\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\]
R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)
double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r8349 = R;
        double r8350 = 2.0;
        double r8351 = phi1;
        double r8352 = phi2;
        double r8353 = r8351 - r8352;
        double r8354 = r8353 / r8350;
        double r8355 = sin(r8354);
        double r8356 = pow(r8355, r8350);
        double r8357 = cos(r8351);
        double r8358 = cos(r8352);
        double r8359 = r8357 * r8358;
        double r8360 = lambda1;
        double r8361 = lambda2;
        double r8362 = r8360 - r8361;
        double r8363 = r8362 / r8350;
        double r8364 = sin(r8363);
        double r8365 = r8359 * r8364;
        double r8366 = r8365 * r8364;
        double r8367 = r8356 + r8366;
        double r8368 = sqrt(r8367);
        double r8369 = 1.0;
        double r8370 = r8369 - r8367;
        double r8371 = sqrt(r8370);
        double r8372 = atan2(r8368, r8371);
        double r8373 = r8350 * r8372;
        double r8374 = r8349 * r8373;
        return r8374;
}

Reproduce

Please include this information when filing a bug report:

herbie shell --seed 2019305 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (* 2 (atan2 (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2)) 2) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))))) (sqrt (- 1 (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2)) 2) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2))))))))))

Backtrace

exact?: contract violation expected: number? given: 'h4LC
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
for-loop/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt706
egg-parsed->expr/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt650
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt498
egraph-add-exprs/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt1220
egraph-run/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/eggmath.rkt550
(unnamed)/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/core/simplify.rkt380
simplify!/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt2230
run-improve47/data/pavpan/nightlies/herbie/eggmath-testversion/src/mainloop.rkt3450
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128
run/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt392
profile-thunk16/opt/racket-7.2/share/pkgs/profile-lib/main.rkt90
(unnamed)/opt/racket-7.2/collects/racket/private/more-scheme.rkt26128