\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(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{\cos \lambda_2} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\cos \lambda_2} - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r104892 = lambda1;
double r104893 = lambda2;
double r104894 = r104892 - r104893;
double r104895 = sin(r104894);
double r104896 = phi2;
double r104897 = cos(r104896);
double r104898 = r104895 * r104897;
double r104899 = phi1;
double r104900 = cos(r104899);
double r104901 = sin(r104896);
double r104902 = r104900 * r104901;
double r104903 = sin(r104899);
double r104904 = r104903 * r104897;
double r104905 = cos(r104894);
double r104906 = r104904 * r104905;
double r104907 = r104902 - r104906;
double r104908 = atan2(r104898, r104907);
return r104908;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r104909 = lambda1;
double r104910 = sin(r104909);
double r104911 = lambda2;
double r104912 = cos(r104911);
double r104913 = cbrt(r104912);
double r104914 = r104913 * r104913;
double r104915 = r104910 * r104914;
double r104916 = r104915 * r104913;
double r104917 = cos(r104909);
double r104918 = sin(r104911);
double r104919 = r104917 * r104918;
double r104920 = r104916 - r104919;
double r104921 = phi2;
double r104922 = cos(r104921);
double r104923 = r104920 * r104922;
double r104924 = phi1;
double r104925 = cos(r104924);
double r104926 = sin(r104921);
double r104927 = r104925 * r104926;
double r104928 = sin(r104924);
double r104929 = r104928 * r104922;
double r104930 = r104917 * r104912;
double r104931 = r104910 * r104918;
double r104932 = r104930 + r104931;
double r104933 = r104929 * r104932;
double r104934 = r104927 - r104933;
double r104935 = atan2(r104923, r104934);
return r104935;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 13.1
rmApplied sin-diff6.7
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
rmApplied add-cube-cbrt0.2
Applied associate-*r*0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2019291
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Bearing on a great circle"
:precision binary64
(atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))