\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}}\right)\right) \cdot Rdouble f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r24092 = phi1;
double r24093 = sin(r24092);
double r24094 = phi2;
double r24095 = sin(r24094);
double r24096 = r24093 * r24095;
double r24097 = cos(r24092);
double r24098 = cos(r24094);
double r24099 = r24097 * r24098;
double r24100 = lambda1;
double r24101 = lambda2;
double r24102 = r24100 - r24101;
double r24103 = cos(r24102);
double r24104 = r24099 * r24103;
double r24105 = r24096 + r24104;
double r24106 = acos(r24105);
double r24107 = R;
double r24108 = r24106 * r24107;
return r24108;
}
double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r24109 = phi1;
double r24110 = sin(r24109);
double r24111 = phi2;
double r24112 = sin(r24111);
double r24113 = r24110 * r24112;
double r24114 = cos(r24109);
double r24115 = cos(r24111);
double r24116 = r24114 * r24115;
double r24117 = lambda1;
double r24118 = cos(r24117);
double r24119 = lambda2;
double r24120 = cos(r24119);
double r24121 = r24118 * r24120;
double r24122 = sin(r24117);
double r24123 = -r24119;
double r24124 = sin(r24123);
double r24125 = r24122 * r24124;
double r24126 = 3.0;
double r24127 = pow(r24125, r24126);
double r24128 = cbrt(r24127);
double r24129 = r24121 - r24128;
double r24130 = r24116 * r24129;
double r24131 = r24113 + r24130;
double r24132 = acos(r24131);
double r24133 = R;
double r24134 = r24132 * r24133;
return r24134;
}



Bits error versus R



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 17.2
rmApplied sub-neg17.2
Applied cos-sum3.8
Simplified3.8
rmApplied add-cbrt-cube3.9
Applied add-cbrt-cube3.9
Applied cbrt-unprod3.9
Simplified3.9
Final simplification3.9
herbie shell --seed 2019306 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Spherical law of cosines"
:precision binary64
(* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))