Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 12.9 → 0.2

Time: 26.4s

Precision: 64

Math

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]

↓

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)\right)}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}}\]

C

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r126984 = lambda1;
        double r126985 = lambda2;
        double r126986 = r126984 - r126985;
        double r126987 = sin(r126986);
        double r126988 = phi2;
        double r126989 = cos(r126988);
        double r126990 = r126987 * r126989;
        double r126991 = phi1;
        double r126992 = cos(r126991);
        double r126993 = sin(r126988);
        double r126994 = r126992 * r126993;
        double r126995 = sin(r126991);
        double r126996 = r126995 * r126989;
        double r126997 = cos(r126986);
        double r126998 = r126996 * r126997;
        double r126999 = r126994 - r126998;
        double r127000 = atan2(r126990, r126999);
        return r127000;
}

↓

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r127001 = lambda1;
        double r127002 = sin(r127001);
        double r127003 = lambda2;
        double r127004 = cos(r127003);
        double r127005 = r127002 * r127004;
        double r127006 = cos(r127001);
        double r127007 = -r127003;
        double r127008 = sin(r127007);
        double r127009 = r127006 * r127008;
        double r127010 = r127005 + r127009;
        double r127011 = phi2;
        double r127012 = cos(r127011);
        double r127013 = r127010 * r127012;
        double r127014 = phi1;
        double r127015 = cos(r127014);
        double r127016 = sin(r127011);
        double r127017 = r127015 * r127016;
        double r127018 = sin(r127014);
        double r127019 = r127006 * r127004;
        double r127020 = 3.0;
        double r127021 = pow(r127019, r127020);
        double r127022 = r127002 * r127008;
        double r127023 = pow(r127022, r127020);
        double r127024 = r127021 - r127023;
        double r127025 = r127012 * r127024;
        double r127026 = r127018 * r127025;
        double r127027 = r127022 + r127019;
        double r127028 = r127022 * r127027;
        double r127029 = r127019 * r127019;
        double r127030 = r127028 + r127029;
        double r127031 = r127026 / r127030;
        double r127032 = r127017 - r127031;
        double r127033 = atan2(r127013, r127032);
        return r127033;
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

1. Initial program 12.9

   \[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
2. Using strategy rm

3. Applied sub-neg 12.9

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]

4. Applied sin-sum 6.4

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]

5. Simplified 6.4

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
6. Using strategy rm

7. Applied sub-neg 6.4

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

8. Applied cos-sum 0.2

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

9. Simplified 0.2

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\]
10. Using strategy rm

11. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}}\]

12. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

13. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \phi_1}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

14. Applied cbrt-unprod 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

15. Applied cbrt-unprod 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}}}\]

16. Simplified 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}}}\]
17. Using strategy rm

18. Applied flip3-- 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\right)}^{3}}}\]

19. Applied associate-*r/ 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}}\right)}^{3}}}\]

20. Applied associate-*r/ 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sqrt[3]{{\color{blue}{\left(\frac{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}\right)}}^{3}}}\]

21. Applied cube-div 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sqrt[3]{\color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}{{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}}}}\]

22. Applied cbrt-div 0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}}}}\]

23. Simplified 0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}}}\]

24. Simplified 0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}}}\]

25. Final simplification 0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} - {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}\right)\right)}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019304 
(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))))))