\[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]

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 r8531 = R;
        double r8532 = lambda1;
        double r8533 = lambda2;
        double r8534 = r8532 - r8533;
        double r8535 = phi1;
        double r8536 = phi2;
        double r8537 = r8535 + r8536;
        double r8538 = 2.0;
        double r8539 = r8537 / r8538;
        double r8540 = cos(r8539);
        double r8541 = r8534 * r8540;
        double r8542 = r8541 * r8541;
        double r8543 = r8535 - r8536;
        double r8544 = r8543 * r8543;
        double r8545 = r8542 + r8544;
        double r8546 = sqrt(r8545);
        double r8547 = r8531 * r8546;
        return r8547;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h4		L	C
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
for-loop	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	70	6
egg-parsed->expr	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	65	0
(unnamed)	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt	49	8
egraph-add-exprs	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	122	0
egraph-run	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt	55	0
(unnamed)	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt	38	0
simplify!	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt	223	0
run-improve47	/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt	345	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28
run	/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	39	2
profile-thunk16	/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt	9	0
(unnamed)	/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt	261	28