\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}{\log \left(e^{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) + \cos \phi_1}\right)}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r40433 = lambda1;
double r40434 = phi2;
double r40435 = cos(r40434);
double r40436 = lambda2;
double r40437 = r40433 - r40436;
double r40438 = sin(r40437);
double r40439 = r40435 * r40438;
double r40440 = phi1;
double r40441 = cos(r40440);
double r40442 = cos(r40437);
double r40443 = r40435 * r40442;
double r40444 = r40441 + r40443;
double r40445 = atan2(r40439, r40444);
double r40446 = r40433 + r40445;
return r40446;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r40447 = lambda1;
double r40448 = phi2;
double r40449 = cos(r40448);
double r40450 = sin(r40447);
double r40451 = lambda2;
double r40452 = cos(r40451);
double r40453 = r40450 * r40452;
double r40454 = cos(r40447);
double r40455 = -r40451;
double r40456 = sin(r40455);
double r40457 = r40454 * r40456;
double r40458 = r40453 + r40457;
double r40459 = r40449 * r40458;
double r40460 = r40454 * r40452;
double r40461 = sin(r40451);
double r40462 = r40461 * r40450;
double r40463 = r40460 + r40462;
double r40464 = r40449 * r40463;
double r40465 = phi1;
double r40466 = cos(r40465);
double r40467 = r40464 + r40466;
double r40468 = exp(r40467);
double r40469 = log(r40468);
double r40470 = atan2(r40459, r40469);
double r40471 = r40447 + r40470;
return r40471;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 0.9
rmApplied sub-neg0.9
Applied sin-sum0.8
Simplified0.8
rmApplied sub-neg0.8
Applied cos-sum0.2
Simplified0.2
rmApplied add-log-exp0.3
Applied add-log-exp0.3
Applied sum-log0.3
Simplified0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2019325
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Midpoint on a great circle"
:precision binary64
(+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))