Backtrace

result arity mismatch; expected number of values not received expected: 2 received: 1 in: local-binding form values...: 0LC
loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/extraction.rkt252
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/core/simplify.rkt260
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt2200
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/various-cleanup/src/mainloop.rkt3420
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.0/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.0/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128