Midpoint on a great circle

Average Error: 0.9 → 0.3

Time: 35.1s

Precision: 64

Math

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

↓

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

C

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r61993 = lambda1;
        double r61994 = phi2;
        double r61995 = cos(r61994);
        double r61996 = lambda2;
        double r61997 = r61993 - r61996;
        double r61998 = sin(r61997);
        double r61999 = r61995 * r61998;
        double r62000 = phi1;
        double r62001 = cos(r62000);
        double r62002 = cos(r61997);
        double r62003 = r61995 * r62002;
        double r62004 = r62001 + r62003;
        double r62005 = atan2(r61999, r62004);
        double r62006 = r61993 + r62005;
        return r62006;
}

↓

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r62007 = lambda1;
        double r62008 = phi2;
        double r62009 = cos(r62008);
        double r62010 = sin(r62007);
        double r62011 = lambda2;
        double r62012 = cos(r62011);
        double r62013 = r62010 * r62012;
        double r62014 = cos(r62007);
        double r62015 = sin(r62011);
        double r62016 = r62014 * r62015;
        double r62017 = r62013 - r62016;
        double r62018 = r62009 * r62017;
        double r62019 = phi1;
        double r62020 = cos(r62019);
        double r62021 = 3.0;
        double r62022 = pow(r62020, r62021);
        double r62023 = r62010 * r62015;
        double r62024 = r62014 * r62012;
        double r62025 = r62023 + r62024;
        double r62026 = r62009 * r62025;
        double r62027 = pow(r62026, r62021);
        double r62028 = pow(r62027, r62021);
        double r62029 = cbrt(r62028);
        double r62030 = r62022 + r62029;
        double r62031 = r62020 * r62020;
        double r62032 = r62026 - r62020;
        double r62033 = r62026 * r62032;
        double r62034 = r62031 + r62033;
        double r62035 = r62030 / r62034;
        double r62036 = atan2(r62018, r62035);
        double r62037 = r62007 + r62036;
        return r62037;
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

1. Initial program 0.9

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

3. Applied sin-diff 0.9

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

5. Applied sub-neg 0.9

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

6. Applied cos-sum 0.2

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

7. Simplified 0.2

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

9. Applied flip3-+ 0.3

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

10. Simplified 0.3

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

11. Simplified 0.3

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

13. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.3

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

14. Simplified 0.3

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

15. Final simplification 0.3

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2019347 
(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)))))))