\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r128381 = lambda1;
double r128382 = lambda2;
double r128383 = r128381 - r128382;
double r128384 = sin(r128383);
double r128385 = phi2;
double r128386 = cos(r128385);
double r128387 = r128384 * r128386;
double r128388 = phi1;
double r128389 = cos(r128388);
double r128390 = sin(r128385);
double r128391 = r128389 * r128390;
double r128392 = sin(r128388);
double r128393 = r128392 * r128386;
double r128394 = cos(r128383);
double r128395 = r128393 * r128394;
double r128396 = r128391 - r128395;
double r128397 = atan2(r128387, r128396);
return r128397;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r128398 = lambda1;
double r128399 = sin(r128398);
double r128400 = lambda2;
double r128401 = cos(r128400);
double r128402 = r128399 * r128401;
double r128403 = cos(r128398);
double r128404 = -r128400;
double r128405 = sin(r128404);
double r128406 = r128403 * r128405;
double r128407 = r128402 + r128406;
double r128408 = phi2;
double r128409 = cos(r128408);
double r128410 = r128407 * r128409;
double r128411 = phi1;
double r128412 = cos(r128411);
double r128413 = sin(r128408);
double r128414 = r128412 * r128413;
double r128415 = sin(r128411);
double r128416 = r128415 * r128409;
double r128417 = r128403 * r128401;
double r128418 = r128416 * r128417;
double r128419 = expm1(r128418);
double r128420 = log1p(r128419);
double r128421 = sin(r128400);
double r128422 = r128421 * r128399;
double r128423 = r128409 * r128422;
double r128424 = r128415 * r128423;
double r128425 = r128420 + r128424;
double r128426 = r128414 - r128425;
double r128427 = atan2(r128410, r128426);
return r128427;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 13.3
rmApplied sub-neg13.3
Applied sin-sum6.8
Simplified6.8
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
Applied distribute-lft-in0.2
rmApplied associate-*l*0.2
Simplified0.2
rmApplied log1p-expm1-u0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2020001 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Bearing on a great circle"
:precision binary64
(atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))