\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(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r121609 = lambda1;
double r121610 = lambda2;
double r121611 = r121609 - r121610;
double r121612 = sin(r121611);
double r121613 = phi2;
double r121614 = cos(r121613);
double r121615 = r121612 * r121614;
double r121616 = phi1;
double r121617 = cos(r121616);
double r121618 = sin(r121613);
double r121619 = r121617 * r121618;
double r121620 = sin(r121616);
double r121621 = r121620 * r121614;
double r121622 = cos(r121611);
double r121623 = r121621 * r121622;
double r121624 = r121619 - r121623;
double r121625 = atan2(r121615, r121624);
return r121625;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r121626 = lambda1;
double r121627 = sin(r121626);
double r121628 = lambda2;
double r121629 = cos(r121628);
double r121630 = r121627 * r121629;
double r121631 = cos(r121626);
double r121632 = -r121628;
double r121633 = sin(r121632);
double r121634 = r121631 * r121633;
double r121635 = r121630 + r121634;
double r121636 = phi2;
double r121637 = cos(r121636);
double r121638 = r121635 * r121637;
double r121639 = phi1;
double r121640 = cos(r121639);
double r121641 = sin(r121636);
double r121642 = r121640 * r121641;
double r121643 = log1p(r121642);
double r121644 = expm1(r121643);
double r121645 = sin(r121639);
double r121646 = r121645 * r121637;
double r121647 = sin(r121628);
double r121648 = r121627 * r121647;
double r121649 = fma(r121631, r121629, r121648);
double r121650 = r121646 * r121649;
double r121651 = expm1(r121650);
double r121652 = log1p(r121651);
double r121653 = r121644 - r121652;
double r121654 = atan2(r121638, r121653);
return r121654;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 12.9
rmApplied sub-neg12.9
Applied sin-sum6.4
Simplified6.4
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
rmApplied log1p-expm1-u0.2
Simplified0.2
rmApplied expm1-log1p-u0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2019304 +o rules:numerics
(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))))))